, 1908-07-22

Islands was present.
The Chairman notified the receipt or the
following communications viz from GOV
eminent, dated 23rd June, No. 1877, forward
ing Draft of Ordinance concerning the con-
troll of firearms and ammunition in ST. Crolx,
which is on the Order of Day 2, 4th July,
No. 864, requesting the Council to elect
Members for the Cemetery Commissions IN
ChrIstiansted and Frederiksted i'll accordance
with the Provis onal Ordinance of 4th July
&C; 3, 9Th July forwarding Additional Mon
ey Bill to the Budget for 19O8-O9 Item TX
for 500 Fir. assistance to E. c.. McFarlane,
which items are on the Order of Day fur
thermore 4, letter of 3rd July from 1st Mem
Der for Frederiksted (Coulter) forwarding
Draft of Amendments to the By Laws OF the
Municipal Committee, which Draft is on the
Order of Day furthermore 5, letter OF 1st
July from End Crownmember (Conrau)
stating that he intended that week to leave
st. Croix and that he will be absent only
q few n onths, which of course we must take
for granted, as he says so; the honorable
Member will no doubt be back within the
usual term of 4 months, and his seat in the
Council will not be declared vacant but the
honorable Member was also elected Crown
member in the Municipal Committee, III
which lie is Chairman and as, now, s 63
of the Colonial Law enactS that the Num-
cipnl Committee of st. Croix shall consist ct
one elected Member from each Of the cleo
toral districts and one Crow2member, aud
as the Colonial Law is one that must be fol-
lowed, it is evident that whenever 81 Crown
member is prevented from ac,in5 III the
Municipal Committee another ~CroWnmember
has to be elected by the Colonial Council
to sit in that Committee and when 81. 2nd
part OF the By Law for the Municipal! Com
mlttee says cat the same time and III the
sane manner the Colonial Council elects two
Substitutes for those 5 Members OF the Mu-
nicipal Committee" that is not in keeping
with the Danish Text of the paragraph; and
it is in itself quite impossible, since 2 sub
etitutes could never represent 5 moreover
a substitute for one of the elected members
could not represent a Crownmember and,
again, the Colonial Law could never be alter
ell by BY Laws for the Committee; moreover
it. Will be noticed, that nothing is mentioned
in that section of the BY Laws as to which
of the 2 substitutes is to represent the
Crownmember and it could not be inferred
that he substitute nominated il the Juris-
dic!ion where the ~CroWnmalnber resides shall
be the substitute of the Crownmember hap
p4ning TO reside in such jurisdiction, for, a
Ctownmember has no jurisdiction Ill which
he in the eyes Of the law resides, Ire is a
general Member. 1t is certainly so that The
Municipal Committee shall consist Of 5
Members, but now there are only 4 Mem
beers and it is certainly necessary that the
Colonial Council now, in consequence of the
departure of the only C~rownmember of the
Municipal Committee, elects another Crown
member on the Island to sit in the Munich
pal Committee in lieu of him if the Crown
member Conrau returns, and resumes his
seat, the one now elected would have to
withdraw from the Committee. AS regards
the measure proposed by the honorable
LIST Member for Frederiksted (Coulter) it,
would, if adopted, not benefit the situation
now it would not avail to-day; as it ha1 to
be sent for sanction by the Minister Of FL
nancps, in the meantime the Municipal
Committee has to be made complete in
order TO work.
The minutes of the last meeting were then
read and tacitly adopted.
The Council proceeded to the Order of
Day w.
/. Election Of 2 Members on the Commits
sions for Cemeteries i'll Christiansted
ard Frederikstel, rs requested by Gov
eminent in letter of It'll July, No. 1854.
The chairman explained that. as will be
remembered, a Law has been ~mme
by this Colonial Council and passed by the