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which are merely posted with estimated sums"
The Chairman acknowledged, that it would
be more correct that the Money-Bills, when ad-
opted at the 2nd discussion, were not put to the
vote together with the Budget in toto, but by
no means agreed with the Ministry characterising
the proceedings hitherto adopted by the Council
as illegal or as an abuse. No one has looked at
the final voting in any other light than what
could be legally attached to it, say the adoption
or the rejection of all the tens that are depend
ent on the decision of the Council, and that these
items may again be put to the vote after having
been decided on ut the 2nd discussion is init
mated in the Rules Of Business, which mentions
that a third discussion of the Budget may cX-
ceptionaIIy take place. Besides there are many
items in the Budget that are. not entered in the
Moncy-Bills, and on which nevertheless the
Council has the authority to decide. Already
two years ago the Budget-C Committee pointed
out the incomplctcne>s of the Money-Bills, and
now the Committee has entered amendments to
more than one item in the Budget for which
there is no Moncy-Bil, without this proceeding
having met with any objections on the part Of
the Governor.
The Governor explained the mutual relation
Of the administration and the Colonial Coun-
ell in reference to the rules laid down in IS IS,
60-G2 of the Colonial Law, and as regards the
objections against the Budget being made the
subject Of n vote in the Council, he referred
to the remarks that had been made by himself
as we'll as other partic- u the Councils meet
lug Of 18th April 1869 but he pointed ont that
the Chairman himself was not at the time dl-
rectiug the discussions. He was aware that
certain items which in the budget merely ap-
pear with an estimated sum, such as ofice-eX-
pcnsos, may be put to the vote in the Council
he intended in future to separate these items
aud post them in moncy-bills.
The Chairman stated, that he had received
Two series OF amendments from the 3rd crown
member lBaupach) which were not entered in
the yotingIist, having received them after the
printing Of the latter the most of these amend
nauts were OF such a nature as to preclude their
being voted on under the Budget, on account of
that the alterations proposed could only be CT
lcctcd bv ordinances. In as far as they can be
voted on he would mention them in the rospec-
ave places to which they appertain. He had
furthermore to-day received a letter from Lawyer
IIcilbuth containing a proposal for the reduction
Of the salary and traveling-cXpcnscs for the
Judge and Policemaster in Christianstcd which
letter had been laid on the Councils table.
The 3rd rown.mombcr (Raupach) inquired,
in case he should vote for all the M~onoy-BiIl7,
if he still would retain his right to vote against
the items of expenditure posted in the Budget
that are fixed by royal ordinances and laws
Should he retain such right, he considered the
present Budget as an intangible and unchango-
able document and the large sums of expenditure
posted therein thus remain undimini8hed, to
which the Chairman replied, that every item on
which the Council had authority to decide can
be put TO the vote, if even the itom is not con-
famed in the Noncy-Bill.
The 3rd orown-mcmbor (Raupacb) stated,