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SUPREME COURT t OF I1:1\\Alt-1•t, � (11. .,n of thy Cuurl 4 h� • of securing information that will enable it to draft aunt f cl lirements of the c y 1 posed charter adaptc�el to the requirements • 41 •'• and designed to provide for the people of the county, a more efficient and responsible form of government. The 1 _ � study of any . J." governmentprop-- cub c c t re•le•vant to the , • 1 erty, or other affairs of the county, or of the laws relative 1 , , thereto, or of any matter or thing deemed by the commis ;i sion to be pertinent thereto. and consistent with the pur- ' which the commission was created, shall be ` 1 . pose for • deemed within the scope of the coinmission's work. If, ' • after its study, the commission decides that a charter is l not desirable, it shall so report to the legislative body of f , the county and by resolu�ion all,f belldulvede V If. hoµe body of the ever, county the commission h the commission decides to draft a charterd the charter shall set forth the structure of the county government,the ' manner in which it is to operate. the powers of the county 1 I i in local affairs, and shall provide fo.r orderly transition e t government to government under the from the present .� charter. .� The last paragraph of HRS § 50-10 provides,"Upon adop- i . tion, the charter shall become the organic law of the county and shall supersede any existing charter and all laws leb ars• e in 3 the oorganization and government of the county . • •• conflict therewith." This language was contained in section i j - 11 of Act 73, S.L.H. 1963. the original enabling • It is clear to us that under HRS chapter 50, a charter t commission is given broad powers necessary to formulate.a i charter for a county. In drafting such a charter the commis- sion is required to delineate the structure of the county gov- i ernment. In so acting it must necessarily enumerate the powers and functions .of each county rs department,withisuch bo rd, ' '• • commission and agency in local t limits prescribed by HRS § 50-6. Upon the adoption of the • • charter, it shall become the organic law of the county super- ' seding any existing charter and all laws affecting the organi- zation and government of the county which are in conflict therewith. Of course, under FIRS § 50-15 the legislature has t