, 1867-03-12

shall administer the executive Police under the
immediate superintendent of the Governor or
the Governments Secretary in the behalf of
the Governor" The judicial functions Of the
Policemasters to pertain to the Judges of the
courts of the Jurisdictions. The plan was not
approved of by the Council, who proposed
"that the Police. jurisdictions of Christiansted
and Frederiksted should be re-established each
with a functionary as Policemaster and Police
Judge, subject to the Governor as Chief Magis-
trate with respect to administrative business
and to the Upper Court with respect to iudicia-
ry acts'' and added with 9 votes against 8:
''that each of the Policemasters once a week
should hold court at Kingshill where it
is considered of great Importance to retain the
present Police Station In the second session
of the Colonial Council the Governor informed
the Council, that the home-government, not
thinking it advisable to enter into the proposal
of the Council on account of its expensiyeness,
and the Council having objected to the plan of
the Government, had taken the matter under
new and serious consideration, the result of
which was a proposal that led to the present
arrangement.
This arrangement has in the meantime prov
ed unsatisfactory, not only as regards the Po-
decentralization, as stated by the former
Colonial Council, but also in the other branches
and the administration of Estate ("Dealings')
where neglect and representation is more apt
to creep into, as the evil consequences thereof
do not shew themselves at once, is especially
liable to suffer when the function airy is over
burdened with all possible public business in
the jurisdiction not only functions as Judge,
Magistrate and Police, but also with all such
communal business which in other places is
attended to by special magistrates or by eco
nOmical commissions appointed by the .commu-
nal Councils or Boards. In order now to RENE
dy the abovenamed inconvenience, the division
of the Police administration in three separate
offices and the unWarrantable massing of bust
ness on two of the functionaries, we have laid
before the Council our proposal, which we do
not pretend to be unobjectionable we entirely
acknowledge the business of the demand, that
the judiciary functions Of the Police ought not
to be laid in the hands of those who are en-
trusted with the executive or prosecutive func-
tons but we have again renewed the proposal
made by the Colonial Council in 1S52-only
arranged in a more economical manner,-be-
cause we believe it to be the easiest to carry
out, and because the present state under which
the whole suffers, ought to cease as soon az
possible.
AS statistical calculations we add the follow
ing data:
The police-cases amounted for the last two
years to as follows
1864. 1865.
Christiansted: actual police cases 73. 5es.
cases concerning debts accord.
ing to ordinance 9th Jan. 1852 TAO GAG.
1883 1896.
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Kingshil actual police cases 1872. Ala.
cases concerning debts accord
ing to ordinance 9th Jan. 1852 80. TO-
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52. asa
Frederiksted actual police cases 69k Csc.
cases concerning debts accord
ing to ordinance 9th Jan. 1852 1874. BIG.
1923. 92.
These numbers do not include cases settled to
the Police; journal)
As the pay of the Police-Assistant is INSULT
Gent and without proportion to the Importance
and extent of their offices, we propose it raised
in the draft.
The above proposal intended to have been
introduced in the beginning of the year by the
then lst member for the tow of Christiansted.