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FOR SALE- | | N £~5. - { - Sl ; i One ‘ora Car | in good condition. £ Fo further oarticulars apply at | this uiiice, | ~:{E Public Library of Ohristiansted : ?? will be free_to ail every day in the | _ year. 8 ‘ it will offer to the people four classes | of bo ks. ~ Retference Books, whicn give specific | information on practically any op.c. Non Fiction »ooks, which trzat on special subjects sacn as: Paiozopny. Technolozv, Scicuce, Travel, Biography, History, Literature, etc. ; i"ietion, comprising the best novels and | story books. ’ Books for Young Peopie, which pre- sant big suljects in simple lan_ua.e. Comeo to the Opening Kxcereisss to- morrow, Thursday evening at eight | o’clozk to near tne addresses anl music | and -xamine the books. EVERYBODY WEL UMK, ' & Mails Close for .inited States, Europe, etc., per S. S. Guiana at 3 p. m. Friday, 31st -instant. i o ; i : ; PROCEEDINGS OF THE ; COLONIALCOUNCIL FOR ST. CROUOIX. | Continued jrom yesterd .y s Avis.) ’ 4th Appointed Member (Blackwood) re- marked: Mr.Chairman. Accordjng to let- ters received by the Muniecipal Committee the other day in which changeswere pro- | posed Municipal Committee (ecom- ; mendc . nat there be"two flat rates; the | country lai2 to be four dollars, and the town rates three dollars, and one dollar -nd fifty cents. ltis now thre= years sinc2 | I made application for a telephone, and i at one time was told that materials were | ordeved from Porto Rico, and as soon as | that was received the phone would be | installed, and another time 1 was told that1 would have to pay the expenses for running line_and roles to ™y house. - It is very necessary for one to have a | telephone as it is very useful in cases of sickpess. 1 will vote for this money bill | with the understanding that it runs two | flat rates and whatever deficits there may be can be paid out of public funds. | Ist Member for Christiansted Country District (Stakemann) remarked: Mr. | Chairman. 1 do not understand what | the Member says about running lines and | poles himself. I wasa ‘member of the s ¢ RAYL A UL Ay iv Committee on the telephone quesuon, and the >rdinance passed zoverning. the installa ons of telephones reads in part: ““All e senses for poles and lines ure to be paic by the depart'nent.’; There- fore, n..hing can be done wiihout she .onsent ind approval of the Viunicipal ommi e, if* that regulation is changed ;e mu- be told by what authority it 13 ‘one. . Ath Appointed Member (B! wckwood) in answer’ to the last speake: said, —I said that proposals were made tnat ap- plicants living oa'side the .imits of the town would h:ve to pav the ex- pensas of rumiing iines and poles to theii houses, but cthe Munieipal Com- mittee oaly recom nend an {nereass in the coun .ry rate and all other conditions ‘0 remsin the same. As far as 1 aave fig- ured it wouid cost me about inree hun- dred doliars if 1had to pay tue cost of running lines and poles to ““annally’’, cnd that would certainly preve: me from speaking with my neichbors Vyselt and rwo of my neighburs Hav oplied fyr telepaones, bui und'r tnz2 i cond t ons Since this Jloney 31l has o2en an- dar discussio ) vtner propo 331> nive been made. It strikes me that the locrzase re- chrmmenged on the country te ephones slould bf able to take care ot Ui : norses, iinplimerts,ete.,used in runniag -he iines: [+ additional expenses are ¢ dred it aou'd be too hard on the tax g 7S No one requesting the wor. arther ti e Acting Seerecary read the ... 2V Bii and the Chairman put same 0 ¢ vOte. It was unanimously adopted Item 2. Colorial Council pili No. 51 ist Inscussion on Resoiudc Intro- ducad by 4:th Appointed dembar (Blackwood) authorizing the payment of the unexnended balance of the p.nsic granted lormer Sicknurse R.tzb g io his widow. {he Pill -eads as follows: . Col¢ sial Counsil Bill N». 51 md Cov cil, 2nd Session 1920-1921. RESOLUTION. o it csolved by the Culonial Council [or St. Crotx in $385010 AS- sembled: That the unex;ended porion of the 7 3nsion granted former JSick- nurse Ritzberg at ichmond | e the fiscal yeer 1920--24, of Fres. 265, Item Xlll, Sub item 10U, on tne Bud- ge: for the Municipality of "8t Croix, be paid to his widow uuliza- beth Ritzberg. | o A. J. BLACKWOOD, : 4th Appointed Memoer. 4'h Appointed Member (Blaclkwood) read the letter of the applicant aud the Resolution and said,- This was forwarded to tle Municipal Committee and was fa- vorably recomniended to the J?ouncil. Ist. Y ambar for Christiansted Coun- tryaDist iot (Stakzmann) vemarked: il Chairmay. [ oeg tosay thatlam per- o gonall. cquainted with the petition- ¢ er. and Lnow har to b 2 what sh 2 _states | in her petition. She is attacked by rheumatismy, the loss of her husband is a great blow o her, and she is not in good health. I ask that the bill receive th2 tavorabl. consideration of the Councit. it was put to the vore and carried that the Reso:ution be furthered and passed at on 2 discus:zion. No one reguesting the word further, the dise:ssion eclosed. T'ne Acting Se- cretiry read the Resolution and the Chaii i put sam= {0 the vote. It was inanimously adog ted! Iha Ok airman then gave a recess 0f 20 minut :3. : ; 2ni M mber for Christiansted Town (Cancga'.) enterad che mnzeting during " the recess. Af:eryacess the Councit e assemblad: the 3 ererary (Janecca.a) ook pis scat as Seer: ary and La 2 Uhourman placed batore he yur ¢4 tne las. it2m on tae Vider of the Dz 7. i(t‘.ill ). Color al Counet! Bill No. 52. {ntro_ uc.ion of, und ist Discussion ou alonial Couaeil Bitk--No. h2, waft of Addidonal Money Bill to the : adzet for the Municipaitly us <O ig, Tor the fiseal year e¢nding June 30, 1921, Aid te poor of "hri:- tianst d a.:d Praderiksted inevoduce ed by Gov=rnment. The Bil reads as (yliowa: 2 lonial Council No. 52. 2nd Tounc 1, 2nd Session, 1920—1921. AD JIONAL AONLY B{LL Tntr duced By Government.) {22 lalget for the Municipality of St Croix for the fscal year end- ing & Juie 1321 is hareby increas- ed as follows: Item VII. THE POOR DEk- PARTMENT. , sab-ltem I. In aid of- poor, Uhris iansted, is increased from #res. 17,500 to Fres. 31,500. Sub<ltem IIL. in aid of poor, [e riksted, is increased from Fres. 15,000 to Fres. 23,000. ~ . Governm nt Secretary (Zimmons) re- marked: Vr. Chairman. This Money Bill was irroduced by Government at the request of the Chairman of the Poor Commissior and upon the recommenda- cion of the Municipal Committee. Gov- ernment wculd, therefore, appreciate re- marks by tie Thairman jof the Munici- pal Commitiee. & ' 4th Appc nted Member ( Blackwood) remarked: Mr. Chairmen. We had this matter befo @ us in the Municipal Com- 7