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Ordered, that the said Ordinance be published in the next Government Gazette. It was moved by Mr Jardine, seconded by Mr Lyall, and carried unanimously,-
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X. Wheneve is accessary for the tain possession o Fal for the Govi rveyor General Person entitl
That, (it being the opinion of The Honourable The Aeting Governor and certain Members of Council, that Officers appointed by the local Government and once approved by the Crown, as well as: Polico Establishment, belong to the Fixed Establishments of the Colony,-in such a sense as to precludes Members of Council from voting on each and every item of Expenditure connected with them.)—it is id be lawful for wish of this Council that the point thus in question be submitted to the decision of The Right Honourate The Secretary of State."
The Council then adjourned sine dio.
Read and approved, this 4th Day of January, 1859.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.
W. CAINE, Acting Governor,
oner as is her 19 Marine Lot-hold making such Asse ade by the Sher and Lands, Tene! to be made out of to take possession er conveyance o henceforth, but "thereof as aforest Premises so take the Land-office, The following Ordinance “ to provide for the erection of a Public Way, along the Water Frontage of the City-jesty and Hi Victoria, having been read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, is, in pursuanginst the Crow Clause XXIX of the Standing Orders and Rules for the Legislative Council of Hongkong, published for payable for the information of those whom it may concern.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
By Order,
Council Room, Victoria, Hongkong, 4th January, 1858.
1858. 9. 1
Preamble.
Power to construct Praya.
Name of Praya.
Praya to be erected
HONGKONG.
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the Sea below H
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Holders should
Clerk of Councils.
ANNO VIGESIMO SECUNDO VICTORIA REGINE.
No. of 1859.
By The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel WILLIAM CAINE, Acting Governor and Commander-in-C of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, with the Advice of Legislative Council of Hongkong.
An Ordinance to provide for the erection of a Public Way along the Water Frontage of the City of Victoria.
Rent therefor:
XI. It sha without grant o ehdi have been an between the cannot agree, t be charged in
Assessment of purpose of mak Enter upon an Amount found
it shall be lawf of which it sha
the Holder of
ed as aforesaid.
[ January, 1859.] of Ground by F Whereas it is desirable that a Public Way should be erected continuously along the Water Fron adjoining in pe Be it enacted and ordained by The Honourable the Acting Governor of H tion shall be in of the City of Victoria: kong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
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XII. Pr I. It shall be lawful for the Governor to give authority to the Surveyor General to construc before provide · procure to be constructed, one uniform and continuous Quay or Praya, and all Works connected there
of the Survey along the Water Frontage of the City of Victoria, extending from Navy Bay at the extreme West the carrying out o date any Arra to Wong-nei-choong at the extreme East thereof.
having commi
II. The said Quay or Praya shall be called the Bowring Praya.
III. The said Quay or Praya and Works connected therewith shall be erected from Designs and I according to Plans pre- prepared by the Surveyor General; and the Ground Plan thereof shall be exhibited for Public inspe viously published. in the Office of the Surveyor General during Office-hours for a period of Two Weeks, before any W
shall be commenced by him under the authority of this Ordinance.
Prolongation
Boundary Lines
Lots affected.
of
Holders of Marine Lots affected.
IV. In the event of any difficulty occurring in the prolongation of the "Boundary Lines" of M of Lots through Land reclaimed or to be reclaimed from the Sea, it shall be lawful for the Surveyor Ge to fix and determine the direction and extent of such prolonged Boundary Lines, provided that he de insert the same on the Plans of the said Praya and Works so open to Public inspection as aforesaid.
V. It shall be lawful for the Governor, on the recommendation of the Surveyor General, to auth Power to give effect to compromises be- and give effect to any Compromise to be come to, between the Governor on behalf of the Crown, and tween the Crown and Holder of the Crown Lease of any Marine Lot, by which the Claims of such Holder and the Claims of Crown respectively, may be adjusted equitably and to the advantage of the Colony. And for this pu it shall be lawful for the Governor to sanction the erection, by any such Marine Lot-holder, of the porti the said Praya to be erected immediately in front of his own Lot: Provided only that the Erection o such portion of the said Praya shall be carried on and completed under the inspection and to the satisfa of the Surveyor General, and in accordance with the Plan by him prepared or approved.
VI. The Surveyor General shall in every ensuing Year, at some time before the Month of June, su annually submitted by to the Governor a Statement of the portion of the Works proposed by him to be carried out under 0 Surveyor General.
Ordinance within the Year next following, and Estimates of the Expenditure to be incurred on act thereof. And it shall be lawful for the Governor to propose such Estimates, or any of them, in any ance, making Provision for the Contingent Expenditure of the Colony to be dealt with in like manner a other Estimate to be so proposed.
Estimates to
be
Power of Entry to Surveyor General.
Penalty for obstruc- tion, &c.
Provision for as-
VII. It shall be lawful for the Surveyor General, and all Officers, Servants, and Workmen emp! by or under him, at all times, and with all necessary means and appliances, to enter upon all or any adjacent or approaching to the site of the said Praya, in the course of its erection, and to do theres that shall be necessary for carrying out the Works provided for by this Ordinance.
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VIII. If any Person shall wilfully obstruct any Person acting under the authority of this Ordin or destroy, remove, or injure any Timber, Stone, or other Materials to be employed in or about the ere of the said Praya, or shall deface any Marks which shall have been made for the purposes of this Ordint he shall forfeit for every such Offence a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars
IX. Every Holder of the Crown Lease of a Marine Lot who shall sustain any Loss or Dam sessment of Damage reason of any Work, Matter or Thing done under the authority of this Crdinance, on the Area occupit hereby occasioned to the Tenant and set forth in the Lease aforesaid, shall be entitled to Compensation; and the Amount to be Holders of Marine as such Compensation shall be assessed by the Sheriff and a Common Jury, in the same manner as in where Judgniert has been suffered to go by default by a Defendant in an Action-at-Law. And on made by the Sheriff of the Amount assessed as such Compensation as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for th vernor to direct such Amount to be paid by the Colonial Treasurer to the Person entitled to receive thes
Lots.
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