, 1865-11-28

in store, and of establishing suitable rules for control
ing that the quantity be always on band.
q. The grantees shall always ketp a retail shop in
the town of ChrisLiansted, ST.. Croix, and the town of
Charlotte Amaia, ST. Thomas, where Ice can be
bought by the single pound as well as In larger
quantities at a price not exceeding 2 cents per pound,
DANISH weight, and to monthly subscribers Tor a
ouantitv of at least 8 pounds per diem in one or two
portions al a price not exceeding ] J cents per pound.
For quantities of 1000 pounds or more the price shall
in st. Thomas not exceed cts. per pound.
5, Ice for use in cases of sickness shall also be sold
from the aforementioned retail shops, at a priCa not
exceeding that for monthly subscribers fix d III No.
Q. without any regard as to whether a single pound
or larger quantities be bought and Ice shall for use
In the aforesa d Cases also be sold at nighttime and
at such hours on Sundays and HoIydays, when the
shops would othe Mis- be closed according to the
existing regulations.
d. If in the town of Fredarikstpd and its ~neighbor-
hood a number of persons should agree to become
regular subscr bers tor a quantity OF at least 80
pounds of Ice per diem for a period of 3 months, so
that each subscriber agrees to take at least 3 pounds
pr diem in one or two portions, the grantees shall,
within a month after the date on winch the subscrip-
ton list was sent them establish a retail shop in the
town of FrederIksted, in the same manner as stated
above sub No. 2, where Ice can daily be bought by
subscribers as well az other persons, at the prices
fixed for sales at the retail shop at Christiansttd
and the said retail shop at Frederiksted shall be kept
I'D as long as there are subscribers for the aforesaid
period of 8 months and taking the aforesaid quantity
Of Ice.
Whenever, in cases Of sickness, the L.andphysician
or anv of the public medical practitioners at Free
deriksted request it, the grantees are bound to d ,hver
so much Ice there as may be required for the use of
the sick, but not less than so pounds at a time, at the
customary retail price; and they shall IN such cases
bear the expences for packing and transporting the
Ice az we'll as all losses arising from melting and to
defray the duty.
5, The monopoly shall also give the grantees the
exclusive privilege of supplying vessels laying in any
Of the harbors in the Danish West India Islands with
Ice for the use of the crew, passengers and others
during the vessels stay there, and for The voyage.
s, The monopoly conceded~to the grantees shall
not preclude "a portion of Ice imported to the Danish
West India Islands from being sold there for exporta-
tion to foreign places, subject in such cases to those
regulations which the Government or the Presidency
of st. Thomas and st. Johns may deem necessary
nor shall the monopoly preclude burghers of the
Islands having the right to sell spirituous liquors or
other refreshments from using Ice in preparing the
said turntables, but the Ice sail be bought from the
grantees.
7, On all importations of Ice to the Islands of st.
Thomas or st. Croix duty shall be paid on the in
voice price.
8. The sale of Ice in the Danish West India Islands
shall be taken over from the LIST of January, 1866,
and the present Grant will until further be valid for
a period of Eight years, or TO the end OF the year
1873, but it remains in force after that time unless
or unti! either the Government Or the grantees give
8 months previous notice. tor It 70 cease either on
the LIST of January or on the lst OF July.
8, In default OF the due fultilment of the obligations
devolving on the grantees according to the present
Grant, and which they by receiving the Grant have
contracted to fulfill during the period for which it is
valid, the grantees stall, unless they be in a position
TO prove that such defaults proceeded from mishaps
or from other causes not %ascribable to themselves,
be liable to a fine not below 10 dollars ard not eX-
ceeding 100 dollars, and they may besides, according
to the circumstances, be subjected to DAY Il suitable
fine for each day they neglect to fulfil their obtlga-
tions all cases involving a question of responsibility
for the grantees according to this paragraph, shall be
prosecuted as public Policesuits according to order
from the Government or from the Presidency of st.
Thomas and St Johns in case the grantees be not
personally present In the Danish Westindia Islands,
the prosecution in such case may be instituted
against the person experimenting the sale of Ice in
the respective Island in behalf of the grantees.
Should the grantees have been guilty of repeated
transgressions, for which they have been fined, the
Government will have the right of annullIng the
grant.
10, The amount of $4,000, Three Thousand Dol
lars deposited in the Colonial Treasury OF st. Tho
mas on the 9th of Ocfober last by the grantees as
security according to s 10 of the Conditions, for the
fultilment of the obie alions devoiving on them, shall
remain in the aforesaid Colonial Treasury as long as
the present Grant is valid, except the Government
consents to its being replaced either by satisfactory
real security or satisfactory personal security tor an
equal amount. The persons thus given by the
grantees as securities have the right at any time to