, 1916-07-01

tables from his provision ground becaI Q
they are stolen, he will soon leave alone
planting anything. I blame myself for not
at the time when the present enactment
respecting theft of fruit &c was before the
Council, calling the attention to the ques-
ton of reiteration and it's effect; which
might draw on a man who has repeatedly
been punished for theft even a life SEN
tence for stealing a cane. OF course IN all
cases where the punishment inflicted accord
ing to the present law was found unrea-
sonably severe, the punishment had been
mitigated by His Maj -sty the King, s. that
in reality no one has suffered I'M justice
through the existing laws.
In every respect this Draft represents
progress, only it is 50 years old aud at
home they are beginning to get dissatis-
fed with it. In reality in many cases sen
fences have been passed out here in ANAL
ogy with this Penal Law.
[ for my part [ think, that a Committee
Of 7 will be a very difficult working mach
inc, I consider 3 sufficient, but 5 my per.
haps please the Council better [ win put
it to the vote, that a Committee OF 5 mem
bers be appointed.
16 voted for; one against.
3rd Member for Christiansted Country
District &C. h. Lee0y) remarked, that cri-
minal laws are made for bad people. With
regard to the case from Big Princess which
had been mentioned at home in the "Soclal
Demokraten" as characteristic for the capt.
~talists, the paper had not mentioned, that
the person was an i~ncendiary, who had
been punished many times before. If the
Committee could find a way of separating
the canes from provisions it would be good;
a man that steals two canes gets the same
punishment as a man who steals two bags
of yams.
The Chairman (Stakemann) proposed to
close LIST Discussion.
lst Member for Frederiksted Town (CouL-
ter) proposed to hold LIST Discussion open.
The Chairman (S~takenaann) put it to the
vote
5 voted for, 9 against holding LIST Discus
sion open.
1st Discussion closed.
Government gave it's consent and Is
voted for, 1 against, that End Discussion
should take place in this meeting.
The Chairman (&akemann) announced
that End Discussion W. uld Come on after
the recess, and further begged the Coun-
ci. to excuse, that ho had forgotten to read
the communications to the Council since
last meeting, w,ich he would do now.
l. Letter from Government No Alb of
4th April a. C. in which the Council is mott
fed that His Excellency the Governor from
this date until further has taken up his
residence in st. Thomas:
q. Do. from do. No. 1927, dated st. Tho
mas the 7th April a. C. reading: After the
Colonial Council for st Thomas and st.
Jan had appointed a Committee for revis-
ing the Rules of Business, Government
received a request whether those amend
ments mentioned in the enclosed voucher
could be accepted by Government and
whether Government might want other
amendments proposed.
As it is known to Government that it
is a general opinion in st. Croix Colonial
Council that also it's Rules of Business
ought to be revised, and as Government
finds it desirable that as far as possible a
congruity between the Rules of Business
for both Councils is established, Govern
ment officially requests, before further
steps are taken, to be notified whether the
Council finds, occasion now to enter on this
question.
It is requested to return the voucher
when used.-This matter is on the Order of
the Day.
g.. Do. from do. No. COG of 3 inst. mott
flying the Council that the ordinary meet
mos IF tho Council for the elective yaar