, 1884-04-05

A'Nhb V"c y . ia oNS SbOAA9 III Y&
Office was in that part of the building
where now the Upper Court Offices are.
When the Presidency was established
here, " hich is ali inferior Office to the
Governments, then the Spcretary'S Office
was removed 10 an apartment in the
general Office, 10 "a small room there. 1t
is not right, when the Secretary is to
represent the Governor, at least for a part
Of the year, that he shall not have IL decent
office. The Government Secretary might
perhaps have been given his office where
either the TreaSurtr'S or the B0okkeeDer's
Offices are now but then other apart
mentS must have been provided for those
Offices. 1t is, of course, very convenient
that the Secretary should he near the
general office, in fact it would he convenient
if The Governor too were near by; but it is
not always possible to get all that is con.
venient. He had no doubt that the Secre-
tary can control the general office from
where h.. is now. AS far as the matter
has been supposed to be IA want of respect
towards the Colonial Council, he would
only SAY that the change had been made
with the consent Of the proper Authority,
the hartman of the Council. who had
agreed in recommending the change.
2td Member for ChriStiansted lem nina
WAS ~Orry t. AVE to correct His Ercpllen.
cy The Governor, when His Excellency
said that the Government Secretary for
merry had Office apartments where the
court OtlcHSare now. He, Lemming.
Gould remember that when he arrived in
this Island, the 2nd Government Secreta.
ry, who was the one charged with the su.
prrvisiOm with the office and it's persOnel.
had his office just in The room which after
wards the P~rrsidencA'S Secretary has 0c-
Cuple'l. The tirSt Governments secretary
had his 0tfi,;e in the room now occupied by
the writer Of The Upper G ,urt. However,
II 1t really were necessary to have another
office now FIR the G .Yerument'S Secretary.
different from that which the former
Cove, nmrnt'S Secretaries, even when there
WIS but one such, and the PreSidencv's
secretary u.s. d for many years, which is a
very good room, it might have been so
reGul tied, that the Upper Court gave up
the rooms now occupied by the said Court.
and rem IKE t. the Depot buildings. AS
far rs His Excellency had state e., that the,
change of the Colonial COunclPs Office was
Made with the CONSENT Of the Chairman,
he would say, ii is a very easy thing for
the present Chairman to give up the said
Ofia1.rOOm, rs to him it il immaterial
where the Colonial Councils Office is,
since he has an off ;e Of his W near to
hand, namely the Upper Court Office; but
as it is nowhere stated in the Colonial
Law that the Chairman of the Council
shall always he Jrlge III the Upper Court,
it might he that the Chairman would have
to walk over into the Councils Office, and
the present room is not decent. in con.
senting 10 tn" change made, the Chairman
had, so he (LemminS) thought, taken a
little too much responsibility, as the
Chat man could not expect the Councils
Officials to be quit" willing to go into that
mew0ffi =, an ! the u pper-CJlr Rooms can
not always be used as Colonial Councils
OfiC'.
Bud Member for Christiansted (Wassard)
said, in 80 far us concerns the question
whether the removal of the Governments
Sorr"tary'S Office to where it is now could
Interfere with the despatch of business,
that is Il matter that must be left to the
Governor 10 decide; and when a similar
Question has been brought forward in con-
nrctiOm with the removal of the Colonial
Councils Office to the present locality,
that should be left to the Chairman, who
hid givei his consent; he (WaSSard) saw
no reason ~ fear any diSngreeable results
from the change in reference to coming
Chairmrn; if it be necessary. a future
Chairman OF the Council can ut any time
choose another Office, and the expense,
If any be required, must be borne by the
Colonial Treasury. He could see no reason
to refer this Draft of Grant t0a Committee,
merely in consideration of the questions
raised in the two respects Just stated he
would therefore recommend the Draft for
adoption.