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Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Prefect (Chief) of Police of Honolulu
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- Sheriff of Oahu
- Marshal of the Hawaiian Islands
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Dates of existence
1874-1896
History
By Joint Resolution of May 4, 184 7, the Legislature amended the Act to Organize the Executive Departments by transferring control of the Marshal from the Attorney General to the Minister of the Interior, which latter official was given the duty of nominating the Marshal for appointment by the King. The Marshal was simultaneously designated as the Sheriff of Oahu and the Prefect of Police of Honolulu.
This arrangement was confirmed and clarified in detail in the Compiled Laws of 1859, which specified that the Marshal was the Chief of Police of the Kingdom, and which gave the Marshal the authority to appoint the island sheriffs, with the approval of the respective island governors. The Combined Laws also explicitly assigned the duties of the island sheriffs on their islands, cited in the first paragraph, supra, to the Marshal with respect to the Kingdom as a whole, and required that the Marshal submit to the Minister of the Interior a quarterly report of accounts and such other matters relating to the police department as he deemed proper.
Act 8 of 1888 transferred control of the Marshal back to the Attorney General, and confirmed the Marshal as the Chief of Police of the Kingdom.
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
1999-05-19, Prepared by A. Hoof.
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2021-05-17, Carol Kellett: Entered into AtoM.