NOUTICE.
THE Ordinary Meeting
of
the
Co-
% lonial Council
fixed
for Monday
the
18th
inst.,
is,
by request
of
trovernment postponed
to Monday
February
25, 1924,
at
one o’clock
i, HI,
ROBT.
L.
MERWIN,
Chairman,
AT
Friedenfeld Church (Midland).
UN
SUNDAY
the
17th
of February.
Service
at
the
usuzal
howr
11.30
a.
m.
Rev.
H.
Asboe
of
Frederiksted
will
preach.
OF
THE
FOR
ST.
CROIX.
AT 2 o'clock
p.
m.
Thursday,
February
7. 1924,
the Colonial
Councils
of St.
Thomas
and
St. John,
and
St. Croix
met
in
joint
extraordinary
session
in
the
Couneil
Hall
in
Christiansted.
(Con-
vened
by request
of Government,
Present
were:
For
St.
Thomas
and
St.
John:
C.
G.
Thiele
(Chairman),
J.
f. Kuniz
(Viee Chairman),
Leroy
Nolie
(Secretary),
Herbert
E. Lockhart,
Carl
A.
Anduze,
Philip Gomez,
George
A.
Moorehead,
Axel
Holst,
C.
Corneiro,
Krud-Hansen,
Carl E. Fraoeis and Abram
5. Smith.
Abseni:
Luther Stakemann
and
.J.
H.
Boschulte
absent
from
illvess,
and
R.
Francis
absent
from the Islands,
For St. Croix: Robt,
L. Merwin (Chair-
man),
Robt.
W. Skeoch (Vice-Chairman),
D. 8.
Armstrong (Seeretary),
F.
Ander-
sen,
M. M. Skeoech,
H. Berg,
A. J. Black-
wood,
¥.
Coulter,
Jno.
L. Curry,
D. C.
Canegata,
D. H. Jackson,
Thos. Ramsay,
Jos.
Alexander,
Holger
Jessen,
W.
S.
Abramson
and
W.
H. Fleming.
D. Noll absent
from
the Island
and
A.
R. Mclntosh
absent
from illness.
Governme
t Secretary
(Zane)
and
Des-
patching
Secretary
(Barrcul) were present
at the meeting.
The
Kederal
Commission
comprising
the
following membars
were
guests
of
the
Council at lunch
at
one o’clock p.m.
and were also present
at the meeting:
Hon.
George
H.
Woodsen,
Lawyer
of
Desmoines,
lowa, Chairman.
**
Cornelius R. Richardson,
Attorney-
& P
£ 0
2
2
Vls
at-Law,
Richmoad,
Indiana,
Vice:
Chairmun.
|
Hon.
Charies
5. Mitchell, Institute West
|
Virzini~, Secretary.
|
*
Jefferson
S.
Coage
Welimington,
Delaware.
-
'
|
‘*
W.
H. C. Brown,
Newport
News,
|
Va.. Disbursi
ig Officer.
|
‘*
Wm.
H
Davis,
Washiagton,
D.C.,
Sienographer.
'
Tne follywing prayers
were
offered by
|
the
Caapiain,
R:v.
Father
Francis
W.
|
Claie:
,
[a
the
nama
of the
Father
and of
the
|
Ssn
ani of the Holy Gnost.
Amen,
|
O
Lord
God Almighty,
we
are
Thy
|
c-eatures
and
standing
humbly
before
|
Fhee
w 2 bow in adaration.
We
grate-
|
sally acknorwizdze
all the
blessings
r-
|
ceived
trom
Thee
and pray that
these
|
may
be used
according
to Tny
divine
!
wili.
Bless
all
here
assembled
that
all
they
do)
may
be
done
with
a
good
|
motive,
and
<rant
that
all
things
b-
|
gun
in Tby holy
eame
may
by
Thee
|
be happily
ended.
|
Our Father,
who art
in
heaven,
hal-
|
lowed
be
Thy
name:;
Thy
Kkingdom
|
come:
Thy will be
done
on
earth asit
|
is
in
heaven.
Give
us
this
day
our
|
datly
brea¢d;
and
forgive
us
out
tres-
|
passes
a3 e
forgive
those
who
tres-
'
pass
against
us;
and
lead
us notinto
temptation,
but
deliver
us
from
evil.
|
A nea.
;
May the
blessing
of Almighty God,
|
Father,
Son and
Holy
Ghost,
descend
|
upon
us
all
and
remain
with
us for-
|
ever.,
Amen.
|
The
Chairman
of
the
St. Croix Coun-
|
cil (Merwin)
in
the Chair announced
the
|
presence
of
a
quorum
as
follows:
12
|
members
from
the
Coienial Council
of
'
St.
Thomas
and
St.
John
and
16 from
the St.
Croix Council present.
|
The
following
communications
were
|
read:
1.
letter from Despatching
Secretary
!
(Barrett)
dated
January
28,
1924,
trans-
|
mitting
letter from
His Exceliency.
the
!
Governer
reading:
i
25 January,
1924,
{
The Honorable,
|
The Chairman
of the Colonial
Council,
|
Municipality of St. Croix,
|
St, Croix, Virgin Islands.
!
Sri:—
i
I have
the honor
to refer
you
to
the
draft of an insanity
Law
tor the
Munici-
pality of St. Croix,
proposed:by
the Gov-
ernment,
which
was
iniroduced
to
the
Colonial Council
for the
Municipality of
|
St
Croix in February,
1923.
In view
of all the
development
which
!
have ce~urred
since
the date
of
submis-
|
sion
of the draft
of ordinance
in
ques-
tion,
1 have to withdraw the above
men-
‘
tioned
draft
of
an
Insanity Law
from
|
further consideratiun.
.
'
Respectfully,
'
PHILIP WILLIAMS,
GGovernor.
i
2.
Letter
trom
His
Excellency,
the
Governor
eading:
5 February,
1924.
The Honorable,
The Chairmai:
of the
Ceolonial
Couneil,
Muanieipality of Saint
Croix,
St
Creix, Virgin Jslaods.
Sir:
-
Pursiiant
to
the adeption
by
the
Muni-
cipal Coymmittee
of
the
Ceoelonial
Council
of
St.
Crouix
at its
meeting
on Monday
afternoon,
Febhruary
4,
1924,
of a Resolu-
tion resalting
from the
letter
of His Ex-
cellency,
Governor
Hough, dated
October
20,
1923,
1 have
the
honor
to
advise
you
that I have conveyed
to the Chairman
of
tae Colonial
Cohuncil
of
the
Municipality
of St. Thomas
and
St John,
your
invita-
tion to sit in
joiat extraordinary
session
with the
Colonial Cymcil
of St
Croix at
2 P..
M., Thursday,
Februiry 7.
1921,
for
the
purpose
of
Jjointly
considerin;
the
two id2ntical
resolations:
tha
ane
1a this
Municipality havin
s becn
previouszly
un-
ininously
abprel
by
the
Munieipal
Committee
of
ihe
Municipality
of
St,
Thomas
and
st.
John.
The Chairman
of
the
Colonial
ChHuncil
of the Manicipality
of
St.
Thomas
and
St.
Joho
has
siznified
his
aceeprance
of
this
invitation
and
has
notified
all
members
of the Chlonial
Council
of
tbis
Municipality.
The
U.S.
S.
""Greba”
wi:l
sail for _hristiansted
at
7:45 A. M.,
Feb-
ruary
7,
1924, for this purpose.
[ cannot
too strongly express
my grati-
tification at this early prospect
of
a joint
meeting of the
two Colonial
Councils.
1
feel that this action
will lay the
founda-
tion fora
greater
coordination
and
co-
operation
of
effort
between
the
two
Municipalities which I
consider
so
essen-
tial
the
proper
sanctioning
of
all
branehes
of the Governmzut
and
by
vir-
tue
of which
1 an
cortain
much
can
be
accomplishel
towards
the improvement
of our geacral
economice
situation.
" The purpose
for which
this extraordin-
ary joint session
is convened
is in
iiself
epoch
waking.
The
resolutions
which
will be
presented
for
cousideration
by
the
two
Colouial
Councils
are
t
e
con-
crete
evidence
of the effort of the veople
to lay
out
¢
logical
and
comprehensive
rrogram
for the
betterment
of our
eco-
nomic
situation
and
will constitute,
in
effect,
a definite platform and
foundation
upon
which to consiructively build.
The
presence
of
the Federal
Commis-
sion appointed
by the Secretary
of Labor
at
the instance
of the
President
of
the
United
States
to
investigate
and
report
upon
the
economic
situation
of
these
islands,
in St. Croix
at the
ume of
this
extraordinary
joint
session
of
the
twn
Councils,
is nothing short of providential.
The opportunity
to show it that
we have,
ourselves,
attempted
to aralyse
our
con-
dition
and
to
devise
a program
for
its
improvement,
cannot
but
impress
it with
the fact that
we ourselves
are eapable
of
constructive
effort and
that the
Federal
Commission
will lend its weight
and
as.