, 1881-08-10

Local Administration as Acting PRESIDENT
of the island, it should be incumbent on him
to fulfil the wishes contained in the reserva-
ton he had. Immediately after the receipt
of the Committees Report taken steps to
have all the transgressions OF the lastfinan-
cial year submitted to the Presidency in a
statement requested from the BOokkeeper's
office, in order that he might bring in
Additional Grants where requisite and
he would use his best %endeavours to do
the same in future.
3rd Crownmember Faberl recommended
that the Council pass the trangressions of
expenditure in question, with the remarks
from the Committee.
No one else requested the word; the
discussions were closed.
The Council consented unanimously
with 13 votes to sanction the excuses OF
expenditure for the financial year 1889
enumerated in the report from the Com
mittee, with reservation that III future
additional grants shall be obtained to
cover any excess of expenditure arising
under the communal budget.
3, End Discussion on the Draft of Budget
for the financial year 1~SS0-188l, with
Money Bills appertaining thereto.
The Chairman notified that the PreSiden-
cy had handed in amendments to several
of the Money Bills, which amendments had
been printed and distributed TO Members.
The Presidency had furthermore handed
in som Rectifications to the Budget,
which had also been distributed. Honor.
able Members would see that the Rectitica-
tons consisted Of J different items; but
the notifications concern only such parts
Of the Budget as are fixed by laws or
Ordinances, and Members will not be call
ed on to vote Oh them. Some Of the items
on this list have been called for by errors
in the Draft. But with regard to the
rectitication sub No. l, it will be remem-
bered, that in the Draft Of Budget the
item "Superior Local Administration"
appears with several Sub-items, of which
the two last ones, viz. the expenditure for
stationery and eytra-wIiters, and the
amount for travelling expenses for the
Governor, are subject to the Councils
vote; the other items, the salaries, for
President etc. are fixed by the Ordinance
of lst March 1913 and are accordingly
exempt from the Councils vote. AS how
ever these salaries are fixed by Ordinance,
they must be put down in the Budget as
prescribed by the said Ordinance, and
temporary circumstances, under which the
whole sun fixed might not be used, can
not have any effect in SO far; the entering
on the Budget of the suns for this public
branch cannot be connected with or made
dependent on accidental circumstances,
such as that of the offices being filled
temporarily by constituted, deputy officials.
1t will be seen that the object Of the recti-
ticatiOn No. l is to have the sum for the
Superior Local Administration fixed by
the Ordinance of LIST March 1878 subStitu.
ted with another sum-, viz. that used at
present under q quite temporary adjust
ment of the offices III question. In the
remarks to the Budget nothing whatever
is said in reference to this alteration; but
i'll the Rectitications it is explained that
the alteration of the $12,650 to SO, 925 is
owing to the circumstance that the Post
as President of the Island and as PreSi-
dents Secretary are filled by officials
temporarily constituted, deputed but he
was sure that the Members Of the Council
will see, and His Honor the acting PrcSi-
dent will admit, that the Budget can not
be affected by such q temporary circum-
stance, but that the amount under the
Ordinance must remain unaltered hence
he as Chairman of the Council could not
admit the Rectifcati0n under No. l to item
a. i.
The acting President would remark that
the full amount Sl2,650 of the Items fixed
by Ordinance as salary for the President,
the Secretary and Clerks etc. are embo-
died in the Budget within the line as they
are fixed; it is on'y the reduced sum
$9925 Of those expenses which according
to a letter from the Government, is carried
out with the amount expected to be used
1urinm t1o HOoonIcl xono. fL0 Co,o.~