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CHRISTIANSTED.
V.II. U.
8§ A..
SATURDAY
191
H JUNE
1920
remdtked:
Mr.
Chairman.
The
Muni-
cipal
Committee
has
had
two
sittines
on
this
budget
and
has offered
the
fol-
I'wing
afendments
which
Gouernment
bas
accepted
and
whichI will
read
to
you.
The
Member
read
the
ameniment
and
said. —These
are
the
amendments
proposed
by
the
Municipal
Committee
and
accepted
by Government.
Ilst
Member for Frederiksted
Country
District
[Andersen]
remarked:
Mr.
Chairman.
In
comparing
the
present
budget
with
last
year’s
budget
I
find
that
there
are
some
things
that
need
explanation.
The
present
budget
is over
three
hundred
thousand
francs
in excess
of last
year’s
budget,I think
that’s
a
dangerous
thing.
Congress
is trying
to
make
us
as
much
self-supporting
as
possible
and
what
we
are
doing is
quite
the
opposite.
1 will just go into details:
I see
the Income
Tax isput down
at
Fres.
90,000,
I fail to
see
how the
Income
Tax
is put
down
so
low considering
that
one
party
a'one
has
to
pay
more
income
tax
than
the amount
whieh is here buggetted.
Export duty is put down
at Fres.
500,000
I know this
sum
or more
is paid for
su-
gar
alone.
Is
there
no export
tax paid
on syrup
?
Hxecise duty
on
rum does
not
figure
on
this
budget.
Sundry
Reve-
nues—l
see
that
St. Thomas
has
contri-
buted
Fres.
4 000 towards
the
support
of
the Leper Asylum. dow i« it St. Thomas
contributes
so li*tleconsidering
the total
cost of maintenance
is
Fres.
83,000
?
Richmond
Sickhouse:-The
amount
con-
tributed bv 3t.
Thomas
to this institution
is down
at Fres.
9,000
while the
cost
of
maintenance
is
Fres.
101,000.
This
con-
tribution is aiso
small.
1
do not
see
any
revenue
from
the
Agricultural
Station
nor
from
the
Municipal
Properties
for
rent
or
lease
of
land.
Coming
to
the
Department
of
Health
Isee
a
Dentist
put down for Fres.
10,000,
is he going to
do dental
work free
of charge
for
all of
us?
I see
under
Department
of Public
In-
sthuctions
Fres.l2,§oo
for maintenance
of
Public
Libraries
it s.was
understood
when
the
l.ibraries
wert
established
by
the
Council the
other
day
that
nc
expenses
were involved, all that
was
required
was
to find three publie spirited men.
May be
it has
not been possible
to find these
men.
Subsidy
to
West
India
and
Panama
Telegraph
Company—We
are
now
three
years
under
the
Americam
Flag
and
I
think
it
would
be
more
interesting
tb
have
American
news
instead
of English
news.
Speaking
“of subsidies,
I
think
it
would
be
a good idea
to make
a
con-
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From
Monday 2lst.
instant,
and
untii
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further,
it wiill not be
guaranteed
to
sup-
ply ice
manufactured
from
rain-water.
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acd
with the date
mentioned,
the
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bulk
of
the
ice
will
be
manufactured
from
spring-water
treated
according
to
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directions
from the Sanitary
Department
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such
ice
being
calculated
to
meet
the
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purposes
of refrigerators
and
not offered
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to
the trade
for table
use.
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COLONIAL COUNCIL
FOR
BT. CROIX.
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Continued from yesterday’s
Avis
|
.
After
recess
the
Council re-assembled
|
and
the Chairman
laid before
members
|
item 4 of the Order of the Day.
[tem
4.
»
Colonial Council
Bill No. 36.
1
introduction
of
and
Ist
Discussion
|
on Colonial Council
Rill No. 36, Draft
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of proposed
Budget
for
the
Munici-
|
pality
of
St.
Croix
for
the
fiscal
|
year from July Ist,
1920
to
June
30,
|
1921
;
'l‘he%.hairman
remarked:
The
Munici-
|
pal
Committee
has
had
this
budget
|
betfore
it and
has
made
certain
recom-
mendations.
:
j
4th
Appointed
Member
(Blackwood)
No.
140,
tribution
to make
1t financially
possible
to keep
a
power
boat
in
operation
be-
tween
the
islands.
[
fail to
see
how
the
U.
S.
Shipping
Board
can
help
ia
this
matter,
I
think
the
amount
allotted
to
the
Agricultural
Station
1s
an
unnecessary
contribution
in view of the
faect
that
the
Station
now
is
a
Federal
Station.
We
have
a
Station
in this
island
from which
we
hear
very
little.
1looked
up
my
records
and
found
that
we have
not
had
any
printed
reports
from
the
Station
since
1915
and
no verbal report
since
the
fall
of 1916:
we do not
know
anything
about
the
renting of land
at the
Station:
so
long
as
we are
making
contributions
towardss
the upkeep
«f
the
Station
we
should
hear
or know
something
of
what
ils going
on there.
Further
I see
two
Police
Judges,
one
down for a salary cf Fres.
9,000 and
the
other
for Fres.
7,500,
it
is a surprise
to
me
o
see
a
difference in
the saiaries
of
the
two
Police
Judges
as
1
thought
it
was the
office
that was
paid for and
nnt
for the
man holding it.
I still
think
one
Police
Judge, is sufficient.
The
mainte-
nance
of
the Doctors
car
is put down
at
Fres.
2,333,
so
with
one
Police
Judgc
and
a
car
we
would
save
about
Fres.
6,000.
Again I see
a
good many
Deputy
Clerks,
Reporters
ete.
and
for
Mainte-
nance
of Courts Fres.
15,000,
[ think that
is
too
much.
Then
comes
the
Police
Department,
that is
terrible considering
that
the police
foree
has
n¢
detectives.
In
regrrd
to the Hospitals
[ don’t
think
I have
ar) thing
to say;
it is necessary
to
have
a
well
equipped
hospital
running
along efficient
lines,
Sanitary
Department—l
see
Fres.
4,600
for
a
Veterinarian,
that’s
some-
thing
new
to me; they
are asking
for
a
Ford
car
too,
what
is
that
for?
The
town
lis small
they
can
waik
from
one
house
to another.
Public
Works Department—There
is
a
big amount
under
this item.
You
have
under
tbis item
inspector,
Building
D
visiori
and
two
Inspectors,
Street
Divi-
sion at
Fres.
4,500
and
Fres.
4.200
re-
spectively
for the
two small
towns.
but
Road Inspectors
are
put
down for
Fres
160 each
only.
Also I see
Fres.
7,000 for
each
town for slaughterhouses.
If we
sum
up
the whole
thine
we will
find that Revenues
from taxation
amount
to about
Fres.
1,000,000
and
Fres.
900,
000 of that
amount
comes
“rom the Coun-
try Estates
and only Fres.
100,000
from
the
two
towns,
while
the
expenditiares
are
benefiting
the
towns
about
Fres.