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add what is already well known, that when any
person does harm to another, &his latter must
seek for damages in q civil suit. As this would
not be under the new clause now provided.
he would advise the Council not 20 adopt the
amendment.
No one further requested the word.
The amendment No. Is vas rejected unanl'
mously with 10 votes.
The Chairman next placed { s Of the Draft,
now 5 9, with amendments No II s. Is and
the sub.amendment No 2 under discussion.
2nd Member for Frederiksted (Faber) had
by the 1t Member for Frederiksted (Sarauwl
who proposes the amendment No IL, but was
unable to attend to-day, been requested to
introduce and recommend the said amendment.
Already at the 1st discussion on the Draft the
honorable Member (Sarauw) had stated that 1t
1t Is 10 the public interest to encourage rsvaccinas
ton In this Island, then we ought not to lay Obsts-
Giles in the way by fixing q pay of 12 OTIS for. every
person revaccinated, besides the trouble. OF
procuring certificates, and perhaps ofhaving Law.
suits or of going to legal proceedings. The
honorable Member had requested the Speaker
to state further. that in the LIST discussion His
Excellency had said if an amendment VI the
nature as here proposed were to be adopted, 1t
might be necessary to give the Landphysious
an increase OF salary this the mover Of the
amendment could not consider a real objection.
az he thinks, if the Landphysioian's salary is
not sufficient, it should be Increased, and this
consideration should have no influence on the
question here at issue.
The President could not agree to this
amendment The Draft contains already several
new duties on the physicians which may be.
come burthens0me, but to force the duty Of
revaccinatiOn not only on the Kingsphysioian
but on any OF the other physicians. without
remuneration, would be unfair. The Kings.
physician could not possibly overcome public
revaccinatiOn alone it would be necessary to
have assistance from other physicians, If the
measure is to be carried out with the speed
requisite to secure the object desired. 1t Is
quite enough to fix the amount of the pay OF the
physicians at such a low rate az in the Draft,
but to say they shall have no pay at ali fov
their trouble and labour. would be going rather
too far. His previous remarks in reference to
the kingsphysician and the eventual increase
of his salary, is not of 80 much consideration,
as be did not suppose that official would make
difficulties but the other physicians could
certainly not be compelled to perform %revaooi-
nations without pay, and be would recommend
the Council not to adopt the amendment, aa
there would thereby be caused serious difficulties
In practice.
The Chairman would beg to call attention
to the fact, that if that clause were omitted,
something else must be put instead. 1t would
be no use to say, the Authorities shall take
measures that everybody may be revaccinated,
without giving them the means to achieve 1t.
Either the Colonial Treasury or the parties
themselves must pay for the revaccination. He
would refer 20 the remarks made ct the Lee
discussion, of which be gave a resume.
LIST Member for Christiansted TLemmisRl
had intended to make some comments on the
amendment, but as the honorable Chairman
had already expressed what he would have
stated, he would refer to those remarks.
2nd Member for Frederiksted's Country Dis.
trict (Latimer) Intended to vote for the amend.
meat. He would not follow the honorable Chair
man in all the points be hAd dweIt on, and al
though be wss not quite so converssnt with the
matter, still he knew something of it and would
state his views. He would then first state
that the Public experiences, and has hitherto
experienced, no want of atten ton on the part
of the physicians whenever small pox, which
only of late years has commenced to visit us,
makes its appearance, and We have seen vacci-
uation and revacciOation performed, not only
by the KingsPhysician, bat also by other ply.
slcIsns aud until now, he was not aware that
this was not a duty, at least of the Kings
Physician. The Chairman had spoken Of
the possibility of extending or making new
contracts with the physicians attending estates;
but he could not see how this could be expected,
and in many instances it would be difficult.