, 1872-05-15

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may be liable to alteration, but many of
them require repairs even if they be used
tor other purposes than now. The Com
mittee's general remarks about he Military
Ordinance requiring alreadynow to be alter.
ed are very strange, in view Of the lengthy
discussions in the Council 2 months ago,
and the unanimity with which the matter
passed. RoscnSt0nd as Chairman Of the
Committee apologized for its not having
arrived at a more brilliant result after
having had the Draft under consideration
tor that length of time but the Committee
had taken q broader view of the Budget
than if it were intended only for the one
year, with the hope of getting a future
plantort the financial organisation. Governor
Billie very kindly gave the Committee some
hints, aud the Committee made many trials
TO reduce, supply or substitute but it
soon proved t%ruitless, as so many different
plans were advanced there we've 7 Mem
bers and 7 different plans-that he as
Chairman came to see there was no getting
out of that cobweb of plans. The Com
mittee then made several general remarks
about something better to be done under
almost all branches, but not what is to be
done, not what the something is. 1t is on
" in regard to the judiciary Department
and the Customhouse that the Committee
goes a little further. The minority had
strong objections against those items being
dealt with more lengthily, the Minority
had objected against some Members taking
cut certain Of their hobby horses and leay-
Itn nthorc . h,E 90 Tho Gonor,,,OpA -, SO
Remarks to the Budget had touched on the
subject of the judiciary, it was not 50
much out of form. But we woul beg to
caution the Council against entertaining
the majOrity's plan whereby The Council
would commit itself to that particular
plan, while it contains no explanation
and he in the Committee could not ever
after repeated enquiries, could not obtain
any explanation from the propOnents-of
the plan for the respective functions of
Judge and Policemaster whether the Po-
licemaster is only to prevent illegal riding
and driving on the streets, quarrels and
fights, or if he shall have nothing at all to
do with the many cases between laboprer
and employer, which the Policecourt now
decides. 1t would have been but
fair in the proponents, when they wan
ted such a plan, to bring in a Draft
of Ordinance, and not touch on it
in the Budget-discussions. He would reserve
his further remarks till second discussion
he would only beg to add that fit is SO, as
generally stated, that the production is over
taxed, then better gather a tax on revenue,
which would be fair way of levying the tax
not only on producers but on every body in
the Community. The Spokesman said at
the 1st discussion he could only reply
briefly to the many remarks. His Excel
lency had referred to the discussions in 1867
which proceeded the present temporary
arrangement in the Judge Department,
and he had said it was only for Frederik-
sted the change under special circumstan-
ces was intended to be made but there is
more it will be seen that the change was
asked for in Christiansted too, and Governor
Birch promised. His Excellency said there
is not much work for the Judge, and he
had referred to the amount of fees but in
the years His Excellency named we got a
new fee regulation ; but he did not think
even with the same regulations could the
fees be considered as q standard to judge