, 1877-10-27


beforehand with any degree Of certainty. how
this item will be at the end Of the financial
wear. the Committee would, although it does
not consider it probable that the amount OF
revenue calculated will be reached, refrain 40
. on previous occasions done, from making any
definite proposal for a reduction OF this item.
With regard to the clause contained in the
Remarks ad G 5, and transcribed from several
previous budgets, that the amounts which ac-
oording to s 2 of the Ordinance 24th anua ~,
published on the 9th March 1868. were 70 be
paid by the Judge, Recorder etc. in Frederik-
sted for traveliing.expenses collected oy aim
in public and private suits has been omitted
the Committee would observe that those IRA
yelling expenses,-whioh for The rest amount
to but trifing sums, are still being paid into
the Colonial Treasury and are carried 10 In
come sub Item G, 5.
ad II. The Expenditure.
Agreeably to information received from the
Presidency, an amount must be entered 10 the
Budget as interest on the instruments becoming
due in this financial year on the Loan to the
Colonial Treasury under the law OF 9Th June
1875,
Ii is here noticed, that although again this
year, like in previous years, except last year,
when bureau advances were granted by an
Ordinance, The means REQUESTS for such al
vancts have been and are TO be granted by
special Grants to the Budget, sill the %transac-
tons connected herewith are not, In keeping
with what has bsen he casa on previous ocoa-
sionS. entered on the Budget.
I'D D 2 The Judlciary and Police Department.
The expenses under this item will slew
themselves different 10 what they appear in
The Budget AID Money Bill to this item. when
from the lst Of October "a the c. n:re PolIcs
District is aboli>h,d and that District divided
between Christiausted's and Fred"rlksted's
=. Police districts. The Pre-. idSnoy has Informed
the Committee of the amendments il intends to
propose In Consequence thereof, and ths ON
mittee, in + commenting them on tho whole 10
be adopted by The Council, has but ODe minor
al era, ion to propose
ed No. 2 b, 2 g. 5. For the pew
Police Clerk to be appointed after the
the abovenamed change. a salary OF 5000 ?. a.
has been proposed, willie the Police CLERK in
Frrderiks ell is in recei t Of a salary OF OILY
$3.50 p. a. besides uniform "A the Cou'mlF'
leo cannot see sufficient rras on for regulaiRg
the salaries for these two qrlte colIa'e!a al p sis
with different sums, the committees is vi the
OPTION that the salaly FIR the post in Chris.
tianstei should also be $3.50 p. a. The Com
mittre has, however, r, ceived nformat!on,
that i is The int, ntiOn to appoint in this post a
man Wnu mas lot many yeats "e'EeN OhUNi VA"
Police Office OF the Cent:edistric', and who OF
late years has been in receipt Of a considerably
higher salary, so that an amount OF $3.50 p. 9
would not BIZ suitable salary for him, and
would therefore propose that the salary tor the
Police Clerk in Chris ianstel be brought up
to The amount proposed by the Presidency.
by ALLOW ing a personal addition OF salary
Of $3.50 p, a.
An amount If $40 pr. mouth for exira-writ-
ing, the same as for Frede'ikSted has been
considered sufficient also FOR Christiansted
The following sub amendment viii, therefore,
be proposed TO the Presideory's amendment
No. 2. F,r Office Expenses for the Judge,
Recot der aud Polictmaster in CHI istiansteds
Jurisdiction. etc 1882, to be entered with
S3,262.
Without intending TO propose any alteration
in this respect, the Committee would csil
ajten ion to The Eventually larger SAT- OF
policemen and the larger sum for keeping OF
horses, which has been pro posed for Frederlk-
steds District, compared with Chlisiiansteds
The reason is supposed to be ibis, that the
Policemaster in Oh. istiy nsted will have still
greater access to the use of the Military the
sU.callcd "OrderIies,'' than the Po!icem as:er
at Frederiksted, who. as will be seen, Is to have
a noncOmmissioned officer aud 2 or 3 prlvates
at bis disposal. while in this respect nothing
is mentioned for Christiansted.
After the Presi3ency's amendment and the
Committees above stated trifilng sub. amend.