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October 23, 1919. B » ¥ URSUANT to authority vested in me by Section 2 of an Ordinance '"Crea- ting a Commission to Regula‘e and Control the Prices of Foodstuffs in tae Municipality of St. Croix and so: other Purposes, ap roved October 27, 1919, the following residents of St. Croix are hereby appointed, respectively, as Chair- man and Members of the Food Cominis- sion of St. Croix’’ therein created: HoN. D, NOLL., Chairman. MR. P. ADAMSEN, MR. L. HENDERSON, MR. M. A. PRETTO, Mr R. pE CHABERT, MR. F. COULTER, MRrs. R. D. HAGEMANN. ME . RAVEAY, and MR. S. JORGENSEN, Memobers. ,I \/V ON;\N, Governor. -y 4 st To Consumers Os Electricity I[n Christiansted. HARGES for Electrieity consumed will in the future be based on Urited States Ourrency, which means an amount corresponding to the rate of ex- change ruling on the first of every month will be added. Aczcording to the present rate of ex- change of 2749 there will be added 22.4. Respectfully D. W. I, BELEcTRIC (0., EKINAR SVEN DS 2N, Manager : SPECIAL NOTICE, A. Sebastian Forbes in eharge cf the Christiansted Naval Band requests (o mention that the band, under his eharge, will render its usual Friday evening Con- cert on Thursday evening October : 0, the change affects this week only. B " _‘V"" ¥ ‘f“t \‘ T B P 7~ v . PROCEEDINGS OF THE "OLONIAL COUNCII & g COLONIAL CUUNCIL FOR SI. CEOA [Continued from yesterday’s Avis. | The Chairman placed hefore the Joun- c¢il a Provisional Ordinance forwarded by Government and remarked: This nintter has been received since the Order of th: Day has been printed, however it has S 0 gyX 3 NS BAND GONGERT, U.S. NAVAL BAND, Christiansted, Virgin Islauds, This Evening October 30th. 1919. Firs: Class Musician A. Sebastizan Forbes. Conductor. PROGRAM: v rart 1 _ Mar:h. Boston Commandery....T. M. varter. Grand Selection from Rigeletto. ... Verdi. Wal zes. Consolation....J. . Heed. Fox Trot. Chong (He Come From Hong Konc) ... .Harcid Weeks. Part 1] March., Over the Top....Geoftery O’ Ha- ra. Overture Poet and Peasan‘.... Von . Suppe. Novelty. Berceuse from Jocelyn....R. wodaard. One Step. Good Bye France....lrvin Berlin. NATIONAL ANTHEM. : been printed and copics are before you. The Provisional Ordinance reads: Colonial Council Bill No. 15. 2nd Sessior 1919-1920. By (he Governor of the Virgin Islands of the United States.® PROVISIONAL ORDINANCE. WHEREAS, Under and by virtue of Sect on 4of the Celonia! f.aw (No. 124! publ shed at Amalienborg, April 6, 1906, it is orovided among other things as fol- lows: “‘ln extraordimary ecire imstances the Governor has authority to issue Pro- vicional Laws or Ordinances.”’ AND. WHERFEAS, by Section 2 of an Act of Congress entitled ""An Act to pro- vide a temporary Government for the West Indian isiands acjquired by the Uni:d States from Denmark’’, ete., ap- provc 4 by the President on the 3rd day of M reh, 1917, it is further provided in said Act as follows: ‘*lhat, until Congress shall otherwise 1 rovide, in so far as compatible with the changed sovereignty and not in conflict with the provisions of this Aet, tno laws, reculating eleetions :nd the electorai tranchise as set fHrth in the code of laws published =<t Amalienborg the 6th of April, 1906, and the other local laws in f yree and effect in said Islands on the 17th day of January, 1917, shall re- riain inforz: and effez: in said Is- liinds’’ AND, WHEREAS, the rate of ex- chani'e for an Ainerican dollar inco francs of the currency of the said Is- lands has, on October 15, 1919, sudden- ly advanced from $1.04 to $1.27-1/2. NOW, THEREFORE, 1, J. W. Oman, . Governor of the Virgin Islands of the i United States, formerly kncwn az the . Danish West Indian Islands, under and ' by_ viriue of “he aioresaid| ws, con.id- . erlug extragrdinary eircumstances. as | now «Xisting, In view of the inerease in prices of necessitizs of life, incidenc¢ to . the aforementioned advance in the rate ‘%of exchange, hereby determine and by this prociamation do announce thar it is ' essential, in order to provid- suilcient | means whereby the employes of the { Government of the said Virgin Islands ' of the Urited States may ~btain sufficient necessities of life under the salaries now paid o suenh embployesin the currency of the said isiands, and iu order that the public good wil! be promoted thereby, to add te the salaries of said employes, do hereby authorize anc direct, effective Immediately and until otherwise provid- ed, tha! there shall be added to the sala ry of eact empl-ye of tiis Government sucn further amounts, in loeal currency in addition to such salaries as wiil equal the ditferonce between the normal rate of exchange ($1.04) and the ratc of ex- change existing when such salaries are due and .payable. Phe bidpels for the Municipality of St. [hofias and ot Jehn and for the Munic- pality of St. Croix, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, are hereby increas- ed in the amounts necessary to provide for the aforesaid payments. IN WITNESS WHEREOF 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused th- seal of the Government of the Virgin Is ands of the Uniced States to be affixed. ; Issued in St. Thomas, this 17th day of | Oectober, 1919, A D § {SEAL) 5 J. W. OMAN. By The Governor : C. C. TIMMONS Government Secretary. _? Despatching Secretary (O’Hagan) in introducing the Ordinance said,—Mr. t Chairman. In the Provisional Ordinance ' whicebh you have seen published the em- | ployees oi the Government have been | provided for. Due to this abnorma. ex- - change the Gi vernor deemed it advisable . in the in‘erest of efficizney to set the - minds of tle employees at rest, and there- - fore has causedt e differenc between - the norma’ rate of exchange to be added ~ to the salary »f each employee. | The Provisional Ordinance seems to be - needed under the circumstances, and the ~ Governor has enacted it; it is done as an example to show others how the condi- ditions existing today can be coped with. No one requested the word further, Ist Discussion closed. : With Government and the Council’s consent 2nd Di cussion opened - No one requesting .he word the Chair- man closed 2nd Discussion and the Secre- tary (Canegate) read the bill and the