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Mr. Carter was born in Honolulu on April 22, 1867, the son of Samuel Morrill Carter and Harriet Layman Carter. His grandfather, Captain Joseph O. Carter, came to the Hawaiian Islands from New England in the 1820s. He married Edith Millicent Hartwell, daughter of Judge and Mrs. Alfred S. Hartwell, on October 12, 1895.

Mr. Carter was educated in Honolulu schools, until 14 or 15, when he went to work for the late Charles Reed Bishop in the Bishop Bank. He was later employed in various departments of the government until 1891, when he entered the Yale Law School. He completed his law course in two years and was graduated in 1893. He returned to Honolulu and practiced law. He later served as deputy attorney general. From January 11, 1896 to November 1, 1897, he served as a Judge of the First Circuit Court. In addition to his law practice, he became interested in various business enterprises, serving as a director of several corporations. He was among the organizers of several, including the Molokai Ranch, Hilo Railroad Company, Olaa Sugar Company, and the Hawaii Meat Company. He had served as president of the Hawaii Meat Company continuously since its incorporation in 1909, except for the year 1917.

On September 25, 1899, he was appointed guardian of the estate of Thelma K. Parker and began his association with Parker Ranch which was to become his life work.

Mr. Carter passed away on April 22, 1949 in Honolulu.

August 12, 1861 named U.S. Consul to the Hawaiian Kingdom by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Arrived in Honolulu October 27, 1861 on bark COMET.

Alexander ʻIolani Liholiho was born on February 9, 1834 in Honolulu, Oʻahu, to Elizabeta Kīnaʻu [Kuhina Nui of the Hawaiian Kingdom] and Mataio Kekūanāoʻa [Governor of Oʻahu]. He was a grandson of Kamehameha Paiʻea and his wife Kalakua Kaheiheimālie. As a young boy, he was taken in hānai (adoption/to care for) by the present Mōʻī (King), Kauikeaouli [Kamehameha III] and named heir apparent to the throne. The future monarch was educated at the Chiefs' Childrens School.

Alexander Joy Cartwright was born in Manhattan, New York City on April 17, 1820 to Alexander Joy Cartwright, Sr., a merchant sea captain, and Esther Rebecca Burlock Cartwright. He married Eliza Ann Gerrits Van Wie of Albany, New York in 1842. In 1845, he organized the Knickerbocker baseball cub in New York. In 1849, he moved to Hawai‘i arriving in Honolulu on August 18th. In 1850, Cartwright formed a partnership with Richard H. Bowlin for general merchandise business in Lahaina; business included hotel with billiard room and bowling alleys and a store in Lahaina, as well as a store at both Kahului and Kula.

On February 3, 1851, Cartwright was appointed chief engineers, Honolulu Fire Department. He was also an agent for New York Board of Underwriters.
In April 1852, Bowlin & Cartwright filed petition for bankruptcy; estate settled later in the year.
1855-1858 commission merchant and general shipping agent in Honolulu.
1859 connected with Wilcox, Richrads & Co., ship chandlers, until 1864.
1876 appointed Peruvian Consul.
1880 named trustee, "The Musical hall association of Honolulu"; helped found Queen's Hospital, American Seamen's Institution and Honolulu Library and Reading Room.
He died in Honolulu on July 12, 1892.

1780 born in Scotland
1815 arrived Hawai'i, friend of Kamehameha I and John Young
1817 captain of brig KAAHUMANU on voyage to Canton.
Pilot, Port of Honolulu, post held nearly 50 years
1820-1841 Harbormaster of Honolulu Harbor

The Advisory Study Commission on Water Resources (ASCWR) was established by Act 170, Session Laws of Hawaii, 1982.
The Legislature found that the State, pursuant to Article XI, section 7, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, had an obligation to protect, control and regulate the use of Hawaii's water resources for the benefit of its people by establishing policies, criteria and procedures related to water use, quality, conservation. The Legislature further found that formulation and enactment of a state water code was the means by which it would meet its constitutional obligation. It established ASCWR to begin the process which would result in enactment of the water code.
ASCWR had two purposes: to carefully and comprehensively review the various issues relating to Hawaii's water resources, including existing relevant laws and rules, and to formulate a proposed water code.
Act 170 specified the intent of the water code, listed 13 areas to be considered by ASCWR, specified the makeup of the 13-member Commission and placed it administratively under LRB. The Act provided funding and established dates by which the Commission was required to submit reports to the Legislature and the date upon which the Commission would cease to exist.
The Commission first met in September, 1982, and met at approximately monthly intervals thereafter. The Commission early on hired a consultant to do the detail work of researching and drafting the water code, while the Commission exercised oversight of the process. Eventually the draft code reaching a point where it was suitable for public review and comment. To accomplish this, the Commission announced and conducted informational public meetings and public hearings, on Oahu and all the neighbor islands except Kaho‘olawe and Ni‘ihau, at which public testimony was received. The Commission further revised the draft code based on public input and submitted the final draft as a part of their report to the Legislature in January 14, 1985.
The Commission held its last meeting on April 19, 1985, and ceased to exist on April 22, 1985. The state water code, as recommended by the Commission to the Legislature, was, after going through and being modified by the legislative process, eventually enacted into law as Act 45, Session Laws of Hawaii, 1987.