, 1885-09-26

to have some defects, which ought to be
corrected prior to said draft emanating as
law; since it is highly necessary that so
important a matter ought to be so definite
and explicit as to defy equirocati0ns, which
| regret to say is not so with a few OF the
articles in said draft; for instance the men
ton of Asses in 5 ii the word Ass apper-
tains to the male as we'll as female of these
animals, which gives persons the right OF
expecting or demanding the fee stipulated
for the impounding or reporting OF either
sex Of these animals, whereas from the lat
ter part Of this article | must conclude that
it is to the male Ass alIusion is made.
From s IL ] infer that Wien cattle can
not he impounded from being wild, which
is often the case, that the individual dis
turbrd by them has the right Of demand
ing the owner Of such animals fined, but
does not state to whom such a fine accrues.
l am certainly of the opinion that said fine
as well as the claims for damages men
toned must accrue to the Individual on
whose property the treSpasS has been com
mitted yet in my opinion in the establish
ment of Law there should be more def
milton.
In IS | read 'the Police; from the
new road ordinance | observe that there
are now two sets Or classes of police; namely
the road police and The Town police; does
this duty Of taking away fire arms devOlve
on both sets or on one if on one it is GER
tainly necessary to state i'll which set this
power is vested.
From 5 is it seems that only a Quarter
Officer or person authorised by the Police
Master has the right of interrcgating
persons in possession of the articles men
toned in this paragraph, but in my opinion
this right ought also to be vested in every
proprietor who has such articles to lose.
10 says; the i~mpOunding animals are
t. be delivered to the Quarter Officer, &c.
&c. From the way this is written 1t implies
n c0mpulsion to deliver %imp0unded animals
to the Quarter Officer, which cOntradicts
S 6, where it is said that the imp0under
shall be entitled to send stock to the Police
Office AZ hours after seizure; this 5 ~ also
speaks of the i~mpOunding fees accrulng to
the Police fund this is another contra
diction Of s 5, which says the i%mpounding
fees as we'll aH cost for damage &c. belongs
to the impOnnder, which is certainly cor
rect; there must be some mistake abont
this s 10.
l must also beg to make a few remarks
regarding the opinion of the honorable End
Member for FrederikSted'S Country Dis.
trict, Brown, who seems to think it a fla
grant act Of injustice TO cause SquItterS
and small land holders to use the legal
fencing. This gentleman can certainly
have no knowledge of the dissatisfaction
and disturbance caused by those unprin.
cipled characters who have recently eStab-
lished themselves as squatterS in different
parts of the Island, particularly in the
neighbourhO3d Of Christiansted, where
their tOrmonts have been lnceSsant to the
PrOpriet0rs, AMI I believe [ can also with
safety say to the Police Authorities | can
therefore, with AL regard to a fair con.
science ubstantjate the truthful statement
made by the honorable 4th Member for
FrederikStei's Country District Raphael;
| have also to inform the honorable Mem
Der Brown, that a Law similar to this has
existed for many years in DHnmlrk, and
which was, AMI is still, extended to the
Colonies; See Code Chr. 5th Chap. 18th
s 36th.
Thanking you the Editor for your kind
ness, | beg to remain yours
Faithfully,
REVIEW.
Christiansted, 22nd Sept. 1855.
We have not examined all our cor
respondents criticisms; but in regard to
5 6 and 10 would call his attention to the
fact that the former refers to treSpasS on
private property, the latter to trespass on
the public roads. Ed. Avis.