, 1889-07-10

will see that no abuse takes place and that
assistance shall not be given In any other
cases than where it is necessary.
Referring to the Governments letter tothe
Budget Committee dated 7th March last
year, No. 1913, to the Committees Report
and to the Amendment brought forward by
the Government, it is further remarked, that
the income from school fines has amounted
on the average of the last three years to a
yearly sum Of IT,. 1852
and that on the present Draft of
Budget a grant, for rewards after the
annual examinations, is proposed of 5O.OO
so that both the last named amount of $4,000
and the grant now asked for of 1926 will be
covered by the school fines.
III. sub Item D. IL. The Sanitary De-
partment, there is hereby granted, as
additional salary to the Sergeant at
tending the sick at Peters Farm Hos
pi a., .....- .............$ l2OOO
and the total under the item
is to be carried out with ......S22,l74.O
REMARKS.
The amount is the same as that allowed on
previous Budgets for the former sergeant at
tending the sick, and, like that, Is intended
to be q compensation for assistance III treat
ing the civil patients who are placed in the
AOSDlGdl OI puOlAN bSGOuIAt' A OHS NAA VI
such assistance has not hitherto been included
i'll the duties Of the sergeant attending the sick
but is now laid on him as q duty by the Rules
and Regulations for the Public Hospitals IN
st. Croix, forwarded TO the Council under
date of the 27th December last year. he must
be considered to have a reasonable claim Tor a
suitable compensation. AS he IS also recon-.
mended by the Hospital Physician as a capa-
BILE and reliable man, the Government intro
duces the present proposal.
The Speaker (Lemmimg) recommended
the amendment.
The Governor with regard t" the amend
ment for the repairs to Grange bridge said,
that in the remarks to the amendment the
cause of the destruction hitherto sustained
was stated to be not the mass Of water in
the water.c0urse itself, nor springs in the
ground which cause it, bur the wafer which
falls on the surface OF the road" He con-
sidered it his duty to state now to the Conn
Gil that there had been found something
OF the spot which looks like II we'll III the
ground, and which has lOOSened The
ground about the foundation; 1t seems to
be "a vein of water running through the
road dam rather deep in the soil, 1t is pos
sible that this vein is caused by the rOAd
trenches not having been kept open and
that it will disappear gradually when that
Is done, anyhow 1t Will not llnuehCo Inb
repairs of the bridge which it is hoped will
prove itself to be solid and good.
3rl Member for Frederiksted Country
District (Hewitt): When We look at the~
large sum OF $1,l00 to be expended on this
work, he believed it looked rather hard to
ask the Council to vote that amount, for.
the party who framed the estimate Is the
same party contracting to do the work amt
the same party controlling and inspecting.
This is not satisfactory, and If done by q
private party it would be considered wrong,
in fact it could not pay. Of course If Wa
have plenty of money to use, then We need
not mind it; but situated as We are, this
system seems unsatisfactory. Why not
put up the work to public competition ! BE,
had heard of an instance where u party had
offered to do it for S64O but he had been.
told; if he struck off $4O he would getjt;-
but seemed that 81, 100 is rather hight .otx =
The Governor would only say that be-
thought the work was cheap for 81,10O:..
If the Council should wish to- revise tho
accounts, the Council may~ get them,1
but he is sure it will find the work d0nteo
cheaply. e. 81 xna9
fTn ha GOntimmedA