them asking for their views with regard to this Bill; since then I have been in
touch with them and I think we have the matter straightened out now. They put
before us one or two amendments for consideration. I discussed these with the
Secretary of the Board and two other members nho deputized for the Chairman,
Mr. Bonadie, who happened to be on sick leave.
 The amendments start on the second page of the printed Bill : Section 2-
Interpretation :
"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Library Committee created by this
Ordinance, and includes an Acting Chairman thereof.
 Instead of the words "created by this Ordinance" I propose to substitute
 "established by this Ordinance "; that is the phrase used in section 3; and also
 propose to delete the last six words : that is, and includes an Acting Chairman
 thereof ". The section will now read, "'Chairman' means the Chairman of the
 Library Committee established under this Ordinance."
 The next amendment to that section is the deletion of the definition of
 "Library" and substituting therefore the following definition :
 "'Library' means the Free Public Library established under the Library
 Ordinance in the building erected on lands of thie Kingstown Board as described
 in the preamble to this Ordinance out of funds provided by Andrew Carnegie for
 that purpose."
 President : With these amendments may Clause 2 stand part of the Bill?
 Agreed to.
 Clause 3-Administrative Control of Library.
 Honourable Acting Crown Attorney : We decided to delete the major part of
 that. The Kingstown Board did not like the words "The Library established-in
 the building created by the Kingstown Board upon land belonging to the said
 Board in the Town of Kingstown out of funds provided by Andrew Carnegie for
 that purpose shall be under the administrative control of the Head of the
 Education Department : for they placed not only the library but also the
 building and lands under the control of the Head of the Education Department.
 They wished to retain control of the land and the building. I suggest that the
 Library itself as established in that building, and not the land, shall be under the
 administrative control of the- Government of St. Vincent, and the section should
 read as follows-" The Library shall be under the administrative cohtrol'of the
 Government of Saint Vincent."

 Honourable Member for Kingstown: The building and land remain the
 property of the Board?

 Honourable Acting Crown Attorney : Yes. It is only the services of the
 library that are being reorganised, the building and the property will remain as
 before.
 Question that Clause 3 as amended stand part of the Bill put and agreed to.
 Clause 4-Maintenance of Library Services.

 President: There are no amendments suggested by the Kingstown Board.
 May Clause 4 stand part of the Bill?
 Agreed.
 Clause 5-Appointment of Librarian Offcirs 'and Servants.
 Question put and agreed to.