, 1885-11-07

ward admitted that perhaps the rule fol
lowed in the assignments in West End
Quarter of oft. of bye road equal to lift. of
main road was wrong and ought to have
been 3ft. of bye road equal lift. of main road,
Government had caused the Road Com
mission to examine in what way an assign
ment drawn up according to that rule
would affect the present assignment of
road work, and the result was that in the
whole Quarter about 29OOtt. of main road
and 3900ft. of bye road
would have to be transferred from Is differ
ent estates belonging to 6 owners to l3 differ.
ent estates belonging to 4 owners.
AS there is about 16500ft of mainrOad
and 40, 000ft. Of bye road in the whole dis
trict, it will be seen that the mistake COM
mitted is after all not very grave, and as In
all assignments of that kind we must be
prepared for some amount of error, he
could not see that there was sufficient rea.
son for Government to introduce a Draft
of Ordinance IN order to be enabled to make
a reallOtment.
The parties had alleged another reason
for the necessity of taking such a step,
namely that lately the bye road No...4 to
Ruan's Bay in all 3337ft. had by "a resolution
of the Council in accordance with s 2 of the
Road Ordinance been struck out among
the number Of public roads but 1T will DO
seen that a resolution of that kind can be
passed at any moment in the time between
two allOtments, and it can not be demand
ed on that ground that a reallOtment shall
take place.
The only way in which he could see that
it was possible to repair the injustice, II
any, committed with regard to the two
parties, who had protested in time but i'll
vain, was by paying the expenses OF the
rAu ~rooI- nIJOEAoI = n fkoro viz RI q rnH ~ nn
Grove 1094ft. of bye road,
to Becks Grove, 1480ft. of bye road,
Cane Valley etc. 371ft. of main road.
1t was stated by the Road Commission
That the work on bye roads in West End
Quarter could be satisfactorily done for Let.
per foot, on main roads accordingly for Bets.
per foot. The whole amount in question
would therefore, if that estimate is correct,
be $In.44 for the one party and 925,93 for
the other.
If the parties wished it and the Council
approved of it, he would he willing TO pro
pose a grant on the budget to cover that
amount,
But more Government could not do. A
reallotment could not be made.
A heightened discussion then took place,
in which His Excelleucy the Governor,
Members Mcdonald, Raphael & Willard
took part, until at the proposal OF
The Chairman, the discussion was closed.
Votes were then taken for 8
Members to report on the Draft OF Ordl-
nance concerning Country Labourers i'll st.
CroiX.
The result of the voting showed that
Members Andersen, Willard, Wilson and
NelthrOpp had been elected with respec-
lively 10, 8, Z & Z votes.
Ist Member for Christiansted's Town
District Willard begged to be relieved
from his election, as it was his intention to
leave the island in a very short time.
Member Willard was by unanimous con-
sent of the Council relieved from his cleo.
ton.
Votes were then taken for the remaining
2 members of the Committee, which result.
ed in the election of members levitt and
Mcdonald with respectively 6 & 5 votes.
5. Introduction of and lst Discussion
on Draft of Ordinance concerning an
allowance granted Mr.. Fl. Aagaard.
The Governor introduced the Draft.
The Draft reads thus {:
Translation.