, 1866-07-17

? On the inquiry of the Chairman no member
adopted the withdrawn amendments.
The case was put to the vote as follows
No. l, by the 1st member for Frederiksted's
town (Sarauw) that the words "on the
part of the employer as we'll as that of the
laborer, can only be given during the first
Is days of the last month" to be left out, and
in their place to be inserted the words "on
either side is to be given with at least one
months notice.
was rejected with IA votes against 2.
No.. 2, by the Governor the following to be l:
'It shall be lawful, Notwithstanding the en-
actments contained in 5 l of the ordinance of
26th January 1S49 concerning the relations
between the proprietors Of landed estates and
the rural population of st. Croix, for employ
ers and laborers to enter into engagements
for a term of l year, to be reckoned from the
day the laborer enters service, instead of till
the lst Of October following. Engagements
to this effect shall in accordance with 3 of
the said ordinance be entered in the d~ay-bOOk
of the estate, and likewise the day when the
laborer enters service be noted therein, and
information thereof be given to the police in
the report prescribed by 5 6 Of the ordinance
of 18th August 1853.
In such cases where the engagements do
not terminate on The LIST Of October, notice to
dissolve the engagement, on the part Of the
employer as well as on that Of the laborer,
may only be given during the first Is days
of the last month previous to the expiration
of the term of engagement. When no such
notice has been given, the contract is renew
ed for another year from the same date.2
was adopted with II votes against 2.
No. 3, by the Governor the following to be 2
"When foreign laborers are imported or inn
migrate to St, Croi4 for the purpose of tax
ing employment on landed properties, with
out having entered into contracts at the
place of their departure, in accordance with
IS 7 & S Of the ordinance of 2nd October
1862, the contracts between them and the
person who frs employs them shall be made
either in the presence of the Superintendent
of immigration and be entered in the proto-
col which he has to keep according to 6 Of
the said ordinance, or before q PolicemaSter
and be entered in q protocol authorised for
that purpose for each Of the P0lico-OIiccS
A copy of the contract is to be forwarded to
the Policemaster in the district where the
laborer takes employment, provided the con-
tract was not entered into before him
Contracts between foreign laborers and
new employers for the 2nd or 3rd year OF the
'laborer's residence in the Island, shall be
entered into before the Policemaster and
entered in the aforesaid protocol at the po-
IICC-OIlICCs
The e~aactments~ contained in 5 l of the
present ordinance, in so far as regards the
term of contract, the time of giving notice
and the renewal Of contracts, are also appli-
cable with regard to the contracts treated of
in the present 5. But the enactment in 5 ),
of the ordinance of the Doth January 1649
shall not be applicable with regard to the
contracts treated of in the present 5.
1t is the duty of the Superintendent of
Immigration and the POlicemaster before
whom the contracts treated of in this 5 are
entered, to convince themselves that the Ia
borer understands the contents of the con-
tract, which must always be read to the par
ties after having been entered in the proto-
COL"
adopted with IA votes against 2.
No. A, by the Governor the title of the ordi-
nance to be as follows: ''Ordinance contain
ing certain enactments relative to contracts
with laborers on landed estates in the island
of st. Croix."
was adopted with Is votes against L.
No. 5, the draft with the amendments
was adopted with IA votes against 2.
The 1st member for Frederiksted's town
(Sarauw), who had abstained from voting, re-
served his separate vote.
8. The 1st discussion Of the Governments
draft of an ordinance concerning measures to