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Bureau of Public Works
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- Bureau of Public Improvement
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Dates of existence
1845/1900-06
History
Laws enacted in 1845 and 1846 established the Department of Interior to manage the Kingdom of Hawaii's internal affairs.
One of the responsibilities of the Department of Interior, which was headed by the Minister of Interior, was the management and supervision of internal improvements undertaken by the Hawaiian government.
The Minister of Interior had the authority, with the approval of the King in Privy Council, to appoint a Superintendent of Public Works to assist him in directing the Kingdom's internal improvements. In the pre-Territorial Government period, the Superintendent of Public Works, was the executive in charge of the Bureau of Public Works.
From 1855-1857, the Bureau of Public Improvement was a part of the Department of War. It then, once again, became a part of the Department of Interior.
The Organic Act for the Territory of Hawaii, which became effective in June 1900, abolished the office of the Minister of Interior (Section 8) and empowered the Governor of Hawaii, with the consent of the Territorial Senate, to appoint a Superintendent of Public Works for the Territory of Hawaii (Section 80).
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The Superintendent of Public Works was responsible for government buildings, prisons, pounds, harbors, piers, wharves, lighthouses, beacons, sewage systems, electric lights, and certain roads and bridges.
The Superintendent of Public Works was also responsible for constructing public laundries and wash houses, acquiring and preserving heiaus and puuhonuas or the sites and remains, and producing surveys, maps and plans of government lands, harbors, and internal improvements, as needed by the public.
The varied duties of the Superintendent of Public Works were not all assigned at the same time.
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- English
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2020-11-02, Joel Horowitz: Entered into AtoM