, 1889-12-21

some objection, viz: part of No. Z, he
would beg to recommend the remaining
proposals to the Council. AS far as he
understood, it is the meaning that the
Paradise Road, No. 16, shall in future be
discontinued as regards the public repairs
thereon, but the Road is still to he open
for public use and the "Bugbyhole Road
is to be opened for public repairs here
after, the same as other public Roads
and of course the Road No. 6 may be en-
tered again after the efapse of the present
5 years or any future allotment.
No one else requested the word, the
Council consented unanimously with 9
votes to the proposal as amended L not
voting.)
q Continuation Of 1st Discussion on
the Draft of Law concerning alteration
III the Colonial Law for the Danish West
india Islands dated q Nov. 1868; with
Committees Report thereon.
The Committees Report reads as follows.
IN It's meeting Of 18th ut. the Colonial
Council has elected the undersigned as @
Committee to report upon the Draft o flaw
concerning alteration in the Colonial Law
of 9th November 1863, introduced by
Government in said meeting, and we now
Ae0'O In hO4O0A w 10Y DCIUIC JIG OOjlIlCii
this report, which, as a matter of course.
treats said Draft only as far as it concerns
the municipality of st. Croix.
We beg to premise that the Draft is nor
accompanied By the usual remarks, and
mat thls want IS not quite, even if partly,
renedled Dy the Governors speech in the
Council on the 14th ult., joined with his
remarks III a meeting with the Committee.
by our having been made acquainted
with the contents of the Ministry Of Finan-
ce's letter to Government of 5th August
last Principally on account hereof YOUR
COMMITTEE has considered it expedieut TO
DC more explicit on certain points than il
would otherwise have beer.
Ii has been often said in tbis connection
ana as we suppose is generally admitted
That, us far as concerns ST. CROW. thp SIM.
position has failed, under which fine CsJn.
MA Law OF 1868 emanated, viz. that fhe
w W eStIndian Municipalities wonId be
aoIe 10 detray the expenses imposed mon
Ihem Oy the sa d Law. 1t is true. that "a
Il matter %0tcOurSe, the municipaIirv whose
representatives. have adonted the Draft of
sue Colonial Law, must bear its share of re-
sponSlOlIlty for the contents of the Law
anu tue results Drought aoout by the same
puG another share OF the RESPONSIBLE tv
appears to rest with the Government Of the
Mothercountry for Introducing the Bill and
with the Legislature for passing the same,
anu we therefore cannot but see that it il
lalr that assistance be rendered the municj.
pallty. 1t must, however, be admitted h #
CheMothercountry asalways acted tow lrJs
the island according to this view. With
regard now to the financial state o. the
municipality since the Col. Law came into
20, there was during the FIRST three
years an average surplus ofe. $4,000. but
III l86S69 there was u deficit of $3.50 in.
1859 ~ OF C. 357, 100, AMI sino3 then. win
exception OF lo7l-72 aud IS7!-73. yl,a III,
revenues exceeded the expenses with re-.
spectIVely G. S34,55O and 5000, there has
always been u deficit, which in latter wears
has been between 840-aGd 3j).0oD. IN
l898-89 even 85l, 5000. AS to detailed
Information we refer to voucher NJ. /. list
OF the Col. Ireasury's revenues and exDpn.
SOS from lSt April 1866 to 3iS6 March 1892.
which shows that the average deficit dur.
ing the last 5 years, is $46,6 1921. 1t is to
De observed that the amount of expenses
during said 5 years does not comprise inte-
rest on the loan from the State Treasury
OF 10th June 1876, 56,24I.O3, which has
not been paid since LIST April 1884, nor the
guarantee for the Central Factory accord
lug to the Law of 18th February 1876 and
Ordinance of 18th June 1876, $t5,275.99,
which latter amount h45 never been
paid.
The CGuSeS of this diS~prOD0rtiOn between