, 1889-03-09

Inc CHAIRMAN next stated CnRL Inc Coun'
ellis Ordinary 4th Meeting, which was to
have been held on 10th December was not
held, as there was no business for transac-
ton. Since the Councils last meeting we
have lost one Member by death Nr.
Jameson, who had not been very long
in the Council, but he WAS a useful Member
and a man with whom it was always -
pleasure to work q proof Of this isatfOrded
by the numerous posts he was called to ill.
The Chairman felt sure that all the
Members would join him by rising in
grateful tribute to the memory Of the de.
ceased Member. ll
The Councils Members rose from their
seats.
According to s34 of the Colonial Law no
new election will take place now to fill the
seat of the deceased, Mr.. Jameson being
moreover among those Members who will
retire from the Council in April next.
The Chairman finally stated, that as the
next ordinary meeting will be but .
few days before the expiration of the terra
of election for half of the Councils
Members, it is necessary already now to
notify what members will retire from the
Council on the 18th April next, viz.
LIST. Crown Member ............."."..Qun.
3rd. {" ....~....""".....Dahl.
9Th. 49,. ..... Petersen
lat. Member for C~hristiansted's Town
Gautier.
2nd. Country District
Jameson.
4th. i" Raphael.
2md. " " Frederiksted's Town
Brown.
1st. " Country District
Russei.
2nd q " +" " SvitEev.
Of which the necessary representation will /.
be made to the Government.
The Council then proceeded to the Order
Of Day viz
/. Election Of q Member for each Of the i.
Elective Boards for the 4 Elective
Districts, agrpeahly to request from
the Government in letter IT 18th Janus.
ry q. c.. No. 81.
The result of the election WAS that u
voting tickets were handed in; elected
were:
for Christiansteds Town. IA. e. Stakemann
with II votes.
" /" Country District. "A. Paludan.
Miller with 9 votes.
for F~rederiksted Town.....W. Il. Brown with
IA 70, o.,
" " Country District l.. B. Faber with
IA votes.
End Member for Christiansted (StakemGna)
called attention to q practice that has ex-
listed here in ST. CrOix which does not
exist in st. Thomas and which il apparent
" wrong, namely this, that at certain peri
dds there are two Elective Boards existing
at one time ; which has been accounted for
by this, that when the new lists for q new
elective year have to be framed, the ser.
vices of a new Board are required, ard
when the Council has elected no Member
to this new Board, the Chairman OF tho
Board appoints q person TO act. In that
wav we nave an old Elective Board, whose
term lasts up to the end Of the elective
year, and a new Board whose services con-.
mence while the old one is still in existence.
To this he would call the attention of the
Government, as this practice seems strange.
The Chairman explained that tde Board,
for which we have to-day elected q Mem.
Der, will be in existence up to the end Of
this elective year. namely to 18th April
next year, and this Board has to fraMe the
lists of electors for this year 1889 to 80,
which work commences already in the first
DAYS of February every year, and to snper-
intend all elections that may be held during
the period mp to 18th April next year.
When new lists for the coming year are to
be framed, another Board must be in opera.
ion for that purpose. Whenever it had
happened that the Colonial Council had
not elected a Member Of the Board before
February, he as Chairman of the Board in
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