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FOR ST. CROIX.
Conclusion Of Meeting o24A March 1884,
End Discussion on Draft of Ordinance
concerning Public Roads.

The Speaker called attention to the pro
posed amendment in the Danish text of
the new : 10. He had a personal remark
to make to this section. He had not
altered bis opinion expressed at the LIST
discussion in this Council on the present
Draft, that the provision III this section
according to which Road work shall be
allotted to Factories and similar eStab-
liShments, is not warranted by sufficient
reasons; he cannot see otherwise than
that provision is a deviation from the
general principle in the Draft that road
work Is incumbent only on owners 0 flanded
properties and according to the quality OF
the land, which principle does not comprise
Factories and similar establishments He
had not proposed any amendment; but
his remarks were intended as a reservation.
AS his views had not met with sufficient
support from the other Members OF the
Committee, he had thought it useless to
propose alterations. AT the same time the
amendment al 5 II new showing how
the road work for Factories etc. is to be
fixed, makes the provision less objection
able. The way in which the work on
Factories and similar establishments is to
he fixed, as proposed IT. the amendment TO
4l1, is to a certain degree i'll conformity
with the way in which other allOtmentS of
road work are to take place.-The amend
ments to 5 II (new) are simple consequences
of the amendments now adopted In the
foregoing sections and the alterations in
the control of Road Work. AS regards
the two sections II and 13 of the Draft, the
Committee proposes to fireplace them by one
section Is, whereby an alteration is prOpO-
sed III the first place to do away with the
daily fine, as it was considered inadVISa0le
to give the Road Commission power to
lntliCt fines on parties in default, which
would no doubt often give rise to compiled
lions and dissatisfaction. 1t will always
be possible for the Commission, on applica-
ton to the Police, to get parties i'll default
fined according to the lule in 5 %. 1t has
also been found advisable to put a certain
term within which the demand for rein
SpectiOn shall be made, namely s days. In
the Draft no such term was fixed, but i'll
order to avoid unnecessary delay, it was
found best to fix a term. The Committee
at the same time considered it correct that
III cases where doubts arise, not regarding
the state of the roads, but on other queS-
lions, for instance if the road work Ill
question is really incumbent on the party,
the matter may be brought before the
Police Court. If no such doubts exist,
the expense for having the repairs done
are to be betrayed by the allotment holder,
and if they be paid by the Public Treasury,
they may be recovered if necessary by
levy.-The amendment proposed al 5 *
(neW ; 10y is Ill accordance with the rules
i'll the new 5 10; although there is here
only question Of minor repairs the Commit
tee has deemed it necessary to reserve a
Te-lnSpectiOn or a fresh examination 10y 2
other Members of the Commission together
with the inspecting Member. The only
exception from this rule is where the cost
OF the work does not exceed S5.-Ihe
alterations in the following sections OF this
Chapter are only minor, and are sufficient
ly explained III the Report. The Commit
tee considers it preferable not to insert
detailed rules concerning the materials Tor
road work., but to refer that for the Regu-
latlonS to be given according to 5 10 Is OF
the Draft)
The Governor would call attention to q
case which has been omitted i'll the Draft,
and in reference to which it might perhaps
be necessary to make an amendment,
namely this point: on whom devOlveS the
duty OF keeping the roads in repair IN the
case where a property is divided by sale
Ill minor parts. 1t is clear that the duty
must remain with the property, and II 1T
be taken over by several hands, they must
share in the work. But it might not he
easy for the Road Commission to have to
do with so many parties. 1t might there
fore be a wise method if the Commission
were in such cases to have the work done
and then to divide the expenses among the
several parties. But he reserved his final
position to this matter to the 3rd dis