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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 11, 1914.
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FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary laid on the table Financial Minutes Nos. 43 and 44, and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee
No. 43.-Military Expenditure, B.-Volunteers, Camp
Expenses,
No. 44. Public Works, Extraordinary, New Ter-
ritories, Miscellaneous Works,
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
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2,567.67.
4,000.00.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee (No. 11), dated the 20th August, 1914, and moved its adoption.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded. Question-put and agreed to.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE BY-LAWS.-The Colonial Secretary moved the approval of the Amendment of the By-laws relating to the Prevention and Mitigation of Epidemic, Endemic, Contagious or Infectious Disease made by the Sanitary Board on the 14th July, 1914, under Section 16 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903.
The Attorney General seconded. Question-put and agreed to.
DISINFECTION OF INFECTED PREMISES BY-LAWS.-The Colonial Secretary moved the approval of the Amendment of the By-laws relating to the Disinfection of Infected Premises made by the Sanitary Board on the 14th July, 1914, under Section 16 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903.
The Attorney General seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
PIRACY PREVENTION BILL.--The Attorney General moved that the Council resolve itself into a Committee of the whole Council, to consider the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the law relating to the observance of precautions against Piracy.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
His Excellency the Governor and Mr. Hewett addressed the Council.
Question-put and agreed to.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
On the motion of the Attorney General the following amendments were agreed to:- In section 2, the words "launch or were inserted between the words " a in the first line of the definition of "Passenger ".
and "ship"
In sections 3 and 4, the words "upon conviction either summarily or on indictment" were inserted between the words "liable" and "to" in the seventeenth and eleventh lines respectively.
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In section 8, the words "of this Ordinance" were inserted between the figure “3” and the word "be in the second last line of sub-section (1), and the words "last known" were inserted between the words "the" and "address in the second line of sub-section (2) and the words "given in the said bond" in the third and fourth lines of the same sub-section were deleted.
In section 9, the following proviso was inserted at the end thereof; "Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect any other means of enforcing the said bond.” In section 10, the commas and words ", subject to the proviso in section 11 of this Ordinance," were inserted between the words "shall" and "declare" in the second last line.
In section 11, the word "enforceable" in the fifth line was deleted and the word "made" substituted therefor.
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