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. . . . • • • • • • • , .---- . . • .. ... . • .. • • . . . . . .. . ,.. . . . ,.. ' . . ,• . „. • . . . . • , - • . , . . • . . . . • , I • . . . . . . . . • . , .T . . . . . • .. . . . e . • • . • SUPREME COURT OF HAWAII-17 . . . . . . . • . . . . . Opinion of the Court • . • • . , . . . .. . ' : ;1, • . . . . . , necessary staff. Section 8-11.3 provides for the composition . . . . and membership of the board of water supply and-the powers , of such board, all of which substantially differ from those . . .. . provided by FIRS chapter 54. The board under the revised •, .. . • . ' . . charter is not an autonomous agency and the waterworks . . :. •, . . • thereunder is in fact to be managed by the mayor and council. . • _ Under section 8-11.4, the per of appointing and removing • - $: . . She director of the department of water supply would be . . . . !• . . • placed in the mayor rather than as previously in the board. . . - .• The revised charter creates under section 8-13.3 a liquor . . . 5 control adjudication boardwhich is given the exclusive power to hear and decide all complaints regarding violations . . . ., . of the liquor laws as well as rules and regulations established • . I .:' by the liquor control commission.6 The'adjudication board is also given the power to punish offenders as provided by law. • •. • The appellants allege that these provisions shift the power .-. . . • • from one board to another board or to the mayor and council . . . . • -• . . - and violate the rule- of law that a power delegated by the • • legislature to a specific body or position within the political . . . • subdivision may not be removed to another body or position. • State ex rel. Gutherie v. City of Richland, 80 Wash.2d 382, . ... . . . 494 P.2d 990 (1972); Logan v. Two Rivers, 222 Wis. 89, 267 . . • • N.W. 36 (1936). However, these cases do not apply to the • .. instant situation. Both amendment 40 to article XI, section 10 • • of the Washington State Constitution and article II, section 3 • • . . of the Wisconsin State Constitution, the constitutional provi- sions on municipalities relevant to Gutherie and Logan, re- , • spectively, do not contain municipal structure-and organiza- •• . 1 1 • • ..• • , . - - . • 6 Such a board of three members was initially created under the charter which i • took effect January 2, 1969. The revised charter increased its membership to five members. , ; . .' • . °Appellants'contention that revised charter sections 8-13.4 and 13-2.14 prohibit . . 1 the liquor control commission and its members from investigating complaints re- . . garding violations of state liquor laws and the commission's rules and regulations is • •. •4t • erroneous. Revised charter section 13-2.14 provides an exception Where interfer- i • encc with the administrative affairs of the department is otherwise provided for by I law.!IRS§ 281-17(9)(Supp. 1975)is the law providing investigatory powers to the li liquor control commission or its members. • . : • . . . . • . - .. . . • . . , , . . . 1 . . . • . . . ; . . • 1 . . t . . • , . 1 . • . . . . . . . . • • . . • . : . . . , • - . , • . , . . . • . . • • • . . • ' • - ' .._;- "