The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-06-23
WILL MEET
ON SATURDAY
Oahu County Supervi-
sors to Have PreIim-
mary Consultation.

The preliminary meeting of the new
Board of Supervisors for the County of
Oahu Will be held on Saturday after
noon, I Think said George w. Smith
yesterday. THAT is, we have sent out
notices to the country members to be in
town on that day if possible for a
meeting. I do not know where it will
be held. nor at exactly what hour of the
day. There has been nothing definitely
determined upon
The meeting, however, will mark the
first definite step toward the installa-
ton of actual county government, how
ever nebulous the matter may seem to
be- now. Saturdays meeting will not
be executive in any sense. 1t is to con-
slider public matters, and the public
will be kept fully informed of what is
going forward, which is good policy.
In my view of the situation" said
Attorney General Lorrin Andrews,
there must be a complete reorganiZa
ton of the police force incident to the
installation of county government. The
Territorial police has been, in effect
although not actually, legislated out of
office. That is, there has been no pro-
vision made to pay the salaries of the
members of the force. They can stay,
but they Will get no pay. And 1 fancy
few OF them viii stay.
The County Act provides salaries on
" for the High Sheriff and one clerk
for him. The High Sheriff. of course,
appoints the Warden of Oahu Prison,
and all men under the Warden. The
County Police Will be appointed by
Sheriff Brown, but the Board of Super
visors must pass upon every appoint
ment. The method, in my view, will be
for the Sheriff to notify to the Board of
Supervisors his need for certain Off
GERS, and the Board will then pass
upon his recommendations, and fix the
salaries.
LAS to jails and jail property, while
the Territory owns all that and all the
police paraphernalia as well, 1 do not
think there will be any great trouble
about turning it over to the counties,
say on short leases, so that it may be
recovered in the event of complications
not now foreseen. 1t is all to be used
in the public service anyhow, and the
public will get the use of it in that way.
OF course, the Territorial officers are
responsible 10 the LOT
erty in their keeping, but spirit of
Cancellation and good will exists all
around. and troubles or fancied troubles
will disappear when that is manifested.
The same thing is true of property
used by the Board of Public Works In
road buildings, scraperS and ShoVelS
and carts and wagons. 1 think, and
think that Superintendent Holloway
agrees with me, that amicable arrange
ments can be made as to this between
the Supervisors and the Public Works
Department. OF course, the loan fund
will be expended by the Territory, and
for this use this property will be avail
able, but an arrangement can be made
as to ordinary road work. We all want
county government to succeed, and
naturally will do all that we can for its
success.
The court has held that this De-
partment must still conduct the prose-
cution of criminals, and so there will be
no hitch with County Attorney Dou-
thitt on that matter. We will merely
deputize him, if that should be found to
| be necessary.
| Indeed, the spirit of Cancellation is
abroad, and all good citizens will en-
dorse the opinions expressed by the
J Attorney General