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mittee has recommended that the matter be
furthered by public initiative and as soon as
possible.
LIST Crownniember (Olset) said, that id
the Remarks to the Draft 1t is stated
that the Draft has been framed on
the law of 11tb May 1897 on TIE ephones
after being brought in accordance with local
circumstances S3 Of the aft provides
that from the States monopoly according TO
s l are exempted lines established by not
more than 2 persons for their own exclusive
Use should there in the place in question:
not be any concessionaire willing to take
over such telephone COMMUNICATION But
it is often So in Denmark that one Individual
has several different buildings or institu-
lions belonging to him and kept under one
guiding hand ; that might be the case here
too for instance several estates or factories1
will they be permitted, if necessary, to
have their own separate line?
and Cr0wnlnember (Courau) called at
tention to the clause in 3, not more than
2 persons for their own exclusive use he
had seen no authentic explanation of that
s; but it is to be su aaed that the grant
would contain prov 10 guarantee and
protect the rights of oncessionaire, and
to get as many lines under the working IF
the main telephone line, instead of having
t1any private ones.
No one desired the word further.
LIST Discussion was closed, and the Draft
pissed to End discussion it was next ad-
opted with IL votes (none against) to pro-
ceed to End discussion ut once, to which
the Governor consented to. It was adopted
with. . votes to postpone proceeding on Ind
discussion on the Draft.
Z. Continuation of LIST Discussion on Draft
of Ordinance for st. Croix prescribing
measures against re Cotton Leaf Bills
ter Mite.
The Committee had rendered it's Report
as follows.
COMMITTEE-REPORT
on Drqf Of Ordinance for st. Cro.E
prescribing measures against 1.-THE
Cotton Leof:BNster Mite"
The Committee can recommend that mea-
sures be prescribed against the spreading
of '"The Cotton Leaf Blister Mite" and also
of other diseases on cotton plants, in go far
as such measures are necessary and consis-
tent with the rightful economical interests
of the cotton -cultivators, and of other per-
sons, whose sphere of interests the measures
may touch, but will at the same time recon-
mend, that the prescriptions to be given
are made subject to a revision within a GER
tain space OF time IN Oroer 20 Keep the aC-
tention of the Legislative body on such ex-
periences that may from time to time be-
made respecting the decentralization and
which may be found to change the now
ruling notions in the aforementioned re-
spects.
The Committee has received the here
unto appended resolution passed by a meet
ing of cotton-cultivators on the estate Lower
Love the 21et ult. and has given its full at
tentiou to the notions explained therein.
We agree with the meeting in consider.
ING the cotton. cultivator's own interest in OBJ
tanning a good result of his work the best
guarantee against negligence in the treat
ment of his cotton fields, especially when he
is guided in his work by the advice of eG-
perts in this kind of cultivation; and VIE
think that for the time being ~coercive mea-
sures are unnecessary in such cases in which
this interest can be reckoned with, viz when
the question is about the growing crop, and
that it can be left to a future revision of the
ordinance to prescribe for such cases, if it
should be found that the negligence or fail.
ing economical power of some cotton-culti-
vators or others causes conditions to be
created on their fields endangering the cot
" H.