, 1880-09-23

building rented as CuStOmhOrBe is hipher
up III town. If to that amount be added
S25 monthly paid in rent for the premises
used as Customhouse, we get an amount
Of SOS p. m. which the nOn-exiStence of the
public Customhouse entails; with such an
ever returning outlay, there could be no
excuse for not rebuilding the public Gus.
tomhouse, and he would repeat what he
had said last year. that if the large mum.
Der of prisoners In the prison had been
used, and among whom there were manv
masons, the costs would have been consi.
derably reduced even now when we sea
what has of late been done by the work of
the prisoners, he could not help thinking
that if they had been used, we might by
this time have had the Customhousa
rebuilt with a very moderate outlay. But,
any how, with that heavy expense before
lis, we could not otherwise thar recon.
mend that the CustOmhouse in Frederik-
sted be rebuilt as soon as possible, part.
cularly also from q view 10 the incOnyeni.
ence to the officials and tho public caused
by The hired ~Cusiomhouse being situated SO
high up in the town and far from the
wharf
The President said that the Administra.
ton was fully aware of the d~isproporrion
between the expenses of the present
arrangements and The total cost of re-
building the real Cuslomhouse. as also of
the inconvenience experienced at pre-
sent; and if means were disposable, it
would long ago have been rectified or
remedied; but the large sum of $4,000
required is more Than we can undertake,
before we are aware how we stand in
financial respects. We have been long
looking for the decision of the Diet with
rn oc1I 20 q 80 n 30 H. Tc1ov1 - .I,oA
reSpec' he could say no more than what
honorable Members are already aware
of, that up to date nothing had been
decided in that respect; it would be wrong
to anticipate that decision by incurring
an additional and considerable expense.
The same reasons apply to the School
house at Mt Victory, while we rent school
premises at RoSehill.
No one else requested the word.
The Money Bill for $500 was adopted
unanimously with S votes.
AZ NEY BILL.
For defraying expenses @nder the BRRy<s
for the Municipality Of st. CroiG for the
Financial Year from 1St April 1880 to 3lSt
March 1881 the fotl0acing amounts are hereby
granted:
sub Item @ 8. The Pilot and Harbour
Department and for Buoys DC. for nj
l. For Salaries to the Pilots and the
men under the Pilot Depart
ment. 81 $4,000
.. For articles of Inventory
for the Pilot and Harbour
Department, and for BuOys
sc. i'll the Harbour OF
ChristianSted ...........- 33UUO
3. For lighting materials for
the Light at FrederiksfOrt. 1910
$i,757.OO
No amendments had been proposed;
no one requested the word. .
The Money Bill for $l757 was adopted
unanimously with 8 votes.
MONEY! Bill L.
For defruying expenses ander the Budget
for the Municipality Of st. Crosr tor tHe
Financial Year from lst April 1850 to 3ls1
March 1881 the tOlloWing amounts are hefe0y
granted:
SUB Item c 6. The Post Department.
!. Salaries to the Postmasters at Ere
keriksted, and to the Post-despatcher
at Kincshiu $4,000
2. For an Assistant at Christian
sted's Post Office, and for | do
at Frederiksted after previous
approval of the Presidency and