, 1891-02-18

hand he could mud no OBJECTIONS against a
Committee for the purpose Of examining the
Items of the Draft of Budget before the Ceun-
Gil and of reporting thereon to the Council for
the Councils own further action; this was
however, not the subject Of the real proposal.
From these views then, he hal ab8tained from
voting.
The Council then. took a respite Of 10
minutes.
On being called together AGAR -
4th Crown Member (WGage) WIS not pre-
sent.
3rd Member for Fr~ederiksted's Country Dis
trict (Heoit) would before the Council pro-
coed to vote for Members of the Committee,
beg to observe that from the remarks that had
fallen from the honorable LIST Grown Member
(Quin) it would seem that there is a misap-
prehension of the meaning of the proposal for
a Committee he wished it to be understood,
that his proposal was so meant, that a Com
mittee be appointed to propose such retrench-
ments in the public expenditure under the pub
lie expenses. enumerated in the Budget, as may
iudiciously be made, which report after being
before the Council, should be forwarded to the
Diet. th~rough-the Government of course.
End Member for Frederiksted (Brotcn)
would look upon the proposed Committee to be
the same as that elected every year on the
budget with Money Bills the Committees
Report should then be submitted to the Coun-
Gil who will adopt it, if it sees fit, and
further itin the necessary form. ne did not
take the view as though there are to be a Com
mittee to report, and another one, or the same
one to make "a petition to His Majesty.
1stCrowh Member (Qain): II the proposal
were put in a more definite form, there would
probably be no objection to vote for it, namely
asa Resolution to appoint a Committee to re-
port on the Draft of Budget for the Councils
further consideration aud vote, with the view
of retrenchment; he would vote for such a
resolution but he objected to a resolution
giving further scope to the action of q COM
mittee the final dealing with the matter must
rest with the Council.
3rd Member for Frederiksted's Country Dis
trint (He,oitt) could fully understand that the
honorable 1st Crown Member (Quin) should
consider it a duty of his to take that position:
more could not have been expected from the
honorable Member considering his present
position and therefore there had scarcely been
any use for further remarks from the honora.
Bile Member, as such could only be as a sort
of apology for his not voting with the Council.
OF course it is well known, that the Commit
tees Report becomes the Councils Report,
when adopted by the Council the only ex-
eeption this time from the ordinary course is
that the Report is to come before the Diet
while they have our Bill in hands in other
words that the Report ia not to be in the
Minister'S Office alone, but that it shall also
come before the Members of the Danish Diet.
The Governor: 1t must be left to the Minis.
ter to decide what to do with such a petition
for the Council to forward a copy thereof to
ths Diet would not be in accordance with the
Colonial Law.
End Member for Froderiksted's Country
District (Bldckt0oodl had intended that the
Committee be appointed to examine the Budget
and of course to propose re~trenchments of ex-
penditure; the Report or suggestions Of the Com
mittee are to be brou sht before the Council,
the Council has then to agree whether a petit
ton to His Majesty is to be made or not. II
the Council adopts the Committees Report as
its own, the representation will be according
thereto.
Bird Member for Frederiksted's Country Dis
trict (Hewitt) would beg the honorable Members
not to be deferred by the remarks they had
heard concerning the utility of the measure;
but he would ask that the Council be allowed
to proceed to the election.
LIST Crownmember (Quin), LIST Member for
Christiansted lLemming) made some few
more short remarks in reference to the extent
of meaning of the proposal for q Committee =;
after which the Council proceeded 20 the
election of Members of the COMMITTEES.
The result was IS voting tickets were
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