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COUNTY OF HAWAII <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br />STATE OF HAWAII <br />BILL NO. 1E9 <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY <br />CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE TO <br />PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SHIPPERS' WHARF <br />COMMITTEE TRUST FUND. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br />SECTION 1. The Shippers' Wharf Committee was originally organized in 1904 as an <br />incorporated association to collect and administer voluntary donations from import businesses at <br />the port of Hilo to combat plague and promote public health and safety. In 1940, the Shippers' <br />Wharf Committee was incorporated as an eleemosynary corporation, and in 1941, the State <br />courts declared the funds of the corporation to be charitable trust funds and established the <br />Committee members as trustees. In 1953, the corporation was legally dissolved, and the courts <br />transferred these non-public charitable trust fund assets, and the duty of administering the Trust, <br />to the Governor of the State of Hawaii. In April 2001, the Third Circuit Court of Hawaii <br />transferred the duty of administering the Trust from the Governor to the State Director of <br />Finance. In October 2003, the Third Circuit Court of Hawaii approved the transfer of the fund <br />from the State of Hawaii to the County of Hawaii and designated the Mayor of the County of <br />Hawaii its Trustee. The Mayor has designated the Director of Finance as the administrator of <br />the trust for the County of Hawaii. <br />SECTION 2. Chapter 2, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition), is amended by <br />adding a new article to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: <br />"Article . Shippers' Wharf Committee Trust Fund. <br />Section 2- . Establishment. <br />The Shippers' Wharf Committee was originally organized in 1904 as an incorporated <br />association to collect and administer voluntary donations from import businesses at the port of <br />Hilo to combat plague and promote public health and safety. In 1953, the corporation was <br />legally dissolved, and the courts transferred these non-public charitable trust fund assets, and the <br />duty of administering the Trust, to the Governor of the State of Hawaii. In October 2003, the <br />Third Circuit Court of Hawaii approved the transfer of the fund from the State of Hawaii to the <br />County of Hawaii and designated the Mayor of the County of Hawaii its Trustee. <br />