, 1875-05-15

Cartmen,-which has been passed at Ord
discussion on the 2nd February 1875;
3 Budget with Money Bills for 1o74-75,
adopted Sth June 1874;
Al Draft OF ordinance abolishing prohibition
against foreign lotteries, which has been
passed at Bird discussion On goth July
1874 and since emanated as Ordinance:
s. Communal Accounts for 1870-71;
81 do do for 1671-72 both
Of which have since been disposed of.
In the course of the year there had been
introduced and discussed II Gases,
of which
I. Legislative Matters 6 viz,
/. Ordinance concerning New Scale Of
Medicinal Weights;
2. Ordinance empowering the Government
to grant diverse facilities to a Credit
Association
8. Ordinance empowering the Government
to grant diverse facilities to Central
Factories;
4. Ordinance empowering the Government
to take up further loan in behalf of the
Colonial Treasury for bureau purposes
which have all been sanctioned by His
Majesty and promulgated;
5. Ordinance concerning pension for the
former Clerk in Christiansted's Judges
Office, E. MOnefeldt;-Which has been
adopted by the Council;
6 Ordinance concerning alteration Of S 8 Of
the Military Ordinance, which at the
request Of the Government rests with
the Committee.
II Besides the Budget for 1S74-75, which,
as already stated, was introduced last
year but brought to an end on the 8th
June 1874, and the Budget for 1876,
which was introduced 30th March 1875,
and therefore could no. be carried through
last seSsiOn,-there had been before
the Council 4 Additional Grants to the
Budget for l674-75, 8 of which were for
amounts for bureau loans.
III. The Council has furthermore passed
Resolutions or appointed Committees in
5 Cases, viz:
/. On the Communal Accounts for l872-73;
2. On the exchange of a piece of the
Lagoon Lands, Frederiksted;
3. On the renewal Of contracts with the
2 public physicians;
1. Concerning facilities and privileges for
the Central American Telc graph Company
Of London.
5 A proposal tby the Budget Committes)
for a Memorial to the Government for q
remodeIiug Of the public expenses ana
Of taxation, was under discussion and q
Committed appointed but after the COM
muDication His Excellency the Cover
nor gave the Council before it came
to 2nd discussion, tie Council passed to
the next subj ct on tbs Order of the Day.
" / Interpolation has been put and replied
to: viz: concerning extension of tels-
graphic communication between Chris
tiansted and Frederiksted.
The Council then proceeded to the Order Of
Day:
l, Election Of the Councils Officials:
AS Chairman 2nd Member for Christian
sted Country District (Roscnstand) was elect
ed unanimously with IA votes.
The Chairman would again beg to return
his best thanks to the Council for the election
as its Chairman, in which he sees a ground
to hope that he had succeeded in the past
years to maintain satisfactorily the position
as the Councils Chairman.
1st Crownmember (Du B0is) begged The
Council not to re-elect him as Vcechai,man,
and 1st Member for Frederiksted (Sarauy)
was elected with 9 of Is votes.
AS Secretary 2nd Member for Frederik.
sted (Faber) with IS of IA votes.
The Chairman thereupon notified that 40.
cording to a communication from the Presiden-
cy dated 28th April, the ordinary meetings
of the Council in the present year are appoint
ed for 10th May, and on the first Monday in
the months Of July, September, November,
this year, and January and March next