, 1911-10-14

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adopted.
The End Discussion on the Draft was then
closed.
3rd Discussion will not come on to-day.
The Chairman now asked the Council
whether the three items mentioned in the
beginning Of this Meeting as received too
late for being placed on the Order of tn"
Day, should be dealt with to-day, namely
a. Governments letter No. 978 of 18th
inst. concerning the decision to be arrived
at about hue ksters' wares in conformity with
: s of the Ordinance concerning Trades and
Occupations.
b. Governments letter No. 981 of 18th
inst. forwarding statements for the financial
year 1907-O8.
c. Member Pretto's lette of this day
asking the Council to consent to his with
drnwal rs Member.
1t was tacitly decided to deal with all
these matters to-day.
A recess was then given.
On reassembling after the recess the
Council proceeded with
Item 2.
End Discussion on Draft Of Ordinance
for the Danish West Indian Islands
concerning the time limitations o. Ger
tain claims.
. AoIlO6L lOI &uTlSJlhuStcu Town
(StobemanhO said he had in last Meeting
asked the question, if it was the meaning.
that interest money on bonds etc. were IN
Cluded in the enactments proposed, which
he was against, but he had since found out
that this was not the case, but that he
himself as we'll as 3rd Member for Frederik-
sted Country District had misunderstood
the Draft, the words of which were rather
we'll chosen, too we'll chosen perhaps to be
easily understood.
Principally the Draft will be applicable
on the 50 called Book debts. A man has
bought on credit in a shop and if the money
is not demanded within 5 years from matu-
rity the claim is lost. Those who do not
pay are glad for the Draft, but those who
do pay are also glad for it, because they
need not care for their receipts for more than
5 years, while they now have to keep their
receipt for 20 years. The claimant can with
in the 5 years procure an acknowledgment
of the debt; he has it in his power to avoid
that the claim be prescribed.
Therefore he thought, it is a good and
practical Law to adopt.
LIST Member for Frederiksted Town (C0uL-
ter) asked, if it should be the meaning that
if a man, who had a debt, went away and
returned after fl. 6 years, he could not be
demanded to pay his debt.
The Vice Governor should only call the
honorable last Speakers attention to s 3
of the Ordinance which provides, that in
such cases the claim will as a rule be pre-
served.
No one requested the word further and
no amendments were sent in. The Chair
man therefore took the Councils vote on
each of the Paragraphs of the Draft. All
the four Paragraphs were unanimously
adopted and afterwards the whole Draft, and
2nd Discussion was then declared closed.
Bird Discussion will come on in another
Meeting.
ad Item 3.
Introduction of and 1st Discussion on
Draft of Ordinance for the Danish West
Indian Islands concerning the cooper
alton of the Courts of Justice for the
taking Of evidence in foreign countries
etc. introduced by Government)
The Vice Governor introduced the Draft
and referred to the remarks accompanying
it, The Draft is necessary because Dem
mark, as will be seen from the remarks, has
entered into q convention with several other
countries concerning an international ar
rangement with regard to certain matters
connected with civil procedure.