2.
of these Ordinances a,
a provision
which appears of a very questionable nature. It makes
it lawful wither for a Constable
or
for the master or person
in charge of the ship, or for any one specially deputed by
such master or
• person in
charge to arrest such seamen
without warrant and to carry
him before a Justice of the
Peace.
3. As the Adinance
has now been for
some time
in operation, you may have had some experience of the
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working of this part of it:
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but supposing that experience has proved favourable beyond my
anticipations, I consider it
to require immediate amend-
ment.
To arm those in
charge of Foreign Ships with
an unrestricted power of arrest-
ing any of their seamen whom they
consider to be abscond-
ing or absenting
themselves
from their duties, can
scarcely
fail to lead to tumults and
violence.
4. The Act of New
South Wales of 1845 which