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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

C.O.

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8855 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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Nationality.

Apai

Other Nationalities

Ab Sing

German

British American

Other Nationalities

Dr. STUEBEL

Name.

194

Assessment.

Total.

$

$

300

400

Ah Chong

500

P. H. Krause

2,830

R. C. Mission

6,650

Mary Grote

200

Nine Islanders

250

Peto

150

400

16,440

271,200

Zuano

SUMMARY.

Enclosure 17.

(See paragraph 190 of Report.)

MUNICIPALITY OF APIA.

Municipal Regulations, 1879–1886.

WILFRED POWELL, Esq.

B. GREENEBAUM, Esq. -

Messrs. H. MARTIN RUGE.

Treasurer

Collector

Health Officer

Pilot

Municipal Magistrate -

MUNICIPAL BOARD.

March, 1886.

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$

163,280

53,920

37,560

16,440

271,200

Imperial German Consul-General.

Her Britannic Majesty's Consul. United States Cónsul.

J. E. V. ALVORD.

MUNICIPAL MAGISTRATE.

S. DEAN.

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H. MARTIN RUGE.

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Dr. Ross, M.B.

A. SCHMIDT.

T. MABEN.

MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS.

Concerning the Treasurer.

III. A treasurer shall be elected whose duty it shall be to take charge of all public moneys, and to disburse them only under an order from the municipal board. The treasurer shall receive as compensation for his services a commission not to exceed 5 per cent. of all public moneys paid into the treasury during his term of office.

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LVI. The treasurer shall receive and take charge of all moneys payable to the municipality, and give receipts for the same.

LVII. The treasurer shall not pay out any such moneys except on a draft approved by the municipal board, or on a written order from the municipal board.

LVIII. The treasurer shall keep an account of all moneys received and disbursed, which account he shall render to the municipal board at their meeting on the first Friday of each quarter.

Dated at Apia, Samoa, December 6th, 1879, and January 12th, 1880.

Concerning Public Houses and Intoxicating Drinks.

VIII. No one shall have the right to sell intoxicating drinks by retail without first obtaining a license from the municipal board of Apia, which license shall be paid for quarterly, in advance, on the first day of January, April, July, and October, at the rate of ten (10) dollars per month, provided his sales of such drinks do not exceed two hundred and fifty (250) dollars per month; and at the rate of twelve (12) dollars per month if his sales of such drinks exceed two hundred and fifty (250) dollars per

month.

IX. Any one convicted of selling intoxicating drinks by retail, without a license, shall be fined not to exceed fifty (50) dollars (and one half of the fine imposed shall be paid to the informer), or shall be imprisoned with or without hard labour not to exceed six weeks.

NOTE.-Retail means less than an original case or less than two gallons of liquid imported in bulk.

X. Any licensed publican who shall sell or supply any intoxicating drink to a Samoan, or to any native of the Islands of the Pacific Ocean, shall, ou conviction, be fined five (5) dollars, or shall be imprisoned six days. Such conviction shall be endorsed on his license by the magistrate; and when two such endorsements have been made thereon, the offender's license shall be cancelled immediately.

XI. No licensed public house shall be opened to the public before 5 a.m. nor after 11 p.m. on week days, nor before 1 p.m. nor after 11 p.m. on Sundays, unless a special license has first been obtained for the occasion. Any breach of this regulation shall be punished by a fine of ten (10) dollars, and such breach thereof shall be endorsed on the offender's license, which may be cancelled for the third offence.

XII. Any licensed publican who shall sell or supply liquor to any person in a state of intoxication, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not to exceed five (5) dollars, and fo the third offence his license may be cancelled.

Regulations XIII, and XIV. Amended.

XIII. Any person who shall supply or sell any intoxicating drink to a Samoan, or to any other islander of the Pacific Ocean, without a written order from a person permitted to give such an order, shall be fined, not to exceed twenty-five (25) dollars, or imprisoned, not to exceed 30 days.

XIV. Any Pacific islander found intoxicated, or in possession of intoxicating liquor on his person or his premises, shall be fined, not to exceed ten (10) dollars, or imprisoned, not to exceed 12 days.

On reasonable suspicion, the police are authorised to enter any native house to make arrests and confiscate any intoxicating liquor.

Dated, Apia, 2nd May 1884.

XV. Any person found intoxicated and disorderly on the public highways shall be fined not to exceed ten (10) dollars, or shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, not to exceed 12 days, and shall be liable for any injury or damage done.

Dated at Apia, Samoa, 31st December 1879.

CVIII. Any person supplying or conveying, or causing to be supplied or conveyed, any intoxicating liquor on board of any vessel in the harbour of Apia without an order in writing signed by the master of such vessel, shall, on conviction, be fined not to Gg 3