CO885-5 — Page 320

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference :-

J

C.O.

885

196

exceed fifty (50) dollars, or sixty (60) days' imprisonment. If a licensed publican or boatinan be convicted of the above offence he shall be liable to have his license cancelled.

Dated at Apia, Samoa, 1st April, A.D). 1881.

• Concerning Firearms.

XVI. On and after the first day of January 1880, the sale of firearms and ammu- nition is hereby prohibited without a special license from the municipal board. Any breach of this regulation shall be punished by a fine not to exceed two hundred (200) dollars (and one half of the fine imposed shall be paid to the informer), or, by impri- sonment, not to exceed six months, with or without hard labour, or by both fine and imprisonment not to exceed the above-mentioned penalties.

Concerning Trades and Professions.

XVII. Any person following or exercising any of the professions, trades, or callings enumerated in the schedule annexed to this regulation, whether jointly with any other profession, trade, or calling, or otherwise, shall take out a license and pay a license fee at the rate per year set forth in said schedule. All such licenses shall, on application, be issued by the municipal board for three, six, nine, or twelve months on payment in advance of the quarterly fee required in respect of each profession, trade, or calling, and in all cases licenses shall date from the first day of January, April, July, or October, and shall expire on the last day of March, June, September, or December, as the case may be.

XVIII. Persor. exercising, following, or engaging in any of the professions, trades, or callings enumerated in the schedule aforesaid without a license at any time after the lapse of seven days from the first day of the months of January, April, July, and October respectively, shall, on conviction in a summary manner, forfeit a sum not exceeding one hundred (100) dollars, or in default of payment shall be imprisoned not to exceed seventy-five days.

XIX. There shall be five classes of licenses in general for stores.

SCHEDULE.

Class I.

197

Special Licenses.

Nature of License.

Per annum.

8

60 00

-

24 00

12. 00

Attorney, Barrister or Solicitor

Auctioneer or Commission Agent

Baker

Banks, or Companies carrying on banking business

Barber Blacksmith

Boatbuilder

Butcher

Cargo boat or lighter, plying for hire Carpenter

Photographer or Artist (not employed) Engineer

do. assistant

do.

Pilot

apprentice

Printing Press

Sailmaker (not employed)

Shipbuilder

Shoemaker

Surveyor of Land Tailor

Waterman (not employed) for each boat

60 00

6 00

00

00

12 00

6 00

00

12 00

12 00

6 00

3 00

24

00

12 00

6 00

200220322000000

6 00 00

6 00 00

6 00

LXXIV. Every salesman, book-keeper, and clerk, whose salary, wage, or pay does not exceed seventy-five (75) dollars per month, shall take out a license, for which he shall pay three (3) dollars per annum, and every such person whose salary, wages, or pay exceeds seventy-five (75) dollars per month, shall take out a license, for which he shall six (6) dollars per annum. Any violation of this and the preceding regulation punished according to Regulation XVIII. Board and lodging provided by the employer to be reckoned as salary at the rate of thirty dollars per month.

shall

Gg 4

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO

All stores whose monthly sales are above two thousand (2,000) dollars shall pay for a

first-class license at the rate of one hundred (100) dollars per annum.

Class II.

All stores whose monthly sales are below two thousand (2,000) dollars, and above oue thousand (1,000) dollars, shall pay for a second-class license at the rate of forty-eight (48) dollars per annum.

Class III.

All stores whose monthly sales are below one thousand (1,000) dollars, and above five hundred (500) dollars, shall pay for a third-class license at the rate of thirty-six (36) dollars per annum.

Class IV.

All stores whose monthly sales are below five hundred (500) dollars, and above two hundred and fifty (250) dollars, shall pay for a fourth-class license at the rate of twenty-four (24) dollars per annum.

Class V.

All stores whose monthly sales are below two hundred and fifty (250) dollars shall pay

for a fifth-class license at the rate of twelve (12) dollars per annum.

Unlicensed Traders.

XX. All persons other than licensed butchers selling fresh meat within the Municipality shall pay a tax of one per cent. on their sales.

Concerning Fast Riding.

XXV. Fast riding through the streets of Apia is hereby prohibited, and the police are hereby authorised and instructed to arrest any person violating this regulation, who shall be fined not to exceed five (5) dollars, or who shall be imprisoned with or without hard labour not to exceed six days for each offence, and shall be liable for injury and damages done.

Concerning Animals.

XXVI. Any person tying horses or cattle in such a manner that the animals may be on the public roads and paths, or so that the ropes may extend across said roads and paths, shall be fined not to exceed two (2) dollars for each offence of each such animal, and shall be liable for injury and damages done.

This regulation shall not be so construed as to apply to horses and vehicles in waiting in front of any premises, provided that the same do not in any way obstruct the free passage of the road.

Dated, Apia, 3rd October, 1884.