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COLONIALCOUNCIL
FOR
ST.
CROIX
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()N Monday, June
13, 1921,
at
1 o’clock
p. m.
the Colonial Councii of St. Croix
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convened
in extraordinary session
in the
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Council Hall in Christiansted
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(Convened
by request
of Governinent)
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The following members
were
present:
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The Vice-Chairman
(Coulter),
D.
€.
Ca-
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negata,
h.
M. Skeoch,
K.
Henderson,
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W.
S.
Abramsen,
D. Noll, A.
E.
Stake-
I
mann,
G.
B. Fleming,
G. Nordby,
D.S.
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Armstrong,
J.
Alexander,
Robt.
W.
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Skeoch,
Thos. Ramsay.
F.
Andersen
and
A. J. Blackwood.
Absent
were:
bth
Appointed
Mem-
ber (Lunney) and Robt.
L. Merwin.
Fur-
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thermore
the
seat
for
2nd Member for
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Christiansted
Country District
was
va-
cant.
Owing to the absence
of
the Chairman
(Merwin)
the
Vice-Chairman
(Coulter)
took the Chair as Acting Chairman.
After prayers
had
been
said
the
Vice-
‘
Chairman
remarked:
Honorable
Mem-
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bers of.the Council,
since
the
last
meet-
|
ing, death has taken from
ameng
us cne
}
of our members.
Only
a few weeks
ago
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Mr. Svend Jorgensen
took his seat in
'his
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Council for the first time
after
his
elec-
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tion,
two weeks
after
the majority of the
|
members
followed his remains
to its
last
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resting place.
As
a
Council
member
I
[
cannot
say much of him but those
of
us
|
who knew hini for the last sixteen
years,
could
say,
that if his life had
been
spar-
ed he would have been
3
valuable
mem-
ber of this Council.
1 ask
the Council
as
a meark of esteem
and respect
tohis
mem-
|
ory
to stand
in
silence
for five seconds.
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(Accordingly members
stood still for
five
;
seconds.)
X
:
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The Vice-Chairman
furthei remarked
:
'
[ am sure that: Honorable
Members
will
e
|
|
join with me in expressing
regret
for the
unavoidable
absence
of the
Chairman
of
|
the Council
at
this
meeting.
Only
late
|
yesterday
afternoon
1 learnt
that
it
was
|
very probable
that he would
not
be
able
)
to attend
the
meeting
today,
and
since
then I have
had
no
written
communica-
,
tion on
the
matter.
As a consequence|
l
will
ask
Honorable
Members
to
bear
|
with me if there
are
any
discrepancies
|
as [am not
thoroughly
acquainted
with
|
the details
of the business
of
this
meet-
|
ing.
The Vice-Chairman
remarked:
Hon-
|
orable
Members
the minutes
of
the
last
|
meeting
has been
published
as
customa-
|
‘ry in the
‘‘St. Croix Avis’’, and
unless
|
there
be
jobjection
by
members,
I will
|
declare
the minutes
as
published
tacitly
|
adopted.
there
being
no
objection
the
Vice
Chairman
declared
the
minutes
as
pub-
lisned tacitly adopted.
The following communications
to
the
Council
were the.
read
:
1.
Letter from
Government
of April
7, 1921,
as follows:
Government
of the
Virgin Islands of the United States
St. Thomas,
7 April, 1921.
Sir:
In azcordance
with the
provisions of
paragraph
36
of
the
Colonial Law,
the
following dates
are
hereby
fixed for
the
Colonial Counecil
for
the
Municipality of
St. Croix to assemble
for ordinary
meet-
ings during the coming
year:
Monday,
20 June,
1921, 1.00 p.
m.
Monday,
15 August,
1921,
1.00 p.m.
Monday,
17 October,
1921,
1.00
p.
m.
Monday,
12 December,
1921,
1.00 p.
m.
Monday,
13 February,
1922,
1.00
p.
m,
Monday,
17 April, 1922,
1.00 p. .
Monday,
19 June,
1922,
1.00 p.
m.
Respectfully,
J.
W. OMAN,
:
Governor.
-
Chairman
of the Colonial Council
for the Municipality of St. Croix.
2.
Letter of May 31,
1921
from
Ist.
Member for Frederiksted
Town (Coulter)
as foliows
:
Froderiksted,
St. Croix,
V. L U. 8. 31st May 1921.
Robt.
L. Merwin
Esq.
Chairman
of the Colonial
Council
of
Bt Crowx.
‘
Frederiksted.
ear
Sir
:
Enclosed
please
find
a
resolution
in
duplicate
which
1 asked
you
to
be
good
enough
to have placed
on
the
Order
of
Day for the next meeting
of the
Council
fixed for Monday 13th June
1921.
Respectfully
F. COULTER.
Ist Member for Fred
: Town.
:
(To
be continued.)
°
L
.
(Governor's
Viessage
TO
TiIE COLONIAL COUNCIL
OR BT. CROIX
13 June,
1921.
1.
It
has
been
a
matter
of
great
re-
gret
to
me
that
the
condition
of
the
“Vixen’’,
since
my
inaugurstion,
has
been
such
as to delay my visit to St. Croix,
for my interest
in
this Island
is
co-equal
in every
way
to that in the other Islands;
and
I wish through
you
gentiemen,
act-
ing as the representatives
of the people,
to
say
to the
whole
people of St.
Croix that
I
shall study
the
affairs
of
the
Island
just
as exhaustively
as
I
have
studied
and
shall continue
to study
thnse
of the
other
Islands.
I
wish
to
extend
my
hearty greetings
of good
will and service
to all.
9.
1
am
in
aposition
tc
say
to
you,
with
authority,
that the adoption by
the
Island
of St. Croix ofa
code
patterned
after American
state
laws has been
a mat-
ter
of
great
gratification
to
the
home
government.
3.
You
will remember
that
in
their
report
to
Congress,
the
Congressional
Commission
which visited
these
Islands
over
a year
ago,
characterized
the
sys
tem
of
taxation
in
vogue
as
‘‘unjust,
inefficient and
archaic’’.
The
system
is
still in force,
but further
delay in chang-
ing it should
not be indulged in,
for it is
neither
fair
nor agreeable
to live
under
laws
that
are deseriving of
such
sweep-
ing arraignment
before
the bar
01
unpre-
judiced
judgment.
I
am
aware
that
owing to the wording of the Act es
Con-
gress
approved
March
3,
1917,
some
peo-
ole
hold to the belief
that
the local
tax
laws
cannot
be changed
without
an
act
of
Congress.
1
hold
differently,
for
since
these
present
local tax laws are
in
no
wise
‘‘compatible’”’ with
American
sovereignty
or American
principles,
they
are
thereby
exempt
from
the
provision
limiting changes
in the law, and
a
Com-
mission
of Congress
has condemned
them
in
its report.
which
report
was
adopted
and
stands
approved.
Furthermore,
it
comes
directly
to
my
knowledge
from
association
with
the distinguished
mem-
bers
of Congress
who ave
greatly
inter-
ested
in these
Islands,
that
it
is
their
desire
and
expectation
that
the
people
of
the Islands
will themselves
remedy
their
own tax
laws,
and
that it
is
the