ORDINANCES Nos. 3 AND 4 OF 1850.
Church.
Desertion of Seamen.
5. And be it further enacted and ordained, that in all contracts or suits, as specified in the fourteenth section of the said Ordinance No. 2 of 1847, the trustees shall contract, sue and be sued in the name of "The Trustees of the Cathedral Church at Victoria," or "The Trustees of Saint John's Cathedral Church at Victoria," in lieu and stead of the designation or styles employed in the said section.
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New corporate name or designation for the trustees.
6. And be it further enacted and ordained, that from and after the passing of this Ordinance, the nineteenth section of the said Ordinance No. 2 of 1847, be and the same is hereby repealed, and that only the Lord Bishop of Victoria or some other clergyman duly authorized to officiate for or by him may sing or say the Common Prayer, administer the sacraments, and preach any sermons within the said cathedral, and that in his absence, such powers shall be vested in the Colonial or Acting Colonial Chaplain of that period.
19th section of Ordinance No. 2 of 1847. No clergyman to officiate in Cathedral Church without sanction from the bishop; or in his absence, the Colonial Chaplain.
Power to trustees to borrow money for the payment of a debt.
7. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall and may be lawful to and for the trustees of the said cathedral church or the major part of them, should they deem it expedient so to do, to take up and borrow with interest not exceeding the rate of nine per centum per annum, the said sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, and to secure the re-payment of the same with interest as aforesaid by mortgaging or pledging the rents and profits arising or to arise from the sittings in the said cathedral church.
No. 4 of 1850.
An Ordinance to prevent the Desertion of Seamen belonging to Foreign Ships and Vessels.
[17th December, 1850.]
WHEREAS ships and vessels belonging to foreign States from time to time visit the harbours and roadsteads of Hongkong; and the desertion of seamen from such ships and vessels while in the said harbours and roadsteads has been productive of much inconvenience and mischief to such ships and vessels:
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that if any seaman belonging to the crew of any foreign ship or vessel shall desert therefrom, or otherwise abscond, or absent himself from his duty while such ship or vessel is lying within any harbour or roadstead of Hongkong, it shall and may be lawful for any constable, or for the master or owner of such ship or vessel, to apprehend such seaman and put him on board the vessel to which he belongs.
Preamble.
[Extended to British seamen and vessels within the harbour by Ordinance No. 6 of 1852.]
Foreign seamen deserting may be apprehended and put on board the vessels to which they belong.