, 1884-07-02
P R @ E E D N & s
OF THE
COLONIAL gOW@goA
FOR ST. CROIX.

Iemming) who had notified his absence
on q voyage to st. Thomas, LIST Member
for Christiansted'S Country District (lage-
mann and LIST Member for FrederikSted'S
Country District (LatimerJ; the seat Of
End C~rOwnmember is vacant.
The Governor was present.
The Secretary ILemmingI being absent,
the { hartman requested 1st Crownmember
[Quin to act temporarily as Secretary.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read, and after 2nd Member for Frederik-
sted Brown had called attention to this,
that in the printed Report for last meeting
he is stated to have observed that the horse
and carriage-tax was imposed in 1S4S,
while he meant to have said i'll 1856, they
we're adopted.
The Chairman rotifed the receipt Of
several communications from the Govern
ment viz: |, dated 31st May a. c. No. zoos,
stating that at a re election held in Frede-
rikSted on the 18th May, Mr.. Alexander
Wilson had been elected 4th Member for
FrpderikSted's Country District 2, dated
9th inst. requesting the hartman to post
pone the Councils LIST Ordinary Meeting to
to-day 3, dated 10Th inst. according to
which His Majesty had on the 1th May
sanctioned the School Ordinance, which
will he put in force on the LIST July 4,
dated 18th inst requesting the Council to
elect Members Of the School Commission;
5, dated 18th inst. requesting the Council
to elect Members for the Road Commission.
The Council then proceeded to Order of
Day, viz:
/, Examination Of patent Of election for
A. Wilson Esq. as 4th Member for
Frederiksted'S Ountry District.
Mr.. A. Wilson was present and handed
in his patent of election, which on being
examined was reported to he i'll due order,
whereup0n the new Member signed the
f0rmular of oath, aud the Chairman de
clared him entitled to a seat and vote in the
Council.
No. . was the election Of Members for
the School and the Commission
which was deferred to later in the meeting.
3, 3rd Discussion on Draft Of Ordinance
enacting certain notifications OF Ordi.
nance of 22nl February 1888, concern
ing several taxes in the Island Of St.
Croix 10 the Landtreasury.
No amendments were proposed by the
Government.
3rd Member for ChriStiansted (WdSSard)
on behalf Of the Commit e0 begged to re-
commend the Draft for adoption in the
same form in which it was adopted at The
End discussion.
Bird Member for Frpderiksted's Country
District Wilson, said that in reading over
the Report Of the Proceedings last meeting,
in which he had not been present, it had
struck him that the arrangement AS pro-
posed by the amendment was not IN ac-
cordance with what had been agreed on i'll
the Committees meeting with HIS Excel
lency. According to the wording of the
new 9 in Governments amendment any
man owning less than 81 acres, consequent
" even | acre, of land in cane shall be eX-
empted of taxes for one horse and for all
his ~conveyanceS hut in the Committee
it was agreed-he and other Members felt
sure that it was SO-that no one owning
less than 60 acres in cane should be ex-
empted. He would call attention to this.
The Governor said, if he understood the
honorable 3rd Member for Frederiksteds
Country District ~. Wilson, rightly, he
was in doubt as to whether owners OF cane
land below 60 acres in size should be ex-
empted from paying taxes on their convey
ances and on one horse but it was express
IL stated in the Draft that such was the case
provided the properly in question was
assessed in rOad-tax.
3rd Member for ChriStiansted (WGSSGrd)
said that the Draft as passed at the End
discussion is exactly in conformity with the
agreement arrived at in the Committee III
ito meeting with the Governor, with excep-
ton only Of one single alteration involved
iD the Governments amendment; 1t had