, 1877-06-16

teacner-a1d 1t is TO be supposed only such will
be appoiated-to hoist the flag, provided be be
furnished with a proper time piece; at all events,
the same confidence might be repOsed in the
teacher, as in a policeman. AS for placing one
policeman at Kingshill for the purpose o%fsettIing
petty cases, he would object to it; the man
would become a petty Judge, ne would undertake
civil cases and become entirely corrupt. If
there are to be Policemen at all there, it should
be in a force, and not a single man.
lst Member for ChriStiansted'S Country Dis
trict CouLter] a policeman at Kingshill could
carry sumnOnses round to the estates, besides
attending to the hosting Of the flag, and there
by the mounted orderlies be spared a good
deal.
The Presidency's Secretary did not believe
that the serving Of summOnses would be made
easier by having a Policeman at KingshilI
the POlicemasters will be having the necessary
force at their command to cause the serving Of
sT4m0nses.-As f)r the hosting of the flag,
it might be left % ne Teacher but the Presi.
denoY will have the matter under its considera.
ton low it is at'eo' d to by the noa commits
STONED oficer.-
The CAairm4r r Il vt a great number of
details would p elves, which it would
be Impossible to .-.o through the 0 fdinance.
The Administration will have to take steps
to carry out the OtIinance, which will partly
NC QJHo uuAcI Cu6 IAUuty DiltS VI, Wu6I6 w
speci Il grant is required, by reglements. It
Will be- remembered, that whenever mention
has hitherto been made of changes in the
police, ald Of having only 2 PoIicemasters,
there has also been spoken Of having a Police
Assistant stationed at KingShi.l. in common
for the 2 districts but the difficulties were
aImosl insurmountable-and they will be near
ly equally so for a Policeman he would be
serving two Masters, viz The PolicemaSter in
Chrstiansted and the P~0Iicemaster in Frede-
riksted, and he would often come in conflict, as
the POlicemasters may have different views,
Of course equally g00d-but difficult for the
Policemen to fall into. When policemen are
living in certain parts of the Centredistrict, it
has been 50 organized by the Policemastor
himself, from the beginning owing to the alb.
sence of sufi ;ient room at Kingshill, later also
because i: was found to be Of service, that
they vera so diStribute1. There were no
defnie rules preacrioei il such cases. and in
the sane way h3 thought such matters could
he easily smooihed when the Ordinance has
been passed, so that wherever the P1licemas.
tr considers it good fot the service to have
policemen located at certain places in the C-n're-
districts, lie Will ID s., on the approval OF the
Superior Authority, OF course there could be
no Oh 'crions against having such a provision
mad4 under the Money Bill, if however it be a
prevailing view that tha5 and other points
should BE- settled under the Ordnance itself, it
would bs requisite to have a Commit tee while
the aft itse.f does not afford sufficient cali
for a Committee,
AS no one requested The word further, the
1st Discussion On the Draft was closed.
Isl Member for Frederikstel's Country
District (F2em'ng) proposed that the Draft be
referred to a Committee of 3 Members.
1st Member TOR Fred4riksted (Sarauw)
could not see the utility Of having a Committee
on the Draft.
1st & Attn Members for Chrlstiansted
(Cop1cr s. FarreIlyl could not recommend q
Committee.
3rd Member for Frederiksted's Country
District (Moore) The hesitation of the COun-
Gil in reference to this matter appeared chiefly
to arise from the laaertainty of the position of
Government IS 10 KiasshiI, especially what
it is to be used i3r, and who is to be there in
future The Draf6 Itself must pass, but the
detailed points are not explained and they
require explanation.
list Member for Frederiksted's Country Dis.
trict [Feming would as it seems that there
was no feeling in the Council for a Committee
on the Draft, withdraw his proposal to that
effect.
1st Crowamember [AnMOpl took up the
proposal.
The Council rejected with 10 votes against
2 to refer the Draft to a Committee aud it