The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1911-03-11
County Act
Amendments
The Republican County Committee Has
Endorsed These Changes.

| hncllIS w IHe OOuIlIy' ACI HdS Deen
under consideration by the Republi-
can Committee and will be forward
ed to the Maui Delegation, as the
basis Of bill to be introduced into
the Legislature in the near future:
| The Board of Supervisors should
be elected at large. This change is
considered most imperative. Mem
bers of the present Board have
openly stated that they we're elected
to get everything they could for the
District from which they were elect
ed. This present method of select
ing members of the Board from each
District, is distinctly the old Ware"
method, which history, as well as,
experience has taught is the worst
form Of any kind of government,
and encourages all kinds of irregu-
larities, combinations, and in some
cases graft"
| Members of the Board of Super
visors should be elected for four
years, two being elected every two
years. This could be easily accom-
plished, by, at the next election,
electing two members for four years
and two members for two years, at
all after elections there would be
two members elected for four years.
Thus two members of the old Board
would always be on a new Board,
and the policy of the Board be less
likely to radical changes every two
years, which is most undesirable.
| The Chairman of the Board should
be elected every two years, as Chair
man and Executive Officer of the
Board and County. In other words
the Chairman would be the Mana
ger or Superintendent of the County,
and he, together with the four
members would constitute the
County's Board of Directors. Under
the present method, the Board is
the Board of Directors of the Coun-
ty. 1t directs it's various subordinate
superintendent or heads of depart
ments, once each month, at its
stated monthly meetings, dissolves
itself and leaves no head of affairs
until it's nexl stated meeting, or
when it may call itself together in
special session. Is it possible for
any business organization to be
successfully carried ON under this
method or system? Imagine Sugar
Plantation being carried on without
a manager or even managing di-
rector, by board of directors meet
ing once a month, and each direct
or trying to work for the special
) advantage of the combination which
he may represent in the Board OF
Directors. 1t seems really surpris-
ing that the Counties have done as
we'll as they have, under the present
system.
Change the election of County
Officers from November, at the
time of the general election, to May.
This would mean the present Board
remaining in office until July 1st.,
1918. Terms of Office for County
officers would then be from July to
June inclusive, instead of January
to December inclusive, as at present
This would bring the fiscal year Oi
the Counties to correspond with
that of the Territory. 1t would also
give definite date for the taking
effect of any new legislation IL
regard to the Counties adopted by
, the Legislature that met in the pre-
vious February, and the County
i, Officers running for election would
/ know what would be expected o.
them, and what their responsibilities
would be, before they took office
! instead of being elected first, an6
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