, 1908-10-10

of the 9 Cases on the Order Of Day we have
q Drafts of Ordinance and 2 Amendments
from the honorable LIST Member for Fred.
eriksted (Coulter). The Council ought I'd
congratulate itself on having in It's thidst
such an energetic and interested Member.
and should the Council have entertained the
prepostelo Gus idea that we of late years have
had ordinances and laws enough, it is to be
hoped it will by this have rid itself Of its
error.
The Council resumed End Discussion on
Draft of Ordinance concerning Control Oh
Firearms & Ammunition in ST. Croix.
The Speaker (NieIsen) of the Majority, in
troduced the Report and in referring to the
Remarks attached thereto recommended the
several am endments.
No one requested the word further End
discussion was closed. S S 2. to which
no amendment, was adopted tacitly.
End Member for Christiansted (Snith)
introduced the Minoriiy's Report and the
amendments. He would first beg to observe
that it is seen that the Draft on this matter
was one comprising also st. Thomas SUBJ
sequently the Draft was confined to st. Croix
alone this step has been put Town to he
circumstance that in st. Croix we have had
Riots among the rural population. but not in
St. Thomas hence it is necessary to guard
against q repetition here, by bringing fire
arms and ammunition under public control;
this is Of course not fattering to us here
but of late W. have had no riots; and the
thing has bothered his mind a deal at the
same time he had to confess that there is
danger ahead, not from taxing fire arms, but
from the way in which labourers are treated
here without. -.
The Chairman interrupted the Speaker,
who, he said, had only asked for a few words
to explain the amendments from the Com.
miitee's Minority, but the honorable Mem
Der can not be allowed to speak Of the state
of things in general or of the morality Of the
place.
End Member for Chlistiansted (S,nish)
said it would be seen later on that the re-
marks in which he had been interrupted are
just intended to explain the position of the
Minority IN its amer 'ments and also those
of the Majority if those remarks are NOT
Rllowabl now, he would ask if later on
when the whole Committees report came ON,
he won d be allowed o chahce to make his
remarks.
The Chairman pointed ont that at the
LIST discussion, when general remarks are al
lowab!e, the honorable Member should have
stated his general views; now the time for
doing this is past.
2ni Member for Ch-i3tianstei (Smith)
sdlu tuuC There 04lSl5 6On3tnlnY C10C muSb
be brought up he reserved it to some other
occasion now he can merely recommend the
amendment from the Minority.
The Governor said, in reference to the tax,
Government would prefer that the
amount of tax be fixed at 10 francs per weapon.
but if the Council should adopt 5 francs
Government would not oppose it. He had
had the honour to be present at the Com
mittee's Meeting, and he would taGe this
opportunity to state that not only would he
accept ali the other amendments of the Com
NIT ee, but he was in entire sympathy with
them
No one else requested the word the
amendment to was put to vote as fol-
lows =
The Minority 40 Francs" altered to
so Francs 50 Bit was rejected
with 10 votes against l
The Majority 40 Francs altered to rs
Francs" rejected BY s against
l Is not votingl
The Draft 80 Francs was adopted
by 6 votes against 2 2 not
voIing)
s 8, End part; the whole Com :~nittee. was
adopted with 8 votes Il not