CO129-016 - Sir John Davis - 1846 [1-6] — Page 12

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large after having information or reasonable ground for believ- ing it to be in a rabid state, or to have been bitten by any dog or other animal in a rabid state, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than Ten Pounds: And it is hereby further enacted and ordained, that it shall be lawful for any Constable belong- ing to the Police Force to destroy any dog which shall be found straying or wandering about during the day time with- out any owner, and not wearing a collar with the name and residence of the owner inscribed thereon; and such Constable is hereby further authorised to destroy any dog which shall be found straying or wandering about between the hours of ten o'clock at night and gunfire in the morning.

V. And be it further enacted and ordained, That no person to be fired near other than persons acting in obedience to lawful authority, shall discharge any cannon or other fire-arm of greater calibre than a common fowling piece within three hundred yards of any dwelling house within the said Colony to the annoyance of any inhabitant thereof; and every person who, after being warned of the annoyance by any inhabitant, shall discharge any such fire-arm, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than Ten Pounds.

Prohibiting Of VI. And be it further enacted and ordained, That every fences in the Co- longsor Harbour person who within the said Colony, or the harbour or waters of Hongkong.

thereof, shall commit any of the following offences, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than Ten Pounds, or in the discretion of the convicting Magistrate to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding Fourteen Days:-

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1. Every person who shall knowingly take in exchange from any seaman or other person, not being the owner or master of any vessel, anything belonging to any vessel lying in the harbour or waters aforesaid, or any part of the cargo of such vessel, or any stores or articles in charge of the owner or master of any such vessel.

2. Every person who shall unlawfully cut, damage, or destroy any of the ropes, cables, cordage, tackle, headfasts, or other furniture of or belonging to any ship, boat, or vessel lying in the Harbour or waters aforesaid, with in- tent to steal or otherwise unlawfully obtain the same or any part thereof.

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3. Every person who for the purpose of preventing the seizure or discovery of any materials, furniture, stores, or merchandise belonging to or having been part of the of any ship, boat, or vessel lying in the Harbour or waters aforesaid, or of any other articles unlawfully obtained from any such ship or vessel, shall wilfully let fall or throw into the Harbour or waters aforesaid, or in any other manner convey away from any ship, boat, or vessel, wharf, quay, or landing place any such article, or who shall be accessory

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to any such offence; and it shall be lawful for any Con- stable to take any such offender into custody and to seize and detain any boat in which such person shall be found, or out of which any article shall be so let fall, thrown, or conveyed away.

4. Every person who for the purpose of protecting or preventing any thing whatsoever from being lawfully seized within the said Colony or in the Harbour or waters thereof, on suspicion of its being stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained, or of preventing the same from being produced or made to serve as evidence concerning any felony or misdemeanour committed or supposed to have been committed within the said Colony or in the waters thereof, shall frame or cause to be framed any Bill of Parcels containing any false statement in regard to the name or abode of any alleged vender, the quantity or quality of any such thing, the place whence or the convey- ance by which the same was furnished, the price agreed upon or charged for the same, or any other particular, knowing such statement to be false, or who shall frau- dulently produce such Bill of Parcels, knowing the same to have been fraudulently framed.

5. Every person who shall within the said Colony or in the Harbour or waters thereof bore, pierce, break, cut, open, or otherwise injure any cask, box, or package containing wine, spirits, or other liquors on board any ship, boat, or vessel, or in or upon any warehouse, wharf, quay, or bank, with intent feloniously to steal or other- wise unlawfully obtain any part of the contents thereof, or who shall unlawfully drink or wilfully spill or allow to run to waste any part of the contents thereof.

6. Every person who shall within the said Colony or in the Harbour or waters thereof wilfully cause to be broken, pierced, started, cut, torn, or otherwise injured any cask, chest, bag, or other package containing any goods while on board of any barge, lighter, or other craft, lying in the Harbour or waters aforesaid, or any quay, creek, wharf, or landing place adjacent to the same, or on the way to or from any warehouse, with intent that the contents of such package or any part

thereof may spilled or dropped from such package.

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board vessels.

VII. And be it further enacted and ordained, That any Superintendents Superintendent or Inspector belonging to the Police-force shall and Inspectors may have power by virtue of his office to enter at all times, with such Constables as he shall think necessary, as well by night as by day, into and upon every ship, boat, or other vessel (not being then actually employed in Her Majesty's service) lying in the Harbour or waters aforesaid, and into every part of such vessel, for the purpose of inspecting and upon occasion directing the conduct

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