, 1881-09-14

connection With the excess of expenditure
under the different items as Shewn by the
statement and the Bill, at the same time
to call attention to the different savings
effected under this Budget in question.
Under the Presidency there is a saving of
S2O8; the item Travelling expenses for
the Governor Of the Danish West India
Islands on his official visits TO st. Crolx
shews s472.40 less expenditure the Upper
Court a saving of S1.35; the Colonial
Council $26.27 under the Judiciary and
Police Department $628.6l !; expenses for
the cl erical department S20.95 the Post
Department S109.24, the Militia and Brand
Department S604.24: the Road Depart
meMt $3.50. IA the Department of Publ
Instruction $549.93; the Poor Department
$S83.7O the Prison Department S26S.76,
and Pensions $5l9.24. The amount of
$4,000 interest on loan from the Statetrea-
sury has been paid, but the amount OF
S45, 359 guarantee Of interest for the
Centralfactory has not been expended.
The result is that leaving out of considera-
ton the last mentioned sum which could
not be expended for want of means, the
savings and expenses nearly balance each
other. With these explanations he wOald
recommend the Bill to the Council.
3rd Mem Der for ChriStianSted LemmiRgl
said that this proposal could not, as had
been already pointed out by the Chairman.
be considered as an Additional Grant, that
is to a Grant for items of expenditure occur
ring after the Budget has been passed but
before the expiration of the financial year,
and before the money had been expended
from the Treasury, consequently for items
that might be reduced by a vote OF the
Council, if necessary. When the money
HAS already been expended, the proposal,
for grants to cover them could not be
made in the form of Additional Money
Bills. especially when the financial year,
and the accounts for thai year have been
closed. 1t might be easy to find another
name for the proposal. But it must be
noticed that the introduction of this bill
has been caused by the suggestions of
the last Revising Committee in fact the
remarks from the Presidency TO this Bill
are the very same remarks that would
have been made by a new Committee that
might have had to revise the accounts for
1Se0-S1 the Report from such a Com
mittee would just have stated what
savings have shewn themselves under the
different items, and what transgressiOns
have occurred, and the Committee would
then have made proposals to the Council
in a similar manner as done in this bill.
Hence, what we in reality have before us
HOW, is the SU3 CelncnU OF the TACT tIdG
under certain items for 1SS0.S1 no grant
has been obtained before the end of the
financial year and before the expense was
incurred, and we have then now to exam.
inc and decide whether those items can be
passed and admitted, or not. He felt
sure, that there could be nothing wrong
under the items of excuses in question,
but he was also convinced that it would be
impossible for Members to come to a con-
clusion to-day on all these items there
is therefore great necessity for q Commit.
tee to examine into the items, so that we
do not grant things that We have not seen,
and thereby incur q responsibility.
He would therefore propose that this bill
be referred to a Committee Of 2 Members.
The discussions were then confined to
the question OF the appointment of such a
Committee.
3rd CrOwnmember (Paludan- Miller said
that as there had been no Committee OH
the Draft of Budget lastly discussed, he
could not see there is any necessity to
have a Committee on this bill, which he
would recommend should be passed at
once.
3rd Member for Christainsted's Country
District (Rruley) seconded that proposal.
LIST Member for Ch~ristiansted Willard
remarked that because the Council had
at times been in the habit of passing
over the public accounts without e1s
aiming them thoroughly, that should
Oe no proper criterion for our con-
tinulng to pass accounts and grants