, 1872-02-28
PROCEEDINGS
Of the Colonial Council for st. Croix.
Continuation of the Meeting of 2eth January 1872.

Continuation of the Meeting of 10Th January 1922
teri 8? 5. Ms9sG 9%a o95s S@S% 5s ss@S3 begged" max" a distinct" motion namely that" the mat
T Il" e 5%%" m" said t% that I long S59s sp@ 1s"1f soo Saa H"% "a" bs % e s%oP s1ad Us P ToaS"shom
ena a: Ss"' sd S G. rss5":"s so Ss@Sy D D$s a4 6HHS' s 5 ,sa s5 be "sahi IS 4 s5 %a% aa is o sq %s
End Member onsHansed. Country District tR~e~aa"D said, in reacaeo tile motion just
S Sy s% Y E%R . oR @ 51 s5s% % v% Which he 1SoIs@s %f %saos; HIS His EsesS"% y h;
5 51n d s aid S oSnno , '55 al 5 .% mm an 4 9n after yo4ns at tho %, 5 3D. discussion h for the s1@-
H 5n2 b "a n Hn1aj 1 S% The }s sM a m not sr ss@ g . sn9% m@s%@ T A. AZ in tt to. or any any %s s %%S1 1sa%ss SCI for %:
at T%s%nten m~od%e oy3-% %s oms remedy P m m%b% a soggS S% tn relieve Ps% o Of it, si Certainly s%L
the Militia lM b2 point bearing on that B$tb9 again; tn wording Of this proposal clearly shows
hanno5 5aovto lapse oys"> and eve" then only as trial; by that Time the Military o %H
n m%s W %a s n@ %: : %H %' r %i' s% as. Ys s5o"caeSa S v? 9n a" @ BE s Ts dSn an" oaa By o @a ae
a a5 it N Ti not T @dy1 nn@n 5S add 4%% a Snm t to that 0rl% @" J aHn SUCH ansrs@s with special re-
5%S Of 4 @ pop oa%0 s sa% a%sb has s g S@4 do1bs! 4o B B5 5hsc cb snpas' 9ms on % as 4o
tie S% a% %% 5s 5$S S@T lar "a" w 2%6o' D Ss1 pn o' rsSan H Is b 5% S9' as c1 o%Hf 5i i" its its 4 2%s r
o o%o @% a mere S %%n for " o %%% % TO- 5SS s2g%5" &c n % %P"n n& & bo@ so% %s d count a'o oSpoo9
.9ss %$ vs% P$Is%s CONN Gymnasium %o " uod @% the % 5%:. %S %% % S% D Draft a SS Of n %SG o
om MT t me 3 9%Ms oG % sr@1 m5 the the C %f s the aght"f appointing nMg such Con Cn hm9@Q WHO bet
H B% desires to % Tg '| WITHIN T its e @d %S Q" osn TsaSs" 6% aS u m%F o ~@h aS tp S9 it vS
So <Aqo%ns the i$o oo%5% "a pm5 of o of %s s." ny q b % laid % S%o e the % COLONIAL alt o e n%s
@6on the GoonoE Or y one omo Ien5s@ Of the Council TS ena G@"t that nS "nos
t the full responsibility 9% @ for bringing in ao5P nas; but yh% the Council appoints Committee %t to
take the responsibility Of Militia enforcement ;Tw s tn appoint Committee the Council % @st %
t%"% &% S%%oo b aS e% so % E%8p ays ' Si P h ao'a Rs sps hS %" 9no "p the I Ts the qs%T wish
JON n@o5s S%@ orr Or @ %%s% vote % "I In o S soPi Instance se H%s 6oa %f sdp a3 % RS% %Sp%s.
SUI spp d% t d inSa a po G3 an conm nS" o6 a %n" @am es5"9 pna the 9 Em@o %" and the Council
H E%'aG T&s w wnH a even annd @ eG% ~G therein the Sd result would h be the aPplesiaq Of tho Royal
the responsibility for Introducing Drafts the Council has the responsibility for adopting it, Anu Anu,
q% s y :" and i% !" supposed sI It @S%n9a S % &" Can9an 3 Tond make s'P Rs a p? Toa ppd sa a al con o &s
il this Instance in aa words Parliamentary Commission would be- to exercise right not Within
t %s9 ,i sm nG4G BY By appointing a Committee the Council is in a sense committed a~r against
q %s1 a#y@ a % sa gsnt IT y Sh H a soT sSM HT a' v aP Sp% % wit f b o sad 5" rm viii u b" , H5
ANDY know that MHha cn beeS abShMnd ifNentO ms;o only when ou@ hef mc any uay
whemefyo VIII VoeDrht ornoE His decentralization isn mott vtea Ms nea comngh tn Co.
lOnplIaw, heha the right a@Mth appointment dGuha COMMISSIONS orr Committee my ouE like
-mdfh vohsa gamst 1.-THE wh!be said be pp0@dt Militia while ne has at Bm omen mo- exact
VeW0We maherMnset IheG Government has, as already stated always Gvorda Militia and in
16263hek nows thMa Draft would have been ready to beE db e the Council and His ExceIncv
haste days atdtat the present Government woIdhave noobmtonsh TO- Militia plant ohye efficient
Therefore we need not expect to meet opposition or the pato the ovemmm TO-DAY, however
thee Council is taken unawaTS ada vote ro against Committee would hereafter be ooked up
as being tatamonnt to a vote for or aganstM Mts It might be- that that thu only possible wN
tnaVes some reduction mthe forty thousand d6as annual expense if even not the entire renoml
oh. Butt hheroe every time the question Militia came on, the Government was oppmedin
the Council, especially By planters who's always said Militia would be against their interests a,
ns 4s1 p%i% S% TO the s $ es 1aaHs to S5 sfs answers ovs"i Sa. IF %%s the % @ G%s a a ssst to n a :. the The
: "s "a SS4 s9 + 10 s' ss !: :S III; i: SEs5 % ss : . s$% s is s :S: BE- s :;s 81 e. S E.: $ % ss' % s ;"iS S' ing %s ss
Thee ho"mo" sdh kinks the last Speaker has onfundedt two different things There ha
difference between Parliamentary Commission and Committee of the Council He had hmmaf
been Menber0 Me CoonEL Coucld during hed discussions on the Colonial Iaw and ummbaw
full we'll that it was considered nadvhabh to grant the ConMs the right Of anonGnp Sh
Commissions whoh have greater power than Committees especially tt apv dMnvt oHGas