Publicat:
üblication.
T is hereby
made
knowvn,
that
whereas
l the following Member of the
Colonial
Council elected
by the Voters of
Fred-
eriksted
Country Distriet,
viz: 2nd
Me n-
ber
G
NORDBY,
has
recently
become
disqnalified
to
sit
in
said
Council
and
hold
said office,
bacause
of the
passage
®v
Congress
of an
Act
which
was
ap-
proved
on July
12,
192i.
itis
resoived,
by virtue of paragraph
34,
Section
3,
of
the Colonial
Law,
that
a special
=iection
of
a Member
to the
Council
in
lieu
of
the
said
gentleman,
shall
take
place
in
the
Courihouse
in
Fredeviksied
on
THiIRSDAY THE
25tH
DAY OF
AU-
GUST
1921.
The polling will commence
at
1 o’cloek
p.
u. and in accordance
with Paragraph
30 of
rhe
Colonial Law,
will
close
at
4
p.
m. at the earliest.
At
the eiection
no
ne
can
be
consid
ered
unless
ne
has
announced
himself
as
a
candidate,
or has
been
so
announced
by
one
of
the
electors
of the
Ilectoral
Distriect.
The
announcement
of
ecandi-
dature
shall either
be
made
in
writing,
or
by
personal
attendance
of
the
an-
nouncer
before
the
KElectoral
Board.
The
written
announcement
signed
by
the
announcer
(announcers)
must
be
sent
to
the
undersigned
Chairman
at
his
ufficial office not
iater than
4 o’clock
p.
m.
on
the
21sT
DAY
OF
AUGUST
1921,
and
for
receiving
announcements
made
personally,
the
Electoral
Board
will meet
at
the place
where
th2 eleciion
is
to be held
at 8 o’clock
p. .
ou
MON-
DAY THE 228
D DAY OF AUGUST 1921.
The
Electoral
Board
for
the
Country
Jurisdiction
of Frederksted,
St.
Croix,
Y
11U
8 A Aug. 12
1921,
. H PAYNE,
Chairrman.
1
£l
®
Publication.
T is mereby
made known,
that
whereas
l the following Member
of
the Colonial
Council
elected
by the
voters of Chris-
tiansted Country
District,
viz: Ist Mem-
ber
A. . STAKEMANN,
has
recently
become
disqualified
to
sit
in
said
Coun-
cil and hoid said
office, because
ol
the
passage
by
Congress
of
an
Act
which
was approved
on
July 12,
1921, it is
re
solved,
by
viriue
of
Paragraph
34,
See-
tion 3, of
the
Coloma:
Law,
ihat
a
spe-
cial elecrion
of a Member
to
the Colonial
Council in lieu of the said gentleman
shall
take
place
in
the
Courthouse
in Cnris-
tiansted
on
FRIDAY
THE
26TH
DAY
OF
AUGUST
1921.
The polling will.commence
at
1 o’clock
p. m., and in accordance
with Paragraph
£ L Ll 8
NiD
'
20 of th:
Calonial
taw,
will close
at
4
.
o’clock p
m. at the
earliest.
A'
the
election
ro
one
can
be
con-
-
sidered
unless
he
has
anno nced
him-
.
self
as
a
candidate,
or
has
been
s 0 an-
'
nounced
by
one
of
the
electors
of th=
.
electoral
District.
The announcement
of-
-
candidature
shall
either
be
made
in
writ-
|
"
ing,
or
by
personal
attendance
of
the
'
aunnouncer,
before
the
electoral
board.
'
The
written
announcement
signed
by
the announcer
(announcers)
must
be sent
|
to
the
undersigned
Chairman
at
his
official
office
not
later
than
4
o’clock
p.
M.
on
the
22nd
day
of August
1921,
!
and
for receiving
announcements
made
|
|
persunaliy,
the Eiectoral
Eoard
will meet
|
|
at the place
where
the
election
Is to be
|
.
held
at
3
o’clock
p.
m.
on Tuesday
asrd
|
I
Augist
1921,
The
Electoral
Board
for
the Tountry
|
Jurisdietion
of Christiansted,
St. Croix,
|
i
V.1U.8 A, August
12. 1921
;
2
G H PAYNE,
Charrman.
NOTICE.
PAR'[‘IES having claims
against
MR. &
|
MRs.
F. LUNNEY of EstT.
ANGUIL-
LA
are
requested
jto present
them
for
|
settlement
to either
of the
undersigned
|
~
Attorneys
by
the
expiration
gl
iEs
|
-
mgnth.
|
|
;
B .COULTER.
;
|
:
D.B.
LUNNEY.
|
Fredeiikated,
St.
Croix,
V.
1. U.
8.
|
15 August
1921.
|A=
3
!
PROCEEDINGS
|
OF
THE
|
COLONIAL COUNCI
1
OUNCIL
‘
FOR
ST. CROIX.
|
ON
Sa urday,
Auzusi
6,
1921,
at
two
|
o'clock
p
m.,
the
<olonial
Council
.
for
St.
Croix
held
an
extraordinary
'
meetinz
in
the
Colonial
Council
Hall
in
Coristiansted,
convened
by
request
l
of (zovernment.
|
The
members
present
were:
The
Viee-Chairman
(Coulter), K. Henderson,
Thos.
Ramsay.
Robt.
W. Skeoch,
M. M.
Skeoch,
J. Alexander,
W.
S. Abramson,
D.
Noll,
A. V.
Nelthropp,
D
S.
Arm-
strong,
A,
J.
Blackwood,
F.
Andersen
and
G.
B
Fleming.
Absent
were:
I'he Chair.zan
(Merwin),
F.
Lunney,
A.
E.
Stakemann
and
G,
Nordby.
Government
Secretary
(Timmonsj
at-
tended
the meeting.
After prayers
had been
said
tne Chair-
man (Coulter) asked
the Assistant
Secre-
tary
to act
as
Secretary
as
the Secretary
to the Councii
was absent.
Accordingly
the
Assistant
Secrefary
took the chair.
[Che Chairman
then
read
the following
communications
to the
Council
received
since
the last meeting.
1.
Letter
from
Government
of July
15, a.
¢., reading:
GOVERNMENT
OF
THE
VIR&IN I[SDANDS
OF THE UNITED STATES,
ST. THOMAS.
16 July.
1921,
Sir .---
The
Colonial
Council
for
the
Municipality of
St.
Croix is hereby
informed
that the
Governor of the
Virgin Islands of the
United States
was today officially advised
by radio
that
an Act of Congress
signed
by
the
President,
12 July,
1921,
and
effective
1 July, 1921, contained
the
two tollowing provisos:
“Provided
that
no
person
owing
allegiance
to
any
country
other
than the United
States
of Ameri-
ca shall
be eligible to hold
office
as
a
member
of
the
Colonial
Coun il of the
Virgin slands
of
the
United
States
nor
to
hold
any
public office
under the
Gov-
ernment of said islands:
Provided
further
that the income
tax
laws
now
in
force
in
the
United
States
of
America
and
those
which
may
nercafter
be
enacted
shall be likewise in force
in the
Virgin Islands
of the
Uni-
ted
States
exeept
that
the
pro-
ceeds
of such
taxes
shall
be paid
into
the
treasuries
of said
is-
lands.”’
The Governor
requests
o be al-
vised
by
the
.ouncil
as
to
the
names
of the members
of the Coun-
cil affected
by
this legisiation
and
the seats
which therevy
automatic-
ally become
vacant.
Very respectfully,
C. C. TIMMONS,
Government
Secretary.
Chairman
of the Colonial Crunecil,
Bt. Creaix, Virgin Islands
of U, 8.
2.
Radio
from
Government
of
Au-
gust 1, a.
¢
reading:
Govt.
Rdo.
St.
Croix.
Mr. Coulter,
Vice Chairman
Colonial Council.
Please
call
extraordinary
meeting
Colonial
Council Saturday
with
the
or-
der
of the day to cover
examinations
of
election
Mr. Nelthropp
and
for ali
un-
finished business.
Signed:
GUVERNOR.