CO129-282 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [3-4] — Page 349

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ENCLOSURE 2

Minute by the Attorney General.

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Hon. Colonial Secretary.

By Article (1) of the Treaty signed at Wa-

shington June 3rd.,1892, it is provided that the Consul ( U.

S. ) shall have power to require from the proper authori-

ties, the assistance provided by law for the apprehension,re-

covery and restoration of any seaman who may desert" X X

from any American Ship.

The "assistance provided by law" appears

to be that provided by Ord. 26 of 1891, Sec. 20, sub sec. (1)

viz., that a deserting seaman may be arrested without war-

rant and conveyed before a Stipendiary Magistrate "and in

case such seaman shall refuse to return to his duty on

board the said ship or shall not give a sufficient reason

for such refusal the Stipendiary Magistrate may order such

seaman to be put forcibly on board the ship to which he may

belong or to be confined in any gaol or other place of secu-

rity within the Colony for any period until he can be put

on board his ship at her departure from the port or until

he shall be demanded by the master of the ship or by the

Consul of the country to which such ship may belong. "&c.,

,&c

Time of confinement not, to exceed 3 months.

The Magistrate, therefore, would appear to

have