, 1873-01-25
PROCEEDINGS
Of the Colonial Council for Sc. Croix.

rOnousn of the Meeting of 10th December 1921
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The following amendments had been PROPOSE y the Government:
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3 a% as @ .adoPs5 at the End 3 % discussion pg%Z~pny: The cipher IS, to be altered to "ao
@ss 6G % %5o 6% t 6q %.r BY the Municipality Of St Thomas with St. John, and s5
English i1I a anT%r a%c% @5a@n % 9 @4 ss %9 55%s No No 81 ! % % merely to r effect an alteration in the
the Council here BY WHICH the maximum Of S@t reduced g$ $15 80 T It S% void nt tn b b dsGpSd S by
better to maintain the original proposal for maximum Of $50. If however the Council insist insist on on
St. o%z and l% $50 for st. Thomas In reality the question of very R%e % ss@%n9 % a it will
''1 54 to T %d that hat 24e@%o in the salaries from the two 3unjaP@H@ss
8s o% S %@ a aGop PaI% R%. s a% 5% ala 6 oSt R@ s% bv for %5 st M. Thon asia as n here . but the 2M Limit %s!5
now o%1 attention. t viii be ~nam6%od that %T his snndme mP9 @ %I of To T Ds6 bed 14 3ad 2 s%i
fs D6 been beer ,s 5$ed 1c AS AS the Draft stands now, some Of the words contained in
G consequence whether those words are embodied in this Ordinance or not but e the Speaker
n9%s m5 nc" changes "go4 n@ds in the nD Snoa IS DS%doS S do 2oa5r 6@a99 why" %d they ay f6O1 1e dben the Q %5
advantage which We would Otherwise have of referring I @ 9fe %g %%mg e an % dsd L% % 5 9T9
arise here Therefore if Members we're n5@ the third bird s%%m o % % az BIN 9p%SoRs 56 6%n n15
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Io E~egP.@aa" said odd a% think the hono@abo Member meant % to d H%b the Council
the Pmas mot verbatim the sene as te Law in Denmark he must beg to point out that ibpot
%9 mao h @ 0@ P" TaS bo %o% R n 2R25Sd9 "nm 5t 'o m%ab na no and odn Which h. therefore had d NOW
Wi 6 5P@mo" ss a Sa %9 in M D oa n% sn aoS %g 59 oS 65oHns 4% that the Draft is not word for
had been adopted bT would have vai aggot& the D"% n4 Tit we're % T left %qn' to % ao Ton8nsto
@edgt oil lawyers Eshnd only be When no lawyers arc to ohad that that o p onSnsn no2a1
nv rs MSne s for Es d4 nH q ss%%n2 observed tina that the last remark from the 3o9onsbo
they stand nagovo1n the 1vsfr the Iobaoounty on this subject and they were embodied IN
aS 2 &s95%1 for t o6esaaa % s5 d %@s 9f 6sao. caon,.nn referred to what he had stated
those words are in teOrmance or not as the rules deciding when other persons tmnIa lawyers are
to be appointed Wee elsewhere TeO only doubt, that night raed woudba if The party appoint
ed fmo other reasons anw want OLwyeS could claim salary butt the wording ofhs Ordinance
is SO ample tath Courts could not refuse it to the persons Who acted in public suits. The o-
te of laying for conducting public suit not ew to the Council; has granted sums repeated.
y for Payment to parties Who had been employed in the place oflawyert because it was considered
right & e !tuMc should otrecavet the HvOs of mans special knowledge without emmer-
un1n ms pnnaPeS snow established by the Ordinance The Courts who award the salaries do
the duty of the awyer to discharge the work to the best of his abilities, whether he
prosecuted 70 generally Se tathe pays the lawyer whoh appointed his de6nSora Me;h butt r
the common people Tor whom oHenetI awyewa ea pponledn suHsf for or against. and Who cam NOT
afford to pay, it is but reasonable and right that the Public dnud cme in and nav ia
practice rMer Imnhena, whether yu choose $50 or Is; cases whaea 6e $3.50 wod be award
ed, are very rare occnance here That the maximum shmdd differ fol the two communities
ne would consider as mOstimprDp@, and he certainly would mott think that many would vote for
that He WWmdre commend the Draft ALSO from that view that it tended to establish EQUALITY be-.
tween the pr and the rchb before the courts
2ndM Member for Wderbted( Fa5gN would ccrHngh reasons sha1 under the od Dmo
Eon abstain rom voting on the Draft
Thee Chairman resumed his seat
AsnO one else eed to have ewmd, the Chairman closed the ad Discussion aud pt. the
amendments ITO the Oe.
No 1wasa merea teahonin the EnpTsht translation and mos oop51oudh n1v adoMod"
No. 2wasrJ rejected by 8 votes against 6 mot vodng)