V. The other Officers and Assistants in the said Census and Registration Office shall be obedient and psisting unto the said Registrar General in the execution of this Ordinance.
Duties of the other Officers and Assistants,
VI. The Powers and Authorities which by the said Ordinance No. 12 of 1844 were vested in the Chief The Chief Magis- Magistrate of Police, are from henceforth vested in and shall be exercised by the Superintendent of Police trate's authority to de- volve upon the Super- for the time being constituted under the said Ordinance, in all matters wherein any of the provisions for the; intendent and Regis Census Registration and Protection of Chinese People are not concerned, and by the Registrar General in trar General.
i matters wherein any of the said provisions are concerned; and the same obedience shall be rendered by the Police Force of this Colony to the orders of the said Superintendent of Police and Registrar General respectively, and to all Rules and Regulations to be by them respectively made under Section Three of the sail Ordinance No. 12 of 1844 and this Section, with the approbation of the Governor; due regard being fad to the respective matters to which such lowers and Authorities, Rules and Regulations, respectively shall relate.
VI. The Registrar General, with the approbation of the Governor, shall divide this Colony into Division into Dis- Districts, and cause every House therein, whether occupied by a Chinaman or by an European, to be tricts, and Numbering. numbered, and Tickets to be prepared and issued for the purposes of Section Eight.
and Tickets to be de-
VIII. Every Chinaman occupying a House shall cause the Number thereof to be painted and affixed Numbers to be to his house in such wise as the Registrar General shall direct, and shall cause to be inscribed in such wise painted, Lists of In- *x he shall direct, upon a board exhibited in some conspicuous part of his said House, a true and full List of mates to be exhibited, all the Inmates of the upper and lower floors thereof, for the time being; and shall deliver to every such livered to them. innate a Ticket, stamped by the Registrar General, and containing such particulars, and in such form, as he' ball also direct; and every such Ticket shall from time to time, and when the holder thereof shall cease to be such Inmate, be obtained back from him by the said Occupier and cancelled.
mates.
IX. Possession by a Chinaman of any of the Tickets mentioned in Sections Seven and Eight shall be Possession of Tickets prima facie evidence of the delivery thereof to him as an Inmate by the Chinaman therein mentioned as to be prima fucie proof
of delivery. Occupier.
The Occupier to be Every Chinese Occupier shall be held responsible as Surety for the good abearing of every Inmate responsible for the in- to whom he shall have delivered any such Ticket.
XI. Every such Occupier is hereby commanded to furnish at all times to the Registrar General what Statistical informa- soever information the said Registrar General shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, require of him; and tion to be furnished
by occupiers. he is further commanded, upon the occurrence of any Marriage, Birth, Death, Arrival, or Departure of Inmates within his House, forthwith to report the same to the proper Chinese Officer of his District.
vants resident with
XII. Within Ten Days next after the commencement of any future hiring by an European of a China- Registration Tickets man as a Servant resident within the Hirer's house or place of business, or (in case of any such hiring which in case of Chinese Ser- hath already commenced) within Ten Days from the passing of this Ordinance, such Chinaman shall apply Europeans. to the said Registrar General for a Registration Ticket, and shall at the same time produce unto the said Registrar General a Certificate of his Hiring under the hand of the said Hirer, and (if so required by the latter) satisfy the said Registrar General that he hath obtained sufficient Security after Chinese custom for the indemnity of the said hirer against his acts and defaults; and thereupon it shall be the duty of the said Registrar General to make out under his Hand the said Registration Ticket, inserting therein such parti culars as to him shall seem meet, and to deliver the same unto the said Chinaman.
XIII. All Chinese Houses shall be divided into Tithings or Káp of Ten Houses each, wherein every Occupier of a House shall answer to Her Majesty for the good abearing of the occupiers of the other nine; and over every Tithing or Káp one of the occupiers of the Houses comprised in the same shall be Kápcheong er Tithingman, to be elected by common vote of the said Tithing or Káp to that office, subject to the approval of this Government, and he shall be the proper Representative of the said Tithing or Kap, and be distinguished by some Badge to be appointed by His Excellency, and he shall hold his said office during
one year.
Chinese Tithings or
p.
XIV. It shall be the duty of every such Occupier to report to his Kápcheong without delay, to the Duties of Káp. utmost of his skill and knowledge, all Cases, Rumours, or Suspicions of Crime, committed or to be com- mitted, and generally, for all the purposes of this Crdinance, to be aiding and assisting to the said Kápcheong in the execution of the same.
Duties of the Káp-
XV. It shall be the duty of the Kápcheong to communicate forthwith to the Registrar General all cheong.
such reports as in Section Fourteen are mentioned, when and as the same are received by him; and likewise' to report to him to the utmost of his skill and knowledge, and without delay, all such Cases, Rumours, or Suspicions, whether so reported by the Káp or not; and in all other respects to discharge the duties and exercise the powers of a Constable of the Police Force of Hungkong, save so far as the same are uttered by this Ordinance.
The medium of ex-
XVI The Kápcheong, as the proper representative of his Káp, shall be aiding and assisting unto the ecuting process, &c., Ciril and Military authorities of this Colony, in the execution of Warrants, Writs, and Process, and the in a Káp. making of Searches, Inquiries, and Arrests, within any house of his Káp; and the said authorities are erquired to communicate with the said Kápcheong, for the purposes of this Section.
Power to elect and
XVII. His Excellency in Council hath power to approve for, and appoint to, the office of Tepo in appoint Tepos. rach Town, Village, Hamlet, and District, of this Colony, a proper person to be presented unto him by the cupiers of Chinese houses therein, or (in default of such presentment) to be selected by His Excellency
is Council for that purpose.
of the Tepo.
XVIII. Every Tepo shall have, throughout his Town, Village, or Hamlet, the same powers and Powers and Duties
ties, and perform the same duties, as are hereinbefore conferred and imposed on a Kápcheong, with` respect to his Káp.
The Tepos and Káp-
XIX. All Tepos and Kápcheongs are immediately subordinate unto the Registrar General, and shall cheongs shall be regu- formi to his orders, and obey and enforce whatsoever Rules and Regulations he shall, with the approba-lated by the Registrar
of His Excellency, frame and issue for the better execution of their respective duties under this General Ordinance.
XX. The Salary of each Tepo shall be fixed by His Excellency in Council, and shall be raised by Salary of the Tepo. y of levy, at the same time with the Police Tax of his Town, Village, or Hamlet, upon the Annual Value of the Chinese Houses within the same, according to the Assessment thereof to the said Tax, and at a rate per cent sufficient to raise the said amount; and it shall be the duty of the Registrar General to ascertain the said rate, and to receive the amount of the said levy when made, and to pay thereout to the Tepo his aid Salary, and to account with the Governor, and also with the said Town, Village, or Hamlet, for the remainder, if any, of the amount levied; and the provisions of Ordinance No. 2 of 1845, for the enforce-; ment of the payment of Police Rates, shall be extended to the enforcement of the said levy.
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XXI. A Tepo is permitted to act as Arbitrator in disputes of a Civil nature only, arising between Power of Arbitrator. (namen, willing to submit the same to his arbitrament; and his award being reduced to writing, and ored by the Registrar General, shall be received in evidence, and may be carried into effect by any Court wherein the same shall come in question.
XXII. The Hawking of Goods or Wares in the Streets or Roads of this Colony without a License from the Registrar General is prohibited.
XXIII. No License for Hawking shall be granted by the Registrar General to any person except after er enquiry into the Character of the Applicant, and upon due and ample Security for his good abearing, subject to forfeiture on his conviction of any offence before himself or any other Justice of the Peace. every applicant, on receiving his said License, shall pay therefor to the Registrar General, to the use of Crown, the Fee in that behalf mentioned in the Schedule hereunto annexed.
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Unlicensed Hawking prohibited.
Conditions and Fees
of Hawking Licenses.