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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC-
COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
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salved to be con-
3. And whereas it is desirable that in all cases where any person Persons or property or persons on board of any boat or vessel belonging to the island shall rayed to nearest save life or property from any ship or vessel stranded or in distress, the port. person or persons and the property so saved should (notwithstanding anything contained in the terms of section 5 of Ordinance No. 7 of 1868) be landed at that port nearest to the spot where such salvage occurred, and the facts reported and the persons or property so salved immediately surrendered to the authorities of such port or place as aforesaid. Be it further enacted that in every case of salvage, if any Penalties in event person or persons, or any ship, property, cargo, apparel, or wreck of non-compliance. shall be brought by the salvor to any port in this island, such port not being the port nearest to the spot where the salvage services were rendered, no remuneration shall be payable to the salvors in respect of the services rendered to such person or persons, or to such ship, property, cargo, apparel, or wreck, and every such salvor shall, more. over, be liable to such fine not exceeding 1001., or to such period of imprisonment not exceeding three months, or to both such punish- ments as the Governor in Court of Sessions shall in each case deem fit to award.
Provided always that this section shall not apply, if it shall be Provided that spe- proved before the Wreck Receiver that the special circumstances of the cial circumstances
do not render case rendered a departure from the provisions thereof necessary for the another course safety of the salving vessels and their crews.
Decessary.
4: Section 16 of Ordinance No. 7 of 1868, 23rd of November, Section 16 of is hereby repealed.
Ordinance No. 7. 1858, repealed.
inventories and
5. The master or his representative shall sign all inventories and Master to sign all valuations of stranded or salved property which are taken under the valuations, and all terms of Section 14 of the Danish Strand Ordinance of 1803, and persons interested any person or persons who shall be concerned in such inventories allowed to take and valuations shall be at liberty to take copies thereof.
copies.
therein to be
קוי
inserted in the
newspapers.
6. In all cases of stranded or salved property, where no owner Where no owners or agent shall appear in person or by writing, the authorities shall or agenta appear in advertise such property by posting a placard or placards at the places public notice to be person or writing, where it shall be customary so to notify public announcements, and
placed and advertisements shall, at their discretion, cause advertisements to be published in such newspapers as they, the authorities, shall deem most advisable, and the period so allowed to such unknown owners or agents during which they shall be entitled to put in appearance, either in person or by appearance not to writing, for the purpose of claiming the direction and disposition of weeks and not to such stranded or salved property, shall not be less than four weeks, and exceed nine months. shall not exceed nine months from the date of such placards or advertisements as aforesaid:
Period allowed for
be less than four
Proviso whéra property of small value.
When no owner
appears, the Autho-
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Provided always that if the amount of property so stranded or salved as aforesaid shall be small in value, it shall be lawful for the authorities in their discretion to store such property until some further occasion shall justify the advertising the said property in conjunction with other property similarly situated.
7. When no owner or agent shall appear, either in person or by rities to take charge writing, before the expiration of such term as may be publicly notified by the authorities as aforesaid, the authorities shall, in the interest
in interest of the absent owner.
Property or pro- ceeds thereof (less expenses) to be delivered with the
accounts to the
owners, should they appear.
In case of no appearance within twelve months, property to vest in
the Crown.
Sections 25 and 26
of the absent owner, take the direction over auch property, and either store or sell the same by public auction or by private arrange- ment as may be most conducive to the interests of the owners as aforesaid, and the said authorities shall, on the appearance of such Owners or agents, deliver up such property, or the proceeds thereof (after deducting the expenses incurred in rewarding the salvors and the costs which shall have arisen), to the owners or agents so appearing, together with the accounts of all proceedings and
have taken place or been incurred.
expenses which shall
Provided that in case the owners shall not have appeared within twelve months from the time when the property shall have been advertised as aforesaid, such property, or the proceeds thereof, after deducting such expenses as aforesaid shall vest in the Crown.
8. Section 25 and 26 of the Danish Strand Ordinance of 1803,
of Danish Law of so far as they relate to the enactments contained in Section 6 and 7
of the present Ordinance, are hereby repealed.
1803 partially repealed.
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