, 1890-06-14
P R 0 c DIN GS
OT TEEE
COLONIAL COUNCIL
FOR ST, CROIX.

1FGD1G 81,
MONDAY. 9th June 1890, 12 o'clock noon
the Colonial Council held its ISt ordinary
Meeting for the present elective pero"'
convened at the request Of the Governor.
Tile Meeting was opened by the last
Chairman Petersen); Lemming acted AZ
Secretary.
The following Members we're absent ISL
ana 2nd CrOwumembers (Quin and FaDer(
3rd Member for Christiansted (Stakenani9
2nd Member for Christiansted's Country
District (Hagemonn), 1st Membar Tor fTel-
priksted Hwersen), lst Member for FTeder-
iksted'sCountry District (kusselD; OF whom
Hatemann notified his inability to attend
The Governor of the Danish West Indla
Islands was present.
The acting Chairman stated that by let,
ter of 9Th May &C, the Government haU
amounted a meeting of the Council LOT TO-
div: and as last Chairman he had to open
his meeting, Before proceeding further
he. begged to state that he had caused the
usual Resume of the Councils business IN
the past wear to be framed and it was now
ON the Councils Table. He notified having
received a communication to the COuncH
from End Crownmember (Faber) IN Which
he notifies that he Intended leaving the
island on the l4th May last for q term OIL
CT months, and therefore retlres from
the Council and also q verbal communi'
cation from 3rd Member for Chrlstlansteo
(Stakemannl that he too would leave the
island same date on y trip for 6-0 months
and therefore resigned his seat IN the
Council. These two matters were on inc
Order OF Day.
The Resume reads as follows
RESUME
of the Councils transactions during the
year 1889-9O.
The last Session of the Council, 18o99O,
was opened on the Oath June 1889. Inc
ordinary Meetings OF the Council had DeeT
fixed to be held on the 24th June, Gun
August, 14th October, 9th December 1885,
3rl February and 14th April 1890; the
ordinary Meeting in December was post
puned to the 10th one extraordinary Meet
inc was held on 22nd July.
The Council has then held Z Meetings III
the last wear in 1881-82, Z; 1882-83, IA;
l8S3.84, IL 18S4-85, To-; IN 10000 loj
1886. 81, Z; 1859, Z meetings.
In regard to the Members of the Council
thp following changes have taken place
IN April 1889 the half of the Councils
Members had retired, and the following
Members were elected w. Creagh, End
Member for C~hristiansted F. Lunny, End
Member for Christiansted's Country Dis
tricl; f. Raphael. 4th Member for Chris
,lanss,d's Country District; ". Brown,
2nd Member for Frederiksted; L. Russell
list Member for Frederiksteds Country
District: Jas. Wilson, End Member for
Frederiksted's Country District; by Royal
Resolution Of 9th June His Majesty had
nominated Messrs. Quin, Dahl, and Peter
SEN as respectively 1St, Ord, and 9th Grown
members. In June Messrs. Maxen and
paludan- Miller retired, and in their stead
were nominated Chief Justice Andersen,
X. D. & D. M. and Councillor Faber, K.D.
AS End and 4th Crownmembers; 3rd Mem
her for Ch~ristiansted's Country District
Ley,) resigned in June, and in his stead
was elected Svitzer.
OF matters in the Colonial Council:
Were standing over from 1928, The Draft
of the new Colonial Law from 1851,
Draft of Ordinance (Fleming) concerning
The establishment of a Co%nstabulary force
in the Centredistrict, whGh Draft was re-
ferred to a Committee in August 1879;
from 1SS4-85, Draft of Ordinance concern
jnu the appointment of Court Witnesses IN
the Danish West Indies, 1St and End Dis
EMISSIONS End and 18th February referred
10 a Committee; from 1878. Draft OF Or
dinauco containing modification of the Or.
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