Act 133. Government Inventories. Act 134. Pension for J. K. Piimanu. And it shall be the duty of said auditors to charge the amounts of said inventories to proper accounts on the general ledgers of the Territory, county, or city and county, so that the values of the said properties shall be shown and appear at all times in the balance sheet of the books of the Territory, county, or city and county. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of public works at all times to advise or assist the several tax assessors and/or auditor in the valuation of all property belonging to the Territory. And it shall be the duty of the county engineers to advise or assist the tax assessors and/or auditors of their respective counties or city and county as to the valuation of the property belonging to county or city and county." SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect from and after the date of its approval. Approved this 21st day of April, A. D. 1915. LUCIUS E. PINKHAM, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii. ACT 134 AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF J. K. PII MANU. WHEREAS, the Honorable J. K. Piimanu, District Magistrate of Kipahulu, County of Maui, of the Second Judicial Circuit, Territory of Hawaii, has retired from the position of District Magistrate of Kipahulu, for being totally disabled at present, and for a long time past, with paralysis; and WHEREAS, the said J. K. Piimanu has filled the said position most faithfully and honorably for a period of thirty years; and WHEREAS, he is one of the most honored and respected citizens of Hawaii nei, and in recognition of his most valuable and honorable services; Therefore, Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: SECTION 1. The treasurer of the Territory of Hawaii is hereby authorized and directed to pay, upon warrants issued by the auditor of the Territory, the sum of twenty dollars ($20.00) each month to Judge J. K. Piimanu, and to continue so to do for and during the remainder of his life. Such payments are hereby appropriated out of money received in the treasury of the Territory from the general revenues. SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect from and after the date of its approval. Approved this 21st day of April, A. D. 1915. LUCIUS E. PINKHAM, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii. ACT 135 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41 OF THE REVISED LAWS OF HAWAII, 1915, RELATING TO PRIMARY ELECTIONS, BY ADDING THERETO A FURTHER PROVISO TO SAID SECTION. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: SECTION 1. Section 41 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended by adding thereto a further proviso to read as follows: Act 135. Primaries. Act 136. Agriculture and Forestry. "And further provided, that in respect of any office to which more than one person may be by law elected, as, for example, supervisors of and for any county, or any city and county, or any subdivision of either thereof, in the Territory, if more candidates than the number to be elected shall receive such majority of votes, only the number to be elected, as by law. provided in the given instance, and being those candidates who shall have received the highest number of votes at such primary, shall be considered and declared elected." SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect from and after its approval. Approved this 21st day of April, A. D. 1915. LUCIUS E. PINKHAM, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii. ACT 136 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 476, 477, 479 AND 480; PARAGRAPH 1 OF SUB-SECTION 5, SUB-SECTIONS 10 AND 14 OF SECTION 481; AND SECTION 504 OF CHAPTER 37 OF the Revised LAWS OF HAWAII, 1915, RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: SECTION 1. Section 476 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended by striking out the word "Officers" and omitting the following two sentences, so that said section shall then read as follows: Act 136. Agriculture and Forestry. "Section 476. Board, quorum. bers of said board shall constitute a quorum thereof, with power to transact any business within the powers or jurisdiction of the board." SECTION 2. Section 477 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 477. Executive officer of board. The powers and duties vested prior to April 25, 1903, in the commissioner of agriculture and forestry and thereafter transferred to and vested in the superintendent of public works, and thereafter transferred to and vested in the president of the board are hereby transferred to and vested in the executive officer of the board whom the board may, with the approval of the governor, appoint and who shall receive such compensation out of the funds at the disposal of the board as shall be prescribed by the board, with the approval of the governor.' SECTION 3. Section 479 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended by striking out the words "except the president, who shall receive such salary as may be appropriated by the legislature," so that said section shall then read as follows: "Section 479. Board, expenses, pay. The members of the board, appointed under this chapter, shall serve without pay. The board shall be entitled to pay the traveling expenses, within the Territory, of its members when actually engaged in business relating to the work of the commission, and also all cost of postage, stationery, correspondence, records, printing and other expenses necessarily or properly incidental to the business of the board.” SECTION 4. Paragraph 1 of Sub-sections 5 of Section 481 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended by deleting the words "and who shall be paid such salary as may Act 136. Agriculture and Forestry. be appropriated by the legislature," so that said paragraph shall then read as follows: t "5. Superintendent of forestry department. To appoint a superintendent of forestry, who shall have charge, direction and control (subject to the direction and control of the board) of all matters relating to forestry, mentioned in or coming within the scope of this chapter, and such other matters as the board may from time to time direct. Said superintendent of forestry shall be a trained and educated forester, who shall have made the subject of forestry a special study, and if such a man is available, one who has had practical training and experience in connection with forestry in a tropical country." SECTION 5. Section 480 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 480. Expenses, how paid. All persons authorized to be employed by the board and all expenditures authorized to be made by the board, shall be paid out of the appropriations provided for by the legislature for agriculture and forestry." SECTION 6. Sub-section 10 of Section 481 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1915, is hereby amended by deleting the words "and who shall be paid such salary as may be appropriated by the legislature," so that said sub-section shall then read as follows: To "10. Superintendent of entomological department. appoint a superintendent of entomology, who shall have charge, direction and control (subject to the direction and control of the board) of all matters relating to the exclusion or eradication of insects, scales, blight and diseases injurious, or liable to become injurious, to trees, plants or other vegetation of value; and relating to the quarantine, inspection, disinfection, exclusion or destruction of any plant, article or substance injurious, or liable to become injurious, to trees, plants or other |