NOTICE.
DP;I.IVERY
of coal
and lime from
Richmond
Penitentiary
1s
tem-
porary suspended.
C
ESPERSEN.
PROCEEDINGS
OF
THE
FOR
ST.
CROIX.
ON Monday,
October
18,
1920, the
Col-
onial Couneil of St. Croix held its 3rd
Ordinary meeting for
the elective pericd
in
the Council Hall at Christiansted.
The following
members
were
present:
The
Vice-Chairman
(Coulter,)
A.
J.
Blackwood,
F.
Lunney;
W.
S. Abramson,
D.
C. Canegata, . Andersen,
D. S, Arm-
strong,
K. Henderson
and
G.
Nordby.
Members
Merwin,
Noll,
K.
W. Skeoch
and Stakemann
absent
from
the island:
furthermore
were
absent:
W.
L.
Pen-
theny,
M. M.
Skeoch,
W.
H.
MacKay,
Thos.
Ramsay,
and
G.
B. Fleming.
His Excellency
the Governor,
Admiral
Oman.
Government
Secretary
(Timmons)
and Despatching
Secretary
(C.
W. Fox)
attended
the meeting.
Owing to
the difficulty in
obtaining
a
quorum,
the meeting
was
not
convened
until 4 p.
m.
After prayers
had been
said,
the Viee
Chairman
remarked:
Honorable
Mem-
bers:
The
minutes
for the
last meeting
have
been
duly
published
in
the
‘‘St.
Croix Avis’’ as customary
and
unless
any
member
take
objection
I will
consider
same
tacitly adopted.
There
being
no
obhjection,
the
Vice-
Chairman
declared
the
minutes,
as
pub-
lished, tacitly adopted.
The Vice-Chairmau remarked.
1 have
received
no communications
from
absent
members.
The Vice-Chairman
further
remarked:
[
am
sure
that
Members
will join with
me
in
expressing
regret
to
His
Excel-
lency
the
Governor for the
delay
caused
by the difficulties
we
nave had
in obtain-
ing a
quorum.
The
Secretary
Canegata
then
read
the
following communications
received
since
the last meeting of tke Council.
1.
Letter
from
Queen
Louise
Home
tor sick and neglected
babies
as follows:
September
3
1920.
Mr. F. Coulter,
Vice-Chairman,
:
Colonial Council for St. Croix,
Frederiksted,
Dear
Sir:—
[he
anniversary
of
the
re-opening
of the Christiansted
Queen
Louise
Home
takes place Wednesday
September
8, 1920.
Si ROR
A NI
The
hours
for inspection
will be
frem
2
to 5 p.
M. Wednesday.
An
hour
for
praise
and
prayer
with
address
will be from 5 to’6 P.
M.
‘With hearty
apprec-ation
of the
inter-
est
the Colonial
‘Council has
taken in
the
work
of the Que2en
Louise
Homes,
th»
Directing
Sister
cordially
invites
you,
and through
you the members
of the Celo
nial Council to this anniversary
and
to an
individual
inspection
of the workings
of
the Home.
A five minute
talk by
you-or by
some
mamber
of the
Coloaial
Council will
be
highly aprreciated.
.
Respectfully
yours
CARRIE S. GICK,
Directing Sister.
2.
Letter
from
4°h Appointed
Mem-
ber
(Blackwool}
to,
Viee-Chairman
of
the Coloniai Council of Sepiembur
21st,
a.
c.. forwarding copies of Additional Money
Bill
to the
Budget
for the
Municipality
of
St. Croix for the
.fiseal year
1920-21.
Grants
to Native Brass
Bands
with
the
request
that
same
to
be
placed
on
the
Order of the Day.
3.
Letter
from
(Government
of
Sep-
temhar
27,
a.
¢.,
to Vice-Chairman
of the
Colonial Council
of St.
Croix,
requesting
that
two men be
elected
by
the
Council
to serve
on
a Commission
for the
purpose
of fixing the export
values
of cotton,
rum
and
molasses.
4.
Letter
from
Government
of
Sep-
tember
28,
a.
¢.,
forwarding
draftof
a
resolution
providing for
the sale of cer-
tain
properties
with
the
request
that
it be placed
on the
Order of tho Day
for
the next meeting of
the Council.
5.
Letter
from
Government
of
Gecto-
ber
5
a
c. transmitting
copy of an
Ad-
ditional
Money
Bill,
grant
to the
Tele-
phone
Fund.
with
the request
that
same
be placed
on
the Order of the Day for the
next meeting cf the Councili.
6.
Letter from
Government
of
OQOeto-
ber
11,
a.
¢,
to
Vice-Chairman
of
the
Uolonial
Council,
requesting
that
the
Council,
at
its
next
ordinary
meeting,
seleet
one membe=r
from that body
to
act
as Jury
Commissioner.
The
Vice-Chairman
lemarked:
We
will now take up the Order
of
the
Day,
and at the request
of Government
items
‘5 and
6 will be
taken
up
before
items
2
ang:a.
Item
1.
Production
of
Copies
of minutes
of
the
Municipal
Committee
for
the
quarters ending
Jun
© and September
a.c
The Vice-Chairman
remarked:
Accord-
ing to
Par.
11 of
the
By-Law
for
the
Municipal
Committe
the
Chairman
has
forwarded
copies
of
the
minutes
of the
Committee
for the last
two quarters
for
inspection of Members
of the Council.
1
will now lay copies of the minutes
on the
table and hereafter it wiil be in the Coun-
cil Office from-9
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.,
daily
for one week
for inspection.
%
[tem
2.
;
|
Election
of two
men
to serve
with
§
the Collector of Customs
and
his
De-
:
puties
in fixing the
export
values
of
i
cotton,
rum and
molasses.
'?
8 voting tickets
were
handed
in.
_
Elected
were:
Robt.
L.
Merwin
and
'
F.
Andersen
with 8
votes
respectively.
!
Ist Member for
Frederiksted
Country
|
District (Andersen)
remarked:
Mr. Vice-
|
Chairman.
We do not ‘export
molasses,
|
but
we export syrup
an
that
is exportcd
.
under
the heading of molasses.
:
‘
Government
Secretary
(Timmons)
re-
macked;
Mr. Viee-Chairman.
The Gov-
ernment
considers
syrup
in
th
same
category
as mnlasses.
,
:
v
Item
3.
Election
of a Jury
Commissioner
pur-
|
suant to _Title V, Chapter
12, Section
}
4 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure
f
to join the Jury Commissin.
Member
Lunney
would
like
to
know
.
~
whether
the Council
is te elect
one
Jury
.
Commissioner
for the whole island.
|
The
Vice-Chairman
answered:
Yes,
'
for the whole island.
i
™
The
Vice-Chairman
remarked:
As
.
there
is necessity
for
the Jury
Commis-
sioner
to ac: right
away
it is
necessary
.
for
Members
to
eleet2 me.nber
who
is
on
the
island.
|
6 voting tickets
were handed
in.
.
Ist
Appointed
Member
(Hendersen)
~
received
3 votes,
Ist
Member for
Fred-
eriksted
To
n (Coulter), Ist
Member for
Christiansted
Town
(Abramson)
and
Ist
Member
for Christiansted
Country
Dis-
trict
(Stakemann)
received
one
voie
re-
spectively,
.
As
none had absolute
majority vote,
a
new voting had
to take place.
|
The Vice-Chairman
remarked:
1 wish
.
to
statd
that lam
npot eligible for
elec-
tion
on the Jury Commission,
as
I would
.
have
to act as Sheriff of the Court.
The Vice-Chairman
further
remarked:
Besides
the
fact that I am
not
eligible
to
act
on the Jury
Commission,
1 do
not
believe
it 1s
proper
to
elect
Nember
Stakemann,
for reasons
that
are obvious.
;
5 voting tickets
were handed
in.
P
Elected
was:
Ist Appointed
Member
~
(Henderson)
with 5 votes.
:
‘
Ist Member for Christiansted
Country
-
District (Stakemann)
received
1 vote.
|
To be continued.
z
EDITORIAL.
[t is very gratifying to note that prices
are slowly but surely going down.
Some
articles
of dry goods
are
being offered at
~
slightly reduced
rates
and groceries
have
.
taken
a rapidly
downward tendency.
Su-
gar
which has
perhaps
made
a
record
.
among foodstuffs
of excessive
cost
has
~
decreased
in
price
by
more
than
40%
in
some
grades.
At
the
present
mo-
-
ment granulated
sugar
is
being
landed
here
at something
like 15 cents
a pound,