Government of Western Samoa Report of the Commission to Inquire into and Report upon the Organization of District and Village Government in Western Samoa

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I.	Introduction	3
II.	Historical Survey	7
III.	Recommendations—
	(a) General	12
	(b) The District and Village Government Board	13
	(i) The Members of the Board	14
	(ii) The Work of the Board	17
	(c) The Preparation of District and Village Government Proposals	19
	(d) Constitution of Fono and Committees	20
	(e) The Making of Regulations	22
	(f) The Carrying-out of Decisions	25
	(g) The Trial of Offenders	33
	(h) A Note on the Problem of Maintaining Law and Order in Vaimauga and Faleata	36
	(i) The Co-ordination of Policy in Departmental Districts	37
	(j) The Future Need for District Courts	43
	(k) Government Action on this Report	47
IV.	Conclusions	49
V.	Acknowledgments	55
Appendices—
A.	Terms of Reference of the Commission	57
B.	Form of Questionnaire Used in Meetings with the Ali‘i and Faipule	63
C.	List of Consultants to the Commission	66
D.	List of Meetings Held for the Receipt of Evidence	67
E.	Speech by the Chairman of the Commission in the Legislative Assembly on 26th October, 1950	69
F.	Glossary of Samoan Terms Used in the Report	75

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