Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-29

measure-hashed and rehashed, re
vised and amended, has finally beer
adopted by the Oahu delegation OF tn,
house OF representatives, who will re
port out on the measure on Friday
offering IL In the form of a substitut,
bill. =.- E"...T-
Decision to adopt the charter bill
as amended was reached at a confer
ence OF the Oahu delegation last night
Typewriter copies of the amend
ments we're passes around and the
legislators went through each careful
ly, making few minor changes here
and there
Today the substitute bill Is being
typed and IL nothing goes amiss the
delegation will report to the house to
morrow morning. Last nights work
vas accomplished in just an hour.
There was not dissenting voice when
Representative Lorrin Andrews, faith.
er OF the original charter bill, moved
that all present sign a report recon.
mending the bill to the house.
No Minority Report
In the last few moments of the con.
ference Representative Clarence H.
Cooke announced that he would not
prepare q minority report Up until
this time II was taken for lgranted
that there would be two reports. ma
jority and minority.
But might say" laughed Repre-
sentative Cooke. that ] do not con-
cur in certain amendments when they
are read in the house."
Present at the meeting last night
were Representatives Wilder chair
man; Cooke, Ahuna, Kalana, Petrie,
Marquee, Andrews and Miles.
There was no move made in the
conference 10 reconsider the amend
ments proposed by the Chamber of
Commerce, in spite Of reports that
this issue would be forced. As Rep
resentative Andrews has previously
announced, amendments proposed by
the chamber have Deen incorporated
in the btu that now stands approved
wherever It was deemed feasible and
in the best Interests Of good city gov
eminent.
offlcers Remain Elective
The bill a. now adopted and. ap
proved provides for the election Of &
mayor and six supervisors, three
from the fourth and three from the
fifth district Heads OF departments,
such as the sheriff. clerk. city attor
ney and auditor remain elective Off
GERS as at present II Is provided that
the sheriff shall oct as coroner and
deputy sheriffs as ex-officio coroners.
The office Of chief Of police was not
created
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shall be appointed BY the mayor with
the approval Of three other members
Of the board Of supervisors. Repre-
sentative Cooke suggested that It be
crowded that the superintendent OF
city works be q imam Of known ex-
ecutiye ability" and this amendment
was adopted and incorporated in the
bill.
This. win give the supervisors some
ground upon which to approve such an
appointment said Representative
Cooke. "Asffegafds the superinten-
dent II Is not necessary that he be an
engineer. He may be businessman.
When the point was raised that the
salary Of the mayor and the city at
torney is fixed ct the same amount,
$500 year the question arose as
20 the ACCESSIBILITY Of making some dis
tinction between these offices.
I'VE cant give the city attorney
less money. said Andrews.
Andrews was willing to raise the !
mayors salary ID $4,000. Petrie said
he was willing to rake II $4,000.
This practically ended the discus |
SIGN and the salary Of the mayor re
mained4s Il was.
Ne Raise Tor City psos
Kalana wanted 10 raise the pay Of !
the supervisors and make them work
eight hours q day.
but this new charter gives the SUI !,
pervisors less work said Cooke.
II was explained that under the
substitute measure the supervisors
are relieved OF considerable commit
tee work, this being left to the heads
OF Departments. AS one member said,
they will meet about once q week and
pass payrolIs. This section was left
as II was.
The county engineer Is to be ap-
pointed by the board OF supervisors,
which will also fix his salary. All
that part Of the original charter bin
to taxation has been stricken
out and viii not be included in the
substitute bill on which the delegation
will make its final report
Another part Of The original char
ter deleted was that giving to the
Of city works charge of
public service and utilities" II was
also voted to delete that portion pro-
yiding Imprisonment FOR supervisors
who dictate the appointment Of any
person to office. fine being provided
in its stead.
to Rotate
One amendment provides that the
shall hold office for !.
term OF four years, except at the first
elestion, after the adoption Of the char
Ter. The supervisor elected from
the fourth district shall serve until
january l, 1922, and the two having
the smallest vote shall serve until
January l.. 1920, the same to apply to
the fifth district. Thereafter only
three supervisors shall be elected az
each election IL fill vacancies caused