, 1867-01-25

district (Ratcllte) having expressed his opinion
regarding the necessity of the Island being
supplied with physicians, the proposal was
adopted unanimously with Is votes.
2, Reading of the Ordinance for st. Croix con-
tanning some enactments relative to Sugar
Cakes and the like, and of the Vote of MinO-
rity by 4 of the members.
The Ordinance runs as follows:
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'"The so-called Sugar-CakeS, made by boil
ing down liquor without granulation, as we'll as
every other mass Of sugar produced in the
same manner, shall whenever they are exported
from st. CrOix be considered and treated as
sugar, not only as regards the fixing Of the duty
on them, but also with reference to the calcula-
ton of tax treated of in ) 3 of the ordinance Of
goth December 1862 altering certain taxes and
imposts in the Island of st. Croix, and in every
other respect and the aforesaid articles can
in the same manner as other sugars, only be
exported in hogsheads or barrels, bearing the
brand of the estate,
Whenever sugar, sugar-cakes or any other
mass of sugar be brought to either one of the
towns, or be conveyed on the country-roads,
without being deposited in hogsheads or barrels
bearing the brand Of the estate, the party con-
cerned shall always be supplied with a pass
given under the hand Of the proprietor or man
dSCI VI tu6 respective estate, SldtilS lie udlI6
of the estate and of the party to whom the pass
is given, and containing a sufficiently distinct
designation Of the articles conveyed by tho
party, by weight or in some other manner, as
we'll as the day on which the pass is to be
made use of.
Such pass shall on the parties arrival in
town be exhibited to the Police, before the
articles can be offered for sale or can be deliv-
cred to the person for whom they are intended.
1t is prohibited to buy up any of the afore-
said articles on the Country roads or elsewhere
than in town.
In the absence of the requisite pass, as also
in cases where any of the aforesaid articles
have been bought up contrary to the above
prohibition, the articles shall be liable to con-
~fscation. The half of the amount of the arti-
Giles contiscated shall fall to the party Selling
the articles or to the informer, provided he
claims it, and the remainder shall accrue to
the Colonial Treasury.
When confscation of the articles can not be
effected, the party or parties guilty shall be
subject to fines not below so cents and not
exceeding 10 dollars, provided the act is not
connected with circumstances craving more
severe punishment.
Parties neglecting to exhibit the pass to the
Police shall be fined % cents, and in cases of
repeated neglect SO cents.
Gases proceeding from transgressions of this
ordinance are to be treated as public Pollce-
suits"
The Minority's Vote runs thus
"The undersigned beg leave to state their
vote of dissent on the case.
The proposal contained in the draft is found
ed on a supposition of fact, the correctness of
which we must positively object to, viz that
the greatest part of the cane.juice which by
boiling is transformed into what is called here
-Cakes,-or un-crystalised sugar cooled
down into small vessels,-has been obtained
by the laborerS by stealth.
We beg leave to point out the totally i'm
probable fact, that the greatest part of the
cane-juice used for boiling into one or several
hundred thousand pounds of Sugar-Cakes for
exportation,-not to mention the quantity of
cakes consumed in the Island, and the cane
juice drank without being boiled,-should be
stolen, while not one single proof has been
advanced regarding such a phenomenon nay,
not even complaints or reports made to the
DaIs1n oLor4 4hofta &C that lind horo hoon