The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-02-08


| power, telephone and telegraph service
to the city and country and to acquire.
regulate and control any. and all ap-
pliances for the sprinkling and clean
ing Of the streets of the city and
: county and flushing the sewers therein.
| To fix the fees and charges not other
wise provided for in this charter.
To offer rewards, not exceeding FIVE
hundred dollars, for the apprehension
and conviction Of any person who may
have committed crime in the city
or county.
Shall constitute board of impeach-
ment for trial of any elected officer
charged with malfeasance, on petition
by not less than 100 voters within the
county. The decision of the board in
such trials may be appealed from to
the Supreme Court.
1t shall fix the hours Of labor and
pay therefor; provided, however, that
day shall be of eight hours and the
minimum wage shall be one dollar
and twenty-five cents per diem.
Shall issue the first election pro-
clamation.
The first election shall be held on
the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day in November, 1907, and the Off
GERS then elected shall take Office on
the first day of January thereafter and
hold office until the first day Of Janua-
ry, 1910. Ballots for all elections shall
be prepared by the city and county
clerk.
All questions as to the validity of
any ballot shall be decided Immediately
and the opinion Of majority of the
board Of inspectors Of election shall
be final and binding, subject to re-
versal by the Supreme Court Of the
Territory.
There are few if any changes in the
office of clerk except that the incum-
bent will be known as the clerk of
the city and county Of Oahu and he
will be empowered to adopt, subject
to the approval Of the Board of Su-
pervisors, seal for the city and coun-
ty which shall be used on all official
documents.
The sheriff shall exercise all Of the
powers and privileges and authority
and he will be required to perform
all Of the duties, in his own jurisdic-
tion, as are now by law provided to
be had executed and performed by the
High Sheriff of the Territory, or by
the sheriffs Of various counties, but he
shall not have the care, custody or
control of any Territorial Jail or peni
Tertiary, etc, or the care and custody
of prisoners confined therein.
Deputy sheriffs to have powers and
perform the duties imposed by law
upon deputy sheriffs.
District magistrates shall, within
their respective districts, have the
powers and perform the duties imposed,
or that may be imposed by law upon
district magistrates. II for any reason
there should be a vacancy in the coun-
ty OF any district magistrate the
mayor shall fill such vacancy.
There is practically no change in
the duties of the auditor, except that
he may appoint clerks and assistants
in his office as may be required. The
treasurer and city and county attor-
ney will perform the same duties as
at present and the superintendent of
streets will perform the duties of
road supervisor but he will have the
power to appoint road supervisors for
the outer districts. According to this
outline it will be seen that under the
charter the city and county govern
ment will be a sort of one man affair,
in the matter of power, and the mayor |
Will be that one man. There will be |
very little sport in being a supervisor
for he will have little to say as to
appointments and his personal patron
age will be nil.