VOL. LXXXIII.

 

Published by Authority.

THURSDAY, 29rTas SEPTEMBER, 1955.

No. 42.

 

 

Notices,

BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE
LEEWARD ISLANDS..

A PROCLAMATION.

P. D. MACDONALD,
Acting Governor.

WHEREAS the Legislative Council
of the Presidency of the Virgin Is-
lands has been duly constituted under
the provisions of the Virgin Islands
Constitution and Elections Ordinance,
1954 (No. 7/1954):

AND WHEREAS by proclamation
under the hand of the Governor dated
the 7th day of October, 1954, issued
under the provisions of subsection (1)
of section 25 of the said Ordinance,
the said Council was first summoned
to meet in session for the despatch of
public business on the 16th day of
October, 1954:

AND WHEREAS by proclama-
tion dated the 7th day of October,
1954, a session of the said Council
was appointed to be held at ten o’clock
in the forenoon at St. George’s Hall
in the town of Road Town in the
aforesaid Presidency on Saturday the
16th day of October, 1954:

AND WHEREAS in pursuance of
the aforesaid proclamations the said
Council duly met in session on the
16th day of October, 1954:

AND WHEREAS it is provided,
inter alia, by subsection (1) of sec-
tion 25 of the said Ordinance that the
Governor may at any time, by procla-
mation, prorogue the said Legislative
Council:

 

AND WHEREAS it appears ex-
pedient to prorogue the said Council:

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise
of the powers in me vested as herein-
before recited I do hereby prorogue
the Legislative Council of the Presi-
dency of the Virgin Islands until such
further date as may be appointed, by
proclamation of the Commissioner
under the provisions of section 18 of
the said Ordinance, for the first sit-
ting in the next session of the said
Council.

AND the Members of the said
Council and all other Her Majesty’s
Officers and loving subjects in the
said Presidency and all those whom

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it may concern are hereby required
to take due notice hereof and to
govern themselves accordingly.

GIVEN at the Government House,
Antigua, this 29th day of Sep-

tember, 1955, and in the fourth

year of Her Muajesty’s reign.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

 

BY THE COMMISSIONER OF
THE PRESIDENCY OF THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS.

A PROCLAMATION.

H. A. C. HOWARD,
Oommissioner.

WHEREAS pursuant to the provi-
sions of subsection (1) of section 25
of the Virgin Islands Constitution
and Elections Ordinance, 1954 (No.
7/1954) the Govérnor by proclamation
dated the 7th day of October, 1954
prorogued the Legislative Council of
the Presidency of the Virgin Islands
until such further date as may be
appointed, by proclamation of the
Commissioner under the provisions of
section 18 of the gaid Ordinance, for
the first sitting in the next session of
the said Council:

AND WHEREAS it is provided
by section 18 of the Virgin Islands
Constitution and Elections Ordinance,
1954, that the sessions of the Legisla-
tive Conncil shall be held at such
times and places as the Commissioner
shall from time to time by proclama-
tion appoint:

AND WHEREAS it is expedient
that a session of the said Council
should now be held:

NOW, THEREFORE, I do by this
my proclamation hereby appoint that
a session of the said Council of the
Presidency of the Virgin Islands shall
be held and that the first meeting
shall commence with a sitting on the
10th day of October, 1955 at eleven
o’clock in the forenoon and that the
sittings of the said Council shall be
held at Saint George’s Hall in the
town of Road Town, Tortola, in the
Presidency aforesaid.

AND the Members of the said
Council and all other Her Majesty’s
Officer’s and loving subjects in the
said Presidency and all those whom
it may concern are hereby required

 

to take due notice hereof and to give
their ready obedience accordingly.

GIVEN at the Commissioner’s Office,
at Tortola,in the Virgin Islands,
this 29th day of September, 1955,
and in the fourth year of Her
Majesty’s reign.

30D SAVE THE QUEEN !

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No. 99.

Appointments and transfers ete.,
in the public service, with effect from
the dates stated, are published for
general information :—

BROWNE, 8. A., Junior Clerk, Office
of Superintendent of Police, Anti-
gua, confirmed in appointment.

Sep. 1
CHRISTIAN, OC. M., employed on
contract, appointed substantively
as Surveyor of Worke, Virgin
Islands. Jan. 1
CLARKE, F. aA., Junior Clerk,

Administration, Antigua. to be Act-

ing Clerk to the Antigua Executive

and Legislative Councils. Sep. 1
Ref. No. A. O. 13/65.

FIELD, Rev. D. O., B.A., appointed to
act as Headmaster, Secondary
School, Virgin Islands. Sep. 1

JACOBS, Dr. E. O., Medieal Officer in
Administrative Charge, Virgin Is-
lands, transferred to Nevis.

June 13

O'NEAL, Mrs. I., Student Nurse,
Virgin Islands, promoted to Nurse.

May 23

Scott, S. H., B.A., Headmaster,

Secondary School, Virgin Islands,
_resigned appointment. Aug. 31

OONFIRMATION OF ORDINANCES,

No. 100.

The Secretary of State for the
Colonies has informed the Acting
Governor that the power of disallow-
ance will not be exercised in respect

of the undermentioned Act and
Ordinances.
AOT.
Leeward Islands.
No. 4 of 1955, ‘The Pensions

(Amendment) Act; 1955,”