, 1873-12-17
PROCEEDINGS
Of the Colonial Council for st. Croix.

MONDAY the h December 1873 70 o'clock noon the Colonial Council held an Extraordinary
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The oh@n being absent in thu early part Of the meeting, the voodnrn" tokho
I% %% Is Of @s s 6! !t %%s B y %5 % Council proceeded n.
l. 2d Discussion on D"ho1 Additional Gsnt to the Budget for 1874 SUB II the SAM
aan s 3 {D%S 5S cleansing %6 % '% %% " %SHT pubic S on%3a md ID 069% 1 i :" both 5' To%. '' e"
No amendments had benint9duoed.
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a%% %o ooan nm of Of aS %o5%%" I IN % p@6 IpTRags was ai ba mS %o" Sfno @' to o" in NJ a Is TSy %%" ina
pT m for nhnpes is suitable at all event could not otherwise &am oapadfG@ the prisoners
S S66s S%t sob S employment %Sr is is S Suitable S for p a%"asa he 10 b %% oas % 6o"d % it Questioned %%o a if h S 4sT to
that v SCI s: %j.%de S@5s: e%s%% p%Rs WI are oy sn%pesi to public s4 II. p 5 :
for other % Members t Explain more %d fully: Of n,, o.a,.. Co.. n. ona.a o, mentioned
1.-The mot motives " in ooo %a 99 9Th 5 0@Sf G%1 %a h% @ oh a, i1nad%11 5t ss the S2 T Rse bm aP"f" IT
p 5a"d HSoos @ b Pse i4 6nIS %d a os sGS3 & @s sa %1 work. work. T so6 Si ' mS be- be- d&odsd ' a long s
T To '@ o S SS' as@ eT% h h mo- %E E;T but %T " another % way of having the Work. done presents HsdG
s"oo n%%% demanded demanded By By S The 6onp%y for attending S&s vSS6 affair oo, and tho Work viii
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eopRTPan 5@ S s b3 RosPif 5p %t. s @ sn"s s Sae o Pc. y very o attic sf " soss@ TIA ao hm The pubic %So
funds IL f 45h had sra 5 been ss9 sd 5a aPdma pa R y 5%t all the manure manu- that hat can n not be s &fp pose 1 %
see what the punishment would be- already nov It Hpogy light He could ntm see why the work
The work @n ndDbe gH@G %f9 oa" parties han the prisoners. he felt sPs mot the w half Of
S 2@@ oT gnRsS ro community and that dMn" The COMPANY has the cdt Of the stuff 4Gi
from & aa HsmG % 5 %a b5ea% ahe o55 noaa Is o o%d asked 15' e. % IN on 6 $s e% s9f fg o1 aS yea &n 2I0 if aS
ell viii at all events bvo an opportunity to Judge by next Year, and t1d decide fit ssdabpa
ih Member , gsded5sods Country Dsas T. E99zay had also been told sss@s Com;
B any is si Rsy5Gs % "oS Il o6 pr u Ct 61 %at% T %"@T E9 a s %aa sS' G & a.c Sonpay: s." there 'PP"'' "
could not be- expected they should work for the Pubic for nothing 1.-THE public wants tn Work.
b., 5 saT %9% for %c Gaasa29 %% @ G8so m, Dosdet aH r. F% %%. had s s%S s,p bar ed s that o% he
he must ageew with End Member for Frodm&ods Country District (LadmeD tt@ long asst pay,
here no necessity fora grmtf from 1.-THE Treasury. The anue has, as yet not had fair a
here's; if goodt will be sold pAnHMIy. Buff the Company fails, e$300 are gone
5h Cowhmember fJw]: The 3d Member for FndnMtedsC Country District aimeJ hd
notben able to @eh the force of he .agumens from sE xcMency md 2nd Member for FredeTk-
sd (Fabn); and neither of them had mentioned all ttsp peaks in favour ofhsg grant Iheyh d
spkn of the saving and tei mpUpIdyd using prisoners tr the work. which they are quite
correct; butt there is tso other consideration that the Company will aHend0 the cleaning OF PF
greater part of mseowner are so poor they can not afford to pay and although the Police has
here in Bandg given orders to have the prVes cleaned team moth DONE; and just such places in
Will be the hot bd of disease in case 0epmemc disease Yu may say those pIWeS could
be- cleaned otherwise butt it's vNyd difficult; here are few who will do such work. whereas 1T is
ute dfretM fol. the Company, whOf dedOrzs them matter and the whole is conducted
without sagpNadeneS It some of tem mos important Higs from @nhay pot tHtthe PE
v@ in owl be clean, ant the Company proposes to haet them cleaned without charge to all those
who present a certificate fUn the Police teWyng their inability to pay And the enumeration
offs $500 is now only proposed one year. next year the company pays no application will be
made And alNgnds the statement thee Company paying 50 or even go pr Ct,. he had shares
nit but hitherto he has received nothing. an dheb believed there would be nothing for the first year
BMhs amountbOb be no subsidy, but pay for value received; there is first the cleaning. of the
accomo1aionsm public buildings which is a benefit tat@ can be set down in money; then there is
the benefit of having the OWN cleaner than low, which can also be Aed in money. ID would
recommend the grant L+,
@ 3d Member for ChisHausedsC Country District T. FarMyl: Their might be no dividend
tOf po6s yet bths balance sheto the Company sheWst tits giving 80 pr Ct B%H the Com
pmyf fails, whth mR ".- -
5h Crovnmsmbe [Janl: Suppose the Company even fails, We will have got work for the
money We pay