The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-04-13
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making it absolutely certain yet would |
ohligate the administration to accept |
a financial plan under which its re-
venues would be beyond the control
OF its officials, its credit seriously ar
fected, and its finances involved to such
an extent that the harm could never be
repaired.
The plan of allowing each county tax |
assessor to assess property i'm any man
ner he might see fit has been tried by |
many communities, found impractical |
bic, and has resulted i'm the adoption |
of state or territorial boards Of equali- |
cation, with centralized power and au- !
thority, under which alone uniform as !
sessments have been brought about.
I recognize the wide demand for a !
more representative form of govern |
ment l believe that to develop our
people, responsibility must be placed |
upon them. Experience cannot be |
passed from one community to another
any more readily than it can be passed !
from one individual to another I'll
must be developed. I can, however, !
| see no reason why our territorial
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| periences our people are anxious to go
through in the development of the
county system.
! There are a few minor objections
| that it might be we'll to point out.
First. While certain county officials
are provided under this bill and their
! salaries fixed yet wide discretion is
| allowed each board of supervisors to
! appoint such sub-ordinates, create
| such positions and pay such salaries as
| they deem necessary or eXpedent.
Thus the taxpayers must recognize that
! the present salary list does not limit
| the expenses in that direction.
Second. There is an evident desire
and attempt to safeguard public inter
ests by requiring surety bonds from
all public officials, yet any surety COM
pany which has the stated amount of
its capital can be authorized to issue
surety bonds even for the board of
supervisors themselves, who have au-
| thorized its acceptance. While it is
true that the sufficiency of the surety
in the case of supervisors, has to be
passed upon by a circuit judge, yet this
divides the responsibility between the
board of supervisors and the circuit
judged and it is extremely doubtful if
any judge will have the temerity to re-
fuse to accept any surety company
| which the board of supervisors has al
ready approved Thus between the
two the taxpayers interests would be
unprotected.
Third The bill provides that all
county officials, with the exception of
the sheriff of Kalawao, can be inn
peached, and for this purpose the board
of supervisors becomes a tribunal be-
fore which Impeachment proceedings
can be heard. Thus we have the
anomaly of a member of the board of
supervisors permitted to influence and
/ vote ip proceedings for his own i'm
parchment
Fourth. There is some confusion as
to the payment of election expenses Of
, the Territorial Board of Inspectors.
Fifth. A careful analysis of the bill
fails to show any remedy in case a
duly elected official fails for any rea-
son to qualify With county govern
ment once in operation, his predecessor
would probably hold office, but this
omission may seriously hamper the
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Sixth. No board of supervisors can
pass an ordinance in contravention of
or in conflict with the general laws of
the Territory. This rule appears to be
universal, with the astounding excep-
tion of the transportation, storage and
use of all explosives and infammable
oils, where the power of the board of
supervisors - absolute. l can see no
reason for this exception, or the adj
vantage of having each county act in
dependently of any other, and without
regard to the Territorial law i'm rela-
ton to such matters.
These objections, however, are minor
The great difficulty is that the Terri
tory will be hampered, in that the col
lection of it's whole revenue will be
placed in the hands of county officials
the surety on which bonds may be
worthless, and who are beyond the
control of the Territory; our finances
endangered, our good faith and credit
injured.
To defer to the wishes of the people,
and accept responsibility for such a
measure would be clearly against the
plain duty l owe this Territory.
CSigned) G. r. CARTER,
Governor
Executive Chamber, April 10, 1905
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