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Licenses to be let to the highest bidder for the tenancy thereof, and that such letting shall be by sold by tender or tender or by public auction before the Chief Magistrate of Police, as shall be deemed public auction.
best and that each of such Markets shall be let for a term of years not exceeding three years.
Markets to be III. And be it further enacted and ordained, That all Markets or Buildings in ander the Superin- which Markets are held shall be under the immediate Superintendence of the Chief tendence of the Magistrate of Police, who is hereby required to take all requisite Measures to prevent Chief Magistrate of Disorders and to preserve Peace and Tranquillity therein.
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Markets to be IV. And beit further enacted and ordained, That every Market or Building for the built of Stone, &c., holding of Markets, hereafter to be built, erected, or established, shall be erected, after an Approved-built, and established of Stone or Brick, according to a Plan to be approved of by
the Surveyor-General.
Plan.
&c.
V. And be it further enacted and ordained, That whenever the Markets or Markets built of Wood and requir- Buildings wherein Markets are now held, already erected, built, or established, shall ing Repairs to be become dilapidated, in want of extensive Repairs, or shall require to be rebuilt, such rebuilt of Stone, Markets or Buildings shall be rebuilt of Stone or Brick according to a Plan to be Provided the Re-approved of by the Surveyor-General: Provided always that if the Repairs required pairs required shall to be done shall not exceed the Sum of One Hundred Dollars on any one House or not exceed $100. Building, then and in that case the Surveyor-General, upon being furnished with proper Estimates of the Costs of such Repairs, and having verified the same, may grant Permission for the Repairs to be carried into effect.
Buildings of Wood VI. Whereas certain Person or Persons have encroached upon Crown Lands and and Mat on Sea- the Sea-shores, and have erected thereon divers Buildings of Wood, Matting, and shores to be remov- other inflammable materials, to the great Danger and Peril of the Town of Victoria ed by Police.
and the Inhabitants thereof; and whereas also the said Buildings so erected as aforesaid, are inhabited by Persons af Ill Fame and Reputation, and afford shelter to Rogues and Vagabonds: It is hereby enacted and ordained, That it shall be lawful for any Magistrate of Police to order such Buildings to be pulled down and removed by Warrant to be issued on the Information of the Surveyor-General.
Penalty against Offenders.
Penalty, how re- covered, &c..
Provision under
this Ordinance not liable to Appeal.
W. CAINE.
VII. And be it further enacted and ordained, That any Person or Persons who shall offend against the Provisions and Enactments hereinbefore contained, shall for every Offence forfeit a Sum not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars, to be recovered in the same manner as Penalties are made recoverable by Ordinance No. 10 of 1844: Provided always, that in case any such Conviction shall take place and be had on the Evidence of any Common or Public Informer, he or she shall be entitled to one Moiety of the said Fine or Forfeiture.
VIII. And be it further enacted and ordained, That all Proceedings under the present Ordinance shall not be subject to Appeal, nor shall be removed nor removable by Certiorari or otherwise into any Court whatever
IX. This Ordinance will not come into operation before the
PROCLAMATION.
Day of
BY The Honorable Lieutenant-Colonel William Caine, Lieutenant-Governor Administering the Government of the Colony of Hongkong, and its Dependencies.
WHEREAS the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through His Grace The Duke of Newcastle, Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming Ordinance No. 2 of 1853, entitled An Ordinance for the Removal of Doubts regarding the Right of Aliens to hold and transfer Property within the Colony of Hongkong :-
Now therefore it is hereby declared that the said Ordinance has been so approved and confirmed as aforesaid.
By Command of The Honorable The Lieutenant-Governor,
Given at Victoria, Hongkong,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Disband mel
this 11th day of July, 1854.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The Honorable The Lieutenant-Governor is desirous of informing the Community that the Auxiliary Police Force, formed on the 1st June, has been, owing to the altered circumstances and more secure state of the Colony, disbanded on the 5th Instant.
the
Auxiliary
Police forces
The subjoined Summary of the cost of this Auxiliary Force, and the calculated additional expense which has been incurred is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria,
Hongkong, 11th July, 1854.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
POLICE DEPARTMENT, VICTORIA, HONGKONG,
11TH JULY, 1854.
Summary of Cost of Auxiliary Police Force, from its formation 1st June, to its being disbanded 5th July 1854.
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