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under discussion.
The Chairman notified that amendments
had been proposed ad Sections 16 & II.
End Member for Christiansted's Town
District ILemmingI would in behalf of the
Committee recommend the amendments
proposed.
The Chairman thought that the fines i'm
posed on offending parties were rather
high.
2nd Member for C~hristiansted's Town
District LemmingI said that the Committee
had been of the opinion that in order to
quad against illegal sales, it was requi-
site to infict heavy fines upon offenders.
The LIST amendment to Section 16 was
thtn put to the vote and unanimously
adopted.
The 2nd amendment to Section 1G was
put under discussion.
2nd Member for Ch~ristiansted's Gown
District [LemmjngI begged to recommend
the Majority's proposal.
The Governor would, in behalf of Govern
ment, state that he would accept the amend
ment proposed by the Majority.
2nd Member for FrederikSted's Town
District Broon was Of opinion that Police
men ought to have the same portion of the
fines as any other informer, as the propo-
sal OF III. Majority does not afford sufficient
acknowledgement to the Policemen to endea-
YOUR to discover Illegal trade. One half of
the fine should 60 to the detecting Police.
men.
The G~0rerHor said that originally it was
not Thought correct to Temunerate Police
men for doing their duty, but he had come
to the conclusion that as their salaries were
small it would perhaps prove useful to
encourage them somewhat in the detection
of offending parties. TIL PolicemaSters
wouli b. enabled by aid of the fines to
augment the salaries Of the policemen i'll
the way thy thought best.
The amendment az proposed by the Ma
jority was put to the vote and tacitly
adopted.
Section II was pnt under discussion.
The Chairman notified that amendments
had been proposed.
The whole Section with amendments
proposed were put TO the vote and unani-
mOuSly adopted.
Sections Is & 10 were likewise put to the
vote and tacitly adopted.
4th Chapter, Section 20 s. 81 were put
under discus>iJ n.
2nd Member for Frederiksted's Town
District BrOlCRl considered it impossible
for Rumshop keepers to pay a higher tax
than the one levied upon them at present.
The present depressed state of business in
the island could not warrant the increase
of taxation.
The Governor stated that at the first he
was inclined to be of the opinion that so
great an augmentation of the tax on Rum
licenses would be rather much, but he had
latterly taken a different view of the queS-
ton, for when we consider that on the
10000 gallons of rum, or whereabouts con
sumed in the island, this was the only tax
levied and that in the English islands an
e~XciSe-dHty of from : to 3 ShillingS on the
gallon is levied on rum and liquors con
Sumed there, he could not even consider
the maximum tax of 5000 to be too high.
End Member for FrederikSted'S Town
District Br0Un would in reply to HIS Elk
cellency'S remarks comparing the English
islands with this. beg to state that there
was a very great difference. In those islands
there is a we'll organised and established
e~xcise,duty, controlled by we'll disciplined
officers, and the Planters cannot manufac-
ture II single gallon of Rum without their
knowledge and on which they are com
PEELED to pay the excise duty whether 81
or 40 cents per gallon; but he gets the
same for the Rum as if he had sold it
minus the excise, as that is added to the
actual value of the Rum and therefore the
consumers pay for it. But in the case of
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