Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-03-20
RADICAL LAND
Changes URGED
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The way Of education and health of tn,
inhabitants of the Territory are 50
great.
While it may be true that alrcad,
| the corporations are heavily taxed, II
Is equally true that the present rent
ais paid to the government are out oi
! all proportion to their value OWING
to the provisions Of the Organic Act
no lease OF agricultural lands can be
made which is more than tenancy
at will therefore prospective lessees
are only justified in Offering small
rentals owing to the uncertainty III
tenure of any lease which the gov
ernment can grant
AS an example of loss directly at
tributable to the indefinite term lease
system, your committee finds that in
one district, where 5000 acres of public
developed land, with daily flow of
| 5 600 gallons of water, were for
r.crly operated under lease which
had expired and had not been renewed
for five years, the falling off in reve-
nues in the way of taxes and rentals,
etc, has amounted to approximately
$4,000 per annum."
The terms of the proposed law are as
follows:
Section l. That for a period of fifty
years from and after the passage of
this Act all the developed public land
and all developed water of the Terri
tory of Hawaii, less such portion there
of as may have been set aside for spe-
cific purposes, together with all rights,
easements, privileges, appurtenances,
rents, issues and profits thereof, shall
be held and administered by a com
mission of which the Governor of the
Territory of Hawaii and the Land
Commissioner, or other person holding
position corresponding thereto. shall
be eX officio members, the remaining
three members to be appointed by the
Governor; said three members to be
appointed respectively for terms of
four, six and eight years and shall be
removable by the Governor with con-
sent of the Senate only for good cause
shown. Said members other than the
eX- ofTicio members of said commission
shall receive as compensation for their
the Territory of Hawaii shall from
time to time appropriate for that pur-
pose.
Section 2. Said commission, so APP
pointed as aforesaid, is hereby author
lied to hold, manage, lease, rent or
utilize, said lands, except by
sale of same or any part thereof, or
;Yf II, coi ,iC-
sion may deem best to the end that as
large a revenue as possible NAV be-
derived therefrom, and in order to
more effectually accomplish this pur-
pose, the restrictions imposed by law
upon the management, handling and
dealing in and with public land and
water in the Territory Of Hawaii, shall
not be held or considered to apply as
TO said developed land and developed
water, in any respect other than as
specifically set forth in this Act
Section g. The revenues derived
from such land and water shall be
paid by the said commission to the
Treasurer OF the Territory Of Hawaii
who shall deposit the same in a special
fund Such fund SHALL from time to
time, be appropriated by the Legisla-
ture of the Territory of Hawaii sole
y for the purpose of improving and
extending the educational system of
said Territory of Hawaii, or for use
for quarantine, sanitary or health pur-
poses in the following proportions, to-
wit; Fifty per cent. of such revenue
10 be for the use and benefit of the
public schools; 80 per cent. thereof for
sanitary and health pur-
poses, and 20 per cent thereof for the
Use and benefit of the College of Ha-
vail.
Section A. Said commission shall, |
within thirty DAYS after it's appoint |
nent, make and publish rules and reg
llations affecting it's powers, which |
'ules and regulations shall have the
orce of law, and shall, upon the re-
luest of the Legislature of the Terri
Dry of Hawaii, or upon the applica-
ion of a majority of said commits
ion, be reviewed as to their legal eff
ect and reasonableness by the SUI
IRENE Court of the Territory of Ha-
vail and the. judgment of said Supreme
,ourt as to the legality and reason
bleness of said rules and regulations
hall be final