The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-01-08
ance of the matters involved will war
rant is respectfully requested
Yours faithfully,
"JOSEPH q. FERN.
when Did tho Act Become in Force

JOSEPH y. FERN,
"Mayor. 4"
When Did the Act Become in Force7
The one question in the letter as 10
the date of the coming into force of
the Municipal Act seems to be import
ant. If the legal opinion is that the
law went into effect when it was ap.
proved by the Governor last April. the
later actions of the last board may
prove without effect, AS the election
was held under the act, it would seem
that it was in force in November, a.
any rate
Logan Pefuses Appointments.
No attention was paid to the letter
by the Supervisors, who went imme.
diately to work to demolish the an.
nounced committees.
az move that the list of the Mayors
appointments to standing committees
be laid on the table, said Logan
"Even if / conceded your right to name
\the committees, Mr. Mayor, / would
object very strongly to the fact that
each committee consists Of only two
members ! have never heard of i'm.
porthnt committees not having odd
membership. In case of disagreement
in committee there could be no majority
or minority
"I decline to put the notion" an.
nounced His Honor.
81 appeal from your ruling
81 decline to put the appeal"
81 demand that YOU put the mo.
| tion,' said Logan.
"School's in,'' said someone in the
crowd.
Mr.. Mayor, your refusal to put this
motion is tantamount to refusing to do
business with this board,' said Logan.
81 will now fall back upon the rules
which state that if you refuse three
times to put any motion, any member
of the board may put it. For the first
time / respectfully demand that you
put my notion
One, two, three, and out for the
Mayor. and Logan put the motion. Car.
ried, six to one
Logan then proceeded to put the. main
motion to table the list of appoint
ments. The same refusals, demands
and one.two-three business began.
"Oh. give us government by com.
mission!' said someone, wearied with
the procedure, but this cry went lun-
r0ted.
Went over Mondays Business Again.
Aylett moved the adoption of an
"Order of Business,n the same as
adopted on Monday. Same refusals, ap.
peals. one-two. three, carried six to one.
Quinn moved the adoption of "these
, rules his motion being seconded bv
: AHA without the rules being read, and
the motion passed in the same old wav
over the head of the Mayor. The rules
might have been the ones adopted on
Monday, but there was no assurance of
this because they We're not read, this
incins waiveo,
Aylett moved for the obliteration OF
all former County Offices and appoint
ments to office. Refusals, appeals, same
strike one, strike two, strike three
you re out, score six to one.
AHA announced Supervisors list OF
standing committees and moved the
adoption. He got it, the same round
the block way as everything was be
ing passed, with an intermisson to al
low Logan and Cox to officially decline
to serve on any standing committed
that the Mayor might name.
Quarter Million Appropriations
Logan. chairman of the finance com
mittee of the Supervisors, just named
then rose to introduce an apprOpria
tion bill CARRYING a quarter of mil
lion for the expenses of the next si3
months.
"This bill calls for an appropriation
some $155S over the estimated in
Gomez he said, after acknowledging
that the bill had been hurriedly pre-
&l,N l., - 80
about some of the figures. these hav
ing been supplied by clerk. 9th
estimates We're given me as being yer,
conservative ones, however, and are o.
the same basis as the former count
estimates, so we are safe in that re
spect. There is also assurance tina
our income from the Territory will b
greater than the amount given, espe
, cially for the next six months period
, This bill will allow an expenditure o
, $lS,925 n month on the roads, in ad
dition to $l625 from the road ta
, fund. | move that the resolution
, adopted and that the clerk be author
lied to advertise the necessary fiv
/, days in the papers. The bill is yer
r conservative one.'
r Aylett seconded the motion an
4 Fern refused to put it.
"Until / am satisfied as to the !,
r gality of the business being transac
$ ed, l refuse to be party to it.
= rule the motion out of order"
y 81 am astonshed at that ruling,
n said Logan, rather severely for hin
3, "This resolution does not affect an
d of the questions in dispute. / thin
that this is remarkable ruling {
y yours and that you ought to take
= back. This resolution is just as bel
n eficial to your hui, or faction, or wha
f ever it is, as it is to us. 1 am hel
$ with my colleagues fighting a prime
}. Pile of law. Ave are in regular sessiC
r and this is a regular matter of bus
'e pess."
= Fern declined to be advised as
III his ruling and declined to withdraw
"a "Then in all seriousness, Mr.. Mayo
NJ | demand'that you allow me to appe
L from your ruling and that you put Il
5, appeal.''
~ ~ Nothing doing, whereupon Logan p
" the motion to override the Mayor al
~ thnn tba motion On Tho raSnlntsnn