OZITUARY.
Mr.
KEyNETH
HENDERSON,
age
39,
passed
away
at 3.00 a.m. today at his home
in Frederiksted
after
a long illness.
The
funeral
will take
blace
at
5 o’cloek
this
a ternoon.
Our heartfelt
sympathy
and
condolen-
ces
are extended
to
the widow
and
chil-
dren,
his
mother
and
brothers
and
sis-
ters thus sadly bereaved.
PROCEEDINGS
OF
THE
COLONIAL COUNCIL
" FOR
ST.
CRO 1A
AT one o’clock
p.
m. Monday, June
20,
1924.
the
Colonial
Gounecil
of
St.
Croix held
an extraordinary
meeting
in
the
Colonial
Courcil
Hall in
Christian-
sted.
(Convened
by
request
of the Chairman).
Present:
The Chairman
(Robt.
L. Mer-
win),
F.
Andersen,
F.
Conlter,
Thos.
Ramsay,
Wm.
Clarke,
Robt.
W
Skeoch,
|
N. H.:Fleming,
W.S.
Abramson,
Jos.
Alexanier,-
H.
Bereg,
D.
C.
Canegata, |
D. Jackson
and Holger Jessen.
|
4th
Appointed
Member
(Blackwocd)
absent
from
the isiand.
sth
Appointea
Member (Melntosh) absent
from illness.
3ra tMember
for
Frederiksted
Country
Distriet (M. M.
Skeoch)
was
also
absent,
|
Government
Secretary
(Zane)
and
Des-
patching
Secretary
{Darrett)
were
pres-
|
ent.
The
Secretary
being
absent
the
Chair-
|
man
asked
the
Assistant
Secretary
to
acl.
The
following prayers
were
offere?
by
the Chaplain,
Rev.
J. P.
Christensen:
Our Heavenly
Father
we oesirve
to be
|
Thy children.
Thy love is shed
abroad
|
upon all mankind
and
day
by day
we
|
receive
Thy
blessings.
May
we
ail
realize
the moving
force
of
Thy
love
and
may
our thoughts,
meditation
and
service
be
acceptable
in
Thy
sight.
Pardon
our sins
and short
comings
and
|
grant
us
Thy
peace
that
passeth
un-
derstanding.
,
Our Father
who
art in
heaven,
hal-
|
lowed
be
IThv
name,
Thy
Kingdom
!
come.
Thy will be
done
on earth
as
it
is in heaven,
Give
us this day
our daily
|
bread
and
Yorgive
us
our
trespasses
as
|
we
forgive
those
who trespass
against
|
us,
and
lead
us
not into temptation
but
|
deliver
us
from
evil
for
thine
is
the
kingdom
th» power
and
the
glory
for
ever and
ever.
Amen.
’
The blessine
of God,
the Father,
the
|
Son and
the Holy Ghost
abide
with
us.
|
Amen
.
l‘
The
Chairman
remarked:
Since
the
last
me ting
of
the
CouncilI have
re-
|
ceived
a
communication
from
Govern-
& Y
(012
A VNIIn
'
ment
dated
June
25,
1924,
transmitiing
.
copy
of
Accounting
Bulletin
No.
2
0f
'
June
23r1.
1924.
Copies
of
thia
matter
have
not yet
been
forwarded
to me
for
distribution
to memters.
That
I expect
will be
done in the
near
future.
9nd Member
for Frederiksted
Country
Dyistriet (Curry) entered
the meeting
at
this
stage
of the proceedings.
The Clerk
was requested
by
the Chair-
.~
man
to read
the
unpublished
part of
the
'
minutes
of the last mneeting.
While
this
order
was being complied with 2nd
Mem-
ber
tor
Christiansted
Town
(Canegata)
moved
that further
reading
of the
min-
~
utes
be
waived and
that
they
be
adopt-
i
ed.
|
It was requested
by Government
Sec-
'
retary
(Zane)
that
ihe
adoption
of
the
minutes
be
postponed
until
the
next
meeting
of the Council.
|
Accordingly the
adoption
cf the
wmin-
utes
was posiponed
until next
meeting.
3rd
Appoimnted
Member
(Armstrong)
entered
the meetine
and
took nis
seat
as
Secretary
to
the
©Council.
The
Assist-
ant Secretary
[W.
H. Fleming]
took
his
floor seat.
:
Item
1.
Vacation of
seat
of bth
Appointed
?
Member (Mclntosh)
owing
to
absence
j
from meetings
according
to Paragravh
f
24 of the Colonial
Law.
The Chairman
remarked:
Honorable
Members
at the
last
meeting
[
read
to
you
copy of a letter which
1 hed
address-
.
ed
to the
Honorable sth Appointed
M=m-
ber.
Since
two
communications
have
been
received
from him, the
first his
re-
~
signation
which
was
withdrawn
and
the
other
1
will read
to
you.
The
speaker
read
the communication,
which
is
as
fol-
-
lows:
June
30,
1924.
~
Chairman
of the Col. Council,
St
Crois.
~
Dear
Mr. Chairman:
’
[ regret
Yvery
wuch
not
re piving
to
.
your letter before,
bat
it
was
my
inten-
'
tion
to be
present
at the
next
meeting
hence
my
delay.
However
as
owing
to
my
prolong
illness
and
my
being
una-
ware
of your intention
to
hold
an
extra-
ordinary meeting
tocay,
I feel
there
1s at
|
presenqt
no other course
for
me
to
pur-
sue
but
to leave
the
mnatter
in the
huands
of the Colomal
Coun:il.
|
;
Yours respectfully,
A.R. McINTOSH.
|
|
Ist
Member
for
Frederiksted
Town
-
[Jackson]
remarked:
Mr.
(Chairman.
~
T'he Honorable
sth
Appointed
Member,
I Melntosh]
tendered
his
resignation
and |
~
withdrew
it before
it
reached
the
Coun-
c¢il.
That
is
not
tthe
business
of
this
-
House.
All the
Couneil
has
to
dc with
is
his letter which ycu have just read.
J
|
don’t know whether
the Honorable
Mem-
~
ber will be able to at'end
the
next
meet-
|
ine of the Couneil.
3ut
isn’t
it
strange
|
to take such
drastic measures
in the case
of tiic Bororable sth Appoinied
Menber
and
single
him
out.
UOther
members
have
violated
the
‘law
and
no
such
action
was
taken.
Os
course,
law
is
law,
and
if
we
have
a
law
1t
ought
to
be
obeved,
and
those
in
whose
hands
it is
placed
to
be
enforced
should
enforce
it.
This
law
has
been
in
ex-
istence
1855.
Now,
of
course,
we
are
;
going to act
upon
the item
on the
order
of the
aay to have the seat
of the
Honor-
able
Member
declared
vacant;
well
and
good,
but let
us be consistent.
That
will
serve
as
the precedent
and
we know
now
where
we stand.
[am
not making
these
remarks
because
the Honorable
sth
Ap-
pointed
Member
is a member
of my par-
ty.
Heis
not,
he
isa
member
of the
opposite
party,
and
for
that
reason
it
doesn’t
matter
to
m» whether
he
vacates
his seat
or not.
It is the
principla
1
am
co.cerned
about.
Even
the
Honorabie
Chairman
himseid
kas
viola:ed
the
rule
and
no such
action
was
taken.
3rd
Member for Christian:ted
Coun
ry
District
[Robt
W.
Sheoch]
remarked:
Mr. Chairman.
There
is not
a
more
le
nieat
body of men
t> be found
than
the
Members
of this Council.
In the
¢asa
of
the
Chairman
violating
the
law
as
the
Honorable
Ist
Member for
Frederiksted
Town has
said, it was
he,
the Honorable
|
Member
who,
as his substitute
on
the Mu-
)}
nicipal
Committee,
was
magnanimous
|
encugh
to propose
that
time be given the
.
Chairman
until
he
had
recovered
trom
his illness
and able
to resume
his duties,
%
That
was
very 'bioad
minded of
him.
I
&1
don’t thirk any
one
wants
to deelare
the
seat
of
the
Honorable
bth
Appointed
Member
vacant
on
aceount
of iil
health.
The
Honorable
2nd
Member
for
Chris-
tiansted
Country
District
was
the
one
who brought
up
the
question
or else
it
would have
been
lying
asleep.
[
don’t
krow
whoy
he
did
It.
1
don’t
like
the
member’s
remark
that
the Chairman
has
singied
out
a particular
person.
1
must
say peisonally,
1 am
a friend of the
Hon-
orable
sth
Avpointed
Member
and I
am
willing to
give
him every
chance
possi-
ble.
1
have
not
seen
him
butI have
made
inquiries and
was
told
it
will
he
sometime
before
he will b 2 able to attend
meetings
of the Couneil.
[ propose
that
the Honorable
Member
be
given
an
op-
|
portunity
to present
himself
at
the next
|
meeting.
’
(To be continued.)
LOCAL
}
.
1
The
s.
s.
“*Guiana’’ will sail from
New
York on the
17th inst.
The
s.
s.
"‘Parima’®
from
New
York
is
due
at
Frederiksted
tonight
at
10
o’clock, having 307 packages
and
52 bags
mail for this island.
ii
T
~
The sloop
‘‘Mizpah’’left for St.
Thom-
g
as
last
night
with
mails
and
passen-
gers,