, 1884-08-16

sub amendment of His E~xcellency, which
will cover what is requisite. What has
been the chief objection was the placing Of
large heaps of stones on the roads for many
laws in succession, but if the chief prOvi-
sion remain, and the Road Commission
be given power to grant exceptions, this
would meet all objections.
3rd Member for Christiansted's Country
District (NeGthropp) would add that it
should be we'll understood that even in
such cases the stones must be crushed at
once and not allowed to remain in heaps
on the roadside.
The Chairman observed that this would
be implied in the sub-amendment from
His Excellency.
The discussions were then closed.
The Committees amendments to the
heading, the preamble, and to { 2 were
adopted tacitly the amendment to s 6 with
the Governors sub-amendment and to { 8
we're adopted unanimously, and finally the
draft i'll its amended form was adopted
unanimously.
The Chairman placed under discussion
the Draft Of Regulations concerning public
order etc. on the Roads with amendments.
The Speaker said the Committee proposed
a similar Introductory clause to this Draft
as to the former Draft. To l there is
merely ali amendment Of quite formal ma
ture. In 5 8 Of the Draft it is proposed to
enact that it is forbidden to cut down or
to cut branches from the trees which stand
upon OF along the roads within a distance
OF b feet from the outer edge of the ditch
If trees require pruning it must be done
under the orders of the Road Authorities.
This was considered to be going somewhat
outside of the enactments in 5 20 Of the
Road Ordinance, and the Committee had
Therefore proposed another wording, by
which the Committee thinks hat the object
would be achieved. The only section that
had caused any discussion in the Commit
tee wasS11. The Draft contains in { II, End
part, this provision, viz that the quarter
lines and private ROADS Of communication
are open to passengers on foot and OH
horseback, but only i'll so far as the lines
and the roads stand III connection at both
ends with public roads; while driving upOn
them is only permitted with the sanction
OF the respective estate-Owners in other
respects the use of the said roads is sub
ject to the same rules as for the pnblic
roads. This was a question that had been
the subject of a great deal Of discussion in
the Council and if then We could not
come to a more distinct rule than that
which is now prescribed as law in : 4 of
that Ordinance, namely hat the said
roads shall be except open and in good
order to the same extent as hithertO",
then, certainly, it could not be ex-
pected that we could in these Regula-
tons go beyond that. 1t will be seen that
the Committees Majority prefers to strike
out this provision entirely in the Draft Of
Regulations, as these are given in virtue
OF the Road Ordinance, and if they go
beyond this, or go contrary to the Ordinance,
then they can not be considered legal.
The Majority prefers to let the matter
remain as it is, and to say nothing on it in
the Regulations, particularly from this con.
Siderailon. that in some cases there might
by prescription or other title rave been
acquired the right Of %unhindered passage
on the quarter lines and private roads
between estates. If this be accepted, the
Majority further proposes that the prOvi-
sion III 9 and 10 against noisy meetings
etc. and against driving matches on the
public roads be made applicable in refer
ence to quarter lines and those private
roads of communication; because this rule
is contained in the End part Of II, which
would then be entirely omitted. A MinO-
rty of the Committee proposes, and the
Government recommends, that this part OF
s II should remain, but that a provision be
added to the effect that E'driving on the
quarter-lines is, however, only permitted
with the sanction of the Government, and
upon the private roads of communication