, 1873-01-04
PROCEEDINGS
OF the Colonial Council for st. Croix.

,s. 3oHD'r eth December 1872. p ooob. noon the Colonial Council held an extraordinary
pyv,5 des &%S @3 s%s o % s%sg with o fs sgo o omsa T 5osss for F"d"haed (saau3 who was
i" Try district 1F7%%sS % left the the $ b%1 @ % said &% d%S viii G in t oons Sequence h be dS1'h bs a
oa 44 Nm Member for o3asHanaols Country District Qa1TD observed that Mr. Fleming is *
The G @%" r@@Sl t% & % %"o aSnso5y u 3 &g gS G5o1 Ts f to call t SoT I election 10 o. ,nnu.
Slt @" so I So%y !" certainty ofT TIonnss arrival with the next packet . But @%S any y3 T@n,
ZEN n S s$ % % { soS%o "' to \" cali H. %.so S@as i" al @ @s 2ao@ as s % is a. 3%n %r rs1s nix
tina. % 5 .n os%r5 85 :1 be be y%h s s "s a 3:a @s IN 5 &s o$ss, @"' Day first It's necessary
l. Election ola Member for each of qo' Elective Boards for the 4 neor. Districts Of ao
THE result o the ballot showed Is voting tickets received and the following gentlemen were
For For the the d TTn of G M%%ana win s@m93-G a D5rmg@ with l votes
70. The ToTo Of F%isa5% % with s %@%sT R %a%sy witt with NJ 10 o% Votes
2 q6%I%a%%% SS D D%%% i" on 0 S%@" of %@n I s 5%5n FOR 70 a S"s Sas, Estates Of St
and Sa @a4Ssr 6 % d@% % 45 5E@ %@. It E T1 b s%n 4, ysy s9d5 ssssy tho to f sg R@.%a the calm
comp mPa with former discussions on this important complicated and delicate question. He had seen
f f4 &@d f& Hd Planters %%sn Such views he h%ged belonged aop past, md1 that t vinov 5oad@iod
qho Iq5ouT@a-2He for his p' had 5%c changed the the views views eSpnss %i f @to v Sfnof G @f R@ n5%" @f
an E% but a Necessary S" F #"@ But ut iRo o4 o~ ad %p5 & the sn Regulations @2 ha daGn sSsp as S5sds s G TE
be 6 with mo ygv of CORRECTING the evil IN future partly BY the assistance Of the $50 so %o6an" pr %%ei
6nf oe n5d has originally 9% Y. had very liberal views; but it has partly given in to the opposition
8%%d m s%@ 9 a f, 0 Sm%%e oa after p it had rendered cred its Report; proposed hiatt their should be
m m%i% r nt 1 s a%o% TT to- OF lay 9PB Bo6Ts a e@ tine the 3Go%f@4l s%m3 Es %gg ret" ad much that 9TH the Govern
Commission ms% that % S %%@ ' o osms "S as 4 ast f he t1e i R@ sed 6 W SS W %%e s@ am. and oM Members 5 Gho
s@%ss, But What What guar guarantee %% o5as nv Vs that % % proper aoos V ~% bo a ct 'o of a% nn neosdyyt to m%s
S 5s 5q %4@ lent: 5% nd Y5 F5%5s% 4 5' d% s%%9 S a E%t $ @% existing as I Sssss ss OF. The 5 Pn 1s sSn% Ma
e ed 3fa @%9 onn me pc opposed them from the principle not to touch The Regulations and have We
a d% a % s state & t& g1 a f1 ana6 1e e%%r 4S' 9 5SF R teIh the R sg55PS1 his 4 nos likely d%n
before the Council be- be- kept n% pos @I d Sa Mmgs omy 4 wv we f @5 5 qn H of thew thew d Rogdaaonss nw
p%o" SS consequently cent Ss Ct st 5s ss%o r Gs" s SoS oon 9Ga0 Es sooR 95 ps@S y esther 9 & Rsr d%2 %o by
Wmy ~W avs we are now aPta new pPerIaW. This wasm lis mind great drawback
against adopting the new law as laid beUeh the Concl. The honorable Chainna frhermon
stated that the abOur ReguMmsw were Okenu up the planters would ethics gamers. in so rag
Hy @W4 SWN I me O@t people, and eWeh reto fall on the community for support and thus
10 a g@ extent increase thee xpeHe for the pmperA To that HI would bee to SV that he did
not oubt the planters would gain in several points but as long as teeh ascamiv of bnnr ho
will always be good use for tel less able hands, and where there is a whole family the shno and
weak mwC ana VII follow together; besides which it must BEL emembered that accOineb II
G %mG new a equations the Public Wn already be taking over apart Of the maintenance of
14W% So ;1es e OF tmgs might in reality nOtbe as dark as pointed 0ub " the Chairman
no Me speaker mad however, always expected thatth public expense for the mantenancof Of the
Administration Expenses in other items In regard to Medical Attendance on the Estates the
minority te commission says" either medical attendance on most of the estates so dAScEvoo
L m ne e' w a"S me- government viii sWnh to reopen the whole matter concerning the reu-
a@nW medical affairs, Of which the end discussion the meeting of the Colonial Co@Ho N ooh
Jme 1871 was postponed until further; not because OF the want reimbursement not being left
out ecmset he Draft OOrdnanoe, otherwise based on sound and correct rncnles was amTaro3
WmO many impractical land cumnousa ppndag@" To this he would beg to add that il wd
peGSG hue ga t th the the Estates are furnished with Doctors and Medicine as proposed, Ho
RESTRICTIONS MADE TO control the sick people and secure them better care thar oenHaIvh oNen
Gmg pa party 10 aro| n oara@@neHa and ignorance How often is the Dockrn lot sent for ome
me MPG anu also medicine p0Vned but nottA taken by Hep adentR This has often been
admitted not only by Physcdms with long experience but also by Cagymen and others moving
great among the abOueN
wo1 Inc ne v%%g~ H sad here was" only one ontnt the hon@abeM Members nmahsb which he
49," ~ g " mosW UWSe'MlnS ana athoughhe had already on apevouso occasion expressed
wn a. n nae TO say IN that respect he would however, repeat it now. tt in regad to herL
VISION N I'VE years Ge OF the LahurR Regulations 1t was btn natural that the idea should have
struck oVemOr BMetNt asateoHhings ikeowy must mor or less be- unhmt in itself and that