, 1881-11-19

Frederiksted's Country District Flemingl;
9th Crownmember had notified his lnabl-
lily to attend.
Tho minutes of last meeting were read.
The Chairman notified the reception OF q
letter from the Presidency dated 7th
September a. C. which he caused 10 De
read, and wherein the Council is ln1ormed,
that according to information from the
Government, it had most graclotsiy
pleased His Majesty the King BY Koyal
Resolution of 3rl August last to commute
the sentence of death, awarded by the
High Courts Judgment of 23rd May last,
which confirms the sentence of 2nd OF
September 1880 from the Royal CommlS'
sion, on 80 individuals for having partaken
in the Riots in st. CrOiX 1878, and III other
criminal acts connected Herewith, in such
wise that 5 Of the prisoners be instead
committed to hard labour for life time III
the house of correction and that the
remaining 81 be committed to penal seryl'
tude for such time as His Majesty might
fix.
The Chairman next notified the receipt
Of a communication dated 18th November
a. c. and which had come to hand just
before this meeting, i'll which the PfeSlden'
cy requests the Colonial Council to eject
two men to assist the Tax commission
in assessing the rentals OF properties Tor
1881. and two Members for each OF the
respective Elective Boards. These cleo
tons came on later in the meeting
Further the Chairman stated that after
the Order of Day had been distributed,
he had received a letter from 4th Crown,
member [Hyidl in which he requests to De
relieved as Member of the N%ouncll; ms
matter came en- later III the meeting.
The Council proceeded to the Order Of
Day, VIZ:
l.. Continuation of LIST Discussion on
Additional Money Bill fer detraying eX-
penses under the Budget for the Mum
cinality Of st. Croix for the financial
year from Ist April 1881 to 3lst March
1882 for covering several deficiencies Of
expenditure.
The Committee had rendered its Report
as follows:
REPORT,
The undersigned Committee. appointed
in the CounciIS Meeting on the 9TH Sep.
tember last, to T. port Oh the Draft-Which
was introduced in that meeting-0f AL
Additional Money Bill to the B"dgct for
the Municipality Of st. Cr0iX for the fnan-
cial year from Ist April 1880 to 3iSt March
1881, takes leave 10 observe, that the
Committee has not occupied itself with
TIC uctdllS vi ING Dill, dS INC dCCOuHlS lI
the financial year i'll question, with the
vouchers belonging thereto, have been
sent to Denmark, there to be revised, and
as it is impossible from the remarks
attached to the Bill to form any opinion
as to the necessity of the expenses
betrayed, or a! least OF some Of them
The Committee therefore hegS to recon.
mend, that the individual items of the
Additional Money Bill be passed by the
Council, but that the Council at the same
time expresses the wish ''lstly that in
future the Drafts of Budgets should be so
framed hat such large excuses of eXpen-
diture as those under consideration do not
occur, especially not when the Drafts of
Budgets are submitted to the Council at
such a late period Of the year as has been
the case in recent years; and 2ndly, that
for all excuses OF expenditure, whenever
they are likely to occur to any material
extent, there be sought additional means
through Additional Grants previous to the
expenditure causing the excess being as
signed for ~defrayment, and by all means
within the expiration of the financial year
i'll question.
st. Croix, Goth October 1881.
p. LEMMING. Fl. A. JURS.
Speaker. j. w. WILLARD.
3rd Member for Christiansted Lemming
as Speaker of the Committee introduced
the Report. He. said he had nothing to
odd m tho contnutS of tha RnnOrt. and