, 1892-06-11

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take it in that light; and as regards the fnan-
cial part, it has been so regulated, that if the
amount Of rent cannot be defrayed entirely
from the 1928 for Various Minor Expenses,
the remainder is to be taken from the surplus
of the Police Fund, which according to Law
is under the %coDtrol Of the P~olicemaster.
From these reasons, he could not accept the
Committees amendment.
End Member for Christiansted (~Stakemqnn)
When His Excellency the Governor says that
the new arrangement does rot cost anything,
he would beg to say that he could not agree.
The Police fund consists of fines inflicted IN
Police suits, and the balance, after defraying
certain expenses, goes to form a revenue to the
Colonial treasury, and if the amount be ia
ken for renting the guard house, certainly the
Colonial Treasury gets SO much less; the Co
l0nial Treasury suffers and the arrangement
does cost. Former Policemasters-he could
count four. fve-have been satisfied with the
one room for the guard house, the present po-
licemaster must have the whole house. But
to the Public it is no Improvement, if there
be one room or twenty for the guardhouse,;
a man to be arrested can just as well be car
ried from the head of the town to the Fort,
people are not so riotous as to make disturb
ance Just because the Policeman is away on
that mission. The present organisation is
more a luxury for the Policemen than any
thing else; it is an improvement for the man
who lives there, but not for the Public. He
would strongly recommend not to vote the
$50. AS regards the POlicefund, he did not
think that the Fund is intended for purposes
like this; it is chiefly to be used for defraying
outlay for the apprehension Of people and
the like. But If the Fund is to bear the S52,
let it bear the whole 800 for the guard
house, which the Community does not appre-
ciate.
3rd Member for Frederiksted's Country
District (HegiH); There is one thing to
which he would especially call attention, and
that is, that formerly Item 5 of the Money
Bill used to be nicely specified now we see
the names Of the different headings, but the
amounts left in blank; the total sum Jumped
out.
The Gorernor, in reference to the last
remarks from the Speaker, would beg
to say, it appears that a great big thing
is made Of he want of. specification in
the Remarks on the items Various minor
Expenses; but to that he would explain, that
the individual sums are not the same every
year sometimes they amount to more, some
times to less; the use Of the amounts rests
with the Policcmaster: only the total amount
for the whole item must not be transgressed,
hence it is proposed to be voted en- bloc. The
item has appeared 50 often in a specified form
on the Budgets, every year with the specified
sums. although they rarely correspond With
the amounts actually used, and therefore 1t
was considered most correct not to enter the
specified sums am longer. When one sub item
is not used entirely, il has always been the
habit to use a little more undo some other I'M
avoidable head this is tie real meaning II
unforeseen expenses. lie must repeat, that
the Colonial Council should not interfere with
the executive; no Administration Will accept
it.
4th Crownmember (D5aeUsen) As regards
the honorable 2nd Member for Christlansted
(S"takemann's) remark, that the Pollcesta-
ton, as it is now, is no improvement, he
would beg to say, that he like many others
here say that il is a great Improvement and
to much benefit he could not, Of course, say
if it is the majority who think it so; but he
was sure that it is considered by many town peo-
pie to be an arrangement Of great utility.
But the Policemaster must first of all be the
one to Judge in that respect, and he IS the one
who bears the responsibility for order IN the
town, and it would scarcely be right Of others
outside to put obstacles in the way of what
he considers requisite for securing order or
preventing disorder. After all the expense is
but very small, and it should not DO withheld
by the Colonial Council.
Odd Mopobnr for CbriCtianstad (Sfnkemnnnl