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@ FCRiF]lX ANED T AN § -a B CHRISTIANSTED THEATRE 8.15. MONDAY EVZINING 8.15 - “ART ACORD” AND “MILDRED MOORE" IN 56 : 99 The Moonriders Episode No. 16: *‘THE FLAMING PERIL.” Episode No. 17: ‘“‘CLASHING WATERS.” < Bgbert, Chief of the Moon Riders is ecaptured by ‘"Buck’’ Ravelle and Warpee, Warpee takes Egbert to jail while ‘‘Buck’ trails his sweetheart Anna Baldwin to the Moon Riders caves. . ““Buek’’ himself is captured and taken to the torture chamber'when Anna is forced to witness his suffering. Show concludes with a 2 Reel Comedy. : ~ “BAER SKINNED BEAUTY.” Thursday Evening! Thursday Evening! THE NEW SFERIAL: ‘4 St bb/ . “The nvisible Ray WITH ‘ RUTH CLIFFORD : ADMISSION BaliR B . ei. SY ARG 200 GGene fl Bftrance . .... ... e, A, e Children 20 and 10ec. AT THE ‘ West End Movies Every Sunday and Wednes- day Night | Commencing February 26 at 8.30 “The Invisible Ray” MONDAY NIGHT February 20 Continuation of i 56 . 299- The Moonriders” Show Starts at 8. PROCEEDINGS OF THE i COLONIALCOUNCIL FOR ST. CROIX. | AT one-thirty ojcloék—[;. m. on Monday, February 13, 1922, the Colonial Coun- | cil for St. Croix held its Fifth Ordinary | Meeting in the Council Hall in Chris- | tiansted. | All members were preasent. ‘ -~ Evangelistic Me2tings i tha Mo- ~ ravian and Lutheran Ghurches, | SUNDAY Evening, at 7.30 in the Lu- ' theran Churech. i MONDAY Evening., 7.30 in the Mora- vian Church. ' TUESDAY Evening, 7.30 in the l.uth- . eran Church, : WEDNESDAY Evening, 7.30 in the . Moravian Church. j THURSDAY Eve ing, 7.30 in the Lu- ' theran Church. ' FRIDAY Evenin 730 in the Mora- ' vian Church. The Sankey Hym: 5 will be used. Mr. Chr. Ogaard and family beg - to sincerely thank all friends and | acquaintances fox¥ kind sympathy | and attention shown them wn their | sad bereavement. : | i , Acting Government Secretary (Clarke) .~ and Despatching Secretary (Rappolee) ' were present at the meeting. | The Council was opened with the fol- . ~ lowing prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. H,. . M. Pigatt: Y Most gracious God, we humbly beseech Thee as for the people of this Island in general: so especially for their represen- tatives in Councii assembled, that Thou would’st be pleased to direct and pros- per all their consultations to the glory | and welfare of Thy people; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavors upon the best and surest foun- dations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us all for generations. This we humbly ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. { The (Chairman remarked: Honorable | members, since the last meetingIbave . received a communication from the Gov- l ernor in which he sends his best wishes | to the Colonial Council for the new year, | and the following reply has heen sent i through the Despatching Secretary: ‘“‘Please convey to His Excellency the l Governor the Colonial Gouncil’s recipro- | cation of his good wishes for 199, l The minutes for the last meeting have. . been duly published in the *‘St. Crnix | Avis’’ and if there are no objections to -‘ mdakel will consider them tacitly adopt- e, There being no objection, the Chair- - man declared the minutes as published tacitly adopted. ! The Chairman then remarked, we wili now proce=d with the Order of the Day. . Item 1. Production of copy of Minutes . of the Municipal Committee for the quar- . ter ending December 31, 1921, forwarded by the Chairman of the Committee for in- . spection of Members of the Council. ' 2nd Member for Chris‘iansted Town i (Canegata) remarked: Mr. Chairman be- | fore proceeding I would like to ask a | question. Is the Colonial Council today | in order to transact business on a legal ' holiday? { ~ Acting Government Secretary (Clarke) | reply said: Mr. Chairman and Gentle- | men, the holding of the meeting or this | dayv is due toa misunderstanding be- . tween Mr. Rappolee and myself which | we had over the wire I understood that . Lincoin’s Birthday was not a legal holiday - in the Virgin Islands and sent’a radiogram ~ saying that the Council would meet and - that I would comejover. I zanfind no law “ against holding the meeting today and I ~ do not think it will be illegal to hold the | meeting. | 2nd Member for Christiansted Town ~ (Canegata) remarked: Mr. Chairman, ~my reason for raisine the question is this: ~ Qur holiday Ordinance states '‘Any day proclaimed a public holiday shall be a legal holiday for all purposes’’. It seems to me as if we would be vio- ® lating the ordinance if we were to hold the meeting and transact business. The Colonial Council is the law-making body and should not be the law-breaking one too. . The Chairman remarked: Gentlemen, I have to state that upon questioningghe