Consumable supplies and services necessary to the operation Expenses summer school for teachers.. Total..... Public works department: Salaries supervisor. 3 gravediggers_ 2 truck drivers, at 2,700 francs.. 4, 180 4, 180 5, 400 5, 400 19, 160 2,000 Equipment-non expendable articles necessary to the operation Streets and roads division Highways, St. Thomas, maintenance and minor Highways, St. John, maintenance and minor Street cleaning-all necessary expenses, including Public land division Supplies and services for surveys.. Upkeep of public cemeteries and public parks.. Lease of water supply site, Estate Honduras Night soil removal service-For maintenance and operation of motor vehicle for the night soil removal service and lease of land.... Special project for roads and buildings Construction of roads.. 100, 000 1,700 850 210 850 2, 000 640 170 5,000 3, 500 30, 600 850 4, 760 500 75 150 4,850 51, 644 230, 449 251, 609 5, 610 1, 950 6, 600 900 480 17, 640 St. Thomas municipal telephone system-Continued. Maintenance-Consumable supplies and services necessary to the Total Miscellaneous: General printing expenses- 850 13, 047 31, 537 Registration of patents and trade-marks. Continuation of garden plots.. For promotion of Boy Scout activities, including purchase of uniforms__ Aid to community band_ St. Thomas_quota of expenses for maintenance of inmates at King's Hill Poor Farm, St. Croix, from St. Thomas and St. John.... Total.... Pensions and allowances: 5, 000 2, 000 3,000 500 1,000 2,000 13, 500 Former Chief Bookkeeper Lafranque 2, 400 Former messenger of the colonial council, Isaac N. Baa__. 1, 500 Total_____ 9, 690 General contingent: For expenditure in the discretion of the governor.. 7,000 7,000 Grand total, St. Thomas budget, 1933__ 1, 015, 675 GENERAL PROVISIONS Salaries herein authorized can not be exceeded; lesser amounts may be paid in the discretion of the governor, subject to the approval of the municipal committee, except when a specific salary is fixed by law. The governor may, in his discretion, subject to the approval of the municipal committee, transfer between the items of the budget amounts as public exigency might require. Thus passed by the colonial council for St. Thomas and St. John, at the ordinary meeting, held the 27th of June, 1932. J. E. KUNTZ, Chairman. The above budget is hereby sanctioned and approved with the following exceptions: (1). The designation on page 5 "St. Thomas and St. John poor commission maintenance" is disapproved for the reason that it is in conflict with law. The ordinance concerning the executive and administrative functions of the various boards, commissions, and committees of St. Thomas and St. John, approved September 6, 1923, provides: "That there shall be appointed 4 citizens for St. Thomas, 2 by the governor, and 2 by the colonial council, whose duties shall be to advise the department of public welfare in the assistance of the poor, in allotting pensions from the money budgetted in aid of the poor, and in distributing such money.' The law is clear. It is the duty of the citizens appointed by virtue thereof to assist and advise the department of public welfare in the distribution of budgetted funds in aid of the poor. (2). The designation on page 5, "Public library commission" the word "commission" is hereby disapproved for the reason that the supervising librarian is in charge of the administrative and executive work in connection with the library and is a member of the library commission and will be guided by this board of control in matters pertaining to the operation of the library. Witness my hand and the seal of the government of the Virgin Islands of the United States, at St. Thomas, this 2d day of July, A. D. 1932. [SEAL.] PAUL M. PEARSON, Governor. The budget for the municipality of St. Croix for the fiscal year July 1, 1932, to June 30, 1933 Municipal committee: Salaries, secretary to municipal committee_ Equipment, nonexpendable articles necessary for the operation of the department.. Maintenance, consumable supplies and services necessary for the operation of the department as per specifications below Ice.. 2,750.00 840. 55 108. 00 1, 223. 00 1, 831. 00 5, 421. 55 |