, 1911-10-14

The Vice-Governor introduced the Draft
and in referring to the remarks accompany
ing it aud stating that as we'll the Hospital
Commission as the Municipal Commission
had recommended the grant, recommended
the Draft for favourable consideration.
Bird. Member for Christiausted Country
District Lee0y) said he was not against
this Draft, but he felt it his duty to say, that
Peters Farm Hospital in the manner IN
which people in general speak of it does not
correspond to its name. The population
who should go there condemn it and con
slider it more a prison thaua Hospital. How can
that be. Whent the same class OF people are ask
ed to 90 to the Hospital IN FrederIksted, they
do not object, but as soon as they hear OF
being laid in ut Peters farm Hospital, they
kick against. There must be something
wrong, that should be examined
lst. Member for Chrlstlansted Town
(StokentonH J remarked, that if we should
mention all the complaints heard Of Peters
Farm Hospital it would be impossible to
come through to-day.
1st. Member for Frederiksted Town (Co"I-
fer) said, that in Frederiksted he had heard
Peters Farm Hospital badly spoken Of Com
plaints from those Children for which the
Ward in question has been established cannot
be expected, however, and he should recon-
mend the grant.
The Chairman observed, that complaints
are often heard, but not reasons, and he did
not consider it having anything to do
with this grant.
As no one requested the word further the
Chairman closed the first Discussion, aud
it was t%acitly adopted that End. Discussion
should come on at once to which the Vice
Governor consented.
End. Discussion was then opened; no one
requested the word and no amendments
were proposed. The Chairman then closed
the 2nd. Discussion and took the Councils
vote after reading the Draft in extensO in
Danish and English. The Draft as laid
before the Council as adopted with 10
votes, none against and goes to Government.
The Chairman now proposed to go over
to the 3 items which it had already been
decided to deal with to-day outside the
Order of the Day to which the Council ia
city gave its consent.
The Chairman then placed said Items be-
fore the Conacil as follows
a.. Governments letter No. 981 of 10th
inst. forwarding the aforementioned 3 state
ments for the financial year l907-0S.
LIST Member for Christiansled Town
(Nthen20HH) thought that tins matter should
first have been forwarded to and LAID before
the Municipal Committee.
The Vice Gorer7tor remarked that the
Bylaws for St. Thomas and St. Jan pro-
vide SO but not those for the Municipal
Committee of this Island.
LIST Member for Christiansted Town
(Stahemann) said that he nevertheless
thought that the accounts should be referred
to the Municipal Committee.
The Chairman remarked that he con
sidered it legal to refer the matter to the
Municipal Committee with authorization for
the same to undertake the examination
mentioned in the Colonial Law s IS.
1t was thereafter %tacitly adopted to refer
the said accounts to the Municipal Commit
tee with authorization for the same to under
take the revision prescribed in S IS Of the
Colonial Law.
b. Governments Letter No 978 of 18th
inst. regarding the steps to be taken by the
Council ia conformity with the Ordinance
concerning Trades and Occupations s s eff.
s IL to have decided which good from out
side the spot shall be considered as buck
STEERS wares.
The Vice Governor said, that such a deci-
sion should be arrived at and he suggested Il
Nomp;ttaa epDoiotad fO cO-OOarata with tbo