, 1915-08-04

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the said part Of the street to the State TreA-
surv for the aforementioned purpose"
THIS matter is on the Order of the Day.
10. Do. from do, No. 1889, of 18th inst,
forwarding 81 copies of Draft OF Additional
Money Bill to the Budget for the Municipal
iv of St.. Croix for the financial vear from
l. April 1915 to the 81 March 1916. This
mntter is on the Order Of the Day.
II. D. from do, No. 1858, Of 81 lust
informing the Council that it has pleased
His Majesty the King by Royal Resolution
of 2nd June a. C. most graclouslV to SANCTION
the appointment temporarily nude the -
April n.c by the Governor Of the DANISH
West India Islands Of joiner Charles Mac
Farlaue, merchant Morris Pretto and land
owner John Richard Leevy as l9t, Bird and
9Th Grown Members respectively for the
elective period reckoned from the 22nd April
Il. c.
The Chairman (Stakemann) then took up:
Item /.
Intro uction Of ed Discussion on report
on the proposal IN Governments letter
No. SCI Of 90 April 1915 concerning
the transfer to the Immigrationfund of
the Children's Homes shnre III the Rum
shop in Fredeuksted, made by the Com
mittee appointed in the Colonial COun-
cifs meeting the p May 1915.
The Chairman (Stabentn}1O said, thHt
before pluciug this matter for discussion he
would make use of the right granted the
thnirmun in II of the Rules of Business
to make a few remarks.
The Committees feeling was strongly
against Governments proposal aud Ae had
also been against i Ee could not see what
change It nude that the same money went
to the Immigration fund and from there
was paid to the Children's Home, it was
taking money under disguise. But rs there
was nothing to lose or risk for the ImmlRra-
tiousfund he had been willing TO meet the
prop) sal as an accommodation, hence his re-
commentator in the report. Since then mn
article had appeared in "West End New"
a most insulting article to the Council and
especially to some of its members, and there
was no need amy longer of showing an accom-
modating spirit. He would therefore vote
against the proposal thus retiring from the
maj prity's proposal in the Committeo's re-
porr, by which the NM )rlty now became the
minority.
4th Grown Member (L1naelz) remqrked
That the writer of the artic.e IN q lostion,
r v. Faber had nothing at all to do with
the Childreu's Home.
An Member for Frederiksted Country
D strict (Snah) said that the g"'ntIemm
hid taken lib 'rIy Of writing about things he
did not understand the lensl OF anl was rude
in his remarks uboul members OF the Coun-
Gil.
2ud Member for Christiansted Town
(Nn4egqta) would not discuss the question
of Pastor Fnber's rights, but it seemed Of
late that the mn grafton Fuul was the
Islands pawn shop to which there could be
no reasonable objections if there are suffi
Gent funds ut hand when good security is
offered and IL fnir rate of interest p"ld, but
in this case, in the light of what has taken
place recently, the security seemed to him
rather doubtful and the interest problemati-
cnl. the Council should use therefore some
caution. The Minister of Finances had late
" issued through the PoIicemaster n cDrcu-
lar to Rumshupholders notifying, that after
the expiration of the present term no Licenses
W ,uld be renewed nor new ones granted.
On the other hand this Gpyernm mt was
asking US to invest more money III " Bum
shop.
70 us who may be termed inexperienced
# would seem this G vernm4Dt was trying
70 blow both hot and cold. La short what is
this Governments policy a4 regard' the
future production and distribution of Rum
in St. Croix? That is the question we want