, 1872-06-01

Mail Coach Drivers struck out it was
adopted unanimously with Is votes. The
whole Bill for $1849 was adopted with Is
votes. The Money Bill for Military Er-
pcases was passed with the alteration pro-
posed by the Committee that the item for
procuring horses etc. be reduced from
$4,000 to $25OO, -witA a total sum $1726O.
The Money Bills to the Militia and Fire
Department, the Road Department, Public
Instruction, Sanitary Department, Poor
Department with an alienation proposed
by the Committee, Prison Department, and
for a Sailing Schooner were all adopted.
The Money Bill for Building Expenses; the
Committee had proposed the amounts for
the Customhouse at Christiansted, the Po-
lice Office Frederiksted, Dwellings for Po-
licemen at Kingshill struck out which was
adopted with IA votes against 1. The re-
manning portion of the Money Bill was
granted, on the condition that the amounts
should not be applied before special Com
mittee had investigated the proposed repairs.
As Members of this Committee were elected
Cindinen with l3, Sarauw Ii, Latimer II,
Elliott 9 votes.
The Council then proceeded to the Rec
tiiications to the Budget. The Committee
had proposed to be entered for the Supe-
rior Administration the amounts proposed
by the Majority of the Committee on the
Administration Ordinancc.-Saraua0 point
ed out that the only item of those amounts
that is subject to the vote of the Council
is the expense for extra writers etc. in the
Secretary's Office but he would on the
whole advise to put the total amount of
$I343O posted on the Budget for last year
as expenses for the Superior Administra-
ton, so that the said amount be entered en-
bloc, without speciicatio -RosenStand
showed that would be in analogy with the
Colonial Law, and it was not necessary to
take a vote on that, but a mere declara-
ton to that effect from the Chairman would
suffice. The V3ceg0Uernor had no Obiec-
lions to the measure. The VicechG51maD
declared that he would under the Circum-
stances cause the amount of $13,43O, allow
ed in the last Budget for the expenses of
the Superior Administration, to be entered
on the present Budget-Under the Judicj-
arr Department a Majority of 5 Members
had proposed to the Council to express It's
opinion that the Judicial functions now
attached to the Office of P~Olicemaster,
where public prosecution takes place,
ought to be, as much as possible, separated
from his office, and therefore cannot recon-
mend that the offices of Judge be again uni
ted with the offices of Policemaster, as the
separation which was effected in 1867, was a
a step in that direction and had stated that
they consider it most advisable to have two
Judges, one in each jurisdiction, and one
P~olicemaster for the whole Island
,Sarauw gave a historical account of the dis
c~ussions that led to the separation in 1867,
and Showed it had been requested and eff
tected for Christiansted too, even before it
had been done for Fredesiksted. After
that separation had lasted 5 years, the
Government says it is inclined to
give it up, and the Majority advise
not to do that. The Majority has
been very guarded, and says let US at all
events have that separation observed in
cases where public prosecution is to take
place but those words have since been
struck out, because the Members wanted
to have free hands. And in regard to His
ExcelIency saying the proposal of the Ma
jority was q strange and novel plan, he
Showed first that it was not novel, since
it is based on an arrangement of S years
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