, 1882-01-14

to attend the seat of 3rd crownmember
IHvid is vacant.
The Chairman said that in the Councils
last meeting only 2 persons had by a mis-
take been elected to assist the Tax Commits
sion in fixing the rentals of properties;
in order to avoid calling another meeting,
he had done the same as has been done on
former occasions he had sent round a
Circular, proposing that the same gentle
men who we're elected last year, viz:
Messrs. Boye and w B. Woods, be elected
for respectively Christiansted's Country
District and Frederiksted's Country Dis
trict: to this all the Members had con-
sented.
The Chairman notified the receipt of a
communication from the Presidency dated
10th December 1881, No 1915, agreeably to
which His Majesty had on 4th November
last sanctioned the Budget for st. Croix
for the Financial Year from LIST April
1881 to 31st March 1892. The Chairman
caused the letter to be read as follows
Presidency of st. Croix
10th December 1881. No. 1919.
Agreeably to information received from
the Government Of the Danish West India
Islands His Majesty the King was most
graeiously pleased by Royal Resolution Of
4th November last to sanction the Budget
for st. Croi, for the Financial Year from
LIST April 1881 to 31st March 1882, which
was passed by the Colonial Council on
the LIST August last and drawn up on the
10th same month.
The Budget so sanctioned will be pub
Iished. and copies forwarded to the COun-
Gil, as soon as they have been printed.
The Ministry of Finances, when inform
ING the Government Of the above stated
ROYAL s|anction to the Budget, has at the
same time, added the following
"The Ministry, when submitting it's Re
presentation to His Majesty the King, has
concerning the Item of expenditure sub
A /. in the Budget, maintained that, as
also p-inted out 10y the Government-the
post Of the liked sums in the line,
cad OF outside the lire, as was adopted
by the Colonial Council, against the re-
monstrance OF the Government, by an al
|teration in the Draft OF Budget sub
United BY tie Government, lies beyond
those parts OF the Budget, on which alone
the Colonial Council agreeabiy to 5 IS Of
the Colonial Law has The right OF passing
q resolution and besides Which that mode
of posting not only causes that the cSti-
mate, contained iii the Budget, OF the
expenses of the Colonial Treasury for the
present financial year appears with a
larger sum than can be expected will be
expended, but also is IN direct variance with
the proceeding which has been followed
for a longer series OF years from the Bud
getfol- o10-7il and which also in this Budget
has been observed i'll reference to matters
Of quite an analogous nature under the
expenditure item q. l in connection with
the Book .eeper's. and 1reasuIeI's Offices.
The increase OF 500 in the Expenditure So
Item ID. is owing to this, that the support
for the widow OF the former Policemaster
Forsberg had by a mistake been entered
in the Draft Of Budget, as well as i'll the
Budget itself, with $50 only, instead Of
the sum Of $500 p. a. originally granted in
188O-61, and which in that financial year
was only granted for 3 quarters of the
wear, from LIST July 1880"
Which is hereby officially communicated
to the Council.
lsignedl S. w. VAN BRAKLE.
dep.