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Beggars.

Cutting trees.

Night Soil.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6тu SEPTEMBER, 1862.

Furious riding.

Bathing.

Buildings, Shops, or at the corner of Streets. The carriage and foot way must always

• be kept clear.

Obeying calls of na-

ture.

Animal astray.

In what cases not to interfere otherwise than by reporting.

Offences to decency.

What do after ar- rest.

ces.

Proclamation, noti-

Drains, &c.

To examine his Beat before relief.

36. Mendicants exposing any infirmity or sore to view or importuning persons for alms.

37. Persons cutting or damaging young trees, and under shrubs on hill sides or elsewhere on Government ground."

38. Carrying night soil in Street after 6 A.M. in Summer, and 8 A.M. in Winter. 39. Furious riding and letting off crackers without permission."

40. Bathing in, or in any way defiling, public streains.

41. Obeying calls of nature near a public way or stream.

42. Animals astray in the public roads are to be seized and taken to the Pound.

43. If any disorder, which he may not think it his duty to quell at the time occurs at a public house, or if such public house be not shut at the prescribed hour; if any Street Lamp be not burning properly or unclean, or if filth be allowed to accumulate within the premises of any person; he will report these, and in general he will report all other circumstances, that he may notice to the Constable of the Section.

44. He will prevent any improper exposure of the person or offence to decency. 45. On arresting a person, he will report it at once to the Constable of the Section, if the Constable be at hand; otherwise he will convey the prisoner to the Station with- out delay.

46. He will take care that the Proclamations or any public Notices of the Govern- ment be not defaced or torn down.

47. He will see that Street Lamps, the gratings of drains, or the external fixtures. of Public Buildings be not removed or broken.

48. Before he be relieved, he shall scrutinize every part of his Beat, and inform To pass on his or- the person who is to relieve him of anything he may deem suspicious, or worthy of note, and explain any orders, he may have received from the Constable of the Section.

ders.

Conduct at Stations.

Mode of keeping Occurrence Book.

Notices to be posted in certain cases.

Mode of executing process.

Mcde of serving Summonses.

49. No Sergeant or Constable shall keep a mess for the convenience of other Con- stables; the Sergeant or Constable in charge of a Station shall be responsible for clean- liness and good order being maintained at the Station, and for the good conduct of the Constables residing there, whether on or off duty. He shall report to his Superior Officer every instance of misconduct; neither he nor any other Constable residing at the Station shall keep a dog or other such animal without leave of the Captain Superin- tendent.

50. The Officer deputed to receive charges at the Station shall keep an accurate record in a book of every occurrence coming under his notice during the day, and of the name of the Constable on the Beat in which the occurrence took place, and a copy of this record shall be transferred to the next morning's report.

51. When unclaimed Goods shall have been lodged at the Station; when a body- shall have been found aud not identified; or when animals have been confined in the Pound; in all such cases the fact shall be written in plain legible characters on a board which shall be hung up in a conspicuous part outside of the Station.

52. When a Constable shall have been entrusted with a Warrant or Summons or Process to be executed, he shall, if the exigency of the case permit, hand it to the Officer appointed to receive charges at the Central Station or to his immediate Superior who shall by endorsement thereon appoint proper Constables to execute it, and it shall be returned to the Court or Magistrate whence it issued with the manner of service duly appended, or endorsed and signed by the person who shall have executed it. A Constable may properly execute a Warrant by laying his hand upon a person and say- ing:"I arrest you in the Queen's Name."-If the prisoner demands to see the War- rant, he should shew it.

53. A Summons or similar Document should be served by giving the Copy to the person summoned, if it be directed to him, keeping the Original to be returned in the usual way; if that person cannot be found, the Copy should be left at his residence, or place of business, or posted on one of the outside doors, or on a conspicuous part of the premises.

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