the Municipal Committee.
When
the Mu-
|
nicipal {Committee held
its last
meeting
|
they instructed
me,
and
voted
therveon,
that
the third
column
be
filled in by me
|
and forwarded
tc
Government
together
|
with
a covering letter.
1
have
here
the
draft of Budget
2s adopted by
the
Murni-
cipal Committee,
which
can
be
secen
by
any member.
;
Ist
Member
for
Frederiksted
Town
{Jackson)
remarked:
Mr. Chairman.
We
|
have
always
depended
upon
the
Muni-
cipal
Committee
for
its
recommenda-
tions in
matters
involving finance.
We
are all busy
men and have
delegated
the
Municipal Committee
to
look
into
these
matters:
they
have
gone
over
the
bud-
get,
but
have
made
no ;recommenéations
|
to
the
Council.
Last
year
we
had
a
speech
of more
than
half an hour by the
Chairman
of
the
Municipal
Committee
explaining the budget,
this
year
we have
none.
I undersiand
from
the Honorable
4th
Member
for
Frederiksted
Country
|
T)is rict
that
there
was
no
recommen-
dations
made
by the
Mnunicipal Commit-
tee.
We have
not had
time
to gc through
the buduet
and
yet
we
are
asked
to pass
|
ir.
It we take
the Municipal
Committee
into coniiden
e it should
come
here
and
tll us what
changes
were
made
in the
budget
and
the
reasons
for them.
1
see
|
certain
changes,
for
instance
a
reauc- |
tion
in
the
salary
of
the
Judge
of the |
Distriet
Court
without
any
ordinance
|
introduced
to
change
the
law
under
which
the salary
was created.
Jam
not
|
arainst
a
reduction
but
there
must
be
an
ordinance
to
change
the
law under
|
which
the
salary
was
ereated.
In
the
|
absence
of an explanation
from
the
Mu-
nicipal Committee
I move
that this Coun-
cil resolve
itself into
a
committee
to
in-
vestigate
the budget.
Ist Member for Christiansted
Country
District (Jessen)
seconded
the member’s
motion.
o9nd
Member
for
Christiansted
Town
(Canegatz)
remarked:
Mr.
Chairman,
Perhaps
[ am not,
but I consider myself as
busy
a man as any other
man here.
When-
everIput my name
to a paper [am always
cortain of what
I sign
to.
The Honorable
Member has
said
tha: last year
1 made
a
speech
for half on
hour
and
this
year I
hzve made
none.
[am prepared
to make
a speech
lasting
one
hour
but
members
want explanation
but don’t
want
to list-
en.
The (Chairman)
remarked:
The
Mu-
nicipal Committee
has
done its duty anl
[ agree
with the Hozorable
Chairman
of
the
Municipal Committee.
Th2
Honor-
able 4th M2mbar for Frederiksted
Crun-
try District
has
said
that there
was
ro
vote
taken
on tne budget,
I tacitly
agree
with that.
2nd
Member
for Christiansted
Town
(Cangatt):
1
beg
your
pardon
Mr.
C -airman.
Whan
the
vote
was taken
on
the budget
in the
Municipal
Committee
the Honorable 4th Member for Frederik-
stod Country District had already left the
2 Y CIUIY
VIS
meeting,
and
you
were standing
at
the
deor.
4:h
Wen ber for
Frederiksted
Country
District
(Anders:n
requested
that
the
wminutes
of the
Municipal
Commiitee
be
preduced,
This
was done, ‘and the
Sec-
retary
«f the
Con mittee ywas
reqguested
to res¢
the ninutes
in
ecrnection
witn
the buiget,
and
he
accordirgly
con phied
with tiie request.
The
motion
make
by
Ist
Member
for
Fiederiksted
Tewn
(Ja
h:ien)
and
sec-
orde.
by Ist
Menber
for
Christiansted
Ccuntay
Distriet (Jessen)
that
the
Coun-
¢il resolve
itself into
a
Con mittee
to
in-
vestigete
tbe budget
was put
to
the
vote
with th-e result
that
2 members
voted for;
3 agair st.
4th "ember
for I rederiksted
Country
District |(Andersen)
moved
that
Ist
dis-
cussior
be closed.
4th
Men ber for Christiansted
Country
District
(Ramsay)
second-d
tl e motion.
o2nd
Meniber
lor
{hristinnsted
Town
(Canegata)
premarked:
Mr. Chanman,
The cnly time
at
which
any member
of
the Counei!
hes
an opportunity
to discuss
anything
«fTecting
the
Municipaiity
is
when
the tudget
is under
Ist
discussion,
and for this
reasor
| teel
thiat
Ist aiscus-
sion
should
not
now te
elosed.
The motion
made
by
4th Memter
for
Freder
ksted Countiy Distr
et (Andersen)
«nd seconded
by
4th
Member
for
Chns-
tianstel
Ceuntiy
Listiiet (Ramsay)
that
Ist discussion
be
eclosed
was
put
to
the
vote with the result
that
7 members
vot-
ed foi; 3 against.
Gove
'nment
Secretary
(Zane):
Mr.
Chairman.
Government
would iike tosug-
gest
th
1 2od discussion
eome
ontoday.
The (“heirman):
That
would be
a
de-
viation
from
the rules.
However
it is
my
duty
to
put
the
question
tc
the
Council.
Gove nment
Secretary
(Zawne):
May
1
offer a
vord in
explanation
aund
that
Is,
it is
novw the 23rd of June
with one
week
remainiag
before
the
new
fiscal
year,
and
in riatters
of this kin'l
my presence
is also required
before
the
Uhlonal
Coun-
cil in St
homas
oa
the budzet,
which
is
equally
behind.
Ist
Member
for
Frederiksted
Town
(Jacksoir):
What
harm
would
it be it the
budget
s
not passed
boiore
tue
30th of
June?
(t
wa:
put
to the
vote
whether
2nd
dis-
cussion
should
comgoor.
1 m:mi)cr&'?dr; 7 against.
(TO ‘bt' (L)Ilf»('!ltlé"/.)
LOLAL
There
will be kinderzarten
graduation
exercises
at the
Queen
Louise
Chuadren
Home iv this town
at 8 o’clock, this even-
ine.
ln:cerssted
parties
and all who sup-
port this worthy institution,
whethor
ti-
nanecially
or morally,
are
invited
to
at-
tend.
The Despatching
Sec-etary
Lieut.
R.
E. Borrett
is expacted
to address
the
childreon.
The s.
s. Catherine
arrived at Freder-
iksted
on actual
seheudule
time on Satur
day
last,
the
first
load
of
mail
for
Christiansted
reached
this
town at 3.00
p.
m.
enabling its
delivery
by
6.
p.
m,
when
the
post
office was
elosed,
the
ear-
liest it has
heen
on
Saturday
evening for
many
months.
The
schooner
Vigilant sailed
from this
port
for
Fajardo,
P.
R.,
on
Saturday
night
carrving
a
cargo
of
live
cattle,
and
some
passengers,
among
whomn
Mr.
Hermun
A Krag
who
has
re
turned
home
by the Martinuque the
week
before
last
with
the
vew
to
settling
down in St. Croix
but
found
no
field for
doing
SO
The
s’s
Guiana
on
her
way
to New
York
is
beiag
looked
for
sometim:
Friday
this
week.
She
is
ecarryionu
as
usual
a number
of
passengers
from
this
istand.
Partiealars
as
to
arriv
al.
and
closing
of
mails
will
he
pub.
lished
when
received
from
the
agents
and
the
post
office
The
Native
Brass
Band
entertained
a musie
loving gathering
last night
with
one of its rousing
concerts,
in the band-
stand.
The
postmaster
begs
o
remind
rent-
ers
of post
oflice boges
to
pay
their
rent
toaay,
and
those
who
have
iiled applica-
tirms for
post
office
boxes
tocall
at
the
post
office
just
before
500
p.
m.
and
seeure
boxes
that
may
be
vacant
by
rea-
son
of not being
re-rented.
Captain
and Mrs.
Creamer
entertained
a larce
number
of
gpuests
at
a dance
io
their home
on Saturday
night.
A happy
time
was spent.
The
Native
Brass
Band
furnished
music
for
the
occasion,
TELEGRAMS.
ST.
CROIX STATION.
New
York,
June,
25th—
The currents
of democratic
rivalry
burst
their dykes
today
in Madison Square
Garden
and
en-
gulted
the
party’s
national
convention
with
a bolting
wave of eoniusion
and
dis-
order.
The Ku Kiux Kian issue, brought
at
last
to the
open
floor of
the
conven-
tion,
set off
as
anti-Klan
demonstration
that
l2d
to
saveral
tist {ights
among
the
delegates.
London,
Jane
26th.—Their
Majesties
held
a
garden
party
at
Buckingham
Palace
yesterday
and
never
before
were
$o many
visitors from
the
Empire Over-
seas
gathered
within
the
spacious
grounds.
Invitations
were
sent
to
ten
thousand
persons.
The
most
pictuce-
sque
anl
noticeable
figures
among
the
guests
were
llodians,
Japanese
apd
Chinese
in
their
gorgesus
oriental
dresses.
The
sun
shone
gloriousiy.
bringing
out
all
the
colours
in
their
full brilliance.