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THE SST. CROIX AVIS is printed and published daily (Sundays wnd Holidays excepted) by G. Johumsen at the Avis Office. P RMS---50 cents monthly in adowrnce, 2 cents per single copy. lintered as second-class matter Muay 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian- ated, St. Croiw, V. L of the U. S. 4., un der the Act of March 3. 1879. Contribution to this paper will be glud- Ly received when the same deals with mat- ters of general imterest, and vs accompa- nied with the author’s name, as a quar- antee of good faith. The editor cannot be responsible for the views of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorse them. z & Publication. 57 is hereby brought to public no- l tice that the Government has, at the request of the Rector of All Saints’ Church, Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas, and the wardens of - t. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Fred- ericksted, St. Croix, revoked the authority granted to Rev. R. G. BARROW, to perform civil-religi- ous ceremonies in the municipali- ties of St. Croix, and St. Thomas, and St. John. Government of the Virgin Islands of the United States, 27th April 1920. C. C. TIMMONS. Government Secretary. b ] Please Take Notice . A LiMITED quantity of yams and tannyas can be had at Estate Annaly at sc. per Ib. Look sharp and get your share before they are gone. Estate Annaly, St. Croix, April 30th 1920, A.J. BLACKWOOD. Lecture. HERE will be a Miscellanious Lecture T in Sunday Market TUESDAY NIGHT the 4th. inst., at 8 o’ciock.- All are cordia ly - invited. Come out .in vast numbers and enjoy the moonlight. _ Speaker ; A. C. BOUGH:- Songs same as last,; , ST CROLX ANLS OF THE COLONIAL COUNCIL = FOR Sl. CROIX. (Continued from Saturday’s Avis) Ist member for Christiansted Country Distriect (Stakemann) remarked: Mr. Chairman. In regard to what 1 refer- red to I don’t believe there were nine members present, but there were at least six or seven andI will call upon every one who were present to state whether or not Judge Noll did not say that the Governor had the right to make that law and that no one had the right to make any change: | am p:riec‘ly certain that I understo-d what he said 2nd Appoint- ed Member Noll: 1 agree that you un- derstood me). Member Stakemann con- tinuing said: [lf you agree with me then [ am satisfied. . Ath Appointed Member (Blackwood) remarked: Mr. Chairman The contro- versy does not help us very much. The way I undestood the matter was that the general organizaiion was subject to change when it is introduced in the Coun- cil. That’s my understanding of it. Ist Member for Christiansted Country District [Stakemann] remarked: Mr. Chairman. If that is the understanding of the last speaker ithen he did not hear when that remark was made. [ remem- ber that my answer to the remark was; "‘ifwe have not the right to make any change, we have not the right to vote oh'll. Ist Member for Frederiksted Country Distriet [Andersen| said that as far as he understands it was said that it is the general organization that is not subject to change. 2nd Appointed Member [Noli] remark- ed: Mr. Chairman. I quite agree with the member’s attitude. 1 stated to him that any member has a right to bring in amendment when the bill is introduced in the Council so as to save time i 3 the Council’s Commit- tee. If any amendmeits are offer- ed I hope the Council will exercise its best judgment on it. bth Appointed Member (Lunney) re- marked: Mr. Chairman. 1 have not been a member of the Committee ap- peinted to report on these laws, but the Committee report is before me and it is favorable. The Committee has recom- mended the code of laws. lam not a lawyer, but I am endowed with a certain amount of common sense. Everything is thoroughly explained in the code and it is brought drwn to a pretty plain and common sense reading of the law; there is no technicality in it. As we all have beer wishing years agc to come .nder American law ledon’t think it wise to indulge in petty trifles. The law, as Judge Noll has stated, has heen working for hundreds of. years; they are better than the laws we have in existence. and as Judge Noll has sail, the Anglo Saxon Laws are producing the greatest amount of satisfaction: ard if we are to stand ° up for justice .nd equity, then let us stand up and pass lawe that will make the people loyal. A very important matter is placed before us, let us not wasle our time, but go ahead and dis- - cuss the laws and then we can say we are :n harmony with Government and the people. It is our duty, every one of us here, whe have the community’s interest at heart to make laws that will make the people work in unity with each other. Ist Member Frederiksted Country Distriet (Andersen) remarked: Mr. Chairmah. Evervthing is clearly un- derstood now, I propose that Ist discus- sion on Bill No 29 be closed. The Chairman remarked: [ wish to make it clearly underderstood that the matter before lou now is the general orginization, and the School Ordinance 2nd Appointed Member (Noll) re- marked: Mr. Chairman. With regard to the School Ordinance the question may be asked why any other organization is not presented for the other departments of importance of which no mention is made, the reason is, the Judiciary Depart- ment is the machinery by which these laws will be enforced. It was thought that the chapters in regard to the School Ordinance can be in better form than they are today and the procedure which is before you, if passed, would be to the benefit of the department and the Directors ean perform their work with greater confidence. The St. Thomas Council thought it best to wait and bring in ordinances’ with regard to the other departments at a later date. The orga- nization before you today is not different to the Ordinance of Review; and I wish to call your attention, at this particuiar instance, that Government is offering you a commission and does not ask for the balance of power; it only asks for tne fifty-fiftybreak, in other words, the Govrenment is asking for the best judgment of three of your best men against two. ! No one requesting the word furih r the Chairman put to the vote and it was unanimously carried that Ist Discussion be closed. Ist Discussion closed. The Chairman gave a recess of 10 minutes. After recess the Council reasszmbled and the Chairman laid before the House item 5. - Item 5. Colonial Council Bill No. 30. Introduction of and Ist Discussion on Draft of an Ordinance, introduced by Government, providing for a compiled code of general and special laws, and altering, amending, repeal-