, 1873-04-02

Dora paragraph, - OnOulu the klng LnlnK pro"
per to do so, He may authorize the Governor
to nominate the Crownmembers''-be added as
the concluding part of this paragraph.
ad 5 II.
In accordance with the Committees propos-
al ad 5 IA tits proposed
No. q. THATin the 1st section of this S
the words " and the same number of Crown
members for St, Croix" be omitted.
ad Is.
A minority of the Committee (Faber) is Of
the opinion, that under the present economical
state of the Island,-as he considers it beyond
a doubt that since 1868 there has been a re-
PROGRESSION, and that the decrease in the rental
value Of properties pointed out by the Govern
ment itself, is greater than supposed
the amounts proposed as the stipulated qualif-
cations for the Franchise, either a yearly
rent of 500, or a yearly income Of $500, is
too high and therefore proposes
No. 9. THAT instead Of go dollars be
placed $40 dollars"
No. 8. and instead of $500 dollars be pIa-
ced 1906 dollars"
The said Minority furthermore proposes
THAT at the end of the clause be added
the following
"and is not in any private employment, IN
less he has his own household
No. 4 L. Another Minority (Clindinen) pro
poses the amount of rental fixed to cat least
As dollars, and the yearly income to "4OO
dollasr."
No. 10. The Majority (Jollife, Coulter.
Rosenstand), while retaining the proposed
amount of yearly rent 500 P. a, would like
No. 1B. wise propose that the amount of
yearly income be fixed to 400 dollars p. a.
ad 5 10.
The Committee does not see otherwise than
that it would be advisable to adopt a provision
like that contained in s 5 Of the Ordinance of
9Th May 1855 concerning Burgher Councils,
namely, that no person can enter in the COun-
Gil, when he is in certain grades related to a
member already elected. The Assembly will
be so small in number, that such a provision
could seem to be permissible, and it is also of
practical import, as it follows from our position
that relationship or affinity between the eligi-
Bile men of the Municipality will frequently ex-
ist, and that parties so related will easily be-
long to the same class of the community and
have precisely the same interests to protect.
In connection Herewith might perhaps also
be added a clause providing that similar rela-
ton or affinity to the Superior Magistrate shall
exclude the party from excepting election to the
Colonial Council, or at least from receiving
nomination as Crownmembers this latter
limitation would, however, if the provision is to
have any value, not seem to be quite adequate.
1t is certainly so, that it is particularly in
reference 10 lne proposed MunlclpaI Board,
which will more especially have to deal with
the economical affairs of the Municipality and
which will only be consisting of 5 Members
that it becomes a matter of Importance to es-
tablish some guarantee against the Members
being influenced by private considerations
either towards each other or towards the Su-
perior Authority and it might perhaps appear
sufficient to connect the condition here treated
of, with the eligibility for the said Board. But,
in all economical questions Of Importance the
final decision thereon will continue to rest with
the Council itself, and furthermore, as already
remarked, that Assembly will not be so large,
but that its reliability would be exposed to
suffer if perhaps some individual families were
to be especially represented therein, particular
" if they be of that class of the community
which will always be having the greatest
weight.
The Committee therefore proposes:
No. IA. THAT after s 10 be added a new
paragraph, 5 90, of following contents.
"No person can enter the Colonial Council
when he is related, or in affinity in the ascend
ing or descending lineage, or in the first degree
of the collateral line to any member. The
same shall be the case in reference to any one
related, or in affinity, in the aforesaid grades, to
the Governor or, in the Community where the
Governor does not reside, to the President.
The provision for the event where men rela-
ted to each other as abovestated should at the
same time be elected, and neither of them will