, 1884-04-16

rest Whtrt II is now.
2nd Member for Frpdcriksted TByOwnl
had not intended to say any thing on this
Draft III its present stage; but he thought
II necessary to point out, that while it
appears t. have been the original intcn-
tion that such private roads are to be
kept open, it seems that we have now GOT
the addition, that they are also to be kept
III good order; this seems to be what is
now about to become law. ae cOuld
understand that there might be an obliga-
ton to keep the public Roads in good
order; but not in reference to private
rOads.-At the same time he must say
that 1t had aStnniSled him to see the
honorable 4th Member for Frpderiksted
(RaphaeD attacking the Report Of the
Committee, of which he was a Member and
after having joined in their proposals with
out netting any dissenting voice in this
respect. He would certainly have prefer.
red to vote for the original proposal as i'll
3 OF the Draft.
LIST Member for ChristianSted Willard
said he happened to be in the very uncnvi.
able position III which the honorable
Member who just sat down had placed
4th Member for FIederikstcd's Country
District (RaphaeD, in as much AS he
Willard, although he had signed the
Committees Report, was imbued with The
idea, that when joining the majority Of the
committee in proposing the words "aS
hitherto" to be omitted, it was the inten-
ton that / words ''and in good Order'
should also be struck out, and that cOnSe-
Quently the new provision would only he
to the effect that the private lines are to
br kept open, nothing further. He sup
posed, however, that that had not been
the intention Of the other Members, as
it would then have appeared in The
Report
4th Member for Christiansted's Country
District (Rdph0el) was not prepared to
vote on this matter before something had
been finally decided as to what this 5
means; it appeared to him to be some
thing loose but it is requisite that some
defini rules should be given and which
can he fOllOWpd. To state an instance, he
would mention, that no less than 10 low
carts had recently been seen going through
an eStatp.|ine on the way to Fair Plains
Grinding station he would like TO know
fills EXccllencY would tell him that all
such carts are allowed to pass to and fro,
or whether the lines are for the two estates
joining in the line.-With reference to the
remarks Of 2nd Member for Frederiksted
BrOWR he would only say, that if the
honorable Member had been present last
meeting, he would have heard, and he
wOu.d be able to see what he had stated
to {. plain his position to this matter; he
had signed the Committees Report with
ont reservation because the Chairman had
said he required merely to state his opinion
here in the Council,
2nd Member for Frederiksted TBro1cnl
had Of course not been aware of that
circumstance; but a minority report might
have been rendered.
The Chairman would advise the Council
to adopt the amendment now Introduced
by His Excellency. The Committee had
recommended thai the words Gas hitherto"
be omitted chiefly because it had proposed
the width of the road altered from 80 to
"a feet; but after what has since been
brought forward, it would be an improve
ment if those words were now to be
replaced.
2nd Member for Christiansteds Country
District Coulter could as regards the
vote on the Draft agree with 4th Member
for ChristianSted's Country District
Raphael. But besides that, another
Draft WAS introduced along with this one,
namely the Draft concerning The Horse
Carriage and Boat, Tax; thiSl latter Draft
should be settled before The final vote be
given on the Road Ordinance; the two
Drafts are closely connected and he
would suggest to or rather beg the honor
able chairman to postpone the final vote
on this Draft until that concerning the