, 1893-07-12

at once; at this no amendments were pros
posed by Government; no one requested the
word, the Provisional Ordinance was put 10
the vote and adopted unanimously with 70
votes.
s. End discussion on the Draft of Budget
for l893s94 with amendments and Rcotifoas
tons.
Bird Member for Frederiksted's Country
District He sitD AS regards the present
budget, which is now again on the Councils
table and has been before the Council in the
two last Meetings, and on which a resolution
was passed last Meeting by { of the Council, he
must say lt WoIld be bit s repetition to
discuss that matter again or rath, + to reopen
he discussion upon the Councils motives for
not discussing the Budget. Those Resolutions
were sufficiently plain and explicit, and the
Council refused dealing with this Budget
becaus i will not take the responsibility to
pass it in its present state and there are no
prospects of getting any change for the bet
ter. Ii We were to make amendments We
would be Ovelruled' Hence be could not we'll
understand why this Budget has been
brought on again before the Council, unless
there be some further proposals from Govern
ment to the Chairman. AS far as he could
see now, the Council cannot discuss this Bud
get; the Council cannot arrive at any other
resolve than that taken in the last Meeting,
he for his part would take no further notice
Of the matter, and be intended leaving the
Councils Hall.
The Chairman wonld in reference to the
remark from the last honorable Member
tina he could not wei understand why this
Budget has been brought on again before thu
Council, call attention to Sll of the Rules of
Business, which he read, where il is expressly
stated that the Governments Drafts kshaU
without voting pass to 2nd disc .ssi0n: and it
Is clear from that that he Chairman can do
nothing else than what has been done now as
long as the rules Of Business are to be follow
ed the Budget must be on the Order Of Day to
be either finally 4 adopted Or |rejrcte unless
the Government withdrawS the Draft. IF we
put aside the Colonial Law and the Rules Of
Business, the Council can act as it chooses
but those Rules have been adopted by the
Council itself, and as long as t ey have not
been changed they should be adhered 10. AS
long as be has the honour to act as Chairman
he would follow those Rules, if the Council
should OH this account find reason to COM
plat n, he is eady to resign. He could not
UNDERSTANDABLE otherwise than state | n as
longas he is not conyiaced Of being wrongin that
respect, he would put the Draft Oh the Order
of Day for 2nd discussion, as long as Govern
ment does not withdraw It. This is no pri-
waite bill, the plSStgt II when from the one
discussion to the Other il Ief to the Councils
vote, the procedure now followed is in con
formity with the .aw, a d it will be followed
as long as he is in the Chair.
3rd Member for rreder iksted's Country
District (Hesoit) AS far as regards
the Budgets, they are under the same ciroum-
stance as Drafts Of Ordinances, only tllat
these latter have to undergo 3 discussions.
hut Budgets 2. The chairman is perfectly
right, and he could ag oc with him as far as
ordinary matters 20, where We have to EoD-
low HE Rules of Business which were passed
by thu Cousoii and sanctioned by the GOV
eminent for the guidance aad conduct Of bust
ness under ordinary circumstances but of
course, in extreme cases, we can go outside;
here the Council has gone Inside; the Council
cannot conform to this Budget, and will not
discuss it, and the Council has passed resolu-
tions showing the reasons why it must go
outside. Now the Council If Of the same mind
now, as then it can't be expected that the
Council after that should be willing to discuss
the Budget, or to assume the responsibility
which the Council has already said it will not
have. He was sorry that the Council is forced
into this position, from the stand taken by
the present Government he believed the
Council has good reasons. Looking back on