, 1873-11-22
PROCEEDINGS
Of the Colonial Council for st. Croix.
PR EDIN $

MEETING 3d NOVEMBER 1875
Conclusion fist Discussion IN Draft dordmanoe concerning RumShos in St C0h)
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a aoo "nss@ % oapf orr %5 s @p5 Tsn5%o a and 6b %s %S A c4a nS @"1 1S es % o &%S@ ND the 5 %n re- e.
DoGo6 great jmpohmosI 1.-THE business can afo man a tHo& it could also afford pay
81 90 co. %s%s. tbs m pleas to have ray to pay the r @n BUT 1ad Ir atbne %% f @S s en g p%G h h4
already said impractical; T% hnnm24e Secretary complained Of t Hd oms nov 4m no p"5"e"o on
their rights ha% want the P%Ma to Interfere u m 51 1 meant r% %f 4 as FS @s s %g get 51 enm
been committed the Police "}not encouraged it. That cases have occurred where panjssaay
5 @ f3I a@ 4o honorable $ sStn 9ns,f , by well iT%e- ito %% n pe @S 0% wo o% nt
% "G the s military T laws s% Forbid f.@ s%s. I to have %' certain S%sootoos t @@ keeping d here
about about the possibility S% ofr% 5@g d" fees % % paid By Rnn@pE@Pos, when taken out or
90. so 1 Member $ for m Ts1.a~41 Ge5e> would not hes 5 m@a 1sa3 g5 % 61 %n @@S 2d 6nssi
says. the Police waits for ~e%Hs of eno%a%moot, When is wen know that no on likes "
Ah Member for TnJeHmd Country District IL F@~Au IHTs are great many Rum
shops mo not %%n5 a@es as on every E4e 3mstt here may be "1 to De- N%"P-
3l Member for o@si"ssd Country District W~n@assn agreed with the hes 9Th Grown
mnnerG M)n & morning of Consequence has been done done Tor III IL Gm f% %f IP@ o Y h4 5 t Dm}I5
from the WHv%es that it ba} been " Hon ,% %%% 5 dc something for them by the new Ordinance
o pfT % 6M P% "{ ~ b parry n "Mg t% AVA 3a ~n @' P T@ OBJECTION to the Ordinance vas
a56 confirmed and again p @%4a52bei the oI Institution thereby poaponng a reform, aud
left 20 the S1p@%n A16o#y 6&" bat o her t %% dzeid definitely at certain sum- While, how
sd ms na P on a%% ro " 4. nd%g 1 %%% T io1 a5 f a" me R "s n% @p %" arr" still tic to be con-
i r""5I in %& M% be- n n%G 1" % @ Sf@%f~o" r h5 tax z" fine G9 number @ysy, Should decrease
the e "% to-day " %%SFsd % the T o1 nj" S @% aaco%d % quantity Of rum. Of a certain quality,
s" % %s 5 I'D not %o o "y5 5e@ d g to- "erea a9I r %a sS ofs bad % a HG pI 5fH Afforded Las a g%r"noo for the
o %} W ~on g % @@ the " %%%9+ a and q o% p mem having having @' shop "% today I out tomorrow not TT@
1o sJT merchants be- gallons or and half gallons say a demJ1n; but as already said
vino vas ~aTnS r brit --B %S Tenn nothing aG gro could could T be DONE a&S for IRomS@Esp%s Or &g ts
3gss an o% %i like }t %s The question ola Rum@ 5 has many Years. D9n the order Of
@1eap a AS s %m tedy by rsn 4h p Msg6sr for for n G55ss'n %s ot 0 Ss Sgun Dsatss
sg D SSe.5m @ %d had tad a hot 5s 69 Of taken aiken b in So at5 % GGd the tener o ho aas today GS " Hs
would only epea4h that it would be better to wM with h this 9 ordnance me IL m% mo gosHm G oranges gvt " Ian
legal authority here had beenfr now increasing the number of Rumhops in FreeHhstd as
9Th 0gvnnen6@ ljs"5: The numbrf fixed in the older Ordinance vas abolished by ahr
The president: til not @ as stated BY the ohaman, that the main Oqeot of the Draft is
S %T%% a% %G tb %I mp pGfnG %o ok % in um as PeGpensae As e gMst IN as %t their T "c opnSn Td%tH it would be-
better as to have the whole matter ssg regulated I by more suitable p provisions Ha@ a He H co. could Rs1 mot h @s h% or sd 5
T6 the modT T. g afc ca9 to GsIee that the the i n@s baG to s p t6at tbs i TO or esosh5 r ds as psd %
auhqlatd.M and not observed, but Ota word is mentioned about the object being to improve the