THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MARCH, 1899.
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BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO CONSOLIDATE AND AMEND THE LAWS RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IN THE SUPREME COURT.-The Acting Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.
The Colonial Secretary seconded. Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
The Acting Attorney General moved that the Bill be referred to the Standing Law Committee. The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE the Law RELATING TO PRISONS.- The Acting Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
His Excellency suggested the withdrawal of the motion for the third reading of the Bill in order that the amendments made in Committee might be embodied in a reprint of the Bill.
Motion withdrawn accordingly.
ADJOURNMENT.—The Council then adjourned till Monday, the 27th February, 1899, at 3 p.m.
Read and confirmed this 27th day of February, 1899.
J. G. T. BUCKLE,
Clerk of Councils.
HENRY A. Blake, Governor,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 128.
The following Bye-laws made by the Sanitary Board under section 13, sub-section 14, of "The Public Health Ordinance, 1887," and approved by the Legislative Council this day, are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th February, 1899.
BYE-LAWS
J. H. STEWART Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.
Made under section 13, sub-section 14, of "The Public
Health Ordinance, 1887,"
1. The fee payable for each head of cattle shall be two cents for the day of entry into a Govern- ment depôt and a further sum of two cents for every day that each head of cattle remains in such depôt, not including the day of entry.
2. The Sanitary Board provides water only, for the use of the cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats housed in Government depôts. The owners of such animals must provide proper and sufficient food, and must send men in sufficient numbers, to look after, feed and water such animals.
Accommodation for such men is provided on the premises.
No cattle, pigs, sheep, or goats shall be removed from a Government depôt for any purpose e. pt on a removal order signed by the inspector in charge. Such order shall be granted by the inspector in charge on the production and deposit of the receipt given on admission of the animals and in favour of the person therein named or of any other person on his order, and upon payment of a fee of five cents for each sheep or pig removed unless immediate payment is dispensed with.
Made by the Sanitary Board this 2nd day of February, 1899.
Approved by the Legislative Council this 27th day of February, 1899.
J. G. T. BUCKLE,
Clerk of Councils.
FRANCIS W. CLARK,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 129.
Acting Secretary.
The following Bill, which was read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, is published.
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 27th February, 1899.
J. G. T. BUCKLE, Clerk of Councils.