, 1881-07-23

AnCuLo dIO pIOVIu6u lOT, Gu6 Ouly 6XCepUOu
being the corked helmets and the jackets
for the Military and the salary for a third
midwife. AS the Minister'S desire is con-
nected with important questions concern
ing the affairs of the Island, which are
being dealt with in Copenhagen, he hoped
the Council would further the despatch
OF this Budget with as little delay as
possible.
The Chairman in reference to the re-
marks that had just fallen recommending
to the Council to further the Budget, in
order to meet the wishes of His Excellen-
cy the Minister of Finances, would beg to
remlnd the Council that according to the
Councils Rules of Business the discussions
on the Budget should be completed and
the Budget despatched from the Council 6
weeks after the date it was received from
the Superior Authority.-He had perused
the Draft of Budget and Money Bills and
had found some errors in them he would
as Chairman inform the Presidency of
them,So that amendments could be brought
i'll by the Presidency.
4th Member for Frederiksted's Country
District tLatimer) would say, that with
regard to our Budgets for the last years,
this one would be the third, the Colonial
Council feels tongue-tied we can say
nothing on the matter we can't keep orr
house, we are i'll debt. i'll fact bankruptcy,
and we are depending on the Home Gov
ernment for existence hence the Council
must keep its peace. If we could keep
our house, and it we had of our own money
100000, or some thing like that, in the
cheS', we might, especially when looking
around i'll the Council and meeting the
many young faces now sitting there, see
something that augured we'll for st. CrOix.
But we have no such stand by, and we can
have nothing to say on financial matters.
With regard to this Budget, he would
observe that we have now a new Governor;
he knows nothing but theoretically of our
affairs, and he will no doubt have stO form
his opinions, on what he hears Ibut it
would be well that he could hear from the
Council some of the views entertained in
the community. 1t would therefore be
right that something be done on this
occasion; that the Council when calleds
together again on this Budget could have
something before them either through the
Counci s immediate treating with the
Governor, or through a Committee. If the
state OF affairs were otherwise, he dare say
many items of the Budget would and
conld be severely picked, as there are still
many items remaining which could be
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would be useless now. He would recon-.
mend that the Draft wi Ii Money Bills be
referred 10 a Committee, in order 70
confer with His Excellency on This state of
things.
On enquiry from The Chairman whether
The honorable Member inlended 10 make
his proposal now,
4th Member for FrederikSted's Country
Dis'rict LatjmerI proposed hat The Draft
of Budget will Money Bills be referred 10
a Committee Of ) Members and The Money
Bill for Building Repairs 10 a special
committee of 4.
The Chairman pos poned fur her discus
sion on he Draft and Bills, and confined
the discussion to the question of appoint
ment Of Committees.
3:d Crownmember (Faber) said it appeared
to hin that the honorable mover of the pro.
posal had by the proposal cut off the discus
slons too early and had deprived Members
ofthe opportunity to comment on the Draft.
2nd Crown Member {Kaimer) said, that
the honorable 18th Member for Frederik.
sted's Country District (LatimeO had
observed. that we are not able to stand on
our legs from a financial point of view; in
this he, the Speaker, perfectly agreed, aud
starting from that point, there is certainly
not much reason why we should now go
into strict examination of the Budget and
its items. Then agaip, the matter and
contents of this budget ore the same as
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