Appointive power, 34 H. 12.

The governor cannot suspend an officer appointable and removable by him with the consent of the senate and whose term of office is four years, unless sooner removed: 15 H. 114. A board of medical examiners appointed by the treasurer under the Hawaiian statute and not by the governor with the consent of the senate under this §, was held to be at least a de facto board. 15 H. 273. The validity of an income tax law cannot be attacked by one not affected thereby on the ground that it would effect a diminution of judges' salaries contrary to the provisions of this §: 13 H. 594; 121 Fed. 772. The words "and until their successors are appointed and qualified" apply to officers appointed by the President as well as to those appointed by the governor under this §: 42 C. Cls. R. 54. This § does not invalidate a territorial statute authorizing the chief justice to designate a circuit judge of one circuit to sit in place of a circuit judge of another circuit who is absent, disqualified: 26 H. 557, 290 Fed. 146. This § is controlled by §56, which authorizes the appointment and election of officers of municipal corporations in other ways: 16 H. 779. Salaries of members of supreme court, not taxable: 25 H. 607. But see 307 U.S. 277. Referred to in 14 H. 222, 283; 15 H. 298, 366, 367; 16 H. 245; 23 Ops. 138. On appointment of members of supreme court, see also §82.