and, member of a local authority should not be taken to be. offices of profit; The-
 Crown Attorney however felt that this would only be necessary in the event of
 provision being made for the payment of the Chairman and members. No such
 provision was made in the Bill and it was generally felt that it would-be some
 considerable time before ..the local authorities would be in a position to make such
 payments. No change was recommended.
 Section 17-Resignation of member.
 The word the" appearing in.the first line was changed to "a ".
 Section 18-Appointment of Warden and Deputy W,arden.
 Mr. Boadie felt very strongly that the approval of the Governor should not be
 necessary for the appointment or dismissal of the warden4 bf a local authority. He
( thought that- the local authority should have the last word in. all matters
 pertaining to the officers and servants of the authority. He considered it very
 vital to the- political development of the West Indies that an ever increasing.
 amount of responsibility should be placed in tha hands of local authorities, and in
 this respect the Bill did not go far enough, since the retention of the necessity to
 seek the Governor's approval in such matters was a sign that the local authorities
 were not given full powers in the management of their own affairs. He said that
 in times past the warden was more or less the master of the .authority, and the
 members were only his. advisers. The position had altered and the warden was
 nowtheservant of the authority. He further suggested that the name warden"
 should be replaced by clerk ". Long ago the town or village was properly the
 ward of this officer, but it was not so nowadays and in most places the equivalent
 officers wer6ecalled town clerks or village clerks as the case may be.
 Although the Committee felt that there was some substance in Mr. Bonadie's
 suggestion in connection with the Governor's approval it was felt that there should
 be someone to whom an appeal could be made, and'the necessity of the Governor's
 approval would give the officers of a local authority a sense of security. His.
 suggestion for the change of the name -'warden" to "clerk" was accepted. It
 was accordingly agreed that this change should be made wherever the word
 'warden" appeared in the Bill.
 Other amendments'in this sectiofi were :
 subsection (1)--thG word "warden"' in the third line was replaced by
 the words clerk, to the authority."
 subsection (2) -the words "a warden were replaced by the clerk ".
 subsection -(4)-" a in the second line was changed to the "
 Section 19-Powers and duties of warden (now clerk),
 Subsection (3): It was thought that it was sometimes -impracticable to
 obtain the services of a suitable person residing, in the district to be clerk to an
 authority and it was recommended that this subsection should be deleted.
 Section 20-Salary of Warden (now clerk).
 Mr. Bonadie repeated his arguments i-n connection with section 18 for the
 deletion of the words with the approval of the Governor in 'Council" appearing
 in line 4 of this section: The Local Government Officer however advised-that
 from a recent experience with one of the Town Boards'he felt it very-necessary
 for this provision to be retained, and the Committee agreed that the safeguard
 was necessary." ,