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section 5 of the Bill. The Attorney General whilst agreeing pointed out 

 that they were only intended to meet extreme cases and after some dis- 

 cussion it was decided to modify the section to meet the wishes of the 

 Community. 



Under the amended Bill (Ordinance 7 of 1888) the property is vested 

 in trustees consisting of the two senior elective members of the Court of 

 Policy and of an official member appointed by the Governor, who super- 

 vise and control the expenditure of the income by the person or persons 

 entrusted by the Lutheran Community with the management of its affairs 

 in accordance with its rules and regulations. Proper statements of 

 expenditure are to be furnished, and the trustees to have power to sus- 

 pend payment of the income in any case of mismanaging the fund, until 

 enquiry can be made by the Governor and Court of Policy whose decision 

 is final. 



The Attorney General pointed out that the Bill in no way pretended 

 to interfere with the internal management of the Society and only vested 

 in the Trustees the property mentioned in the schedule of the Ordinance 

 for the support of the Church with proper supervision. 



The clerk to the Attorney General acts as clerk to the Fund. 



One of the Community writing against the passing of the Bill stated 

 that the Lutheran Community had always been considered a private body 

 having acquired property by their own means and without help from the 

 Directors of the Berbice Association — now represented by the Governor 

 and Court of Policy, which property is held in the same right as other 

 private property and with the same powers of free disposition. He 

 stated the Government had recognised this liberty in the management of 

 their Church establishment since 1743. 



In 1902 the acting Attorney General (Mr. Davson) in the name of 

 the Trustees of whom he was Chairman, requested that Trustees belonging 

 to the Church might be substituted for the two senior members of the 

 Court, for the reason that the Court was continually changing, and that 

 the members lived out of Berbice and would not be in a position to know 

 the requirements of the Community. 



He also requested that power be given to the Trustees to sell 

 movable property and vary investments, with consent of the Court. 

 Finally he asked that power should be given to refer to the Governor as 

 arbitrator in the case of contending parties. He added, however, that he 

 did not as Attorney General consider the last proposal workable. These 

 suggested amendments appear to have been made on the petition of the 

 Rev. Mr. Mittelholzer. 



The Petitions Committee of the Court of Policy remarked on tlio 

 necessity for a revision of the rules, and a clear understanding as to who 

 are at the present true members of the community. 



Again in 1914, a further amendment was required not from any 

 'nternal dissension this time, but from the absence of elastic i y in the 



