290
Penalty for bringing Mendicants into the Colony.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH JULY, 1866.
XXI. Every Master of a Junk bringing into the Colony any Person who shall, in the opinion of the Court before which the offence shall be tried, have come to the Colony for the purposes of Mendicancy, or any person suffering from Leprosy or other contagious diseases, shall be liable to pay a Fine not exceeding Ten Dollars and not less than One Dollar for every such Person so brought by him as aforesaid.
XXII. It shall be lawful for any Person deputed thereto by the Governor or by the Commander of any of Her Majesty's Ships-of-War or for any Officer or Constable of the Police Force, at any time to board any Junk within the Waters of the Colony and demand the production of either an Anchorage Pass, a Clearance, Special Permit, or License, and in case, by reason of the non-production of any one of such Documents or for any other reason, there shall be ground to believe or suspect that any Provision of this Ordinance has been violated by the Master of such Junk, or in case the Document produced shall appear from the date thereof or from any other cause to have been unlawfully obtained or to be unlawfully used, to arrest such Junk and her Cargo and the Master of such Junk, and deliver them into the Custody of the Superintendent of Police.
XXIII. Every Offence against the Provisions of this Ordinance shall be a Misdemeanor and may be tried in a summary way, either by the Marine Magistrate or by the two Police Magistrates or either of them: Provided always that the trial of every Offence, the commission of which may render any Junk or Cargo liable to Forfeiture under the Provisions of this Ordinance, shall be tried at the Harbor Master's Office or at such other place as the Governor may direct by the Marine Magistrate and a Police Magistrate sitting together, who shall have power in their discretion to extend the period limited for an appeal from their Decision to the Supreme Court under Ordinance No. 4 of 1858, either before or after the expiration thereof.
XXIV. Every Junk of which the Master shall be charged with having violated the Provisions of this Ordinance shall be forthwith arrested and detained until the said Master shall either have been acquitted of the Offence charged or if found guilty, shall have paid the Fine inflicted upon him, and in case he shall fail to pay within Ten Days any Fine which may be inflicted upon him, the same may be recovered by the sale of such Junk and the balance, if any, of the net Proceeds thereof, after deducting therefrom the expenses of such sale and the amount of such Fine as aforesaid, shall be paid to the Owner or Owners of the Junk if claimed within Twelve Calendar Months from the date of sale: Provided that in case there shall be in the Colony any Consignee or Agent of such Junk registered under Section XI, no sale thereof shall be made in pursuance of this Section until Three Days previous notice thereof shall have been given in writing to such Consignee or Agent.
XXV. Every Junk forfeited or sold under the Provisions of this Ordinance shall be transferred to the Purchaser thereof at his expense by a Bill of Sale from the Harbor Master, and such Bill of Sale shall confer upon such Purchaser, his Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, an indefeasible title to such Junk.
XXVI. It shall be lawful for the Harbor Master in such cases as he shall think fit to grant to any person resident in this Colony a License for any Junk or Lorchas authorizing the same to ply between this Colony and the Ports in the Empire of China during such period and subject to such conditions as the Harbor Master with the approval of the Governor may determine, and which conditions shall be endorsed on or contained in such License, and such Junk or Lorcha having obtained a License, the Master thereof shall cause the Number of said License to be painted in Black Figures, 20 inches in length (to the satisfaction of the Harbor Master) on a White Ground on each bow. Provided that no such License shall be granted unless the intended Licensee shall enter into a Bond together with one or more Sureties resident in the Colony, and to be approved of by the Harbor Master, conditioned in any Sum not exceeding $1,500 for the observance of the conditions of such License.
XXVII. Every Master or other Person in charge of any Junk, Vessel, or Boat, whether licensed or not, shall obey any orders which the Harbor Master or his Deputy may see fit to give under a penalty not exceeding One hundred Dollars and not less than Ten Dollars.
XXVIII. The Governor and Executive Council are hereby empowered to make such Rules and Regulations as to them shall seem fit for the proper carrying out of the Provisions of this Ordinance, and also to vary from time to time the fees chargeable to each Junk under this Ordinance, and to prescribe from time to time the forms of all Licenses, Passes, Permits, and Clearances under this Ordinance, and to provide adequate means for preventing, by force when necessary, any Junk from leaving the Harbor of Hongkong or other Station in violation of any provision of this Ordinance.
XXIX. It shall be lawful for the Harbor Master in such cases as he shall think fit to grant to any person resident in the Colony a License for any Boat or Vessel to be used solely as a Fishing Boat or Vessel for such period and subject to such conditions as the Harbor Master with the approval of the Governor may determine, and which conditions shall be endorsed upon or contained in such License. And such Boat or Vessel having obtained a License, the Master thereof shall cause the Number of said License to be painted in White Figures (to the satisfaction of the Harbor Master) 20 inches in length on a Black Ground on each bow.
XXX. The several Fees hereinafter specified shall be payable under this Ordinance until altered by the Governor and Executive Council:
For an Anchorage Pass, $20.00 Seagoing License, a year, 10.00 Do., a month and fraction of a month, 2.00 Special Permit, 1.00 Fishing License, a year, 1.00 Do., a month and fraction of a month, $00.50 Day Clearance, 00.25 Night do., 00.25An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, dividing the City of Victoria into Districts and for the better Registration of Houses and Servants in the Colony of Hongkong.
Whereas it is expedient to make Provision for the Registration of Houses in Victoria and also of Chinese Servants in the regular employ of persons other than Chinese residing therein: Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Victoria Registration Ordinance 1866."
II. In the construction of this Ordinance, the term "The Governor" shall mean His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of Hongkong or the Officer for the time being administering the Government of the said Colony.
The term "Householder" shall mean any Person actually occupying the whole of any building or tenement in a District of Victoria or, in case where there shall be no such Person, then the immediate landlord of the whole of such building or tenement.
The term "Servant" shall mean every Chinese regularly employed in or about the Dwelling House, Office, Shop, or other Establishment of any Person not being a Chinese, within a District of Victoria.
III. The Town of Victoria shall, for the Purposes of Registration under this Ordinance, be divided into the Nine following districts, that is to say: (1) Shektongtsui, (2) Sai Ying Poon, (3) Taipingshan, (4) Sheong Wan, (5) Choong Wan North and South, (6) Ha Wan, (7) Wanchai, (8) Bowrington, (9) So Kun Poo, and the boundaries of the said Districts shall be those specified in the Map regulating and defining the boundaries of the said Districts, and the said Map shall be kept in the Office of the Registrar General and a duplicate of the same in the Office of the Surveyor General.
IV. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to alter all or any of the said Districts or their boundaries.
V. A separate Register Book in respect of each of the said Districts shall be kept in the Registrar General's Office.
VI. Every Person being a Householder at the commencement of this Ordinance shall, within Thirty Days next thereafter, furnish to the Registrar General the following particulars to be kept in the Register of such District:
1st. The name of the Street in which his House is situate and the Street number thereof.
2nd. His name and address and Profession or Trade.
3rd. The name, condition, or occupation of any person renting any portion of the said House from such Householder.
and such other Particulars as may from time to time be required of him by the Registrar General, who, when necessary, shall supply blank forms for such purposes.
290
Penalty for bringing
Colony.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28тu JULY, 1866.
XXI. Every Master of a Junk bringing into the Colony any Person who shall in Mendicants into the the opinion of the Court before which the offence shall be tried, have come to the Colony for the purposes of Mendicancy, or any person suffering from Leprosy or other contagious diseases, shall be liable to pay a Fine not exceeding Ten Dollars and not less than One Dollar for every such Person so brought by him as aforesaid.
Power to board any Junk and demand
inspection of
Documents,
Trial of Offences under this Ordinance.
In case of non-
XXII. It shall be lawful for any Person deputed thereto by the Governor or by the Commander of any of Her Majesty's Ships-of-War or for any Officer or Constable of the Police Force, at any time to board any Junk within the Waters of the Colony and demand the production of either an Anchorage Pass, a Clearance, Special Permit, or License, and in case by reason of the non-production of any one of such Documents or for any other reason, there shall be ground to believe or suspect that any Provision of this Ordinance has been violated by the Master of such Junk, or in case the Document produced.shall appear from the date thereof or from any other cause to have been unlawfully obtained or to be unlawfully used, to arrest such Junk and her Cargo and the Master of such Junk, and deliver them into the Custody of the Superintendent of Police.
XXIII. Every Offence against the Provisions of this Ordinance shall be a Mis- demeanor and may be tried in a summary way, either by the Marine Magistrate or by the two Police Magistrates or either of them: Provided always that the trial of every Offence, the commission of which may render any Junk or Cargo liable to Forfeiture under the Provisions of this Ordinance, shall be tried at the Harbor Master's Office or at such other place as the Governor may direct by the Marine Magistrate and u Police Magistrate sitting together, who shall have power in their discretion to extend the period limited for an appeal from their Decision to the Supreme Court under Ordi- nance No. 4 of 1858, either before or after the expiration thereof.
XXIV. Every Junk of which the Master shall be charged with having violated payment of Penalty by the Provisions of this Ordinance shall be forthwith arrested and detained until the said Master, the same may be levied by sale of Master shall either have been acquitted of the Offence charged or if found guilty, shall Junk.
have paid the Fine inflicted upon him, and in case he shall fail to pay within Ten Days any Fine which may be inflicted upon him, the same may be recovered by the sale of such Junk and the balance if any of the net Proceeds thereof, after deducting therefrom the expenses of such sale and the amount of such Fine as aforesaid, shall be paid to the Owner or Owners of the Junk if claimed within Twelve Calendar Months from the date of sale: Provided that in case there shall be in the Colony any Consignee or Agent of such Junk registered under Section XI, no sale thereof shall be made in pursuance of this Section until Three Days previous notice thereof shall have been given in writing to such Consignee or Agent.
Transfer to Purchaser upon sale of Junk.
Junk Licenses.
Penalty for disobeying Harbor Master's orders.
Governor and Execu-
XXV. Every Junk forfeited or sold under the Provisions of this Ordinance shall be transferred to the Purchaser thereof at his expense by a Bill of Sale from the Harbor Master, and such Bill of Sale shall confer upon such Purchaser his Executors, Adminis trators and Assigns an indefeasible title to such Junk.
XXVI. It shall be lawful for the Harbor Master in such cases as he shall think fit to grant to any person resident in this Colony a License for any Junk or Lorchs authorizing the same to ply between this Colony and the Ports in the Empire of China during such period and subject to such conditions as the Harbor Master with the approval of the Governor may determine, and which conditions shall be endorsed on or contained in such License and such Junk or Lorcha having obtained a License, the Master thereof shall cause the Number of said License to be painted in Black Figures 20 inches in length (to the satisfaction of the Harbor Master) on a White Ground on each bow. Provided that no such License shall be granted unless the intended Licensee shall enter into a Bond together with one or more Sureties resident in the Colony, and to be approved of by the Harbor Master conditioned in any Sum not exceeding $1,500 for the observance of the conditious of such License.
XXVII. Every Master or other Person in charge of any Junk, Vessel or Boat, whether licensed or not, shall obey any orders which the Harbor Master or his Deputy may see fit to give under a penalty not exceeding One hundred Dollars and not less than Ten Dollars.
XXVIII. The Governor and Executive Council are hereby empowered to make tive Council empower such Rules and Regulations as to them shall seem fit for the proper carrying out the carrying out provi- Provisions of this Ordinance, and also to vary from time to time the fees chargeable to sions of Ordinance. each Junk under this Ordinance, and to prescribe from time to time the forms of all
ed to frame Rules for
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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH JULY, 1866 Licenses, Passes, Permits, and Clearances under this Ordinance, and to provide ade- quate means for preventing by force when necessary any Junk from leaving the Harbor of Hongkong or other Station in violation of any provision of this Ordinance.
XXIX. It shall be lawful for the Harbor Master in such cases as he shall think Fishing Boat Licenses fit to grant to any person resident in the Colony a License for any Boat or Vessel to be used solely as a Fishing Boat or Vessel for such period and subject to such conditions as the Harbor Master with the approval of the Governor may determine and which conditions shall be endorsed upon or contained in such License. And such Boat or Vessel having obtained a License the Master thereof shall cause the Number of said License to be painted in White Figures, (to the satisfaction of the Harbor Master,) 20 inches in length on a Black Ground on each bow.
XXX. The several Fees hereinafter specified shall be payable under this Scale of Feen, Ordinance until altered by the Governor and Executive Council:-
$20.00 | For an Anchorage Pass,
Seagoing License, a year,
Do.,
a month and fraction
2.00
Special Permit,
of a month, Fishing License, a year,
Do,
10.00
Day Clearance,. Night do.,
a nonth and fraction of
1.00
a month,
.$00.50 00.25
00.25
1.00
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, dividing the City of Victoria into Districts and for the better Registration of Houses and Servants in the Colony of Hongkong.
Whereas it is expedient to make Provision for the Registration of Houses in Victoria and also of Chinese Servants in the regular employ of persons other than Chinese residing therein: Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:---
Title.
Preamble,
Short Title.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Victoria Registration Ordinance 1866." II. In the construction of this Ordinance the term "The Governor" shall mean Interpretation Clause. His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of Hongkong or the Officer for the time "The Governor." being administering the Government of the said Colony.
The term "Householder" shall mean any Person actually occupying the whole of any building or tenement in a District of Victoria or in case, where there shall be no such Person then the immediate landlord of the whole of such building or
tenement.
The term "Servant" shall mean every Chinese regularly employed in or about the Dwelling House, Office, Shop or other Establishment of any Person not being a Chinese, within a District of Victoria.
Householder."
"Servant."
of Victoria into
III. The Town of Victoria shall for the Purposes of Registration under this Division of the Town Ordinance be divided into the Nine following districts that is to say (1) Shektongtsui Districts. (2) Sai Ying Poon (3) Taipingshan (4) Sheong Wan (5) Choong Wan North and South (6) Ha Wan (7) Wanchai (8) Bowrington (9) So Kun Poo and the boundaries of the said Districts shall be those specified in the Map regulating and defining the boun- daries of the said Districts and the said Map shall be kept in the Office of the Registrar General and a duplicate of the same in the Office of the Surveyor General.
IV. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to alter all or Power to alter any of the said Districts or their boundaries.
Districts.
V. A separate Register Book in respect of each of the said Districts shall be kept Register of Districts. in the Registrar General's Office.
furnished by House-
VI. Every Person being a Householder at the commencement of this Ordinance Particulars to be shall within Thirty Days next thereafter furnish to the Registrar General the following holders. particulars to be kept in the Register of such District :—
1st. The name of the Street in which his House is situate and the Street number thereof.
2nd. His name and address and Profession or Trade.
3rd. The name condition or occupation of any person renting any portion of the said House from such Householder.
and such other Particulars as may from time to time be required of him by the Regis. trar General, who when necessary shall supply blank forms for such purposes.
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