, 1889-07-31

therefore, WNen the Iraft was introduced
here, he had asked tor several calculations
and the Governor was asked to explain
the clause in question, but there was no
answer given. After reading the Draft,
the Committee had come to the conclusion
that the clause is meant as shewn in the
Committees Report.
The Governor said, he could not remem.
Der the exact words used on the occasion,
but he was sure that also in the intr0luc.
tory remarks made by him in the Council,
1t is stated that the Draft was introduced
TO meet the wishes expressed hy the
majority of the Colonial Council. He new.
er thought that a serious doubt of the
meaning existed until the Report from the
Committee had come forward, and he did
really think that the Committee could have
asked the Government to explain the view
or intent of the proposal before expressing
a doubt, as now done. He would now
declare that it is meant by the clause in y
| that the immigration fund shall defray
the whole expense for Immigrants intro.
duced from abroad. He would have no obiec.
ton to add the word ''all" after tue word
'Ordlnance' in 81 but he did not consider
it necessary.
Ord Member for ChriStianSted (Stakemdnn)
said the Committees Report does not ap.
pear to be quite right; for the meaning of
the Draft eau not be understood so rs re.
presented by the Committee. AS far as
he could understand the Committee laid
stress on the word "afttr'' in the 9th line
...(Hewltt Yes w.; we'll, it might appear
somewhat doubtful from the wording of
the English, but not so from the Danish.
Any how, the doubt might be removed by
using the word "from".
The Governor said, when 81 of the
(hTIInn w -. / grb Hl,.,. 90 49,, : =:
connection W.cn this Draft tuere could
certainly be ~ doubt Az to the meaning
of the clause in s l of the Draft. In the
first named 5 it is said "Whenevrr labour.
erS, with reference to whom the enact
ments i'll B Of the Ordinance Of 6
june 1862 are not applicable, as pres
crlOed by the Ordinance of 2 July 1866 s l
are introduced into the Island of ST.
CrolX the person employing the
lab0urer for the fist year shall defIay one
third of part Of the expenses attending
the introduction Of the immigrant into
the Island, and the remaining two thirds
shall be betrayed by the Immigration.
fund and in the Dealt stands simply that
the expenses are to be- betrayed by the
ImmisratiOnfund.
3rd Member for FrederikSted's Country
District Wilson, said, rs His Excellency
""N ~" 70 IL ulCdulIS VI Tue DIUIONdly
there could be no necessity of changing
the wording, admitting that the. view ex-
pressed lies in the wording. But there
are other complications connected with the
entire matter, chiefly the trouble of get.
ting and distributing immigrants, that be
thought it would not work well to use the
money for a large importation. There
would be so many applications for immi-
grants coming before Governments, that
1t would be next to impossible to decide
who is to have. The safe way would be
that the importer should as hitherto pay IL
portion OF the expenses. Under the other
system those who do not require immi-
grants will be looking for them, in fact
everybody Will look to get. AS far as his
experience and Judgment go, he would say
let the matter rest as it has been hereto
fore.
2nd Member for Ohristiansted'S Country
District LWnnyI would also recommend that
the matter remains as heretofore, out only
with this change that the employer pays
] and the fund ! of the total costs.
The Chairman If no one desires the
word further, would put s l to vote.
3rd MEMBER for Frederiksted's Country
District (HeVit0 pointed out that it is the S
as it stands in the Draft, not the Commit
tees Report, and he would beg to make
1t clear, that by voting for s ! you vote
for all the conditions enumerated therein,
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