, 1882-05-13

P r @ G E E D ] N 6 S
OF THE
@ ST. CROIX
MONDAY 8 May 1882 the Colonial Coun

Country District Coulter, 4th Member
for FrederikSted Country District ILatimer
who had notified then inability to attend
End Member for Frederiksted's Country
District (Junghans) was absent on account
of illness, and the seat as 2nd member for
Christiansted was vacant.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read.
The Chairman notified the receipt of a
communication from the Presidency dated
10th inst. covering the usual Statements
of the Communal Accounts for st. Croix for
the financial year 1SS0-61 the Statements
would be laid on the Councils table and
the election of a Committee to revise them
be placed on the Order of Day for next
meeting.
The Chairman made a change i'll the
Order of Day and placed the second item
under discussion first, viz.
/, Continuation Of LIST Discussion on the
Draft Of Budget for st. CroiX for 10S2-e3
with Money Bills appertaining thereto.
The Committee had rendered its Report
as follows
The undersigned Committee appointed
by the Colonial Council on tie 9th
March a. G. to report on the Draft of
Budget, with Money Bills appcrtaining
thereto, for the financial year 1SS2-S3,
takes leave to submit the following:
adj G.. The salary for the B0Okkeeper.
The Committee has been informed, that a
person has been employed for this situation,
for the present with a salary OF 81 800 p. a.
but with prospects Of getting the full
salary of $4,000 p. a. The Committee
regrets, that the often expressed wish of
the COLOSSAL Council for a reduction of the
salary liked for the BOokkeeper appears
again, by the abovenamed arrangement,
likely to remain uncOmplied with for a
longer period to come.
Gd c. Grant " 4 q. 1t appears to
the Committee that there is not sufficient
reason to Increase the wages to the Police
men, and as, moreover, it has been explain
ed, that the wish for an increase of pay
originates only in the one Of the two
Jurisdictions, the Committee, in view
of the u~nfavourable pecunIary state Of the
public finances, does not consider it adViS-
able to recommend the proposal for an
addition of SO p. month.
4 c.. The Committee recommends the
proposal for a grant for Uniforms for the
POliceforce, as the Police by being con
stantly in uniform during the discharge Of
duties would aSsuredly command more
respect, and the Policetorce would on the
whole become more effective.
ad CA. Grant =. Nos. 3 and 4 to be
EIdIiSIlOoC1 IL INlN1 ttliN lIAC IbNiL2
in the manner heretofore followed.
According to information given the Com
mittee the difference which now exists
between the amount for Office-eYpenses for
the CustomhOuse in Christiansted and for
a similar purpose in FrederikSted, will be
removed by degrees as vacancies occur
among the staff of office p~ersonel at present
occupied.
In so far as it has come before the Com
mittee, that the personel at the Custom
houses are in receipt of several minor items
of revenue, which in the opinion of the
Committee should accrue to the public
Treasury, the Presidency has promised to
make investigation in that respect.
nd G. 5. Grant VI. /. The Committee
can not recommend the proposed increase
of wages for the men employed in the
nilot- boat; the wages at present allowed
are the same as are generally allowed in
such cases, and the men at tie pilot-boat
have besides frequent and pretty good
extra-earnings by assisting i'll warping
vessels, etc.
But the Committee recommends the
proposed increase of wages to the man
attending the light at the Point Battery.
The Committee has called the attention
of the Presidency to this, that there
ought to be but one sort of blanks for
reauisitions for the use of pilot by outgoing
vessels, namely from the place of anchor
a0e. and not also from n buoy near the
Point Battery; the Presidency has promis-
od to investigate the matter.