October 23, 1919.
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URSUANT to authority
vested
in
me
by Section
2 of an Ordinance '"Crea-
ting
a
Commission
to Regula‘e
and
Control
the
Prices
of
Foodstuffs
in
tae
Municipality
of St.
Croix
and
so: other
Purposes,
ap
roved
October
27,
1919,
the
following residents
of St. Croix are
hereby
appointed,
respectively,
as
Chair-
man and
Members
of the
Food
Cominis-
sion of St. Croix’’ therein
created:
HoN.
D,
NOLL.,
Chairman.
MR.
P.
ADAMSEN,
MR. L. HENDERSON,
MR.
M. A. PRETTO,
Mr
R.
pE CHABERT,
MR. F. COULTER,
MRrs.
R.
D. HAGEMANN.
ME .
RAVEAY, and
MR.
S. JORGENSEN,
Memobers.
,I \/V ON;\N,
Governor.
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4
st
To
Consumers
Os
Electricity
I[n
Christiansted.
HARGES
for Electrieity consumed
will
in
the
future
be
based
on
Urited
States
Ourrency,
which
means
an
amount
corresponding
to the rate
of
ex-
change
ruling
on the first
of every
month
will be added.
Aczcording to
the
present
rate
of
ex-
change
of 2749
there
will be added
22.4.
Respectfully
D.
W. I, BELEcTRIC (0.,
EKINAR SVEN DS 2N,
Manager
:
SPECIAL
NOTICE,
A. Sebastian
Forbes
in
eharge
cf
the
Christiansted
Naval
Band
requests
(o
mention
that the band,
under
his eharge,
will render
its usual Friday evening
Con-
cert
on Thursday
evening October
: 0,
the
change
affects
this week only.
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PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
"OLONIAL
COUNCII
&
g
COLONIAL CUUNCIL
FOR
SI. CEOA
[Continued from yesterday’s
Avis.
|
The
Chairman
placed
hefore
the
Joun-
c¢il
a Provisional
Ordinance
forwarded
by
Government
and remarked:
This nintter
has
been
received
since the Order of
th:
Day has
been
printed,
however
it
has
S
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BAND
GONGERT,
U.S.
NAVAL BAND,
Christiansted,
Virgin Islauds,
This Evening October
30th.
1919.
Firs:
Class
Musician
A. Sebastizan
Forbes.
Conductor.
PROGRAM:
v
rart
1
_
Mar:h.
Boston
Commandery....T.
M.
varter.
Grand
Selection
from Rigeletto.
... Verdi.
Wal
zes.
Consolation....J.
.
Heed.
Fox
Trot.
Chong
(He Come
From
Hong
Konc)
... .Harcid
Weeks.
Part
1]
March.,
Over
the Top....Geoftery
O’ Ha-
ra.
Overture
Poet
and
Peasan‘....
Von
.
Suppe.
Novelty.
Berceuse
from
Jocelyn....R.
wodaard.
One
Step.
Good
Bye
France....lrvin
Berlin.
NATIONAL ANTHEM.
:
been printed
and
copics
are
before
you.
The Provisional
Ordinance
reads:
Colonial Council Bill No.
15.
2nd Sessior
1919-1920.
By (he
Governor of the Virgin Islands
of
the United States.®
PROVISIONAL ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS,
Under
and
by virtue of
Sect
on 4of
the
Celonia!
f.aw (No.
124!
publ shed
at Amalienborg,
April 6, 1906,
it is orovided
among
other things
as
fol-
lows:
“‘ln extraordimary ecire imstances
the
Governor
has
authority
to
issue
Pro-
vicional
Laws
or Ordinances.”’
AND.
WHERFEAS,
by
Section
2 of an
Act of Congress
entitled
""An Act to
pro-
vide
a
temporary
Government
for
the
West
Indian
isiands
acjquired
by
the
Uni:d States
from
Denmark’’,
ete.,
ap-
provc
4 by
the
President
on
the 3rd day
of
M reh,
1917,
it
is further provided
in
said
Act as
follows:
‘*lhat, until Congress
shall
otherwise
1 rovide,
in so far
as compatible
with
the changed
sovereignty
and
not in
conflict
with
the
provisions
of this
Aet,
tno
laws,
reculating
eleetions
:nd
the
electorai
tranchise
as
set
fHrth
in
the code of laws
published
=<t
Amalienborg
the
6th
of
April,
1906,
and
the
other
local
laws
in
f yree and effect in said
Islands
on
the
17th day of January,
1917,
shall
re-
riain
inforz: and
effez:
in
said
Is-
liinds’’
AND,
WHEREAS,
the
rate
of
ex-
chani'e
for
an
Ainerican
dollar
inco
francs
of the currency
of
the
said
Is-
lands
has,
on October
15, 1919,
sudden-
ly advanced
from $1.04
to $1.27-1/2.
NOW, THEREFORE,
1, J.
W. Oman,
.
Governor
of
the
Virgin
Islands
of
the
i
United
States,
formerly
kncwn
az
the
.
Danish
West
Indian
Islands,
under
and
'
by_
viriue of “he
aioresaid| ws,
con.id-
.
erlug
extragrdinary
eircumstances.
as
|
now «Xisting,
In view of the
inerease
in
prices
of
necessitizs
of
life, incidenc¢
to
.
the
aforementioned
advance
in the
rate
‘%of
exchange,
hereby
determine
and
by
this
prociamation
do
announce
thar it is
'
essential,
in
order
to
provid-
suilcient
|
means
whereby
the
employes
of
the
{
Government
of the
said
Virgin
Islands
'
of the Urited States
may ~btain sufficient
necessities
of life under
the salaries
now
paid
o
suenh
embployesin the
currency
of
the
said
isiands,
and
iu
order
that
the public good wil! be promoted thereby,
to
add
te
the
salaries
of said employes,
do hereby
authorize
anc
direct,
effective
Immediately and until
otherwise
provid-
ed,
tha!
there
shall
be added
to the
sala
ry of eact
empl-ye
of
tiis
Government
sucn
further amounts,
in
loeal
currency
in addition
to such
salaries
as
wiil
equal
the ditferonce
between
the
normal
rate
of exchange
($1.04)
and
the
ratc
of
ex-
change
existing
when
such
salaries
are
due
and
.payable.
Phe
bidpels
for
the
Municipality
of
St.
[hofias
and
ot
Jehn
and
for
the
Munic-
pality
of
St.
Croix,
for the
fiscal
year
ending June
30,
1920,
are hereby
increas-
ed
in the
amounts
necessary
to
provide
for the aforesaid
payments.
IN
WITNESS
WHEREOF
1
have
hereunto
set
my
hand
and caused
th- seal
of the Government
of the
Virgin Is ands
of the Uniced States
to
be affixed.
;
Issued
in St. Thomas,
this
17th day
of
|
Oectober,
1919,
A D
§
{SEAL)
5
J.
W. OMAN.
By The Governor
:
C.
C. TIMMONS
Government
Secretary.
_?
Despatching
Secretary
(O’Hagan)
in
introducing
the
Ordinance
said,—Mr.
t
Chairman.
In the Provisional
Ordinance
'
whicebh
you have
seen
published
the
em-
|
ployees
oi
the
Government
have
been
|
provided
for.
Due to this abnorma.
ex-
-
change
the Gi vernor deemed
it advisable
.
in
the
in‘erest
of efficizney
to
set
the
-
minds
of tle employees
at rest,
and there-
-
fore
has
causedt
e
differenc
between
-
the norma’
rate
of exchange
to be added
~
to the salary
»f each
employee.
|
The Provisional
Ordinance
seems
to be
-
needed
under the circumstances,
and
the
~
Governor
has enacted
it; it
is done
as
an
example
to show
others
how the
condi-
ditions existing today
can
be coped
with.
No one requested
the word further,
Ist
Discussion
closed.
:
With
Government
and
the
Council’s
consent
2nd Di cussion
opened
-
No one
requesting
.he
word the Chair-
man closed
2nd Discussion
and the Secre-
tary
(Canegate)
read
the
bill and
the