A.D. 1899.]
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
[No. 10.
master or his servants to or for any person on the premises. Boarders requiring spirituous liquor must purchase it themselves from a public house.
13. The boarding master shall not allow any prostitute on the premises.
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14. A boarding-house shall be closed every night at 11 o'clock.
Prohibition of liquor.
539 Exclusion of prostitutes. Hour of closing.
15. No gambling shall be allowed in any boarding-house, and every boarding master shall do his utmost to prevent noisy conduct on the part of the boarders or others frequenting the house; in the event of his not being able to preserve order, he shall give intimation thereof to the nearest constable or at a Police Station,
16. In the event of any boarder being sick, the boarding master is immediately to procure the assistance of a duly qualified medical practitioner and report the case immediately to the Principal Civil Medical Officer, and the names of sick men are to be inserted in the column of remarks in the weekly list.
17. The boarding master shall, every Monday morning, send to the Government Shipping Office a list (copied from his book) of all the seamen boarding in his house on that day and of those boarders who have left during the previous week, showing how these have been disposed of.
18. No boarding master shall discharge a boarder from his house without the sanction of the Harbour Master, unless such boarder is provided with suitable employment.
Restriction on right of discharge of boarder.
19. Every boarding-house shall be open at all times for the inspection of any Justice of the Peace, or of the Harbour Master or his Deputy, or of Inspector of Police, or of any member of the Sanitary Board, as well as to the visits of the Principal Civil Medical Officer.
Inspection of boarding-house.
20. A copy of these Rules shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place in the general sitting room.
21. Any infraction of any of these Rules shall render the offender liable to penalty of twenty-five dollars and, for a second offence, to deprivation of his licence in addition.
Posting up of Rules.
Penalty for infraction of Rules.
22. Boarders are hereby informed that the only fees for which they are liable are a Government fee of 40 cents for discharge and 40 cents for shipping, and one dollar boarding-house fee, which is to include the commission for cashing an advance note.
23. When seamen have signed fresh articles of agreement, no deductions other than those for debts legally due are to be made from their advances.
Restriction on right of deducting from advance.
24. A seaman's clothing or bedding is not to be detained by way of security for debt.
Prohibition of detention of clothing, etc.
25. Any boarder dissatisfied with his account shall be at liberty to lay the same before the Harbour Master, who will decide if the charges are reasonable or otherwise.
Appeal of boarder against account.