Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-01-05
COUNTY ACT
COUNCIL SITS
Commissioners Getting
To Agree On New
Measure.
SEPARATE COUNTY FOR
SETTLEMENT SUGGESTED
CHAIRMAN COOPER READS HIS
BiLL-APPoiNTMeNT OF DIS
TRicT MAGISTRATES.
SUPERVISORS.

county Act Commissioners got to-
| gether again last evening In the Hall
OF Representatives in the Capitol, and
dropping all formalities, went to work
on the amalgamation of their various
considerably matured ideas in refer.
ence to the construction OF a county
act
II was demonstrated early in the
session that the Commissioners are in
{, the main agreed on the more impor-
tant principles of the desired law.
The bill upon which Commissioner
Cooper has been working is not so
much at variance with that proposed
by Commissioner Stewart as to say
that the measures are opposed. Com.
| missioners Watson and Crabbe favor
Cooper's bill. 1t is probable that the
completed act will have in II great
| deal of both the bills of Cooper and
| Stewart. Stewards measure adopts
several of the ideas OF W. o. Smith In
, a bill submitted to the Commission
some time ago and has something Of
the W. c. Achi recommendation.
As read In part by Commissioner
Cooper last evening, his bill defines
the boundaries of the counties, begin.
ming with Oahu as under the jurisdic.
ton OF the Circuit Court OF the First
Circuit, eliminating reference to polit.
zeal position as taxation and Senatorial
: election districts. Hawaii is to be one
, county, with the county seat at Hilo.
II was remarked that Carl Smith Of
Hilo favored two counties for the big
| island.
Commissioner Stewart wanted to
know the reason for striking out the
reading Of the minutes. To save time,
said Chairman Cooper to get rid Of
! oil formality possible.
Senator Crabbe suggested taking up
! Cooper's bill. First came the question
OF title. It seemed that the title of
Cooper's bill was the same as the
title of Stewards bill. read the evening
prior, or to the same effect.
Cooper proceeded to read his bill.
Commissioner Stewart favored TAX.
ing the leper settlement section out OF
the County Act altogether: It looked
too much like a special county law
within n county law. be fayored mall.
ing a SEPARATE law to cover the leper
settlement Commissioner Cooper
thought there was danger In separating
the laws.
Stewart believed the Organic Act
would hermit of making soparate acts
1 A..
the leper settlement I'm the main act
Cooper's bill proyided that the Su.
perintendent of Public Works sbould
have considerable saw in the matter
81 pubIIc roads their construction and
| Improvement
Stewart thought that Il would be in
| violation of the Organic Act TO ar.
iange for the use of public roads etc.
outside of the Use nv the Tertiary
Watson thought the citizens, as a
matter of right I'm any event had the
right of the use of public highways.
Stewart quoted Section 81 of the Or.
ganic Act. Watson considered IL wise
TO strike out of the draft ANYTHING I'm
reference to providing for the counties
maintaining and caring for public
roads.
| Much of the superfiuous language of
Section 1 of the old County Act had
been stricken out by Cooper I'm his
county draft; he mad eliminated any.
thing that might be at variance with
any Territorial law.
Stewart suggested, as the Commits.
sion got nearer TO the completion of
its work, that the draft or drafts sub.
mitted should be printed; he would
consult with the Governor as to funds
for such work.
Cooper had adopted word for word
the section out Of the old bill rela.
tive to the leper settlement.
The theory upon which Cooper's bill
is drafted gives each district on Oahu.
outside OF Honolulu, representation by
one supervisor, the district OF Homo.
lulu having three or four representa-.