, 1912-10-19

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dian Islands is authorized to use an amount
of Frcs. $4,000. 90 Of the means belonging
to the St. Croix Immi grafton Fund for the
forming Of a "Fund for an experiment with
the erection and management of a public
village in st. Croix."
So.
The purpose of the Fund shall be to un-
dertake an experiment with the erection,
on such ground as with this object might
be obtained by the Fund, so far as possible
in the 'middle of the island, of a village con-
sisting of labourers' cottages, each with
from a to a ] acre of land attached, with
the renting out of these labourers dwell
ing8 and eventually the disposal of them,
3.
The Fund shall be under the manage
ment Of a commission consisting of a Chair
man appointed by the Government and
four members, of whom two are appointed
by the St. Croix Colonial Council and two
by the Government. The appointments
and the elections are valid for a year at a
time, the first time till 3Ist March 1914.
S4.
The managing Commission decides how
the cottages shall be constructed, fixes the
conditions on which they are to be rented,
both in regard to the amount and with re-
gard to the use of the ground, and other
conditions for renting, gives expert guild
ance in the right cultivation of the lots,
takes decision as to the disposal of the cot
tages, and on the whole sees that the Fund
is used for the above stated purpose.
The consent both of the Government and
of the Municipal Committee is, however,
required for:
a.. The construction of the building, lot
included, for a greater expense than Frcs.
150O.O 90 for each.
B.. The renting of the built up lots to
others than estate Iabourers' families, or
without obligation to cultivate the land be-
longing to the cottages or for a yearly rent
which is less than E per cent of the total cost
Of the built up lot.
c. The disposal Of the lots to others than
country Iaboulers, or for a lower price than
the total cost of the built up lots and keep
ing them in order with the management on
the whole, and with interest at 4 per cent
per annum, with deduction of rent collect
ed, or against "a less cash payment than
half of the purchase sum.
SIS.
The Managing Commission sends in to
the Government a yearly report and an ac-
count of the Fund, and these are laid by
the Government before the Colonial Coun-
Gil.
y.
The Fund can be dissolved according to
the decision of the Colonial Council and
the Government in 0 Injunction, aud all its
cash and other property fall in that case to
the st. Croix immigration Fund, also such
means as may have accrued to The Fund
from other sources than the said Immigra-
ton Fund.
REMARKS.
The present Draft is brought forward by
reason of a resolution adopted by The
Agricultural Society of st. Croix" the 23rd
Sept. 1912 in accordance with the proposal
of a Committee appointed by the said so
ciety for studying the means for combating
the infant mortality in st. Croix
The resolution and the report given in
by the said Committee, with the enclosures
therein referred to, will be found on the
Councils Table.
HIS Ercellency introduced the Draft, an
said, that it formed a part of the under
taking to work against the infant mortality.
The hon. Members would have read the
Kings Physicians article about the infant
mortality in est Croix Avis" and might