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TABLE U.
Regulations for the Licensing, Management, and Control of Boats, &c.
GENERAL.
1. All boats or vessels referred to in these Regulations Obligation of must be duly licensed as therein directed. No person licence. shall engage or let out for hire any buat or vessel unless it has been licensed according to those Regulations.
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2. Every person in charge of a licensed boat or vessel showing of must stop and show his licence when required to do so by licence to any member of the Police Force or by any officer of the certain Harbour Department, or by any Revenae Officer, or by the employer of such boat or vessel, each of whom is hereby empowered to board and examine such boat or vessel,
3. All boats or vessels may be stopped and searched by Power to Gay member of the Police Force or by any officer of stop and the Harbour Department, or by any Revenue Officer, and search. every person in or on board such beat or vessel shall answer truly all questions put to him by such member er officer as to the ownership of such boat or vessel, and any such answer may be given in evidence in any proceedings thereafter instituted against any person in or on board of such boat or vessel at the time when she was so searched,
4 For any breach of these Regulations the licensee or Prosecution owner or any of the crew of a licensed boat or vessel shall for breach of be liable to be prosecuted before a Magistrate, and, if Regolations. found guilty, to be punished accordingly.
5. Any breach of these tegulations shall be punishable Penalty for with a penalty ant exceeding one hundred dollars or in breach of default of payment with imprisonmens for thres months Regulations, with or without hard labour.
6. Licences shall be issued by the Harbour Master on Issue of production of a certificate from the Inspector of Junks licences by stating the particulars required by the Form hereto the Harbour annexed. Each licence shall be numbered and shall not Master. be transferable.
7. Whenever any licence issued under these Regnia las of tions has been lost or destroyed, a duplicate thereof may duplicate be granted by the proper officer if he is satisfied of such licenc.s. loss or destruction, upon payment of one-tenth of the original fee in no case exceeding $1.
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8. The issue of a licence shall be in the discretion of Suspension the Harbour Master and any incence may be suspended or or cinsel- cancelled by him, if it shall be proved to his satisfaction licenes by after due enquiry that the licensee or any of the crew of the Harbour the boat or vessel has been guilty of any breach of these Muster. Regulations or of raisconduct in connection with the requirements thereof.
9. Licences shall state the length breadth, depth, and rarticulars measurement in picals of the boat or vessel and shall be and duration valid for one year only or for such less period as shall be of licences. named in the licence. For those mentioned under I, III and IV of these Regulations, licences will be issued from the 1st July and for the remainder from the 1st April. Half yearly licences may be issued at the discre- tion of the Harbour Master.
10 Every boat or vessel, for which a licence has been Painting of granted, shall carry on each bow and on the stern the number ef number of the licence legibly painted to the satisfaction of licens, the Harbour Master, and branded on the bull in figures two inches in length. Such number shall be the only one permitted and shall not be concealed.
The number shall be painted by persons duly authorised Painting of in that behalf by the Harbour Master and for such fees as ber by he shall from time to time direct.
anthorised persons.
11. No boat or vessel shali ply for hire within 300 feet Prohibition of any Ship-of-War without the written permission of the of pixing Harbour Master or of the officer in command of such near Ship-of- Ship-of-War.
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12. Every junk, cargo-boat or other vessel, when lying Yalo to be alongside any ship or landing place, or at anchor within rigged in. the waters of the Colony, shall keep her "Yulo" out of water and rigged in so as not to project out-board.