, 1893-04-12

GOES on to point out ,hs result the Council
by refusing to adopt or discuss this Budget,
will in future deprive itself of all right to
deal With extraordinary grants, for instance
for road repairs. Now, he believed that if we
adopt this Report, it will be only for this
present Budget; what is to be done with future
Budgets and sxtraoI binary grants time will
show. Government has no right to conclude
that by adopting this report, the Council
refuses all right in future to deal with
Budgets and he needed only to mention the
possibility of the Council consisting OF other
Members who would perhaps find the Budget
more acceptable although he doubted very
much that many or any persons would be
found so inciinad. The letter then ecknow-
Lodges that thu Council has q right to discuss
the whole Budget and to take resolu-
tions on certain parts, in accordance with
S5S Of the Colonial Law. Now, what does
$53 says Il prescribss that the Drafts OF
Budget which the Superior Authority every
year has to submit to the Colonial Council
are to be rectifed by the Council as far az
may be necessary, according to the vote
passed in the Council ana OH what is the
Council to pass its vote? On those items
that IRE not posted in the Draft accord
ing to laws, ordinances or other rules
that must be considered binding until
repealed by the Legislature. There are
then 2 classes Of expenditure on the Budget
those based on ordinances ETC.. and on which
tho Council can only exercise an Influence
through Ordinances passed IN the usual way,
aud those not based on ordinances but placed
on the yearly money bills for the C%luncil's
vote he paragraph prescrlbes that Drafts OF
Ordinances and Money Bills shall be laid be.
fore the Colonial Council ito be pOtsd on"
now this could never me an that if the Coun.
Gil by it's woe signifies Hes-then alright; # 1t
says Not matters not the measure is to be
carried notwiths' andingJ but he meaning is
decidedly, that Il the Council votes afhrma-
lively. then the amount is to be on the Bud
get, If it is No, then The expense mnsg not
appear ON the Budget, the money can not be
used for that purpose. But now the Goyern-
ment says # the Colonial Council says No 10
an item which the Government considers
that the Council should have granted on &C
count of it's duty towards the State or the
municipality, the Governor has to protest if
the Council continues lis No-then & Royal
Resolution will grant the item anil this ap-
plies alike to expenses fixed by Ordinances Az to
expsnses enteIe ed on the Money Rills;as to .he
fret named class, it might seem more natural,
but anything may be made on The money Bills
10 appear as though he requirements of the
Municipality needed it. Still the expenses I'M
Uer ne money bllls conlu never I1Il unutr the
enaotments in S62 still that is the interpreta-
ton given to the Law. Now the Colonial Law
was considered as a boon which His Majesty
oonfei red on U.S. boon for Winch we thanked
with the Interpretation given by Government
there is not much Of a boon; if it he SO that
$50 is TO comp Use also the expenses accord
ing to None Bills, We can of courss have
nothing to say. yet that Interpretation cannot
bold good the paragI 4ph expressly makes
mention of the Councils duty according to
existing laws. ordinances or other rules, only
when items req tired under hose are refused,
then he Governors protest can have import,
and than. but only then, the Resolution Of His
III jes y decid E, The Governments letter
continues TO say il the Colonial Council re-
fuses to grant the ordinary budgets the
Council must as a consequence also refuse to
discuss every money Bill bit he could see no
consequence in that; any Add ional Money Bill
or Money Bill which the Council fnds right
or requisite to grant may notwithstanding
bs adopted by the Council even after these
resolutions are p 'ssed the Cornell is certainly
not necessarily compelled to abstain from
voting there too. The annual Draft of Bud
get, must if the Colonial Law is complied
with. be laid before the Colonial Council, and
grants when needed will be sought. and the,
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