&
&
Publication.
IT
is hereby
brought
to
public
notice
that,
effective
this
date,
Lieutenant
Commander
William
8.
Zane,
Supply
Corps,
U.
S. Navy,
has
been
appointed
Government
Secretary
of the
Virgin
Is-
lands
of the
United
States,
and
Acting
Chairman
of
the
St.
Thomas
Harbor
Board.
rzlieving Lieutenant
Commander
John
J.
Gaffney,
Supply
Corps,
U.
S.
Navy.
Governmentof the
Virgin
Islands
of
the United
States,
St. Themas,
July
16,
1923.
HENRY H. HOUGH,
Goveraor.
Noti
otice.
USLIC notice
is herehy
given that
the
School
Year
1923-21
will kegin
Au-
pust
13,
1923.
Sec.
18
Chan.
XXXV, of the
School
Law, provides:
“*All children
must
attend
school
“rrom the beginning of the school year
‘‘wearest
their
sixth
birthday,
and
“‘they shall
couatinue
to
attend
school
“regularly until the
close
of the school
“‘yvear after
their
fifteenth
hirthday.”’
All children
six
years
of
age,
or over,
(provided
they
have
not
already
been
dismissed
from school),
must
be
present
in their respective
schools
at
830
a.
m.
on the above
date.
Non-attendance,
ex-
cept
for legitimate
cause,
18
punishable
by
fines
mmposed
on
parents
or
guar-
dians.
Children
who
will
rot
have
attained
the age
ol six years
by
August
13,
1923,
but
who
will
become
six
years
of age
before
February
15.
1924,
must
also
ke
enrolled
on August
13, 1923.
No child, except
in the
case
of a new
arrival in the island,
will be
admitted
to
schog)
after
October
1,
1923,
unless
he
can show
fitness
to
undertake
the
work
of
a class
already established.
ARTHUR E. LINDBORG,
Director of Education.
L
e
e
PROCEEDINGS
OF
THE
COLONIAL COUNCIL
FOR
SSTIT.
CROIX.
(Concluded
from yesterday’s
4vis.)
With
Governmen:
and jithe
Counzil’s
consent
2ad Discussion
opened.
.
No one requesting
the word
2nd
Mem-
per
lor
Frederiksicd
Country
Distriet
1T
all
AV
Sunday Night Gonserl
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EXTRAS.
ANTHEM.
(Curry) proposed
that 2nd Discussion
be
closed.
Ist
Member
for
Christiansted
Town
(Abramson)
seconded
the
m2mb:r’s
mo-
tion.
Tha
Viea Chairmai
pat
the motion
to
the
vote.
19 membars
vaiod for;
none against.
201 Diselssion
elosad.
Wiih
Government
and
the
Council’s
consent
3rd Discussion
op=n-2d.
Nb one
requesting
the
word the
Viee-
Chairman
closed
3rd
Diszassion,
read
the amendment
and put
it to the
vote.
It was urknimously adopted.
The
Vice Chairman
remarked:
The
Ordinance
is adopted
and
Zoes
to
Gov-
ernment.
Ist
Member
for
Frederiksted
Town
‘Jackson.
and
2nd
Memb r for
Chris-
tiansted
Country District
(Berg) iert the
me=ting.
Government
Secretary
(Guffecy)
in-
qu red
of
the
Viee-Chairman
whether
there
was anything in
the Rules
& Busi-
pess
forbidding
discussion
on
a matter
even
Lhough
one
Member
of the Council
is present.
The
Viez Chairman
answered
no.
Government
Secretary
(Gaffney):
Gov-
ernment
would like to
have
the
tax law
come
up teday.
2nd Member
for Frederiksted
Country
District
(Curry):
Mr.
Viee-Chairman.
1
wish
to have
it
recorded
that
discus-
sion
will
be
carried
on
in spite.
of
the
fact that there
is not
a quorum
present
The Vice-Chairman
brought
up item 2,
[tem 2.
Colonial Council Bill No.
12,
Session
1922-23.
2nd
Discussion
on
Colonial
Council
Bill No.
12, draft of an crdinance
in-
troduced
by
Government
providing
for
the assessment,
levy
and
cellee-
tion of taxes
for the Municipality of
St.
Croix.
Government
Secretary
(Gafney)
re-
ma “<ecd:
Mr.
Vice Chairman.
P.rsons
should
be taxed
or
a .fixed scalc
ponding
to
the
value of !their
property
holdings
in
the
community.
Property
has
been variously defined,
Webster
savs:
‘““Property
is....anything,
cr
thoge
things
collectively,
in
or
to which
a
man has
a right protected
by law.”’
Bouvier,s
Law Dictionary,
third
edition
declares:
“Property
in the strict
legal
sense
is
an aggregate
of rights
which
are
guar-
anteel
and protected
bv
the
Goveufl-
went..
. ..the
term
'properiy’’
em-
braces
every
species
of valuabie
right
and
interest,
n.cluding
real
anc
per-
@ pal property,
sssessments
and
| 2ridi-
ten.ents,
it
irciudes
money,
erdits,
things in action,
ete.
“‘Real
Property
is land, and
gen raliy
whatever
is erected
or
growing
upon
or affixed to
land.””
It is
more
.
xact-
ly
defined by Section
14,
15 and
16 of
the proposed
ordinance.
“*Personal
Property
in Law,
i=
estate
or property
that is not real,
cons
sting
in general of things
temporary
or
mov-
akle;
chattels;
originally property
re-
coverable
by a personal
action.””
(Sec-
tion 17)
The
Sub-Committee
of
the
whole
House
in its
printed
report
to the
Colo-
nial Council
gave
no
exvlanadon
of their
amendments.
Government
has
vainly
sought
the
reasons
vnderlying opposition
to the tax on personal
property.
A
clear
out expression
of the
reasons
actuating
the
unanimous
opposition
of
the sub-Committee
to
this feature
of
the
revise
Tax Law is requested.
It
has
been
stated
in first
discussion
that
the personal
property
tax
does
not
square
witl®
Adam
Smith’s
cardina!
principles
of:
''(1)
Equality,
(2)
Con-
venience,
(3) Certainty
and (4)
economy
To
the contrary,
it complies
fully
with
these requirements,
The
retention
of the
Horse,
Carriage,
and
Boat Tax provided by
the Ordinance
of
Fehruary
22,
1855,
wa~
a wise
act
on
the
part
of the
sub-Comm
ttee and
Gor-
ernmeant
coneurs
in their
acuor,
but
can-
pot
accept
this
as
a
substitute
for
the
personal
property
tax,
as it would
be
in-
compiete
and
not
reach
ar
effourh
in
taxing
the
personal
prop:rty
of
ihose
individuals
and
corporaticns
possessing
taxable
wealth
of
this
nature.
The
Horse, Carriage,
and
boat
Tax does
not
extend
to hve stock
on fa'ms
orin
the
towns,
such
as catile,
mu.es,
jack: sses,
swine,
sheep,
goats,
ete.
Nor does it tax the machinery
of suga.
mills, lighters,
sloops and other
ve -seis,
electiic light pants,
monev
in the
ank.
stocks
and
bonds,
ete.
Therefore
tue personal
tax featu
e
of
the
law
now
before
ti:e
Council
saould
not
be
dropped
as
it,
in
eftect.
more
widely
distributes
the
privilege of
c¢o: -
tributing
to
the support
of the
Muni.i-g
pality,
and
as
nearly
as
may be,
in ac-
*
cordance
with the ability of each
to pay.
3rd
Member
for
Christiansted
Towan