voo
o aly 9, 1920
and approved
July
18,
1950,
Be
it
enacted
by
the
Colonial
Council for St. Croix:—
That
to Title
111, Chapter
71, of
“An
Ordinance
providing
a
com-
piled
code
of
general ;and
special
Laws
for
St.
Croix
and
altering,
%meqdmg,
repealing
and continuing
xisting Laws”’, passed
by
the
Co-
lonial Couneil
July
12,
1920,
there
be added
the following to be insert-
ed and read
as
a new section:
Section
8.
Estates,
wherein
the
value
of the
assets
is
less
than
three hundred
dollars,
may
be
ad-
ministered
in
a
summary
manner,
under
such
general
and
special
rules
as
may
be
prescribed
by the
Judge of the Distriet Court.
Introduced
by
D.
NOLL,
2nd Appointed
Member.
ond Appointed
Member (Noll) in
intro-
ducing
the
Ordinance
said:
Mr.
Vice-
Chdirman.
This draft of Ordinance
pro-
vides
that estates,
wherein
the
value of
the
assets
is
less
than
three
hundred
d>llars,
may
be
administered
in
a sum-
mary
manner,
under
such
general
and
special
rules
as
may
be
prescribed
by
the
Judge
of
the
District
Court.
The
reason
| offer this amendment
is, because
we
have discovered
in practice
that
the
cost
of administering
an
estate
is
too
burdensome
for
those
small
estates,
it
generally
costs
from forty
to fitty
dol-
lars.
I think it is
admitted
by all
mem-
bors of the bar that this is in order.
We
hal
a
cise
not
long
ago;
a
muan
died
leaving S3O
in the Bank, and
to et
that
money
out of the
Bank
he would
have
to
spend
more than
the amount i the Bank.
And anvone
of the
people
in the
country
who die leaving
a donkey,
a
horse
or
a
cart
that
ecould
be
cared
for
by
the
amendment.
Government
Secretary
(Gaffney)
re-
marked:
Goveinment
is in favor of
the
Ordinance
a3 proposed
by the Honorable
2nd
Appointed
Member
(Nol!).
[t is al
ready
law in St.
Thomas
and
St.
John.
If
the Council
desires
to pass
all
three
discussions
today
Govarament
has
no
objection.
ond Member
for Frederiksted
Country
District (Curry)
proposed
that
Ist
Dis-
cussion
be closed.
9nd Member for Christiansted
Country
District (Berg)
seconded
the
member’s
motion.
I'he Vice-Caairman
put
the motion
to
the
vote.
:
110 members
voted for; none against.
Ist Discassion
closed.
:
(To b 2 concluded.)
ST ROX
A YIS
LOCAL
The
s.
s. Rridze.own
from
New
York
via St.
Thomas
and Frederiksted
arrived
here at noon vesterday
and sailed for the
southern
ports
at
300
p.
m.
Printed
matter
and
parcel
post
mails
were
re-
ceived,
but noletters.
Mails for six points
were carried.
Among the
passengers
who
embarke
|
at this port by
he
Bridzetown
yesterdav
was
Rev.
H
M Pigoit,
the
popular and
much
beloved
rzetor
of
St.
John’s Epis-
copal church.
this
tawn,
whao
is
gone
on
a
6-week vacation
to Antigua,
B.
W. L
Durinz
the
ahsence
of
Rev.
Father
Pigott,
the
parish
of 3t
John’s will be
administered
by
the
R-:v.
Father
Geo.
A Griffiths of All Sai
>ts Episcopal chureh,
St.
Thomas®
From
an
offizial item
in
this
issueit
will
be
noted
that
His Excellency
the
Governor
has
exten:ded
an invitation
to
President
Harding
to visit
the Virgin [3-
lands.
Ir event
that
this
invitation
is
fruitfu!, ilis Excel
en
_ the President
wiil
be the first Chief Executive
to thus honor
the islands.
It would
be
well if St.
Croix
could
be included
in
the
itinerary being
the
largest
of
the
Virgin
llslands,
the
most
self-supporting
of
the
group
and
the
one holding
in itself
mnst
possibili-
ties
of
pros
_erity
und-r
thL2
Am:ricin
flag under existing
coaditions
as
we
see
them.
The
theatre
was
crowded
last
nizht.
The film sereened
was The
Last Days of
Napoieon.
As much
was
not represent-
ed of the personal
activities
of this
man
who is said
to
have
drowned
KEurope
in
blood and
tears,
as
was
looked
for—but
the
acting
was
good,
and
the
pic-
ture
interestinz
throughout
its
parts,
It is
recommended
to
movi?
ad nirers
in Fredariksted
where
it
wiil be
shown
tonight.
19 July,
1923,
OFFICIAL NOTk>S.
Yestarday
afterncon,
His
Excellency
the
Governor of the
Virgin Isiands,
ad-
dressed
the
followinyg invitation by ralio
to the Pres'dent
of the
United
States,
to
visit thes2
islands
on his
way home
:
“On
bnahalf of the
inhabitants
of
the
Virgin
Islands,
[extend
a cordial
ia-
vitation
to the President
of the
United
States
to visit the
Virgin Islands
dur-
ing his passage
through these
waters.
Such
a visit would be,
in
my epinion,
a
conerete
evidenee
of the
interest
of the
Chief
Executivein the latest
acqgmsi-
tion of territory to the
American
Flaz,
Signed:
Governor Virgin Isiands.”
TELEGRAMS.
ST. CROIX STATION.
Halifax, N. S., July
17th.
-Announce-
ment
was made
at the
offices of the Roy-
al Mail Steam
Packet
Company
here
yes-
terday that it
had
been
decided
to place
the steamer
Teviot,
a
freighter
of 3,271
tons
gross,
in
the
West Indies
service,
pending
the
designaticn
of
a
suitable
passenger
steamer.
The Teviot will take
the
ptace
temporarilv
of
the
steamer
“Caraquet’”’,
lost
off
Bermuda
a
few
weeks
ago.
She
will make
her first sai'-
ing from
St. John
about
August sth and
Halifax August
17th and will carry mails,
but
ro passengers.
Bochum,
July
16th.— A
state
of siece
was again proclaimed
here
today in
con-
sequ
rce of a
severe
explesion
on
Sun-
day in thé huge
depot
at
Weitmar,
near
here,
where
thousands
of
corfiscatcd
automobiles
zre
parked,
The Jecvse
of
the exploslon
is net
known,
but
in Ge:-
man
quarters
the
opinion
is
exvressed
that it pirobably
weas
due
to
spontaneors
ccmbustion,
owing
to the
excessive
heat,
Boechuw
has
been
compleiely cut off frem
the
surrcurding
ccuntry
and
sevare
punitive
measures
bave
been i sti‘uted,
Belerade.
July
16th.— A
nun b1
of
perscns
arve reported
to have
heen
kitled
and
others
injured and
considerable
dam-
age
caused
o builditgs
through
the
ex-
plosion yesterday
of
a
large
cdepot
of ar-
tillery ammunition
at
Kraguyevatz,
60
miles
southeast
of Belgrade.
‘lhe
disas-
ter is believed
to
have
been
due
to spon-
tanecus
con. bustion.
Mcscow,
July 16th. —Russia
has
order-
ed the withdrawa:
of her
mission
to Bul-
garia in consequence
of
the
reported
as-
sassination
of a member
of
the
Russian
Red
Cross
in
Bulgaria.
The
Foreign
Office hus
sent
a
letter
to
Dr. Nansen,
League
¢f
Nutions
relief
commissioner,
asking
him
to lodge
a protest.
Lendon,
July
17th.—The
match
be-
tween
the
West
Indians
touring
cricket-
ers
and
Warwickshire
was
coreluded
yesterday
at
DBirmingkam,
the
former
winning by nire
wickets.
On
Saturday
the Warwickshire
XI made
240
in
their
first innings,
to which
the
West
Ingiars
yesterdav
replied
with
321
as
follows,.
Tariiton
8,
Challenor
61,
Fernandes
11,
Nunes
3, Small
85,
Avustin
18, Drowne 21,
Pasecall
25,
Constantine
47,
Dewhurs!
@,
Francis
(not
our)
19,
extras
23.
totul 32..
Warwickshire
then
went into bat
in theip
second
untngs
and
were
disposed
of tor
a
score
of
104
as
follows.
Wyutt
54,
Bates
1, Santali
5
Quaife 3, Calihyrpe
7.
Croom
13, Smart
0,
Clarkson
), Boune:-
son 0,
Jennings
35,
Cross
(rnot
out
2,
extras
3,
total
104.
RBowlng
fer
the
West
Indians
Franeis
to)k
tuwo
wick ts
for 32
runs,
Browxne thrve
for 28,
Cun-
stantine
three
tor 17,
=:nd Pascall
two {for
24.
Replying, the
Wost
Indians
scored
24 for the
loss
of
one wicket, th:s win-
ning the match
by nine
wickets.
Scores
were
as
foilows,
Tarilton 0, Fern indes
(not out) 8, Nune:
(no* ouai]
1, otal 24,