, 1877-09-22

St. Croix.
No amendments had been proposed. Since
last meeting the motives to the Ordinance had
been printed and distributed they read as
follows
to the Provisional Ordinance Of 25th Jnus
1877 for the Island of ST. Croix, containing
ferential claim established by Placard of l4'h
May 1923 for advances made for carrying on
the cultivation Of Estates ia St. Croix.
When tho Central Sugar Factory in 81,
Croix, now in tue course Of erection. shall
have been completed, the preferential right
established by the Placard OF l4h May 1923
and the Ordinance of 23fd June 1640 for
claims arising from supplies and advances in
money for the cultivation of an estate, in &C.
cordance wherewith such claims should he
settled prior to all Other claims, can no longer
be exercised directly in the products of the
crop, because the produce will no longer, as
hitherto has been the case, be manufactured
on the property and be kept on tho prepe'ty
until the time of sale hut the canes will hs
sold to tho Genital Factory, there to be manu-
featured together with canes from other cs-
tates hence it will be impossible to identify
the product of the Individual estate.
As regards the mutual position Of the
Establishment as purchaser and the planter as
seller of the canes, no difficulty presents itself
in reference to the creditor, ss the right Of
this latter could be secured by an accepted
order in his favour but the creditor would
not thereby be secured against a third party
n the event of the debtor in the interval be.
tween the establishment Of the debt and the
delivery of the canes, having been deprived Of
his right of disposal of the canes by levy in
the estate, by d~istrain, or by dealing.court
administration.
In order to avoid the uncertainty which
might arise in this very important matter, 10
consequence of the approaching change in the
present mode of manufacture of produce to
thot ola Factory, it has been considered ne
cessary that a new Ordinance be issued Of the
above contents and as it is was of Importance
to have the matter regulated from the opering
of the new bureau year, the Government
deemed it best to issue a Provisional Ordinance,
which is now submitted to the Colonial COun.
Gil in accordance with the dictates Of the
Colonial Law.
No one requested the word.
1t was adopted unanimously with 9 votes that
The Draft shoold pass to 3rd discussion.
The Council consented unanimously TO pro.
coed to:
A, Letter from the Presidency dated lst
September 1877 concerning tho CouncIFs con-
sent to the St. Oroix Central Sugar Factory
Company laying down pipes for conducting
the liquor along certain public roads and across
Q piece Of the pablo land.
The letter runs as follows:
The Attornies of the "St. Croix Sugar Cen.
trail Factory Co." have in the accompanying
memorial of 30th August last petltioued for
permission to lay down o~ast-irOn conducting
pipes, for the purpose of conveying Cane Juice
to the Juice Cisterns at Richmond along the
P bile country road, from the Estate Ii Grande
PrincesSs, and partly over the hill at Beeston'
bill along the road to Peters Rest Station,
thence to BarrenspOt Station. where the pipes
will enter on the Centre Line at Estate La
RENE and one branch proceed along the road
to Estate ely mn, and another branch to Estate
Bethlehem's boundary line also to lay down
another set of pipes from the juice CISterns to
the Factory Buildings, across the fields at.
tacbed to the Prison all the pipes 10 be
placed l or 2 feet deep in the cutters along
side Of the road; and the Company shall be
bound to repair the roads after the diggings
for The laying of the pipes.
The Presidency proposes, that the Colonial
Council will give it's consent to the
aforementioned net Of conducting pipes being
laid down along the public country roads and
on public lands, as above stated, and on the
conditions above named.
The Council is requested to return the