The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-12

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Municipal Ac, Amendments
nouibiii iniodnted bill 40 amend
ihe Municipal Act. ~, ldll drafted
after n iuini conference of the Genital
Territorial ana County Republican,
toihmhiocs. The biil h rot radical. NOT
does a deprive She Mayer of ali tho
flrhis pfnnted him 10 the ffcseni law.
although ID limits These poNes and
more clearly defines them u gives 10
he hoafl ihc'fight TO employ suhntdi.
nhies ih The various departments, lpnv.
ing 90 the Mayor the rghi TO- name the
heads ni tho approval of the Hoard ~
provides Tor vacancies in elective Of
hccs to hc lllcd by the Board. n gives
the city CLERK the power N, employ
what assistants he wants, a power over
lookcd in the present law.
Tho amendment cuts ont some OF the
advertising of ordinances aud provides
for the taking over uf the iails aud hos.
/ piihls after July I next. aud also turns
ovrr the regulation ot public utilities.
wairrwotks aud sewers.
Section IS eliminates the power Of
the Mayor TO preside over the meetings
I OF tine Board, while other amended sec.
tons refer to "the presiding ofliceru
beng chosen from among the mem bers
Of the Board.
Section l3l, amended, allowing any
official to discharge any subordinate en-
gagged by him, but ii thu appointment
required the approval of the Board, the
discharge must also be approved.
Section 1i5 is repealed.
Section l46, which deals with the an.
pointments made prior to January |
last, settles that the Supervisors must
| approve the choices made before the
appointees qualify.
Committee of the Whole.
1--WE have had county government
for several years, but we have not gone
forward at ALL | am in favor of piv.-
ing the counties power to collect taxes
and other things belonging to real
county government. Let us 90 for
ward. " Rice advanced this in com.
mlttee of the whole, dealing with three
/ bills to turn the county iails. court
houses and hospitals over to the coun.
| ties to maintain. ~
Rice stated that there were bills in
to turn costs and fines and more of the
| tax money over to the counties and
he favored these as well. He believed
the counties could support these insti-
tutlons cheaper than the Territory and
favored giving more power and more
responsibility to the counties.
Nawahine wanted to defer until it
was known what money the counties
were to get, while Rice argued that
there could be nothing recommended
regarding money until it could be seen
what the counties were willing to as
sumo.
''I want to know what the sense
of the House is in enlarging county
government. That's what L want to
know" explained Rice.
Nawahine took the other end, how
ever, Alfonso helping him, the latter
wanting to do two things at once, turn
over the jails, etc, and provide for
them as well. He also scented deep
Oahu plot in the bills to get the best
of the outside islands. He wanted to
know where the millions borrowed on
bonds had gone, at the same time
pointing to the points of the Oahu COM
pass to answer his own question.
There was much talking on this point
without much light being shed.
halelopu switched the cut by ask
ing why the Sheriff of Honolulu should
appoint the jailer here. Rice told him.
Kaniho found flaw in his bill, the
translation of the word "almshouse''
bothering him. This was smoothed out.
Douthitt argued about the construc.
ton of the bills and declared in favor
of largely increasing the powers OF the
counties and favored finding out be-
fore the appropriation bills came up
what the counties were willing to as
sumo. All the money came out of one
sack anyway
After further discussion it was de-
cided to recommend passage of the bills
on second reading, the committee rising
and reporting.