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tary training as Cavalry and their accoutre-
ments to be Of the best and most efficient now
in modern use.
The Constabulary Force is to be distributed
as follows:
Christiansted-1 Officer, 2 Sergeants and
80 Constables.
Frederiksted i Officer, 2 Sergeants, and
"a Constables.
5 Horses are to be kept in Christiansted
and the same in Frederiksted, l in each
town for the Officer, and 4 in each town
for the use Of the men to carry dispatches,
summonses, etc.
A Groom is to be employed in each town to
care these Horses, under the supervision OF
one of the men.
At Kings Hill Is Mounted men, l Sergeant
and an Officer, with 10 Horses their duty isto
be to patrol between each town and be respon-
sible for the peace of the Country Districts.
The Governor has authority to enroll an
additional number Of extraordinary sworn
ConstabIes, but the approval Of the Colonial
Council shall be oLtlined within % one
month after such extraordinary enrolment.
The Governor has authority to place Con-
stables temporarily on any point OF the
Island, but not to reduce those from the
aforenamed (3) Three Stations,
1t shall be the duty of all and every person
owning conyayanoes or horses, to place them
temporarily at the disposal Of the Constabula-
ryForce, in the manner prescribed III reference
to the Military by Ordinance Nov. 9th 1880.
8.
The Rules and Regulations in existence for
the Military in reference to discipline and
penalties are applicable in reference to the
Royal Constabulary Force, as defined by the
Government.
The Ordinance of January 25th 1872 with
subsequent enactments and all other enact
ments at variance with the present organise
ton are hereby abolished.
REMARKS.
The public expenses of St. Croix are year
after year in great excess of the public
revenue, as a consequence thereof the Island
each successive year has increased it's debt to
the Danish Statetreasury, and the Community
has even had to give mortgage Ill all what 1t
possesses or might possess, as security for its
Indebtedness, now and to come, to the said
Treasury just at this moment too the ques-
ton of placing the affairs of the Community
under Dealing administration, at the request
of a creditor, is before the Courts Of Justice.
In the face of all this, it is obvious, that
some measure must be effected, whereby the
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more tenable, and at the very first glance on
the items of expenditure on our Communal
Budget, it is apparent that it is impossible
for the Community to defray the present
heavy expense for the Military and Police,
viz, respectively s5O,329 and $24,577,
besides buildings etc. or q total of $74,9O6,
or very nearly the half of the total ordinary
revenue of the Colony, $155,000.
1t is therefore now proposed to- abolish the
Military and Police from 1st April 1889 and
to establish in lieu thereof a Royal Constabu-
larry Force, to that end the above Draft OF
Ordinance is submitted.
The object of the Constabulary Force is
defined in 2, the detailed rules for the
working of the Constabulary and the system
to be organized in reference to the relations
between public administrative authorities
and the Constabulary, are to be issued by
the Governor, after being previously adopted
by the Colonial Council. The CcnstabuIary
must necessarily have the same sphere of
action and the same extent of authority as at
present exercised by the Military and the
Police combined, and will act directly under
orders of the Police authorities viz: the
Police Masters and their Assistants.
The force stationed at Kings Hill is to be
trained as Cavalry and shall patrol daily
between the two towns, besides performing