The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-03-18
NINE NEW BILLS
ARE INTRODUCED
THEY RUN aAMuT FROM MAYORS
POWERS TO CREATING A
DEPARTMENT.
From saturday Adyerllsct.

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Nine new bills were introduced in
the house yesterday, making the total
during the first twenty days OF the ses-
sion, to date, 1se, whereas, during tho
sixty days Of the 1911 session 272
measures were acted upon.
H. b. lS2, introduced by the mis-
cellany committee, of which Norman
Lyman Of lIilo is chairman, is sub
stitutc for II. h. H., introduced on tho
opening day of the session by the
" Honorable jack Kalakiela. The for
mer bill would restore the mayors APP
pointive powers, which have been ode
leted. -
The substitute measure provides that
"the mayor, with the approval of the
board Of supervisors, shall appoint all
officers of the city and county whose
election or appointment is not other
wise specially provided for in this
charter or by law, When a vacancy
occurs in any Office and provision is
not made in this charter or law for
filing tho same, the mayor, with such
approval, shall appoint a suitable per
son to fill such vacancy who shall hold
office for tho remainder of the uneX-
PRED term"
The only difference between the
wording of the 1917 law and the pro-
posed one is that where, in the former,
the words cor by ordinance" appear
cor by law' have been substituted
Responsibility of Principals,
Under the provisions of II. p. ia
(Lyman), principals of public schools
shall carry out all the rules and regu-
lations set by the board of education
as to teaching in such public schools;
they shall also personally teach some
of the advanced classes; see that as
sistn nts carry out the rules and give
satisfactory training to scholars; they
shall be held responsible for the proper
conduct of the school affairs and shall
at all times be under the supervision
of the supervising principal of the dis
| trict wherein they mold forth.
II. b. 175, by the same member, au.
thorizes the superintendent of public
instruction to appoint supervising prin-
clpals for government schools, as fol-
lows: One for East Hawaii including
I the districts of Puma. Hilo and Hama
kua; one for West Hawaii, including
| kau, North and South Kona and North
and South Kohala; and one each for
the county of Maui, Kauai and the
county and municipality of Oahu. The
( territorial auditor is directed to issue
no salary warrants for supervising prin-
cipals of schools in excess of the num-
| Der provided for in the bill.
| Lyman 3 II. b. 176 would amend Act
SO, S. l.. 1907, in the particular that
railroad companies, under its provisions,
seeking exemption from taxation shall
file annually with the superintendent of
public works n statement in detail
showing the nature and quality of such
property in manner that the same
may be identified. The period covering
such exemption remains the same, name.
ly, ten years from January |, 1908, and
appli to all new railroads constructed
or acquired after such date and all sub.
sequent extensions, whether on existing
or new railroads.
Just For Honolulu
Kupihea has returned to the fight to
raise the minimum pay of laborers, al
though he lost out recently on the same
proposition His new scheme is con.
tain in II. =. III which provides that
the minimum pay for lab rers on public
works of the City and County of Homo
lulu shall be two donars per day. He
ngures the outside representatives will
let the bill go through since the
Honorable Kupihea is not trying to
dictate to Hawaii, Maui and Kauai
what these counties shall pay in their
T spective bailiwicks.
A public administrator in each Judi
cial district of the Territory and who
shall act ex-othcio as public guardian
and curator, is provided for in Kins.
lea's II. b. l7S The Governor shall
appoint such officials Immediately aft~r
the law becomes effective, but begin
ming with the 1914 election and every
fours years thereafter they shall be
elected. The bill defines, in detail, the
powers and duties of the proposed new
and additional members of the official
family of the Territory
II. b. 1870, introduced by Representa-.
tive Watkins, reorganizes the depart.
ment of the territorial harbor commis.
sioners and divorces it entirely from
the public works department. All
wharves and the management of the
same are turned over entirely TO the
harbor commissioners. 1t is the inten-
ton of the bill to make the new de.
partment self.sustaining.