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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND NOVEMBER, 1862.
Dues may be levied for local Lights.
Application of and
the Amount of all Dues so paid by him, together with any reasonable Expenses he may have incurred by reason of such Payment or Liability.
46. If any Lighthouse, Buoy, or Beacon is erected or placed, or reconstructed, repaired, or replaced by any Local Authority having Jurisdiction in the Matter of Lighthouses, Buoys, or Beacons, Her Majesty may, on the Application of the said Local Authority, by order in Council fix such Dues to be paid to the said Local Authority in respect of every Ship which enters the Port or Harbour under the Jurisdiction of such Local Authority or the Estuary wherein such Lighthouse, Buoy, or Beacon is situate, and which passes the said Lighthouse, Buoy, or Beacon, and derives Benefit therefrom, as Her Majesty may deem reasonable:
The Dues for the Time being fixed by any such Order in Council as aforesaid shall be paid accordingly by the Master of the said Ship or other Person or Persons by whom the said Light Dues, if levied by One of the General Lighthouse Authorities, would be payable, and shall be recoverable in the same Manner as Light Dues payable to such General Authorities are recoverable.
47. All Light Dues leviable by any Local Authority under this Act shall be applied Accounts of suchDues. for the Purposes of the Construction, Placing, Maintenance, and Improvement of the Lighthouses, Buoys, and Beacons in respect of which the same are levied, and for no other Purpose:
The Local Authority to whom the same are paid shall keep a separate Account of the Receipt and Expenditure of such Dues, and shall once in every Year, or at such other Time as the Board of Trade may determine, send a Copy of such Account to the Board of Trade, and shall send the same in such Form and shall give such Particulars in relation thereto as the Board of Trade may require:
Her Majesty may by Order in Council from Time to Time reduce, alter, or increase all or any
of such Dues, so that the same may, so far as it is practicable, be sufficient and not more than sufficient for the Payment of the Expenses incurred by the Local Authority in respect of the Lighthouses, Buoys, or Beacons for which the Dues are levied. 48. The 431st Section of the Principal Act shall be read as if after the Word Sect. 431 of Principal "Ships" there were inserted the Words "and Boats."
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Wreck and Salvage (Part VIII. of Merchant Shipping Act, 1854.)
49. The Provisions contained in the Eighth Part of the Principal Act for giving Amendment of sun-suunmary Jurisdiction to Two Justices in Salvage Cases, and for preventing unnecessary small Salvage Cases. Appeals and Litigation in such Cases, shall be amended as follows; (that is to say,)
mory Jurisdiction in
(1.) Such Provision shall extend to all Cases in which the Value of the Property saved does not exceed One thousand Pounds, as well as to the Cases provided for by the Principal Act:
(2.) Such Provisions shall be held to apply whether the Salvage Service has been
rendered within the Limits of the United Kingdom or not:
(3.) It shall be lawful for One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, or in Ireland for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors, to appoint out of the Justices for any Borough or County a Rota of Jus- tices by whom Jurisdiction in Salvage Cases shall be exercised:
(4.) When no such Rota is appointed, it shall be lawful for the Salvors, by Writing addressed to the Justice's Clerk, to name One Justice, and for the Owner of the Property saved in like Manner to name the other:
(5.) If either Party fails to name a Justice within a reasonable Time, the Case be tried by Two or more Justices at Petty Sessions:
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(6.) It shall be competent for any Stipendiary Magistrate, and also in England for any County Court Judge, in Scotland for the Sheriff or Sheriff Substitute of any County, and in Ireland for the Recorder of any Borough in which there is a Recorder, or for the Chairman of Quarter Sessions in any County, to exercise the same Jurisdiction in Salvage Cases as is given to Two Justices:
(7) It shall be lawful for One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State to
determine a Scale of Costs to be awarded in Salvage Cases by any
such Justices or Court as aforesaid:
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