®
®
Publication.
T is hereby
brouisht
to public notice that
according
to the
scheme
of
Amortiza-
tion for St. Thomas
Harbor 4% Loan of
1910,
the drawing by
the Notary Public,
St.
Themas,
of twelve
bonds at
Francs
1,000
has
taken
place,
resulting
In
the
drawing of the following bonds.
Numbers
7
47
132
201
210
318
323
BYAY
Sol
500
DOB
433
_
These
twelve Yonds
are hereby
called
in for redemption
on
11
June,
1923, after
which
date
the
bonds
will
ceasz
to
bear
interest.
St,
Thomas
Havrbor Board,
9 May, 1923.
J. J. GAFFNEY,
Acting Chairman
of
the Harbor
Board.
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Late Arrivals
By the S. S’s. “Bridetown” &
“Bolivar*"
l HAVE
received
a
full
assort-
ment of
AUTOMOBILE PARTS
too numerous
to detail.
Look
in at the old Stand,
Corner
of
No. 6 King’s
Street
where
your
supplies
can be procured
at
moder-
ate prices.
Robert Armstrong,
Authorized Ford Dealers.
Christiansted,
St. Croix, 15th May 1923,
LIST OF UNCLAIMEDMAILFOR THE
WEEK NLI'ED May
12, 1923.
Mrs. Mary Adams,
Water Gut,
Miss Annesta
Andrew,
27 Market St.,
Water
Gut,
Miss Anieal
Brown,
Mrs. Catherine
Bryan,
Miss Ann Francis,
Mrs. Aliveder E. Giddenes,
Miss tiinmie fhavvy: Water
Gut,
Mr.
James
Martin.
*
Post
Office,
Chuistiansied,
Virgin
Is-
lands.
May
14,
1923.
B. R. LAR3EN,
Postmaster,
£slT L
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A
OF
THE
t
FOR
ST.
CROIX.
(Continued from yesterday’s
Avis.)
ond
Appointed
Member (Noll) asked
permission
to make
a few remarks
out-
side the
Order
of Day.
The Chairman
granted
the request
and
the
Member
re-
marked:
Mr, Chairman.
Concerning the
discussion
this afternocn
on this tax law,
on
the
face
of it, there
seems
to rest
some
dissatisfacti~n.
The
indication,
so
far as
we have
gone,
from all that
would
appear
in the record,
would
be,
that
the
Council
and
the
Government
represen-
tative
are
at
a
dead
lock.
The matter
has
been
be’ore
the
Courncil
since
De-
cember
22.
1921,
so
far as
the record
shows.
and
that
it was
befcre
the
Coun-
cil (may
ve less
official) before
that date
in 1921; and
that
from
then
down
to the
present
meefing
it hus been continuously
before
the
<Council
and
no
action
has
been
taken
upon it.
If this Council dies
with
this meeting,
and if this draft
of
ordinance
dies with
this Council,
and
it
this
draft of ordin-
ance
is not reintrocuced,
for
all that has
transpired
here
today,
it
would
appear
that
this
Council
was
adverse
to
the
passage
of this
bill..
Now, that
is
not
the
fact.
Members
on the floor have
stated
that ifit comes
to a vote they would
vote
for
the ordin-
ance.
1 can state
that lam of the
same
state
of mind, if it comes
to a vote I will
vote for it.
Now. the statement
is made
by the Gov-
ernment
Secretary
that
it would become
tae
duty
of the Government
to report
to
the mandating
power- which
is
the Con-
gress
of the
United States,
and if this
bill dies
with
this Council,
why,
gentle-
tlemen,
the
record
would
put
us
in
a
fallacious
light.
[
have
a personal
be-
lief that if this matter
is continue:d
upon
the calendar
of the Council
and is even-
tually brought
to vote,
it wiil be passed,
possibly
with amendments
not satisfac-
tory
to Government,
but
in some
form
in the best
judgment of this
Council.
It
might be that the members
of this Coun-
cil
may
see
fit
to
pass
the
ordinance,
eliminating the tax on personal
property,
but still they will have passed
an
ordin-
ance
taxing almost
all
properties
in
St.
Croix
on
a principie
which
has
worked
well in the States.
Then
it would be for
the
Governor
to
decide whether
he
de-
sires
to veto the
draft as passed
and
re-
port to
the President;
and if it'is
passed
according
to the
best
judgment
of
the
Council, when the record
goes
up if Con-
gress
sees
fit to take
action they
would
then have record of what
we as members
of this Council zaw
fit to do.
'
That I bave
not spcken
on this
matter
|
before
is because
it was
under first- dis-
|
teussion
Generally
| approve the
meas-
|
ure,
as
an American I
approve it, and
I
|
know it has
been successful
in the States.
|
Under
first discussion,
on the
merits
of
it there
was nothing
to
make
a
speech
"
about
so
I reserved
what
I bad
to say
"
until it came
up for dicussion
paragraph
|
by
paragraph.
[
can
state
that
some
’
further changes
are
necessary
under
sec-
ond discussion.
!
I think
gentlemen
by all
means
you
~
should
make up your
minds
that this
is
-
not a dead lock although
the record
indi-
.
cates
that, ard
we should be open minded
|
tn
the question
of passing
this
measure;
~and
[ have
no
doubt if it is carried
on
'
the
calendar
it will in
some
form b 2
passed.
In regard
to the remarks
that the mat-
|
ter
will be reported
to Congress,
I hope
our
Governor
will not
be
too
hasty
in
~
reporting
until
this
Council
has
taken
final action.
‘
Government
Secretary
(Gaffney)
re-
markad:
Mr. Chairman.
In view of the
-
remarks
of the Honorable 2nd Appointed
|
Member
and
tn
show
that
Government
|
is desirous
nf d)ing anything
in its power
|
to further
some
actinn
in the
matter itis
1
requested
that
2nd
Discussion
come
ou
;
today.
The Chairman
remarked:
It requires
|
a
three-quarter
vote
of the
Council
for
!
2nd Discussion
to come
up today.
!
9nd
Member
for Christiansted
Town
Canegata:
Mr.Chairman.
Itisnow quart-
er
past five
o’clock,
and
the
ordinance
.
consisgs
of eighty. or more
paragraphs.
|
Do
you think
wecan
go
through it
to-
}
r/ght?
|/
2nd Appointed
Member (Noll) in reply
} / to the last speaker
said,—lt
is not
neces-
|
sary to close 2nd Discussion today.
?
4th
Appointed
Member
(Blackwood) :
|
Mr.
Chairman.
I would
like to see
th2
|
Rules of Business
¢>mplied
wi'h,
so
do
|
not force the matter
throuzn today.
Itis
|
already five o’clock.
i
20d Appointed
Member (Noll) remark-
|
ed:
Mr.
Chairman.
|
don’t
like
to
.
take
issue
with the
Honorable
4th
Ap-
.
pointed
Moember
butI cannot
see
any-
|
thing
te prevent
2nd
discussion
coming
'
up today and
closed
at
some
other
time.
%
[do not think the
Gove:nment
Secretary
|
expects
us
.0 close 2od Discussion
today.
|
Governm>nt
Secretary
(Gaffney)
re-
}
marked:
Mr.
Chairman.
Government
|
ig willing to have
the ordinance
discuss-
.
el
section
by section
until it is
passed,
i
~
whether
it be today or any other time.
'
2nd
Meumber
for Christiansted
Town
|
(Canegata)
remarked:
Mr.
Chairman.
I
1
would
like to know
where
we stand.
.
There
are
two
items
on rhe Order of
the
|
Day and they have been
discussed.
You
l
have to ask
whether
the Council
is gomg
to
give its consent
‘to bring
this
matter
sup
again for discussion.
.
:
.
;
The
Chairman
remarked:.
According
|
to
Par. 29 of the
Rules of Business
the