, 1868-10-23

Committee
1.-The amount of support in money to paupers
is reduced from $3.50 to 81, 1850, for Christian
sted 5000, and for Frederiksted $l,450."
The Chairman (Sarauw) vacated his seat,
which was taken by the Vice-C Chairman Christ
mas
The 1st member for the town of Frederik-
sted (Sarauw), Speaker of the Committee under
this head-said last year the Government
asked for support in money to pauperS to
amount of $3.50, for Christiansteds jurisdic-
ton $1,000, for Frederiksted'S S 40 this
year the demand has been increased to $5,150,
for Chlistiandsted $500, for FrederikSted
SI,G50. The Council granted S4,450, say for
the former place $4,000, for the latter Sl,450,
and the Committee has recommended, that the
same amounts be granted this year, believing,
that the Poor Commissions, if they distribute
the support judiciOuSly, cannot make use of the
large amount asked for. The Committee refer
red to the discussions that took place last year,
but did not 90 into the detail, another commit
tee having been appointed on this same matter
as far as concerns the last financial year. The
report Of this Committee was laid before COun-
Gil GU the 14th instant but the object of the
Council to have the Poor-GSt of ChriStansted
revised, was not attained, on account of the
IdbC uOul cOIIiO OiuNINOAlOIlS iNHNHNu NUN b'C
Government were received. From those pa
ers it will be seen, that the support in money
in Christiansted was paid out in the beginning
of this year at the rate Of S3,250 p. a., mclud-
ing the extraordinary support granted by the
PolicemaSter this amount had been reduced
in the month of March at the rate Of S3,026 p.
a., partly by the death Of pensioners partly by
a reduction of SIS made by the Commission
on revising the PoOr-list and on the LIST of
August the amount was further reduced at the
rate of $2,912 p. a. The Speaker further OBJ
served. that the Poor Commission of Frederik
sted had given as the reason for asking for an
increase, that a greater demand for support will
be made after the disasters recently befaIlen
the town from the earthquakes and the food
this SuppoSitiOn was reasonable enough at the
time this statement was made, but he was con-
WINGED of, that the sufferers at that time do not
belong to the class that seek support from the
Poor-fund. He would therefore recommend
the amendment proposed by the Committee.
The LIST crown-member (WiIlemoesl observ-
ed, that in the last meeting he had been stop
ped by the Chairman, although be was of the
opinion, that he could not be Judge in his own
case. The expressions used by the Commute
in its report of the 23rd Jnne last, which eX-
pr%essionS had been repeated by the Speaker in
a milder form, but which in the Danish text
were to the purport, that the amounts proposed
would not be expended in case the Poor Com
missions would only use somewhat judgment in
granting support, they contained insulting ac-
c~usations against the Poor Commissions, for
want of evincing even somewhat judgment in
the execution of their charge; ne would there
fore submit to the Councils decision, if in such
a case, in like manner as with individual mem
bers, the Committee should not be called to
order, should the insult offered not be recalled.
He stated, that his demand was not intended
for his own person; but intending to support