1322 ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879.
Merchant Shipping.
Powers of Magistrates .
Any breach of 32. Where no penalty is specially attached by this chapter to the
this chapter
punishable by breach or infringement of any provision herein contained, the same shall
fine, &c.
[Ordinance be punishable by a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars , and in
I of 1862,
see. 29. ] default of payment thereof, imprisonment with or without hard labour
not exceeding one month.
CHAPTER II .
LIGHTHOUSES, BUOYS , OR BEACons .
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Interpreta 33. In the construction of this chapter, the term " lighthouses '
tion clause.
[Ordinance shall , in addition to the ordinary meaning of the word , include lightships
17 of 1873,
sec. 2. ] and all floating and other lights exhibited for the guidance of ships ; and
the terms " buoys and beacons ” shall include all other marks and signs
of the sea.
Po ver to erect 2. It shall be lawful for the Governor to erect and maintain within
lighthouses,
&c. the Colony such lighthouses, buoys, or beacons as the Governor in
Ibid, sec. 3. ]
Council shall think necessary to be exhibited for the guidance of ships .
Power to 3. It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, with the
raise neces
sary funds by assent of the Legislative Council, to raise by way of public loan, upon
public loan.
Ibid, sec. 4.] the security of the general revenues of the Colony, such sums of money
as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid , and every loan so raised
shall be a charge upon the said Colonial revenue.
Powerto 4. It shall be lawful for the Governor, in the meanwhile, with such
advance
funds out of assent as aforesaid , to order the payment, by way of temporary advance,
the Colonial
Treasury . out of any monies for the time being in the Colonial Treasury, of such
[Ibid, sec. 5.]
sums of money arising from the general revenues of the Colony, as may
be required for the purposes aforesaid : Provided always that all sums of
money so advanced out of the general revenue of the Colony , shall be
repaid into the Treasury out of the sums which may be raised by way of
Joan under the provisions in that behalf hereinbefore contained .
[ The provisions of these sub-sections are extended to the Gap Rock
Lighthouse by Ordinance No. 35 of 1889. ]
Light Dues.
Light dues. 34. The owner or master of every ship which enters the waters of
[ Ibid, sec. 6.]
the Colony, shall pay such dues in respect of the said lighthouses , buoys ,
or beacons as may, from time to time, be fixed by order of the Governor