A few piztures
of the
late
Presi-
dent
Harding
can
be
had
at
this
Office.
-
A CARD OF THANKS
- Mr. and
Mrs.
Charles
Bastian
aivd children beg
to thank all
those
who have shown
them sympathy
all
through the illness and at the death of
their baloved IONE.
Special
thanks
is given
to the
Municpal
Hospital
staff and the press.
MR, & MRS.
CHARLFES BASTIAN.
Christiancted
St. Crovr, dug.
24,
1923.
:
OF
THE
FOR
ST.
CROIX.
(Continuwed from yesterday’s
Avis.)
4th
Member for Frederiksted
Country
Distriet
(Anders2n)
remarked:
Mr.
Vice-Chairman.
[
have
a
remark
to
make regarding
the discussion
on the bud-
get.
I nave
before
me
the
printed
copy
of the proceedings
in which
the
budget
was
discussed,
and
in
which the
Honor-
able sth Appointed
Member
(Mclntosh)
is quoted
as saying:
‘‘The elected
mem-
bers
ar: unfit to represent
their constitu-
ents.””
1
did
not: hear
the
Honorable
Member
make
this
remark.
1
propose
that it be stricken.
[ think for the
Mem-
ber’s own sake
he
stiould
have it stricken
from the records.
sth
Appointed Member
(Me Intosh)
re-
marked:
The
Honorable
4th
Member
for Frederiksted
Country Distriet
is
eor-
rect,
What
1
said
at
that
time
was:
“The
elected
members
were
doing
an
injustice
to their constituents.”’
The
Viee-Chairman
remarked:
The
Hon rable 4th
Member for
Fraderiksted
C untry
District
(Andersen)
has
ex-
pressel his
views
in regard
to the
min-
utes,
and
the
Honorable
sth
Appointed
Mamber
(Mellntosh)
has stated
that the
remark
is not exactly
as he made it.
On
toe motion
made
by the 4th
Member for
I'rederiksted Country District (Andersen)
that
part of
the
minutes
to
which
the
Member objects
is
ordered
stricken
from
the records.
2nd Member for Christiansted
Country
Distriet
(Berg)
remarked:
Mr.
Vice-
Chairman.
Ido not
think that the
min-
utes
of the meeting previous
to the
last
have
been
adopted.
1 beiieve
the
min-
utes for that meeting
are
also
to come
up
tfor adoption.
Isuggest
that the minutes
for that meeting be read.
3rd Member for Frederiksted
Country
Distriect
(M. M. Skeoct)
remarked:
Mr.
Vice-Chairman,
If the minutes
for that
£ s bX
&8
82N
meeting
have
bzen
printed
and
ecircu-
lated
members
certainly have had
an
op-
portunity
to bring
in
their objection, if
any.
I think the reading of the
minutes
paragraph
by
paragraph
i 3 a was’e
of
time.
2nd Memnber
for Christiansted
Country
District
(Bsrg)
remarked:
Mr.
Vice-
Chairman.
Inthis case
where
there
1s
a
lapse
of time
I think it would be
a
great
strain
on one’s mind if he
(ries
to
remember
all that was said.
That’s why
I ask
that the minutes
be read.
The
Vice-Chairman
remarked:
With
regards
to
the minutes
of
the
meeting
previous
to the
lastay.
woull
consume
at
lea
t half
an
bour
if the
Honorable
9nd
Member
for Coristiansted
Coruntry
District insists
that they be
read.
If he
dues
not insist
that they
be read
we can
consider
them tacitly adopted.
4th
Member
tor Frederiksted
Country
District - (Andzrsen)
remarked:
Mr.
Vice-Chairman.
A
proposal
was
made
at
the
last
meéeting
that
the
adop-
tion
of
the
wminutes
for
June
22nd
be
postponed
until
this
meeting,
that
wus
done
because
it
was
stated
at
the
time that members
had
not
seen
them in
print.
The
mitutes
have
since
been
printed
and circulated
to nembers.
With
that in view I don’t think 1t necessary
to
have them
read
today.
The
adoption
of rhe
tinutes
for
the
meeting
held June
22
was
moved
by 2nd
Membet
for Caristiansted
Country
Dis-
trict {Berg) and adopted.
The Chair hearing
no further objection
to the
minutes
for
the
last
meeting
de-
clared
them tacitly adopted.
His Excellency,
Governor Henry Hughes
Hough,
entered
the
meeunZ
at
this
stage
of tHe proccedings.
All
the
members
rose
when
His Ex-
cellency
entered.
The
Vice-Chairman
remarked:
Hon-
orable
Members
we
have
with
us today
His Excellency
the Governor.
'
After
requesting
the
members
to
re-
<ume their seats
His
Excellency
remark-
ed:
Mr.
Vice-Chairmun
and
Honorabie
Memb:rs
of
the
Council:
It
gives
me
great
pleasure
to
be
with you again,
I
regret
exceedingly
that
many
things pre-
vented
me
from
coming
in June,
Pos-
sibly you know
that
many
changes
have
taken
place;
there
was
sickness
in my
family and
[
was
sick
myself,
and
the
loss
of
our
President
prevented
my
coming over earlier.
I hope to stay
with
you a while
and
will
come
periodicaliy.
lam
not going
to
say
much
today,
be-
cause
you have
a
long
list
of things
on
your order of the
day
and
itis my bope
that you will carry
on
and
cover all that
it may
not
be
pecessary
for
me
to
call
an extraordinary
meeiing
tomorrow
or
some other day.
1
wish
you
success
in
your deliberations.
The
Vice-Chairman
then
brought
up
item 1 of the Order of the Day.
[tem
1.
Production of copy of Minutes of the
Municipal Committee
for the
Quar-
ter ending
June
3V,
1923, forwar’dr‘g
by
the Chairman
of
tae
Com nittee
for
inspection
of
Members
of
the
' Council.
,
The
Viee-Chairman
remarked:
Hon:
orable
M>mbers.
The
By-Law for the
Municipal Committee
requires’
that th2
proceadings
of
the
Committee
b>
laid
on
the
table
for inspection
of
Mz2m-
bers
of the
Council
I
will
now lay a
copy before
you and for one
week aiter it
will b 2 in the Council Office for insp:etion
daily for
ona
week,
from
9a.
m.
*0
12
and from 2 to 5 p.
m.
It
was
suggested
by Ist Member
for
Frederiksted
Town (Jackson)
that
item
8 on
the (rder
of
the Day be
considered
in lieu of {tem 2.
The
Vice-Chairman
re -arked:
It has
been
deeided
to take that matter
up n2xt.
Item 8.
Declaration of vaeancy
of the seat of
the
1-t
Member
tor
Frederiksted
Count
ry District.
;
The
Viee Chairman remarked:
I don’t
remember
a
cas>
iike this
coming before
the
Council.
A!l [ remember
of
this is,
Mr. Fleming
wa- elec.ed
a
membter
of
the
Coun:il,
he
recesved
a
Pateat
of
Election, but
no lciter advising
him that
he
was
elected
to
the
Council.
After
receiving
his
Patent
of
Electicn
he
sent
in his
resignatior
to the
E:ectoral
Board,
bu!
too
late.
1
was
told
that
he
was
advised
to send
in
his
resignation
to the Chairman,
but
up to the present
it
has
not reached
the
Council
Otfice.
In
conversation
with
Mr. FiemingI asked
him
what
3 intended
to do and he
told
me
that if ae
did
not attend
the meetings
his
seat
would be
declared
vacart,
and
that
is just what
has happened
today.
4th Appcinted Member (Blackwood)
re-
.marked:
Vir. Vice-Chairman.
WMr. Flem-
ing
was
supposed
to
receive
a
letter
notifying
him
of
his
election,
and
as
far as I remember
a letter
was dictated,
written,
signed
and forwarded
to
him.
He
did
forward
his
resignation
to
the
Elertoral
Board, but
not within
the time
prescribed
by
iaw;
however
he
was
advised
to
forward
it
o
the
Chair-
man of the
Courncil.
2nd
Member
for
Christiansted
Town
(Berg):
Mr. Vice-Chairman.
It would
appear
thai
Mr. Fleming sent
in
his
re-
signation
to the
Kiectoral
Board.
Does
the Honorable
Vice-Chairman
know whe-
ther the resignation
was received
by the
Chairman
of the Colonial Council?
The
Viee-Chairman
in
reply
te
the
last
speaker
said,—lt
wss
received
by
the Electoral
Beard,
not
»Hy
the
Chair-
man of the
Councii,
The
Vice-Chairmanj
remarked:
It is
clear to ev.ry on 2 ihat
Mr. Fleming will
not take h's
seat.
1 no. declare
his seat
vacant
and
Goverumen.
will be norified®
“accordingly.
iy
°
2nd ‘Member
for
Christiansted
‘own
(Canegata)
Mr. Vce:Chairman.
linink
‘this
matter
should
be
decided Py the