Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-02-15
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terly, the people can be kept acquaint-
ed with what is being done. and com
pilatiuns can be made, not merely for
comparisons between the different
counties and city and county. but also
for use in connection with thc Terri
torial finances, the fiscal year of
which does not correspond with the
fiscal year of the counties and city
and county,
Readjustment and Division of Func-
tions.
The division of functions between
the Territorial and local governments
has not been systematic or altogether
logical. 1t has been made in part with
reference to the relation between rev
enue and expenditure in the case of a
particular function or on the hit-Or-
miss plan Some functions have been
transferred which perhaps should not
have been transferred to the local
governments and many others have
not been transferred which should be
Not only that, but there has been fol
lowed to considerable extent the
easy and loose method of transferring
to the local governments powers and
duties wholesale, without reference tC
the effect upon existing statutes, and
in consequence, ii is often a question
what the respective powers and du
ties of the Territorial and local SOY
crnments. are.
An effort should be made to "cleaI
up" and "straighten out, as it were:
first, by transferring to the counties
exclusively many of the powers and
duties in regard to roads. sidewalks
parks. buildings, and other subjects
over which the Territorial Government
may still have considerable to do un
der the language of the statutes; sec
ondly, by repeating many statutes
such as those in regard to road super
yisors, road boards, cantoneers, anG
so forth, which are now obsolete OF
imperative by reason of the local gov
eminent acts; and thirdly, by amend
ing statutes 50 that they will show pre-
cisely who are to execute them. IN
the future, care should be taken in
adding to the functions of local gov
ernments to do so, not by plasterine
one statute upon another but by en-
acting or amending the statutes in.
tended to relate to a particular sub.
ject; in other words, there should no.
be two statutes, one relating to til
Territorial and one to the local gov
ernments ON the same subject, but one
statute dealing with the entire subject
The classification of laws should b
according to subject matter aud nc
according to those who may happe
TO operate under them. &
An additional reason for followin'
these Suggestions is that the statute
as a whole may be in proper shapf
when a new revision of the laws i;
made, which probably should be sOor
General Laws versus Ordinances.
In respect of many subjects there i
no reason why there should be differ
ent ordinances with different provi
sions in the several counties. Ordi
nances, as rule, are not apt to be Sc
well known as general laws, are no
so accessible. and are confusing WHERE
they differ in different counties. ]
would be conducive to certainty anc
convenience if the Legislature shoulC
enact necessary legislation, to the eX
tent to which there is no need of loca
variation, for the entire Territory
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1innnsas issuod boro
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rocording inetInmcnte ebnuld no es
tah1icbod in tho several COMMITTEES
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eaid Tho nreeent system is simnlc
and evon. moro convenient for peopl,
in Certain narts of other counties than
me- IN +hoi, ou, county ooate would
Hn and vet snrh local ofiCps woulS
nndouhtedlv no a ereat convenience to
n LARGO nrnnortion of fine people in the
other counties If NAV be possible tt
devise some method Inv which such of
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