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or Ballast to be
bour.
No dead Bodies XII. And be it enacted and ordained, That Seamen or cast into the Har other persons dying on board any Ship, shall not be thrown overboard within the limits of the said port, under a penalty of Twenty-five Dollars, to be paid by the Master or other person in charge of the vessel on board of which such Seaman or other person died: And that no such Masters or other persons in charge of vessels, boats, or any other craft, shall throw overboard any stone or other ballast within the limits of the said Port, under a penalty not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars, to be paid by the master or other person in charge thereof, without having previously obtained leave in writing from the Harbour-Master for that purpose.
guns and fire-arms
bour.
Provisions as to XIII. And it is hereby enacted and ordained, That except the discharge of in self-defence, no musket or small arm of any description, within the Har- shall be discharged within the limits of the said Harbour from any Merchant vessel or boat, between the hours of 6 P.M. and gun-fire in the morning; neither shall any great gun be discharged at any time from any Merchant Vessel or boat within the limits of the said Harbour, nor any musket or other small arm loaded with ball or shot, under a penalty not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars.
Harbour Limits defined.
Regulations as
to boats moving
hire.
XIV. And be it further enacted and ordained, That the limits of the Harbour of Victoria are hereby declared to be defined for the purposes of this Ordinance, as follows, "On the West by a straight line drawn from the westernmost point of Hongkong to the westernmost point of Stone Cutters' Island, continued to the Mainland of China; on the East by a straight line drawn from Burn's Point to the nearest part of the Mainland of China, and to include all the Waters comprehended between these two lines."
XV. And be it further enacted and ordained, That no boat about the Harbour shall move about the Harbour between the hour of 9 P. M. during night time, and gun-fire in the morning, under a penalty not exceeding and with regard to those plying for Fifty Dollars, except as hereinafter provided for, or unless furnished with a Pass from the Harbour-Master. That is to say, The Harbour-Master is hereby empowered to grant Licenses for Twenty Boats to ply for hire within the Harbour till the hour of 12 o'clock at night, the fare after 9 r. M. to be one Rupee per trip or per hour, at the option of the person hiring the Boat; and the person obtaining such License shall enter into a Bond together with a good Surety, in a Penalty of One Hundred Dollars, conditioned for the observance of all Harbour Regulations: And that every Licensed Boat shall after 9 P. M. carry a lantern in a conspi- cuous place, with the number of the License painted on it in large characters; and if the person in charge of the Boat demands more than his fare, or uses abusive language to
passengers,
passengers, or neglects to carry a light as required, or refuses without sufficient cause to take a passenger at the fare hereby established, the party offending, or in his absence, the
person
to whom the License for the Boat was granted, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars, and on conviction of the third offence against these Regulations, the License shall be forfeited, and the penalty in the bond en- forced against him or his surety: Provided always, that boats kept by private persons, and not plying for hire, shall be permitted to move about the Harbour at any time with a European or American on board, or without such European or American, provided they have a pass for the night signed by the Owner; and that all Boats, whether private or not, may and shall be subject to be stopped and examined by the Guard Boats; and if the person in charge of any boat does not heave to on being hailed by a Guard Boat, or uses abusive language to the Officer or persons on board of her in the execu- tion of their duty, he shall be liable to be detained in custody until he can be brought before a Magistrate, and on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding Twenty-Five Dollars.
Cases arising un-
to be tried by the
XVI. And be it further enacted and ordained, That where no Penalty is attached by this Ordinance for the breach or in- der this Ordinance fringement of any provisions therein contained, the penalty in Marine Magistrate, such cases shall be a sum in the discretion of the presiding who shall have Magistrate, not exeeding Twenty-Five Dollars; and that all power to enforce cases occurring under such Ordinance shall be tried by, and sonment for a pe- penalties by impri- adjudicated upon before the Marine Magistrate for the time riod not exceed- being, to whom it shall be lawful, on conviction, to enforce pay- month. ment of all or any of the foregoing penalties when necessary, by imprisonment for a period not exceeding one calendar/
JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS,,
Governor, &c., &c.
month.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 6th day of October, 1845.
ADOLPHUS E. SHELLEY,
Clerk of Councils.
Adolphus Estella
Cleck Mouncils
HONGKONG
PRINTRO BY AUTHORITY, AT the Office OF THE CHINA MAIL.
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