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NOVEMBER 14, 1857.] The Hongkong Government Gazette,

of Section VII, as his Remuneration for performing the Duties required or imposed by this Ordinance; Pay of the Colonial and the said Colonial Surgeon, or such other Medical Officer as aforesaid, is hereby empowered (with the Surgeon or other Me- snaction of His Excellency the Governor) to nominate or appoint a Deputy or Assistant, being a Person under this Ordinance. dical Officer appointed properly qualified to act for him, in case be shall be at any Time incapacitated or unable to perform such Duties, or any Portion of them.

XV Every Keeper of a Registered Brothel shall be allowed, upon giving Notice thereof to the Keopers of Brothels Superintendent of Police, and obtaining his Authority, to employ a Constable for the Protection of, and the may employ Constables Preservation of Order in, such Brothel, such Constables to be under the Control of, and responsible to, and to specially for their Pro- be paid by the Superintendent of Police, and to wear a Uniform to be chosen for the Purpose, but to be Such Constables to

tection, &c. solely employed about the Protection of the Brothel by the Keeper of which each of them is employed; be under the Control, and every Keeper of a Brothel so employing such Special Constable as aforesaid shall pay quarterly in & of the Superin- advance to the Superintendent of Police, a cum sufficient to cover the Expenses which may be incurred in tendent of Police. payment of the Wages of and providing the Uniform for such Constable, and such Sum shall in case of non-payment be sued for a d recovered by the Superintendent of Police.

XVI A Hospital shall be built, or Premises in the first instance hired, exclusively for the Reception A Hospital for and Treatment of Women affected with Venereal Diseases,,, the cost of renting such Premises to be Woman to be built. defrayed out of the Fund to be raised under Sections XIII and XIX, and the Remainder of the Moneys Provisions for renting which shall from Time to Time be collected under the said Sections, over and above such Sumis as shall be the meantime until sultable Premises in applied in Payment of the Colonial Surgeon, or such other Medical Officer as aforesaid, and in Payment of such Hospital shall be the Expenses of renting and maintaining such Premises as aforesaid, shall go and be applied to the built. formation of a Fund for the purpose of building," "fitting up, and maintaining such Hospital, and enlarging the same from Time to Time as may be required; and all Fees directed to be levied and paid by Section XIII, in case of non-payment, shall be sued for and recovered by the Registrar General, who shall pay the same into the Colonial Treasury.

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XVII. Every Keeper of a Licensed Boarding House for Seamen' shall furnish to the Harbour Keepers of Licensed Master, once in every Week, a List of Seamen then 'resident in his House, and

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to the state of Health of each Seaman so far as he may be able to ascertain the same. Port in such List as Boarding House who may be reported or may be otherwise discovered to be affected with a Venereal Disease, unless Lists of the Seamen then under Medical Treatment, shall be removed by Warrant under the Hand of the Harbour Master to a resident Hospital, where he shall be kept until he be, by the Medical Attendants thereof, discharged as cured, and Houses. shall have obtained from such Medical Attendants a Certificate of his having been so discharged, which Certificate he shall produce and shew to the Harbour Master when required so to do; and the Expenses be removed to Hospi- which may be incurred in and about the Maintenance and Treatment of any such Seaman in such Hospital, tal, shall be a Debt due to the Crown, and shall be paid by such Seaman; or, in Case of the Keeper of the g kaetud Boarding House in which such Seaman shall have resided before his removal to Hospital not having a buttare of ge reported, or having made a false Report as to the state of Health of such Seaman, then such Expenses shall be paid by such Boarding House Keeper, in case it shall appear to, and be certified by, the Colonial Surgeon or his Deputy, or the Medical Attendants of the Hospital to which such Seaman may be removed, that the Disease with which he may be affected is of such a Nature as that the Keeper of the Boarding House could, with ordinary and reasoriable Observation, have ascertained its Existence; and in all Cases such Expenses shall in case of non-payment be sued for and recovered by the Harbour Master on behalf of! to arm of the Hospital.

XVIII. If any Seamari affected with a Venereal Disease, and reported so to be by the Keeper of Penalty for offering the Boarding House in which such Seaman may be residing, shall refuse or offer any Hindrance or Obstruc- any obstruction to Re tion to his Removal to Hospital for, having been removed to Hospital, shall attempt to leave the same

moval to Hospital, &c. before he shall be properly discharged cured; or having been discharged cured, shall refuse to produce de his Certificate of Discharge when required by the Harbour Master or his Deputy authorized to demand the same; or being affected with a Venereal Disease, shall neglect or refuse to inform the Keeper of the Boarding House in which he may be residing, then, and in every such Case, such Seaman so offending 1. shall be liable to a Fine not exceeding Twenty-five current Dollars, or to Imprisonment, with or without hard Labour, for any Time not exceeding One Month,"

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XIX. The Master of any Merchant Ship, before shipping any Seaman, may require that such Seaman Masters of Ships shall be inspected by the Colonial Surgeon or other Medical Officer who may be appointedfor such Purpose before shipping Sen. in connection with the Harbour Master's Department, and who is hereby required to attend at stated men may require that Hours in the Forenoon and Afternoon of each Day at the Harbour Master's Office for the Purposes of such

they be inspected. inspection; and the Colonial Surgeon or such other Medical Officer upon such Inspection is to give a Certificate under his Hand as to the State of Health of such Seaman, which Certificate such Seaman is to s produce and show to the Master of the Ship in which he may be about to serve; and for every such Certificate there shall be paid the Fee of Fifty Cents, to be paid by the Master or Agent of the Ship in case such Seaman should prove to be in sound Health, and by the Seaman himself or the Boarding House Keeper with whom he shall be residing in case he shall prove to be affected with any Venereal Disease; such Fee to be received by the Harbour Master, and in case of non-payment to be sued for and recovered by him, and paid into the Colonial Treasury for the Purposes of this Ordinance.

XX. In all Cases where Punishment by Imprisonment shall be inflicted under this Ordinance, such Imprisonment may be either in Gaol or in Hospital, and may be either with or without hard Labour as the Court shall adjudge.

XXI. In all Cases in which Fines shall be imposed under the Provisions of any Section of this Ordinance, and the Brothel Keeper on whom such Fine shall be imposed shall be unable to pay or discharge the same, then the same shall be recovered from the immediate Landlord or Lessor of such House and in case such Landlord or Lessor be not known or cannot be ascertained, then from the Crown Lessee of the Plot of Ground on which such House may be erected or built, provided it be proved to the satisfaction of the Magistrate, that such Crown Lessee was cognisant of the Purposes for which such House shall have been let or occupied.

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XXII. No House in which any Trade or Business shall be carried on shall be Registered, or be capable of becoming a Registered Brothel under the Provisions of this Ordinance.

Imprisonment may be either in Gaol or Hospital.

From whom Fines may be recovered.

No Trade to be carried on in any Brothel. XXIII No Moneys which shall be raised under the Provisions of this Ordinance by way of any Fee Moneys raised under shall at any Time be applied or applicable to any Purposes other than or different from the Specific this Ordinance to be Purposes for which the same are to be raised and to which they are to be applied under the Provisions of applied solely to the this Ordinance.

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bance. XXIV. His Excellency in Council is hereby empowered from Time to Time to make such Regula Power to Governor tions and By-Laws as may be deemed necessary for carrying into effect the Provisions of this Ordinance, to make By-Laws and and for the Regulation and Control of Registered Brothels within the aforesaid Districts.

Regulations desi XXV. All cases arising under this Ordinance shall be tried and adjudicated by, and all Fines Penalties how to be and Penalties herein mentioned, and all Sums herein declared to be recoverable, shall be sued for and revered. recovered before, any Magistrate of Police either singly, or any two or more Justices of the Peace in the mes divatnurgalé

aner provided by Ordinance No. 10 of 1844, entitled, " An Ordinance to regulate Summary Proceedings = rul fore Justices of the Peace, and to protect Justices in the execation of their duty."