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against the water from the neighbours root
The lSt member for Christiansted's town
(Clindinen) referred to the Committees report,
and confined himself to offer such calculations
as may be required by the Council
The Governor explained the Sub-amendment
entered by him., of which M. l originated in,
that the works contained in the Committees re-
port sub i. 3 by a mistake had been posted as a
retrenchment of IS. "a instead Of So, the
amount of wages for t%radeSmen, whereas the
cost of the materials, So. "a, at all events would
be expended,-No. 2 from this, that for the
work sub /. Is, according to his views. ought to
be used iron-spouts, S21, or the whole amount
be struck out, to which he would not object, as
he would not apply wooden-spouts so near the
powder magazine finally No. 3 was caused by
the respective buildings being exposed to the
water falling from the neighbours building may
possibly be prevented by some other means
than that proposed by the Committee.
In the following discussion the Speaker of the
Committee. in behalf of the Committee, con-
scented to the adoption of the sub-amendment
No. l, whereby the amounts in the Committees
amendment, sub l., the St. Croix prison, $50
and S32. 81 be altered respectively to SCI. "a
and S27, and that sub l., the fort in Frederik-
sted, the amount for Wooden-spoutS be struck
out, consequently the amounts 1892. Al and
SLAB be altered accordingly to 1886. A and
$40. In consequence Of an calculation fur
nished by the End member for FrederkSted's
town (Faber}, that the Committees SuppoSitlon,
that the 20 panes of glass mentioned in the re-
port sub No, l, the hospital at Frederiksted,
had already been put in, was a mistake, the
Speaker behalf of the Committee agreed to
the retention of the IS, consequently the
amounts sub n. of the amendment $3.50. 40 and
1923. 90 be altered respectively to 1888. 40
and Sis. %.
Thereupon the Governor explained his prin-
cipal amendment No. 3, by the adoption of
which he would consider himself authorised to
cause the charge of the CustomS-dues on artic-
les for publ, use, now paid by the Colonial
Treasury, be in future discontinued.
No one demanding the word, the amendments
were put to the vote, the result as follows:
The Committees No. l with the notifications
mentioned above, whereby thetotal amount
of the reductions, $S72. Sc instead of
1919. 90, was adopted with Is votes
against l..
Consequently the voting on the sub-amendments
No. | and 2 was dropped.
The Governors sub-amendment No. 3 was
adopted with Is votes against L.
Consequently the voting on the Committees
amendment No. 3 was dropped.
The Governors principal-amendment No. 3
was adopted with Is votes against l.
The Money-Bill itself, the Item of which by
the votingS had been reduced from $4,000 to
$5,OSS, and Item 5 from $4,000 to $4,000, con-
sequently the sum total $ll,O05 reduced to
$9,234 was put to the vote and was adopted
with Ia votes against 2.
3. The continuation of the 2nd discussion of the
Money-Bill sub Item IL: Sanitary Depart
ment.
The Governor stated, that as the amount for
the erection of a special wall around the lunatlc
asylum was struck out at the voting of this case,