, 1885-09-30
P R OC { E DIN GS
OF THE
g0O@g04
FOR ST. CROIX.

( CONLCtWttLCOb VI WOCVV"S
The Chairman could not exactly approve
of the last honorable speakers gong INTO
the probable motives Of the original movers
in this matter.
The Governor said it appeared to HIM
that some misunderstanding was prevail
ing with regard to the present Draft.
In introducing the draft, Government
under the impression that 1t had fairly
met the wishes expressed by the Commits
sion in its report. The present state OF
things is, that illegal sale OF provisions
takes place all over the country, there is
said to be an illegal shop nearly on every
estate. He could therefore not see other
wise than that the small huGkSte& shops
which according to 5 4 in governments
draft it should be lawful to establish every.
where in The country would meet ae&eneral
want. and remedy an existing evil IN so
far as thereby the existing illegal state OF
Things would be legalised, an1IWithout
cndangpring the interests towns,
which would not be worse VT@@@hn they
are now.
Next, it is stated, that estates situated IN
the middle of the country suffer most
from want of labOurers, and this want ~
directly attributed to the fact, that the
lab0urers on such estates are not within
easy reach of the towns, where they can
make their purchases. BY this measure
%nroposed in / Of Governments draft II
would be possible to open a few larger
shops in the middle OF the country ana
thus benefit the estates there.
According TO the Committees Report now
before the Council, Governments proposal
,r;tl fhn nnnTOVHi OF me
Committee. He could not admit that the
oroumpnfs brought forward by the Com
mittep in it's report we're correct, but as ne
had come TO the conclusion that on the
whole Government could accept the Com.
mitter'S proposals, II the Couhel prtiG'lF"
Them TO Governments draft, he would no.
say more about the Committees arguments
but simply state the reasons why cover"
ment could accept the proposals.
The Council will remember that "nen
the question was first raised through pr
waite initiative, Government stated as l'S
opinion that planters were allowed uluei
the existing law to share out 10 thelF Id
bOurerS provisions IN kind as part payuneh
of their wages, and consequently Govern
ment could not have any serious o'JPctioi
against giving a legal expression 10 Suci
right as mentioned iii 5 | OF the COMMIT
tees proposal. ,,,
With regard to 4 he had had some
doubt, but being informed that at preSeh
those passes are few in number, 1t appear
that there can he no fear that any eXlstIn'
private interest Of importance would D.
endangered by aboliShing the passes
On the other side he felt bound to mentlol
that according to information he had re
ceived from the PolicemaSter III Christian
sted, an illegal traffic in the country wit
ready-made simple clothing had been eS
tablished now for 20 years. Passes Tor IN
sale of ready-made clothing in the Conntr!
District had been issued during ~ year
by the P~olicemaSter in CRAFTSMANSHIP al
though he was not authorised todo $50 y lay
to persons from the town, ana Oh sue
passes in the last 2 years ~ had oeeI
taken out.
1st Member for FrederikSted's Countr!
District (Birchl would question the GOV
eminent concerning the sale OF ready-mad'
clothing in the country; would it not per
haps be better to stop this traticT
The Speaker (Lemming) considered TILL
4Lo oolU tr,,a oourSo tO he adODttd, as