, 1908-07-04

A&tAOh6 ~NN ia u OOlUI hOGS 0GOS
given i'll the Ordinance concerning servants
shall be followed.
TIL emigration agent shall be responsible
for the payment Of the passport fees for the
labourers engaged and Ship ped by him.
He shall be responsible to the Public for
the payment to labourers from the Danish
West India Islands OF the expenses connect
ed with their returning when their contract
is up or when the contract becomes null an
void on account Of the labour9r's illness or
of any other reason, for which he is not re-
sponsible.
Upon demand of Government the emf gra-
ton agent shall as security for the fulfill
ment of this obligation give sufi ;ient guar
antee through q bank or in some other way
in order that Government by that means
can reimburse itself for passage IN ,ney Rd-
vanced to the labourers by q Danish Consul
or by other parties.
SIS.
Regarding the ships on which thu labout-
ers engaged are conveyed from the Danish
West India Islands to their destination
abroad, the emigration agent shall be sub
ject to Government or the Harbour Anth r.
tiles control in as far rs coacsrns the sea-
worthiness of the ship the suffciency of
the stores of water AMI proviaions, aul the
q
be allowed to carry.
The emigration agent shall furthermore
be under the obligation to oh serve tho fur
Their regulations for his work, which Govern
ment aud one of the Colonial Councils may
decide between them.
81.
Transgressions OF the regulations laid
down in this Ordinance shall b. punished
by fines to the limit OF Frcs. 1910 O. eveu-
tualiy by loss of the right to 10 bu 3iness as
emigration agent. These cases are to be
dealt with as Police suits.
IS.
This Ordinance CONES into force. .......
The Governor intro luced the Draft and
recommended it to the Council. HONORABLE
Members are doubtlessly aware that it hap
pens sometimes that strangers come to the
Island from abroad and try to get people,
particularly of the rural labouring classes, to
smigrate, particularly to Panama. Govern
ment have in s !ch cases, in the absence Of
legal enactments, prescribed administrative
rules to prevent abuses; but the Home Gov
eminent find that it is best to get a basis
in now submitting this Dart, he(the Gover-
nor) would refer to the remarks attached to
the D raft, from which it will be seen, that the
draft is intended to protect poor and igno-
rant people against being taken advantage
of.
3rd Member for Frederiksted's Country
District (Blac6pood) said he appreciated
Governments proposal, which he considers
a step in the right direction, one needed in
the Island we have here to keep up QUE
inadequate labour force by the importation
of labourers from abroad at a heavy cost
it happens, that when additional labour ia
needed elsewhere, endeavours are sometimes
made to get our fixed labourers to leave this
island for employment elsewhere this should
not be allowed We have not enough labour
force, and certainly none to spare. The
Draft contains rules which no doubt prevent
attempts to allure labourers from the Island
by unauthorized and irresponsible persons,
who particularly seek to minors and children;
he therefore recommended the Draft.
End C~rownmember (Conrau) would beg to
recommend that 1st discussion be closed,
and passed to End discussion.
4th Member for Frederiksted's Country
District (Meroin) recommended the Draft,
as it deals with a measure where preventive
measures are needed, he would therefore
suggest that the Draft be sent through all
3 discussions to-day and forwarded to Gov