ment.
His Excellency
the Governor
de-
sires
to make
a final issue
of the
matter
and
to that end
Government
wishes
to
introduee
the following amendment:.
AMENDMENT PROPOSED
BY GOV-
ERNMLNT.
That the amendments
contaired
in
the
Committee’s
Report
on Draft
of Crdin-
ance providing for the Assessn
ent, Levy
and
Coliection
of
Taxes
upon Resal
and
Pergonal
Property
in
the
Municipality of
St. Croix, as proposed
by
the
Sub-Com-
mittee
of the
Whole House
and
aceepted
by the Committee
of the Whole House,
be
eliminated
in whole and that the original
wording of the Ordirance,
as
introduced
by the Government,
be substituted.
The
Vice Chiirman
remarked:
As
Honorabie
Members
are
awvare
when
a
bill {is under
3rd discussion
itis
subject
to amendment
only by
Government.
I¢
1
hear
no objection
1 will take
the
vote
on
the amendment.
2nd
Member
tor
Christiansted
Town
(Canegata):
You
cannot
do
that.
If
tnis amend nent
were aceepred
't would
mean
that
the
Committee’s
RQeport
is
rejected,
Government
Secretary
(Zane):
My re-
coilection
is that
the
Committee
Roegort
has
been
adopted.
2nd
Membar
for
Christiansted
Town
(Canegata):
By
this
amendmeat
Gov-
ernment
means
that it will
not
approve
the Committee
Report.
Governmznt
“S-cretarv
(Zane):
Gov-
er
ment
could,
of course,
refer
to
each
change
made
in the
original draft,
but
this amendment
is drafted
so
as
to
ac-
complish
in a few words in
a
very
short
time what would be accomplish-d
ii
the
Committee
report
was
taken
wora
for
word.
3nd
Member
for
Christiansted
Town
(Cancgata):
We would
be just
the
same
place
we
were when
the draft
was
intro-
cuced if this amendment
is adopted.
2nd Mempber
for Christianstew.
Country
District (Berg):
This constitutes
a
veto
more than an amendment.
The Vice-Chairman
remarked
:
Gov-
ernment
offers this amendment
and
says
that it is not in favor of
the
Committee
Report.
We
are
unanimously
opposed
to the bill and
1 think
this
a
very
good
opportunity
to vote it down.
4th Member for Frederiksted
Country
Distriet (Andersen)
remarked:
Mr. Vice-
Chairman.
There are
two
ways
to
get
out of this tax bill.
The first is
to adopt
Government’s amendment
and vote down
the
bill and
leave
the
responsibility
10
the
Counci'-
The
other
w:y out
is
o
vote down the amenoment
now introduce-
ed by Governmert
and
adopt
the
Com-
ARTICLE 2, Section
2:
The movablas,
espocially
silver olate
and pictures
which
may
be fouad in the Governm<nt
Buildings
in the islands
cedad atl belonginz
to
the Danish
Government
shall remaia
the property
of that
Government
and shall,
asisoon
as
circumstancas
will permit,
be removed
by it.”’
(To be continued.)
.
mittee
Report.
1 leave
the choice
to
the
Council.
The
Vice-Chatrman.
[
will
take
the
vote on
the
amendment.
2nd
Member
for Christiansted
Town
(Canegata)
remarked:
Mr.
Vice-Chair-
man.
Ido not
acree
to that.
Par.
11
of
the Rules
of Business
says
in
part:
‘"At
the 3rd discussion,
which
muat
not
take
place earlier than
6 times 24
hours
after
the close
of
2nd
discussion,
only
those
amedrhents
which the Governor
in virtue
of Par.
41 of the Colonial Law
may
pro-
pose,
along with the paragraphs
to wihich
they relate,
and
the draft
in iits
eniirety
are to be discussed
and then
put
to
the
vote.””
Now
that
means
if
vou
adopt
an
amendment
like
this
the
draft
comes
up for a
vote
and
if
the
Council
votes
it down
the
Government
will
say
it could
net get the Council
to
pass
a tax
law, but if we
pass
the
Committee
Re-
port and Government
vetoes
it, then
the
responsibility
resis
with
the
Govern-
ment,
Government
Secretary
(Zane)
remark-
ed:
Mr. Vice-Chairman.
It
the
Council
rejects
the amendment
proposed
by
Gov-
ernment
we will go back
on
ke
foraier
basis.
To be continued.
LOCAL
St.
Croix
racers
'‘Eagle’”’,
‘‘Lad; Lu-
cille”’, *‘Fisher
Girl’’ and
another
horse
were
shipzed
to
Porto
Rico
aboard
the
sloop ‘‘Jose Manuel’’ yestzrday.
The schooner
''Vizilant’”’ arrived
here
vesterday
evening
from Porto
Rico 'vith
a
load
of
coal
for
the
St.
Croix Sagar
Factory,
Ine.
3he
also
brought
some
maiis.
Another
detachment
of men
from the
“Shawmut’’
is on
liberty in
this
town.
They enjoy their time her»
and their
con-
duet
is all
that could
be
lesired,
but
un-
fortunately
these
men
have
not just
been
paid
off
or Frederiksied
has
correred
all the trade,
but there
isn’t
a whole iot
of
busiress
created
here
as
acknow-
ledged by those catering.
The
bana
frowmn the
“‘Shawmut’
will
p:ay
here
this
afternoon
it
is
learned.
This
band rendered
some
fire
musice
in
Frederiksted
last night.
West
End News
had
the
audacity
to
invite
the
people
from
this town
to
go down there
to
hear
it.
Mr.
Joseph
forgets
that
be it
ever
s
0 humble
thereis
o
place
like
nome
and
we mean
to live up
to this.
The wharf
lcoks pretty clear and cle: n
in
most places
now since
it had
to
take
l-gislative
action
to
accomplish
it,
but
what about
those
unsightly old iron
and
concrete.anchors
and parts?
They
have
been
there long enough
to
indicate they
are
not wanted.
Why
not
do a good job
of this
clearing up and
be done
with it?
TELEGRAMS.
ST.
CROIX STATION.
Manchester,
March
11:h.—Work
was
resumed
today
at
the
Thornham
Cot-
ton
Mill,
near
Rovton,
where
a
strike
had
threatened
(o
result
in
a
lock-
out
of
some
150.000
operatives
by
the
Cotton Spinners
Federation.
Cairo,
March
11th.—A
large
number
of tourists
are
held
in Egypt
and
Pales-
tine by the
suspension
of rallway
trafiic
owing
to floods.
Washington,
Maren
11th.—The
death
of General
Lopez
Gutierres
de tacto
Pre
sident
of Honduras,
was reported
to
tle
State
Department
today
in
a
telezram
from Tegucigalpa.
Dublin,
March
11th—Myr
Joseph
Me-
Grath,
Minister of Industry
and
Com-
merce,
announced
his
resigonation
in the
Dail
this
afternoon.
because
of ‘‘mud-
diing’’ in connection
with
the army
trou-
ble.
London,
March
11th--The
Canadian
Press
learns
that
an
adjustment
of
ac-
counts between
Canada
and Great
Brit-
ain with regard
to war liabilities has
been
made
and
the amount
that Canada
is
to
receive
has
been
settled.
The Dominion
will receive
from Great
Britain
certain
Canadian
bonds
and
a.sum
in Cash.
The
whole
pavment
will amount
to between
$8.000.000
and
$10,000,000.
'The
pay-
ment will become vperative
on
April Isl.
Territet
Switz.
March
11th— Abdui
Medjid
depos.d
Turkish
Catiph,
has
is
sued
a call
to the Mosiem
populations
of
the world to determine
through their
re-
spective
group
leaders
what
shouid
be
done regarding
the Caliphate,
in view
of
his exile.
He says
that
he considers
the
measure
deposing
him and abelishing
the
Calipate
as
fundameotaily
sacrilegious:.
New
York,
Maret
llin.-The
S.
8.
Aquitania
brought
115
bars
of
gold,
valued
at about
$2,735,000
wud eonsigned
to
New
York
pankers,
fiem England
today.
Stockholm,
March
12th.—A
regular
air service
to
¢onnect
Sweden
and Eng-
land has
been
decived
upon
and will be
established
shortly.
The
termlnals
are
to be Malmo and with intermediate
land-
ing in Hamburg.
Six
hours
will be
re-
guired for the flight.
Philadelphia,
March
12th—A fire last
night destroyed
the big grain elevator of
the
Philadelphia
and
Reading
Railway
Co. at
20th and Callow
Hill Streets
and
badly
damaged
several
small
dwellings
and stores
nearby,
causing
an estimated
loss of more than a million dollars.
1.
CROIIIX
A YVIS