, 1872-12-28
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Sttia4j14al2a, 81, groix.
SATURDAY 28rH DECEMBER 1872.

" NdtIEliy Ot mas resided III the DANISH
WestIndla Islands 5 years, who has attain
ed the age OF %, who has not been legally
deprived OF the management of his proper
ty, and who either owns a property in the
Municipality that is calculated llEelv to
yield a yearly .s1t Of at least Is dollars
In st. Croix.--,or in the preceding year
has had a clear annual income Of 500 dol
lars. But it would seem that all are not
aware, that those persons, whose right to
vote IS based on their having the requisite
annual income Of $500, ami who desire
that their names should be on the Election
List, must, before the end of December,
make a representation thereof in writing
to the Chairman Of the Elective Board in
the District where they reside. 1t will
have been noticed hat these columns have
OF late contained a series of Publica-
tons from the respective C~hairnen, calling
on all such parties to 10 the necdful in
that respect. Neglect Of making such re-
presentation within the specified time will
inevitably cause the omission Of the party
concerned on the Elective List, even if he
should later be in a position to prove that
he has all requisite qualifications and
such parties will be deprived Of the eyer-
else OF their franchise for a whole year
from the LIST OF April 10 the 3Ist of March.
WE beg mOto particularly at this period
to direct attention to i.o>a circumstances.
Some OF the Members Of the present Colo
NAL Council must retire in April next but
1T IS at the same time more than probable
that the present Council will after the
emanatlon OF the new Colonial Law-or
perhaps before that cvcut-be dissolved,
and new elections be held. 1t NAV DO
considered 90 @ iQfo-ogg decision tgat hose
elections Will have 10 be held on the basis
OF the former rules, until the new elective
rules can come into force. Most thinking
men are aware of the vast importapce
which those elections will have. If
the Council be dissolved before the Coloui-
al Law be repealed, the new Council will
have the task of discussing and de-
Gliding on the new Colonial Law; we can
not too much prize the benefit of having
a Council composed Of Members purpose1y
elected tor that special object, and whose
views could be tested beforehand. And if
the Council should not be dissolved before.
the new elections TO fill vacant places
therein, but more espccia Iy the elections
Tor the first Counci will have equally as
much Importance, seeing that its first stand
Will be atl-dccjSiye in future.
We beg, therefore, to impress upon the
minds OF all parties possessing property
OF the required value to see that their
names are on the Lists oesVoters, and to
remind those who have tn necessary m
come and possess the other qualifications
required, to report themselves in writing
to the respective Directors Of the Poll, viz:
the Judge OF the Jurisdiction, within Tues
day the 31st instant, if they have not done
so already.
For further guidance we beg to offer a
blank for the form of the report:
THE undersigned N. N. Merchant Re-
taller-Manager etc. born in theyear. in
st. CrolX, where | have been residing since
49,. Tor: born Inland residing in
Christiansted (FrederikstecD in the Coun-
try District Of Christiansted (F~rederiksted)
hereby claims to be entitled to the fran
chise for the Colonial Council of St. Croix.
My right of voting is based upon my
being owner of the property No.,.-.in
..-.Street, Christlansted, (Frederiksted,
which property the tax-commission has
estimated to yield a yearly rent of above
$751;.
Or: "My right of voting is based upon
my having in the past year, from the LIST
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