The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-02-11
WOman'S Club Bill is
Made Basis of County
Library Legislation

Favorable action on a proposed
county library measure which expect
ed to be introduced in the coming ses-
sion of the legislature was taken by
the Maui Woman's Club meeting held
Monday afternoon. The proposed
measure differs frou the one prepared
by the committee for the Club and as
published in Maui News, by the addi-
ton of three clauses, the necessity
for which was explained in a letter
from the attorney general. There was
also read proposed bill and letter
from Miss Robson of the Library of
Hawaii which bill did not suit the com
mittee or the club so well as did the
amended measure presented by the
attorney general.
Woman's Clubs Bill
The first of the three new sections,
which is Sec. s of the bill that is en-
dorsed, appropriates money for Coun
ty Srce Libraries on Maui Kauai and
Hawaii, the amounts being left blank
in the draft. The section provides
such sums shall not become available
until there has been established in
such county upon permanent site
acquired for the purpose county free
library pursuant to the terms OF the
bill 1t further has a provision for
Hilo that where in any county free
library has been provided and such
library will agree to serve the reading
public of the entire county the sum
shall be available for such library.
The Hilo library has not attempted to
serve West Hawaii up to this time.
Section provides for the establish
ment of branch stations throughout
the entire county in which a library
is located thus relieving the Library
of Hawaii from any responsibility in
serving such branch stations directly
in any county.
Section 10 directs the Library of
Hawaii to assist all county free libra
lies by interchange and loaning of
books and other reading matter and
in all other appropriate ways to the
fullest possible extent.
Other Measures Offered
The bill sent over by Miss Robson
covers Maui County only, the purpose
being to have library law for each
of the libraries. II would have trus
tees appointed one by the governo.',
one by the supervisors and one by the
chamber of commerce instead of a
board of three to be named by the
board of supervisors. 1t is placed un-
der the general supervision OF the
Library of Hawaii and the librarian
of that institution and is to have the
right to draw ''for reference material
that cannot be supplied from its own
resources" A salary of $500 is fixed
for the Maui librarian, a provision
which Maui does not want included
in the bill prefering for its board of
managers to fix the salary, and an ap-
preparation of $4,000 is to be made
available for the biennial period pro-
vided that such funds shall be avail
! able only after the residents of Maui
have given satisfactory assurance to
the trustees of the Library of Hawaii
of library building of such size and
character as shall be approved by the
| Governor.
In an accompanying letter to the
last mentioned bill the subject of ap-
preparations for other Islands was
mentioned and the provision for Ho-
nolulu and the Library of Hawaii
seemed excessive as compared to the
other Islands unless the wording has
been misunderstood and the total sum
asked is to be $65,000 and not $105,0 900.
The letter said For the City and
County of Honolulu $65,000 is asked
with $4,000 to build up the reference
collection of the Library of Hawaii"
The letter said that publicity would
not be asked for the measure until
word had been received from Maui
and Kauai.