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XXVII. For stray animals within the Municipality of Apia the fines shall be as follows, viz. :-
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XXVIII. The police are hereby authorised and instructed to warn any one when necessary against the indecent exposure of his person in public, and against coinmitting any nuisance in any public place under penalty of being fined not to exceed five (5) dollars for each such offence, or of being imprisoned with or without hard labour not to exceed six days.
Concerning Public Gatherings.
XXIX. Public assemblies of Samoans from districts outside the Tuamasaga territory will not be allowed within the Municipality of Apia without special permission from the Municipal Board. And on all such occasions the discharge of firearms is hereby prohibited when other than blank cartridges are used.
Concerning Prisoners and Deserters.
XXX. Anyone harbouring or concealing any escaped prisoner, or deserter from a ship of war or merchant vessel shall be fined not to exceed ten (10) dollars, or imprisoned not to exceed twelve days with or without hard labour for each offence.
XXXI. Anyone aiding a prisoner to escape or a sailor to desert from a vessel shall be fined not to exceed ten (10) dollars, or shall be imprisoned with or without hard labour not to exceed twelve days.
Concerning Assaults upon Public Officers.
XXXII. Anyone assaulting or in anywise molesting any member of the Municipal Board shall be fined not to exceed two hundred (200) dollars, or shall be imprisoned with or without hard labour not to exceed six months, or shall be fined and imprisoned not to exceed the before-mentioned penalties.
Concerning Taxes.
XXXIII. A tax of one per cent. shall be levied on the real value of all houses and lands, except churches, hospitals and schools, within the town and district of Apia, payable to the Treasurer quarterly in advance.
LXXXIII. So much of Regulation XXXIII. as applies to the property of Samoans, or other natives of the Pacific Ocean, is hereby repealed; and a poll tax of one (1) dollar per annum, payable in advance, shall be levied on all male adult Samoans, or other male adult Islanders of the Pacific Ocean, resident within the municipality.
LXXXVI. Any person who shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of Municipal Regulations XXXIII., XXXIV., and LXXXIII., shall on conviction be fined not to exceed one hundred (100) dollars, or in default shall be imprisoned not to exceed 75 days.
XXXIV. All male persons of the age of twenty-one years, except ministers of the Gospel, priests, teachers, and representatives of Foreign Governments, not paying taxes or licenses otherwise, shall pay a head tax of one (1) dollar each annually in
advance.
Concerning Police.
XXXV. There shall be one chief of police for the Municipality of Apia, and as many subordinates as may be necessary to preserve good order and to protect the lives and property of those within the Municipality.
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XXXVI. All policemen shall be appointed by the Municipal Board, and shall be subject only to their authority and instructions and hold office during their pleasure.
XXXVII. The chief of the police shall have the right to nominate his subordinates, but their appointment must be confirmed by the Municipal Board; or said nominations may be rejected by the Municipal Board, who nay then nominate and appoint such subordinate policemen as they deem most suitable.
XXXIX. There shall be a place where the chief of police can be found when not on duty, and his subordinates shall report to him at such times and places as he may direct.
XL. Any member of the police force who shall receive any remuneration, other than his salary, for any official service, shall pay the same to the Municipal Board or be liable to be dismissed.
XLI. Any person interfering with a police officer in the discharge of his official duties shall on conviction be fined not to exceed fifty (50) dollars, or shall be imprisoned with or without hard labour not to exceed six weeks for each offence, or shall be both fined and imprisoned.
XLII. Any policeman who shall leave the service without permission, or without a fortnight's previous notice of his intention to do so, shall forfeit his punished otherwise.
Dated at Apia, Samoa, December 31st, 1879.
Concerning the Magistrate.
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LIX. The Magistrate's court shall be open every day in the week (except Sundays, Christmas, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Boxing Day, March 22nd, May 24, and July 4) for the hearing of cases between the hours of 10 am, and 4 p.m.
LX. The Magistrate shall hand over to the Municipal Board for examination the minute book of the Magistrate's court at their sitting on the first Friday in each month.
LXI. The Magistrate shall hold his court at such place as may be provided for him.
LXII. The Magistrate shall hold his office during the term for which he is appointed by the Municipal Board.
Concerning the Port of Apia.
LXIV. All vessels (except those belonging to the Samoan group and engaged in the inter-island or coasting trade,) coming into and leaving the harbour of Apia, shall take the pilot licensed by the Municipal Board.
LXV. The pilotage shall be at the rate of (81) dollar per foot draught of water in, and one (1) dollar per foot draught of water out of, port, and the pilot may arrange with any captain for extra service, towing, use of boat, &c., &c.
LXVI. All vessels coming into the port of Apia shall be anchored in such a position as the pilot may direct.
Alteration in Regulation LXVI.
To read after the first sentence :-
For changing any vessel from her moorings from one part of the harbour to another, the pilot shall receive five dollars, Dated, Apia, 2nd May 1884.
LXVII. The master of any vessel desiring to change her from one place in the harbour to another shall notify the pilot, who shall direct the removal, unless he has good and sufficient reason to the contrary.
LXVIII. The pilot may order the removal of any vessel so anchored as to obstruct the navigation in or out of the harbour, or for any other good and sufficient reason; and any master of a vessel who shall refuse to comply with such order shall be liable to a fine of ten (10) dollars.
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LXIX. The throwing of ballast into the harbour is hereby strictly prohibited. And all masters or persons in command of vessels arriving in the port of Apia, and having ballast to discharge, shall notify the pilot who will inform them where to deposit the same; and the pilot shall take such precautions as he inay deem necessary, when vessel is receiving or discharging ballast, to prevent the same from falling into the harbour; and if any master or mate of a vessel receiving or discharging ballast shall neglect the necessary measures to prevent the same complaint of the pilot a policeman shall be placed on board such vessel at the vessel's from falling overboard, on Hh
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