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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD OCTOBER, 1868.
House property to be
distress.
compel all Persons who shall have been found guilty of any such Nuisance, after such adjudication as aforesaid, to satisfy all Charges and Expenses of or incident to the abatement, demolition, or removal thereof, and for which no other or no sufficient satisfaction is hereby provided, and shall thereupon, by Warrant under his or their Hand and Seal, or Hands and Seals, cause the same to be levied by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the said Persons respectively in case of default in payment.
LVIII. In the event of the insufficiency of any Distress to be made under this liable for deficiency of Ordinance, the House of the defaulter shall be subject and liable to defray the deficiency; and a Stipendiary Magistrate or Justice of the Peace upon the application of the Surveyor General shall by Warrant authorize and direct a proper Officer to seize and take possession of the said house, and to hold the same until such deficiency shall be defrayed, and all the accruing Rents and profits of the said House shall be applied by the said Magistrate or Justice in payment of the said deficiency.
Tanks, Reservoirs, and building materials.
Saving of existing remedies.
As to Powers of Governor.
Service of Notice.
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Governor authorised to grant to WM.
LIX. The Surveyor General, and his Officers are authorized to seize any Utensil, which he or they shall detect any Person in the act of dipping into any public Tank, Reservoir or Stream of Water; and also all building materials found by him or them deposited or lying upon any public Road, or in the Side Channels thereof; and all Utensils or Materials so seized may be lawfully confiscated by the Surveyor General, and disposed of as he shall direct.
LX. All existing remedies for the prevention or abatement of Nuisances and the punishment of those guilty thereof shall continue to be in Force notwithstanding this Ordinance.
LXI. Any Powers herein vested in the Governor may be by him delegated from time to time to the Surveyor General and resumed as may be judged most expedient by the Governor in Council.
LXII. A Notice, Summons, or Order may be served on the Owner or Occupier of any Premises, by leaving the same with the Occupier of such Premises, or with some Inmate of his abode, or if there is no Occupier by putting up such Notice, Summons or Order on a conspicuous Part of the Building or Premises to which the same relates; and it shall not be necessary to name the Owner or Occupier of such Premises; never- theless, when the Owner of any such Premises and his Residence, or that of his Agent, are known to the Party by whom or on whose behalf any Notice, Summons, or Order is intended to be served, it shall be the Duty of such Party to send every such Notice, Summons, or Order to the Residence or last known Residence of such Owner or of his Agent.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to enable the Governor in Council to grant a Pension to WILLIAM QUIN, Esquire, late Superintendent of Police.
Whereas WILLIAM QUIN, Esquire, has resigned the Office of Superintendent of Police, formerly held by him in this Colony, which said resignation His Excellency The GOVERNOR has been pleased to accept; And Whereas the period of Service of the said WILLIAM QUIN is not sufficient to entitle him to a Pension under the Regula- tions in force in Hongkong in that behalf, but it is nevertheless deemed expedient that a Pension of Two hundred Pounds per annum should be granted to him for the term of his natural life: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
I. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, to grant to WILLIAM QUIN, Esquire, QUIN, Esq. a Pension late Superintendent of Police in this Colony, a Pension of Two hundred Pounds per of £200 per annuin. annum under the same Regulations and Conditions, as if such Pension had been granted to him in pursuance of the Pension Minute of this Colony bearing date the 5th Day of May, 1862.
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An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for repealing the "Hongkong Emigration Ordinance, 1867," and for better securing the Health of Emigrants in Chinese Passenger Ships clearing from Hongkong.
Whereas it has become necessary to repeal the "Hongkong Emigration Ordinance, 1867," and amend the Provisions for securing the Health of Emigrants in Chinese Pas- senger Ships clearing from Hongkong: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:--
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