, 1889-10-30
P 70 G Ed N G S
OF TEEE
COLONIAL COUNCIL
FOR ST. CROIX
Injecting of IA October 1889, Continuation
lst Discussion on Draft concerning
alterations in Colonial Laao.)

of the School Board, has removed from
Frederiksted, it will be necessary to elect
q Member in his stead.
The result of the vote was that Is votes
were handed in; elected was,: L. Richter
with 10 votes.
The Council then resumed the discus.
sion on the Draft of Law concerning al
teratiOns in the Colonial Law. ~
The Chairman notified that of course
the Draft will be subject to 3 discussions,
as usual.
3rd Member for Frederiksted's Country
District (HeOit) said: AS the matter
before the Council is one of a very serious
nature and great Importance, and as the
Members have only received the Draft of
Law in English translation, but none of
the Vouchers thereto, and as thereby
Members not cOnVersant with the Danish
language can have had no opportunity TO
make themselves acquainted with the
matter, he would propose that further
discussion be postponed until the Council
shall have been furnished with translations
of those papers. 1t is customary to fur
~nish the Council with an English ~transla.
ton OF all matters submitted and it
seemed to him that this Draft involves
! too seriOu proposals to allow of it's being
hurried through; also therefore he proposed
to. postpone this discussion.
4th Member for Frederiksted's Country
District INC Donald seconded this propo.
sal.
3rd Member for Christiansted (Stakcmann)
said that as that there are to be 3 dis
cussiOns, it would be right to hear
the opinions of Members to-day. The
Vouchers. are not very important to the
matter itself; the only one which is of
some Importance is No. /. and it is not
very difficult to be understood even by
Members not acquainted with Danish,
when they have the Budget.
2nd CrOwnmember (AmderSen) said he
was averse to the poStponement of the
discussions to-day. AS observed by the
last honorable Speaker, the vouchers are
not OF any great consequence in relation
to the matter itself the only one having
any Importance is No. l. All the Mem
0ers nave come, some from afar, sufi.
GENTLY prepared for this discussion to.
day. and it woU.d Do a pity to lose time By
pOstpOning it. nor
1st Member for Frederiksted's Country
District (R~sseID begged that the Chair
man would put the proposal to the vote of
the Council. .t-r
4thCrown member (FGber) said be thought
that the matter could be better sifted in a
Committee, and he would therefore beg to
propose that the Draft be referred to "a
Committee of Z Members.
3rd Member for ChriStiansted (StGkemGmn):
1t would scarcely be right to send the
Draft into Committee now before hearing
the views of Members; later on, the Draft
ought no doubt to be handed to a Commit.
tee.
Bird Member for FIederiksted's Country
District (HeaOitt) said, it was all very we'll
for Members acquainted with the Danish
language to be ready to enter into a discus
sion to day but it is rather hard to expect
that Members not knowing Danish, and
who are not abe to appreciate the contents
OF those vouchers, which must certainly
have some Importance, otherwise they
would not be here, shall partake in a dis
cusSiOn under such circumstances. It is
u most unusual method now followed in
matters of much less importance the Mem.
bers are carefully furnished with Transla.
lions Of all aud every thing before the
Council. English talking Members can
: have no opportunity of partakingf in the
discussions owing to the absence of the
necessary translati0ns., r. "J4':
End Member for Frederikstedl CBroaon(
& had not taken the proposal of Committee
from 4th Crown member (Faberl as tending
TO stop the discussions now, but merely a
proposal for consideration after the matter
had been sufficiently aired In the Council.
ToI The Governor :said he9would beg to ex.
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