, 1874-10-10

SdIu u tL6 COMMITTEE ) pIOpOSdl 1OT d OUm-
mittee to enquire into the accounts of the spe-
oial Funds for several years back, he had
already stated to the Speaker Of the Committee
shat such a step would be beyond the COM
potency of the Council, who had only to ap-
point a Committee on the matter before it, but
not a Commission to make an investigation
on the funds in general, which this proposal
in reality involves.
1st Member for Frederiksted { Sarauv) as
Speaker of the Committee said the Committee
had decided to withdraw the proposal for a
general Committee. He was willing to ad-
NIT that the Committee could have done more
than it had but there was an excuse in this
circumstance that the matter had lasted so
long, already before the one Member, Mr..
Anthem, left, who had made some remarks
on the accounts, but without framing them
into a report. and could not afterwards be de-
tanned much longer, although MIR. Anthon's
remarks were used by the Committee.-The
Committee recommends the Council to sanction
the excuses of expenditure under the Mill
tary Expenditure and the Hospital Expenses.
In reference to the excess pointed out in the
amount Of salary for the Bo0kkeeper, he did
not doubt it would be found in order when
His EXcellency had explained it. Under the
item L. 1. the statement usually given OF how
the amounts granted have been spent for the Sc
yeral building operations, was omitted in the
Accounts for this year, therefore the Committee
had not been able to enter more into this Item;
but there seemed to be an excess OF ezpendi-
ture for the repairs of the wharf, Christian
sted, the Committee believed there had been
granted $500, which work had not been done,
but still the total sum for building repairs IS
$3,807 against $4,307 granted, leaving only
$l,263 not expended.-Ihe Committee neat
makes some suggestions, not as the subject OF
a vote, to the Council and the Presidency con-
cerning certain items under the Uncertain
Expenses which ought to be posted under
other heads, where they more properly be-
long although he knew they were posted In
accordance with the budget. AS in special
regards the one item, the Decimal Scale, it
had been passed by. the Council and sanctioned
by His Majesty as an item uE-er Uncertain
Expenses, but the proposal could have been
brought in otherwise. For the rest, he was
aware from former times, that such q change
would be costing a deal Of trouble in certain
cases for instances freight, which includes that
on articles fox military use as we'll as that on
articles of inventory and stationery to di-
vide that item would be very difficult. "A
other reason why those items ought to be un-
der their respective heads is this, that such
expenses for The Military ought to be betrayed
III part ny OF. nOnldS treasury, anu dtlHOuSh
he did not doubt that the Presidency, as in
a former instance done, would see that
such division be made, still it could not be
seen, that had not been made this gear. AS
regards the amount for inspecting articles for
military use, the Committee had found, as al
so stated in the Report, that the inspection
had been done in Copenhagen, and there it
costs something, while out here it is general
ly done free Of charges And as for passage
money for recruits from Westend, if the con-
tract with the ship-owners did not %stipulate
their obligation to deliver the men in Chris
tiansted, but simply in st. Croix, they could
not be required to bear the expense for bring
ing the men from Westend to Christiansted
but the Committee only wished to draw at
tentiOn to this point,
The President stated that as the Committee
bad recommended the Council to sanction the
excuses under the two items in question, and
as the proposal for a Committee on the special
Funds had already been decided, he would pass
over those two items. AS regards the excess
in the amount of salary for the Bookkeeper, he
would point out that there was no excess. The
$500 had not as stated in the Committees
Report been granted. 1t had been said in the
Budget, that of the $4,000 fixed by law as the
Bookkeeper's salary, it was expected that only
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