, 1909-05-26

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The aboveualn6d elected aud nominated
Members were present, and had handed in
their patents Of election and nomination;
they were examined by the several divisions Of
the Council, and the respective Speakers for
each division declared, thai the patents were
oil i'll order Messrs Lachmaun md Golden,
being new Members, were required to sign
the iormuIar Of oath, aft.r which the Chair
man declared Messrs Jean P0tetsen, Ltrsel,
Nielsen, Prettc, Golden, l. %lchmann, Lyeyy,
Blaokwood and LVnney entitled to 4 stut
and vote in the Council.
The Chairman begged TO welcome the
Members, those who Hre old arquljntluce5
in this Council, among them one who bud
been missed during his ab3elce, rs well rs
those who are new among us, and he must
say that If only one half OF what the
peoples candidate from Frederik,ted h4d
promised be Obtained, We wouid be nearing
the Millennium here in ST. Croix.
The Council then proceeded to the Order
Of Day VIZ
/. Election Of the Councils Officials,
AS Chairman was elected 2ud Member
for Christiausted Country District (Rnlmer5
with 10 Of II votes. (Loevy had y.
The CHajrn4um Ka'mer) begged to thank
those who did him the honour to vote
for him, as we'll as those who id not s. vote,
and to all he would Bog To express the hope
that he will meet the same considered ton
and forbearauce that have hitherto been eyin-
oed toward him when performing his duties.
As Vjce Chairman 3rl CroWumember
Larsen with 10 Of IL votes, ~(Bltckwood hat
6, Leeyy u
The Vice Chqjrmqa thenkod for the hon
our, and said he hoped ho never will be
called on to act.
AS Secretary: Ist Member for Frederiksted
(Coulter) with II votes.
The Secretary thanked for the honour.
which be appreciates all the more when look
ing at this vote and the others that had
been given today for other elections lie
would only beg to assure that he shall as
hitherto DO his duty to the best of his
abilities.
2. Election Of Members Of the Municipal
Committee.
The Chairman said that to facilitate
Members in making these elections, he had
caused some election tickets to be printed
and distributed to Members the contents
and the using thereof are SO plain and easy
that no further explanations are necessary.
The Elections were made accordingly,
and the result showed that IL tickets were
received, 2 of which were invalid /; and elect
ed were As Crownm8mber q. Petersen with
8 votes Member for Cfristiansted's Town
Pretto with 8 votes, for Christiansted's Coun-
try District, l.achmann with 8 votes, for
Frederiksted's Town, Coulter with IA votes,
for Frederiksted's Country District, Lunney
with 8 votes As substitutes were elected
respectively; Larsen with 10, Nielsen with
Ia, Schmiegelow with 9, Golden with IA.
and Blackwood with 8 votes.
3rd Member for Christiansted's Country
District (LeeOy) said he differed altogether
from the view Of the Chairman when the latter
declared one ticket invalid because NJ Crown
member was mentioned on the list it is, IN
itself, a mistake, and is unbelievable OF the
Chairman to frame such collective voting
lists as this but anyhow it is plain that
Just as much as ne (Leevy) could let u ticket
he blank when handing it in, so also here can
a name be blank without causing tue
whole vote to be uudone he would there
fore object to the proceeding followed by
the Chairman in this instance, where the
voting ticket came from him (Leevy).
The Chairman (RaIraer) said the pro
cedur TO his opinion was correct, but he
was willing to admit, that the question IS
open to doubt. (Lee0y): But l say it is not
correct, for if there had been separate tickets