HANKOW MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS.
Ch, XVII
Regulations of the Municipal Bureau of the Special Administrative District
No. 3 of Hankow.
CHAPTER I-GENERAL.
Article 1. The territorial limits of the Special Administrative District No. 3 of Hankow within which these Regulations are binding are the same as those of the area heretofore known as the British Concession, including the foreshore' down to the river at low water.
Article 2. The Special Administrative District No. 3 of Hankow shall be under the control and management of a Municipal Bureau (Chapter 2) in accordance with these regulations.
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Article 3. Certificates of title to land within the District or certificates of per- manent lease shall be issued by the Bureau upon the application of the parties con- 'cerned or their duly authorized agents within 60 days after execution.
Charges by way of mortgage shall within one month of execution be registered at the Bureau upon application of the parties concerned or their agents.
Article 4. Extraterritorialized foreigners before leasing land and/or buildings within the District shall obtain from their respective Consul or Consul-General for presentation to the satisfaction of the Bureau a written guaranty wherein the said Consul or Consul-General guarantees to enforce against the person about to lease the land or buildings in question all the Regulations and Bye-laws of the District for the time being in force.
Article 5. Individual property rights and other rights partaking of the nature thereof being recognized, there shall be no interference with current bund frontage licences, and such licences shall continue to be issued by the Municipal Administration on existing lines with an option of renewal upon expiration to the holders; and future. bund frontage facilities shall be offered in the first instance to British and Chinese firms.
CHAPTER II-THE MUNICIPAL BUREAU.
Article 6. The Bureau shall have a Director who shall be selected and appoint- ed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. His appointment shall be confirmed by the Nationalist Government. The Director shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the District and the ex-officio chairman of the Council as provided for in Article 7 hereof.
Article 7. The Bureau shall have a Council of seven (7) members, including the Director of the Bureau who shall be the ex-officio chairman of the Council. The remaining six (6) members shall consist of three (3) Chinese and three (3) British who shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting (Vide Article 30 hereof) from amongst those voters of the District who are qualified for election.
No one shall be qualified to be a member of the Council who is not entitled under Article 38 hereof at least two votes.
The Chinese and British members of the Council for the year 1927 will be. nominated by the Chinese and British authorities respectively and thereafter elected in accordance with these Regulations.
If any vacancies occur during the year 1927 owing to any member's inability to serve, illness or death, the Chinese and British authorities respectively shall have the power to fill such vacancies by nomination as in the case of the original members. Thereafter vacancies will be filled in accordance with these regulations.
Article 8. The Bureau shall have an Executive Secretary, who shall, subject to the direction and supervision of the Director, direct and supervise the work of all officials and employees of the Bureau.
Article 9. The Bureau shall have an Assistant Executive Secretary who shall assist the Executive Secretary in conducting all affairs of the Bureau.
Article 10. The Bureau many appoint and employ such other officials and employees as are required to attend to the various kinds of work of the Bureau. These officers and employees shall be under the control of the Director and subject to the direction and supervision of the Executive Secretary.
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