ation allowed by the Legislature for the care and segregation of the lepers.

The Sheriff of the County of Kalawao shall preserve the public peace, arrest and take before the Magistrate for examination all persons who attempt to commit or who have committed a public offense, and shall prosecute same to the best of his ability.

Shall have the power to appoint and dismiss and reappoint at his discretion not more than five policemen for the County, who, for the services rendered as policemen, shall receive such pay as the Board of Health shall determine, and which pay shall be taken out of and from the appropriation made by the Legislature for the care and segregation of the Lepers; Shall prevent and suppress affrays, breaches of the peace, riots and insurrections;

Command the aid of as many male inhabitants of his County as he may think necessary in the execution of his duties;

Take charge of and keep the county jail and the prisoners therein;

Serve all processes and notices prescribed by law, and be ex officio County Coroner.

The District Magistrate of the County of Kalawao shall have power to hear and determine cases within the limits of the County, and have the same jurisdiction to hear and determine cases as District Magistrates have under the laws of the Territory.

He shall collect the same fees as are collected by other District Magistrates under the laws of the Territory, and shall pay the same over to the Board of Health as a County realization.

In the event of the death, resignation or other disqualification of either the District Magistrate or the Sheriff during his term of office, the Board of Health shall appoint the successor of the one so dying, resigning or disqualifying, and such appointment shall hold good until the next general election and the election of his successor, as the case may be.

(c) The districts of Kau, North Kohala, South Kohala, North Kona and South Kona, upon the Island of Hawaii, and all other Islands within three nautical miles of the shores thereof, and the waters adjacent thereto, shall be the County of West Hawaii, the County Seat of which shall be Kailua.

Said County shall be the third judicial circuit of the Territory and be under the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit of the Territory. For purposes of taxation, said County shall be the part of the third taxation division of the Territory of Hawaii within said County; also the part of the first election district within said County for the election of members to the Senate and of the first and second election districts for the election of Representatives to the Legislature.

(d) The districts of Hilo, Puna and Hamakua, upon the Island of Hawaii, and all other Islands within three nautical miles of the shores thereof, and the waters adjacent thereto, shall be the County of East Hawaii. Said County shall be the fourth judicial circuit of the Territory of Hawaii, and be under the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of the Fourth Circuit of the Territory. The County Seat of said County shall be at Hilo. For the purposes of taxation, said County shall be the part of the third taxation division of the Territory of Hawaii within said County; also the part of the first election district within said County for the election of members to the Senate, and of the first and second election districts for the election of Representatives to the Legislature.

(e) The Islands of Kauai and Niihau, and all other Islands within three nautical miles thereof, and the waters adjacent thereto, shall be the County of Kauai, the County Seat of which shall be Lihue, on the Island of Kauai.

Said County shall be the fifth judicial circuit of the Territory and be under the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of the Fifth Circuit of the Territory. For purposes of taxation, said County shall be the fourth taxation division of the Territory; also the fourth election district for the election of members to the Senate and the sixth election district for the election of Representatives to the Legislature.

CHAPTER 2.

DISTRICTS.

SECTION 2. The Counties shall be divided into Districts, as follows, viz:

The county of Oahu into five districts, as follows:

Honolulu District; Ewa and Waianae District; Waialua District; Koolauloa District; Koolaupoko District.

The County of Maui into five Districts, as follows:

Lahaina and Lanai District; Wailuku District; Hana District; Makawao District; Molokai District.

The County of West Hawaii into five Districts, as follows: North Kohala District; South Kohala District; North Kona District; South Kona District; Kau District.

The County of East Hawaii into four Districts, as follows: Hamakua District; North Hilo District; Hilo District; Puna District.

The County of Kauai into six Districts, as follows:

Waimea District; Koloa District; Lihue District; Kawaihau District; Hanalei District; Niihau District.

CHAPTER 3.

GENERAL POWERS OF COUNTIES.

SECTION 3. The powers of the several Counties shall be exercised by Boards of County Supervisors, or by agents or officers acting under their authority or authority of law.

SECTION 4. Each of the several Counties shall be a body corporate and politic, and have the powers specified in this Act and such other powers as are necessarily implied.

SECTION 5. Each County has power:

1-To sue and be sued in its corporate name;

2-To purchase and hold lands within its defined boundaries;

3-To make such contracts and purchases and hold such real and personal property as shall be necessary to the exercise of its powers;

4-To manage and dispose of its property as the interests of its inhabitants may require;

5-To levy and collect such taxes, for purposes under its exclusive jurisdiction, as are authorized by law;

6-To do all things necessary and proper to carry into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested in such County, or in any officer thereof.

SECTION 6. No County shall, in any manner, give or loan its credit to or in aid of any person or corporation. An indebtedness or liability incurred contrary to this provision shall be void.

SECTION 7. All contracts, authorizations, allowances, payments, and liabilities to pay, in violation of this Act, shall be void and shall never be a basis of a claim against the County. All officers of each of said Counties are charged with notice of the condition of its treasury, and the extent of the claims against the same.

SECTION 8. Any officer authorizing, or aiding to authorize or auditing, or allowing, or paying any claim or demand upon or against any County, in violation of any of the provisions of this Act, or of the Organic Act of the Territory, shall be liable in person and upon his official bond to the person or persons damaged thereby, to the extent of his or their loss, by reason of the non-payment of his or their claims.

SECTION 9. Whenever the Board of Supervisors shall without authority of law, order any money paid as salary, fees, or for any purpose, and such money shall have been paid; or whenever any County officer has drawn any warrant or warrants in his own favor, or in favor of any other person, without being authorized by the Board of Supervisors, oì hy the law, and the same shall have been paid, the District Attorney of the County is empowered, and it is hereby made his duty, to institute suit, in the name of the County, against such person or persons, to recover the money so paid, and twenty per cent. damages for the use thereof; and no order of the Board of Supervisors therefor shall be necessary to maintain such suit.

When the money has not been paid upon such order or warrants it is hereby made the duty of the District Attorney of such County upon receiving notice thereof, to commence suit, in the name of the County, to restrain the payment of the same; and no order of the Board of Supervisors shall be necessary to maintain such suit.

SECTION 10. Whenever a grand jury is impanelled the Cir cuit Judge empanelling the same shall call its attention to the provisions of the foregoing Sections, and have then as certain by careful and diligent investigation, whether the provisions of said Sections have been complied with, and to note the result of such investigations in their record.

CHAPTER 4.

COUNTY SEATS.

SECTION 11. No County Seat shall be changed or removed, unless two-thirds of the qualified electors of the County voting on the proposition at a general election shall vote in favor of such removal.

SECTION 12. Whenever there shall be presented to the Board of Supervisors a petition, signed by the qualified electors of a County, in number equal to a majority of the votes cast at the last preceding general election, praying for the removal of the County Seat of the County, the Board shall by due proclamation submit the question of such removal of the County Seat, at the next general election to the qualified electors of such County. The election shall be conducted and the returns canvassed in all respects as provided by law for the conduct of general elections and canvassing the returns thereof.

TITLE 2.

POWERS OF COUNTIES.

CHAPTER 5.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

SECTION 13. The County of Oahu shall have a Board of Supervisors consisting of seven members, two members thereof to be elected from the Fourth District, two members from the Fifth District, and the remaining three to be elected at large and without regard to their place of residence within said County. Each other of the several Counties of the Territory shall have a Board of Supervisors consisting of five members. The pay of Supervisors of each County for the