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Ch. XVII
HANKOW MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS.
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Article 11. The Bureau shall have a Chief of Police, who shall be under the control of the Director and in consultation with the Executive Secretary have charge of and attend to the police affairs of the District.
Article 12. The Executive Secretary of the Bureau shall be appointed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs upon the nomination of the Director and with the approval of the Council as recorded by a majority vote.
The Assistant Executive Secretary and the Chief of Police shall be appointed by the written order of the Director of the Bureau. These appointments shall also be subject to the approval of the Council by a majority vote.
All other appointments shall be at the discretion of the Director provided that the total personnel shall be commensurate with the actual requirements of the Bureau, with a view to avoid over or understaffing. The total sum expended by way of remuneration of the staff shall in no case exceed that provided for this purpose in the budget as adopted by the Annual General Meeting.
No officer or employee of the Bureau irrespective of rank shall be dismissed or transferred, nor shall his honorarium, salary or wage be reduced without adequate
cause.
All staff appointments of the Bureau shall be reported by the Director to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for record.
Article 13. The Bureau shall collect all taxes, dues, rates, fees and the like in accordance with the Bye -laws and such other Tariffs as are now in force and/or may be made operative by the Annual General Meeting.
Immovable property in the District will be subjected to no other taxation (apart from Chinese Government land tax) than that aufhorized under these Regulations.
Article 14. At the end of each year a list, showing the assessed value of every lot of land and of every building owned by Ratepayers in the District, shall be drawn up by the Bureau, and the owner of such land and buildings shall be notified of the said assessed value on or before the 14th day of December in every year. Any such owner may, within one month of receiving such notification, protest against such an assessed value before the Director of the Bureau, who shall take all necessary steps to settle the matter definitely.
Article 15. The Bureau shall take all necessary steps to recover
arrears of taxes and dues of whatever nature levied under these Regulations, and all fines and penalties imposed thereunder and its action in these matters shall be final.
In suing extraterritorialized foreigners for default in payment, the Bureau shall apply to the Consular or other Courts under whose jurisdiction such defaulters may be.
Article 16. The Bureau shall control the finance of the District. All receipts shall be deposited in a Bank or Banks to be designated by the Council, and all expenditures shall be limited to the use of the District. Payments shall all be made by cheques made out by the Secretary which shall be signed by the Director and countersigned by two Councillors, one of whom shall be British.
The Bureau shall take over the financial obligations of the British municipality duly contracted under the ratepayers' authority.
The balance sheets showing all receipts and expenditures of the preceding fiscal year having been first duly audited by joint Chinese and British auditors, and the budget for the current year, shall be presented at the Annual General Meeting of the Ratepayers for confirmation and approval.
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CHAPTER III-THE COUNCIL.
Article 17. The Council assumes office immediately after the Annual General Meeting and remains in office until the next Annual General Meeting.
Article 18. During the second half of the month of February in every year two electors registered under Article 42, may nominate one. ΟΙ more persons but not exceeding three Chinese and three British for election as members of the Council, from persons entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting. All such nominations shall be sent in writing to the Bureau with the signature of the proposer, seconder
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