, 1888-06-16
P R 0 G E D N G S
<SEx T1E1a
COLONIAL COUNCIL
FOR ST. CROIx.

49,
The meeting was opened by the last
Chairman (Andersen)j Lemming acted as
Secretary.
The following Members were absent, viz:
4th Crown Member Richter), lst Member
for Christiansted Elliott), End Member for
ChristiaMsted's Country District (Jamiesonl
who is known to be i'll, 1st Member for
FredeRiksted (Iwersen(, LIST & 4th Members
for Frederiksted's Country District Russell
and McDonaldy,
The Governor of the Danish West India
Islands was present.
The minutes of the last Meeting were
read and adopted.
The Governor: It is stated in the minutes
and report of the discussions in the Coun-
ciPs last meeting, that the discussions OH
the Draft of Ordinance concerning Corpse
Inspection had been held within closed
doors at the request of the Governor he
would beg to say, it was not exactly at his
request that the doors were closed then, but
while he was speaking i'll the said meeting,
the Chairman proposed to him, that the
doors be closed, to which he the Governor,
had 10 objections. But in the discussions
nothing transpired that could not have
been published, and he regretted very
much, that the discussions were not pub
lished, so that it might have been seen on
what grounds the Ordinance had been
rejected. Subsequently he had requested
the discussions to be published in the
Councils proceedings, but it could not be
done, as no notes had been taken of the
remarks made.
The Chairman said he too regretted,
that he had not been able to have the dis.
cussiOns in question published in the COun-
ellis Rnnnpf no fhn COunoiBc A ouiotorA hal
taken no notes, or next to no notes, of what
had passed when the Councils doors were
closed.
The Chairman notified that he had
caused the usual Resume of the Councils
business during the past year to be drawn
up, it was OH the Councils table and would
be embodied in the Councils Report.
The Resume reads as follOws:-
RESUME
of the Councils transactions during the
year 1887-88:
The last Session of the Council, 1S87-88,
was opened on the 10th May 1887 in an
extraordinary meeting. The ordinary
Meetings had been fixed to be held on the
End Monday of the months of June,
August, October and December 1887 and
February and April 1888; the ordinary
meeting in February was postponed to the
Goth February; and the meeting in April
was postponed to 10th same month.
The Council has consequently held 7
meetings in the past year; in l881.82 Z;
1928 IA; 1883-84 u; 18S4-85 10; in
1886 10; and in 1869 z meetings.
In regard to the Members of the Council,
after the half of the Councils Members had
retired in April 1887, the following Mem.
bers had been elected: Lemming and
Wassard, as End and Ord for Christian
sted Hagemann and Leevy, LIST and 3rd
for Christiansted's Country District; II.
1wersen, LIST for Frederiksted; j. Hewitt
and Nc. Donald, Ord and 4th for Frederik.
sted's Country District; on the 18th July
1887 WaSsard withdrew, and Stakemann
was elected 3rd for Christiansted; on 18th
April 1888 3rd CrOwnmember fFaber) re-
signed his seat.
Of Gases in the Colonial Council:
Were standing poet from 1928: The
Draft of the new Colonial Law from
1876-77: Draft of Ordinance Fleming)
concerning the establishing of a copstabu,
larry force in Centre District, which Draft
was sent to a Committee, reappointed Goth
August 1879; from 1884-S5 Draft of Ordi-
nance concerning the appointment of Court
Witnesses in the Danish Westindia Islands:
LIST Discussion Qnd and 18th Eohrnarv.