, 1876-02-23

WAbA IL FOhOS SQknSG Oe
No. 9 adopted with Is votes againss 1,
SO amended was adopted unanimously
with 16 votes.
After a respite of 10 minutes the Council
resumed, and then proceeded to.
Election of a Member for each Of the 4 Elec.
tive Boards in the Island, (agreeably to Presi.
dents Letter of 18th inst.} for the elective pe-
Rod to 3lstMarch 1877, and of one Member for
the Elective Board for Frederiksted's Country
District, in consequence of the death of B. B.
Beech, for the remainder of the present year.
The Council consented unanimously to the
matter coming on in this meeting.
The result Of the election was that Is tickets
were ha0ded in, and elected we're
for Cl..stiansteds Town. @. Dahl with Is votes.
" do Country Jurisdiction O.. Brandt with
16 votes.
" Frederiksted's Town. w. B. Woods with Is
votes.
" do. Country Jurisdiction A. Moore With
Is votes.
1t was taoitly adopted that the election OF
A. Moore should comprise the remaining poY.
ton Of the present elective period to 3lst March
1876.
The Council then resumed the discussions on
the Draft of Ordinance concerning ~vacoina-
ton.
The Chairman placed 4 with amendments
No. 1913 under discussion.
The President explained that the amendment
No. 10, to insert @ new s 4, has been brought
forward originally by the Committee in st.
Thomas on the Draft, and the contents of the
IS in accordance with the Law for Denmark.
As this is one of The means to further the object
of the Ordinance, be supposed the Council will
have no objection to the matter itself, although
it forms an exception from the general rule in
which the Ordinance has its origin, in so far as
the compulsion according to the other provisions
of the Draft only refers to the vaccination Of
childr,a, while the new s extends also to adults.
But al be same time it will be forming no
obstacle to the Ordinance the meaning is SO
clear, that further explanation Is unneoes.
sary.
No one else requested the word. The dis.
c~ussions were closed, and the amendments put
to vote as follows
No. 10, adopted unanimously with 16 votes.
TIL number of the following 5 ) altered a..
cordingly.
No. II adopted unanimously with Is votes.
No. ID adopted with 12 against 4.
No. 10 adopted tacitly.
The Chairman placed s 5 (now s 81 with
amendment No. IA, and subamendment No. /
under discussion.
The Chairman IT will be seen that further
on in the draft IS s. the inability of parties TO
pay for revaccination is required to be proved by
certificate from the pOlicemaster. From the
principal amendments to 5 5 and 5 5 and which
have originated in St. Thomas, it would appear
that it is preferred there to have such Ger.
tifcates given by 2 inhabitants here
it is more natural for poor people to apply to
the P~olicemaster, and in that way also all
discussion as to whether the parties certifying
are respectable or not will be avoided. At all
events people should have the choice whether
they will apply to the Policemaster or to two
respectable inhabitants.
The President agreed to the sub,amendmenk.
With regard to the amendment itself, it might
perhaps not be superfuous to give more defined
rules than in the original Draft as to when
public physicians may be required to give
certificates without payment, and to fix the
pay to be given for a medical certificate, when
poverty does not call for its being given gratis.
He had therefore no objections to the proposed
addition to 5 5.
The Chairman would before the Council
proceeds to vote on the matter, point out that
the amendment involves an exception from what
is otherwise laid down in the Draft, in 80 far
as the amendment fixes a certain pay for GER
tifcates from other physicians than public
physicians, while the Draft has in other cases
left the payment to private agreement with the
parties. He had no objection to the amend
ment itself, but it ought not to be overlooked
that it was in reality an exception from the
rest of the Draft.
4th Member for FredAriksted's Oountrv Dis