, 1872-06-08

Of the Colonial Council for st. Croix.
Conclusion of the Meeting of 18th May 1872

Conclusion fhe Meeting of 18th May 1927
The MegWHnNr remarked that he had as vet heard no decided opinion on the maWH.j u Is
certainly very candid and honorable statement when Members assert they can arrive at odcded
opinion on it, and therefore it must be left to Lawyers to settle, and woudc certainly be the o out
of every Member in similar position say so; u there teG Government just ants to KNOW %w n MAJ
the prvmngo opinions ae on the matters and Members are rqued in al @ bdre the Conl
to seek to arrive at some opinion. He Majority of the Council declare themselves IN TN"W :"
uep proposal from 1.-THE Committees Majority the matter will ebrWardedm Ht dreNn OIey
OCCASION thee unclh sd edardt that the andsoft the Polceshondb be strengthened to-day t~me mrs
time we hear proposal just in the veyo opposite direction; and would ndeed@ ga supH on
the Police l@sm necessary ow; it would certainly be happy state of hngs ad the I mJmy
ofhe CouncH openly recommend this plan, the Government will rely on its being done with safety
III hto the POGemashr having nothing to dol sufficient reason tor tn plan IN he DDmrgee1,
there had perhaps never been any occasion att all to dVne the of@s TheM Majority takes dheent
view: because theP Oicemasor has not enough to d.; htw boIhH e post Boh PaW' Hn'
agree that one of the two officials when existing separately baVen not SuhcentN occupy DIS w;
therefore the Governments says une tibet offices again. r. Il
LIST MemberfrF rderktMs CountyD District (FAwm9@ SAID he links the Interests u Wo
Island would be served by one Police Master, Police Inspector or wneva else yu may snhm.
None oheo other Islands have learned lawyers for Magistrates, and there they have dfM leases leases
as we hvehe e perhaps more fcuta and intricate than here The objections against 8 f0"e-
masters have been. very wle explained to-day hmea are old grievances In fact the general m-
prinB is that the Ole lwsw trevBon; cases to occurrence have ceahda srongopnnnm
favour dhe plan now proposed, and from his own experience he's should certainly ike I" seF
hd.
ASH once else desired the word, the Vhcbarman be1 the LIST discussion; the Money bs
and Draft of ugetp passed to 2d Discussion
p End Dmusin of Additional Money Bill to the Budget for 1871-72 for an amount sub Item
E Building Expenses &r an additional sum for the repairs of ChrstanSeds Wharf
The Committee Report radsas folOws:
AHera Canl examination of the broken part of ChrStanSed Wharf, the Undersigned CH
miee are OfOpiont that all that is wanted in the Gmtnme is thata anew row OF pile. pc tmeh
in about the same places as the old mes, and the inside space filled up-he part fmmedItey be
hind the piles with large shneS, So sto fWn a sufficient barrier to the moaMnmet o1uo@ @r
Butt that att subsqumth time, c@timn piles should be nvenm in to make aHmeh rom the p%t vi
the wharf where the Crane nw stands to the pontO that at which the SchMnem low come along
de and substantial bridge constructed from said line op@to sad barrier thus forming con-
HnuOus fnoO wharf from point to point
ChrsGanStd, St. CGX March 2h1 1872.
HUGH MCMILLAN. v. CLNDlNEN.
The undersigned member of the Committee is inclined to believe that the plan proposed by
the majority would for the present really be somewhat heWrt ant be plan proposed by 30
eminent; but past experience has SheWn that ef aforementioned plan also cMSeS nch more OK
pHndve repairs than the astmeniWedO one.
beg leave firstly to reammen dHathe CoonhC Council would ask the Government before
any decision be taken regarding the repairs or rebuilding dhe portion OF ChrShans@ds wharf IN
question to take the opinion of eC Civil engineer appointed OF AhomS as 10 '0 way "C
work. ought best to be DONE and to procure from him an estimate of the cost
l wodd nxtas a @cnd alternative recommend that the Governments plan be adopted
"N"VU Fl r ANTHON