, 1916-12-16

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general sympathy but the " 'nimous sup.
port of every member Of his House.
AS regards the present Daft, I regret to
say, / will be unable to vote III favour Of it.
l refer especially to S .. S ] must be TAX
en- as q natural consequence as granted in
all cases of beneicjenae.
AS regards s 2, it seems to me, it will be-
the merchants md the big concerns that
will benefit from the exemption from duty.
It mast also ba taken IN consideration,
that several people have |repaitel nlrealy.
and how will they ges the refInln3nt Of
the duty?
Take ths case Of a merchant, he will put
in a stock to last TO- n good time, and than
when oil repairs are finished have the full
duty as an additional profit.
If the Draft is to work satisfactory, thon
all materials must oe inclu lei, t. inst.
roofing, cement, nails etc.
But [ believe, this Draft will woyk NJ Ter
exactly SINH ar circu instances rs was took
place with the cornineal. The exc n3sion
from duty on this las Article lii not ia ole
least benefit those for VIII IN il was in
tended.
l am q little SUP isad, that this Otliaa1oe
should have been the only on Introduced
today after the most Iii sast GUS har1iosna
when we have the Reserve Fml. With
the PERMISSION OF the hon Oh Grman, I
shall read from the Proca9din58 Of the
Council what took place when the Ordi.
nance con 'erulng tho establishments Of tils
Reserve Fund was adopted by the Council.
In the meeting IT March 1913 y D 4ft of
Additional Money Bill wts aid oa.p1e tAs
Council and Sub ltaa ATL. Uncertain
Expenses stands: For the form ..;o1 Of
Reserve Fund for the Munioioai3y OF st.
Croix tres 308, 0I3.yU4.
The remarks read: "On The initiative of
the Ministry of Finances the GoYotnn3nt
has discussed with thu Mlnicipa Commit.
tee he formation Of . Raserue Fund for
the NUM- Eipality of ST. Croix, mad it his
been agreed, that it would be particularly
desirable to have such u Funl to fai4 back
upon when unusual calamities ocean, as for
example hurricane, earthquakes, failure of
crops, and tho like, which indeed seldom
occur, but when they d.. are among this
most destructive Of natural phenan8n&''.
In introducing the Draft, His ExcallencY
sud- "Tlat it was al unusually hiAh
6 ant for the municipality, bat il re slity it
was no expense. Most of the West Indian
Islands nave such q Resetve Eua1. l. was
to b. used in cases OF unusual calam ties
as hurricane, earthquake etc. The cap.5ll
could only bs used by Ordial4e bat .le
interest would be found on Ch3 bad ct.
It does seem strange TO me that l1der
the great disaster which HIS passed over
our island, that We hoar nothing of tlTs
Fund What has become of our Reserve
Fund
The interest of this Fund could in my
opinion +. inst. be used to relieve tho
house owners from some part of the taxes
for the present year
The actg. Chairman &C.. q Lesvyy, Many
things can slip our minds. I aa sorry that
no ole before thought of his sreat AMOUNT
which, [ suppose, is under tho Jontro Of
the Council.
3rd Crown Member (Preto}. [ fully
agree with the hon. 2ad Membe, for Chris
tia asted town (Canegatal, that tho money
should be used in accordance vita the
explanation in the remarks to the Law
about the Reserve Fund.
End Member for Christiansted Town
fCanegRal If I am right, thea as far as
/ understand a private Member cannot
bring in a money bill, that is left 10 Gov
ernment alone; I think Government should
introduce one to that purpose. II we can
make a proposal, I would propose that The
amount be used to cover a deduction of
the taxes.
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