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ORDINANCES Nos. 16 AND 17 OF 1844.
Registration of Inhabitants.
Peace and Quiet.
Masters of Chinese vessels to report themselves.
Penalty on preceeding.
Penalty on evasion of this Ordinance.
And be it further enacted and ordained that all masters of Chinese vessels frequenting the waters of this Colony shall report themselves immediately upon their arrival in such waters and previous to their departure to the registering officer who shall grant them a certificate of entry or clearance on payment of a fee to be levied in accordance with a scale hereafter at any time to be published by the Governor in Council and subject to such alterations as the Governor in Council may at any time declare.
And be it further enacted and ordained that every master of a Chinese vessel who shall not conform to the provisions of the section herein before last mentioned shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding twenty dollars.
And be it further enacted and ordained that if any person shall wilfully conceal or falsify the particulars of any information required of him for the purposes of this Ordinance or shall on applying to be registered give a false name or description or shall transfer or lend his registration ticket to any other person or shall wear or show the registration ticket of another as his own for the purpose of evading the provisions of this Ordinance he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
And be it further enacted and ordained that all penalties enforced by this Ordinance shall be recovered in a summary manner before any Police Magistrate and that one moiety thereof shall go and be paid to the informer and in default of payment the party shall be liable to imprisonment for any time not exceeding two calendar months.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 18 of 1844.]
Title.
Preamble.
No. 17 of 1844.
An Ordinance for the better securing the Peace and Quiet of the Inhabitants of the Town of Victoria and its vicinity during the night-time.
WHEREAS [11th September, 1844.]
THEREAS the inhabitants of Victoria and its vicinity have hereto been disturbed and annoyed during the night-time by various loud and unnecessary noises made by private watchmen and other persons to such an extent as to become a public nuisance, and it is expedient for the comfort and tranquillity of the said inhabitants that the said public nuisance should be suppressed and whereas it is manifest that such watchmen or other person could from time to time during the night notify their state of vigilance and convey to their respective masters and employers that they are on the watch and alert, without occasioning any disturbance or annoyance to the public or to the inhabitants of adjoining