, 1894-05-02

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except the Government assists il will be of
no use for uS to put in the papers that there
is a good held here, except We secure a man
a proper and certain income; on the other
hand, it cannot be expected Of US that we
can offer q guarantee to a man that we don't
know. The question is if the Government
will set aside a certain amount az an induce
ment for a man to come, on which he can
reckon. 1t must then not be overlooked
that the Taxes and the public Revenue
belong 80 to speak to the Public. if the
Public wish q certain thing or measure, their
wishes as far as possible should be met bat
now, it is lett to the Council to adopt the
proposal or not; in accepting, the Members
will be in accord with the people in general.
With regard to the present staff of medical
men, some are on terms of engagement for a
certain time or for q certain number of years.
and some Are on q certain notice to be given.
Now OF course. those that have royal appoint
ment for life, their engagement and their
terms can not be altered except it happens
that they lose their posts by decree Of the
Court, which would scarcely ever be the case,
as they are honoursble men, not liable to
offend against the laws. But those who are
engaged for a certain number of years or Oh
certain terms, they are of course liable to q
certain notice being given them for the con
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ought to know that when he is employed in
that way, the Government 10 at liberty to
give him a certain notice for the contract to
cease, in case events of any kind, either in
the course of nature or by force Of circum-
stances, render it necessary; such offices
constitute no life annuities, and if the public
welfare demand another physician and the
funds are nowhere else to be obtained,
then surely those engagements must termin-
ate this is nothing but just, nothing more
than what is followed all over the world
else it might be d~eplOred but it can't
be helped. He. personally, is not in favour
of depriving any one of revenue or in
come which he has had for a long time, but
the public welfare must go before the inter
est of the individual. The Government had
said, it was expected that the Committee
would propose where the new physician is
to reside, whether Christiansted, Frederik-
sted, or in the Country but there will be no
report; it may be pretty safely asserted that
3 more doctors are required, one in each
town and one in the Centre district but
as long as WE have no means to get that, we
must b0 satisfied for the present with the
one, and he was sure the Council will vote
for one, although desiring three. 1t would
be agreed on that Christiansted should be-
the place in which the new physician should
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other town, if still needed. With these
remarks be would beg the Council to petition
the Government for it's aid in inducing an
other physician to come t. the Island; and in
order to save time he had made a sketch Of
the petition, which he would now beg leave to
read, to be adopted by the Council; the sketch
was then road.
Hs.would ask the Chairman to put that
proposal to the vote.
The Atting Chairman said that the clear
and distinct enactments ip SO of. the Rules
of Business require that a distinct proposal
should have been forwarded by tile prepayment
in two copies, of which the one should
have been forwarded in time to the Govern
ment; this proposal has Lot been brought be-
fore the Council in a proper manner, and as
the Government nor the Councils Members
have not received due information of the
definite proposal, and as the Government
objects to the matter under such cireum-+
stances, his opinion from the Chair is that
this proposal cannot be admitted to day, but
must be postponed to another meeting, when
it may be brought forward in proper order
and form.
End Member for Christiansted (Stak emanny
begged to say that the proposal itself is on
the Order of Day it is fully set forward
there; the Order of Day is dated End April,
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