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Chinese Tithings or Kap.
Duties of Káp.
Duties of the Káp- chooug.
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
[MAY 9, 1857.
XIII. All Chinese Houses shall be divided into Tithings or Káp of Ten Houses each, wherein every Occupier of a House shall answer to Her Majesty for the good conduct of the occupiers of the other nine; and over every Tithing or Káp one of the occupiers of the Houses comprised in the same shall be Kapcheong or Tithingman, to be elected by common vote of the said Tithing or Kap to that office, subject to the approval of this Government, and he shall be the proper Representative of the said Tithing or Kap, and be distinguished by some Badge to be appointed by His Excellency, and he shall hold his said office during one year; and no other person shall assume the title or badge of Kápcheong of such Tithing or Kap.
XIV. It shall be the duty of every such Occupier of a House to report to his Kápcheong without delay, to the utmost of his skill and knowledge, all Cases, or Suspicions of Crime, committed or to be committed, and generally, for all the purposes of this Ordinance, to be aiding and assisting' to the said Kápcheong in the exccution of the same; and further, to do his utmost to prevent all crimes, felonies, and misdemeanours, and to apprehend all persons whom he shall find in the actual commission of the same..
XV. It shall be the duty of the Kápcheong to communicate forthwith to the Registrar General all such reports as in Section Fourteen are mentioned, when and as the same are received by him; and likewise to report to him to the utmost of his skill and knowledge, and without delay, all such Cases, or Suspicions, whether so reported from the Káp or not; and in all other respects to discharge the duties and exercise the powers of a Constable of the Police Force of Hongkong, save so far as the same are altered by this Ordinance. XVI. The Kápcheong, as the proper representative of his Káp, shall be aiding and assisting unto the ecuting process, &c, Civil, Naval, and Military authorities of this Colony, in the execution of Warrants, Writs, and Process, and in a Káp.
the making of Searches, Inquiries, and Arrests, within any house of his Káp; and the said authorities are authorized to communicate with the said Kápcheong, for the purposes of this Section.
Tirc medium of ex-
Power to elect and appoint Tepos.
Powers and Duties of the Tepo.
XVII. His Excellency in Council shall have power to approve for, and appoint to, the office of Tepo in each Town, Village, Hamlet, and District, of this Colony, a proper person to be presented unto him by the occupiers of Chinese houses therein, or (in default of such presentment) to be nominated by His Excellency in Council for that purpose.
XVIII. Every Tepo shall have, throughout his Town, Village, Hamlet, or District, the same powers and authorities, and perform the same duties, as are hereinbefore conferred and imposed on a Kápcheong, with respect to his Káp.
The Tepos and Káp- XIX. All Tepos and Kápcheongs shall be immediately subordinate unto the Registrar General, and cheongs shall be regu-shall conform to his orders, and obey and enforce whatsoever Rules and Regulations he shall, with the lated by the Registrar approbation of His Excellency, frame and issue for the better execution of their respective duties under
General.
this Ordinance.
Salary of the Tepo. XX. The amount of the Salary of each Tepo shall be fixed by His Excellency in Council, and shall be raised by way of levy, at the same time with the Police Tax of his Town, Village, Hamlet, or District, upon the Annual Value of the Chinese Houses within the same, according to the Assessment thereof to the said Tax, and at a rate per cent sufficient to raise the said amount; and it shall be the duty of the Registrar General to ascertain the said rate, and to receive the amount of the said levy when made, and to pay thereout to the Tepo his said Salary, and to account with the Government, and also with the said Town, Village, Hamlet, or District, for the remainder, if any, of the amount levied; and the provisions of all Ordinances for the enforcement of the payment of Police Taxes, shall be extended to the enforcement of the said levy.
Power of Arbitration.
Unlicensed Hawking prohibited.
XXI A Tepo shall be permitted to act as Arbitrator in disputes of a Civil nature only, arising between' Chinamen, willing to submit the same to his arbitrament; and his award being reduced to writing, and approved by the Registrar General, shall be received in evidence, and may be carried into effect by any Court wherein the same shall come in question.
XXII. The Hawking of Goods or Wares in the Streets or Roads of this Colony without a License from the Registrar General is hereby prohibited. Conditions and Fees XXIII. No License for such Hawking shall be granted by the Registrar General to any person except of Hawking Licenses. after proper enquiry into the Character of the Applicant, and upon due and ample Security for his good conduct, and subject to forfeiture on his conviction of any offence before any Justice of the Peace. And every applicant, on receiving his said License, shall pay therefor to the Registrar General, to the use of the Crown, the Fee in that behalf mentioned in the Schedule hereunto annexed.
taker's Licenses.
The Registrar Ge- XXIV. The Registrar General shall grant to such fit and proper persons, being Chinamen, as shall neral to grant Under- make application unto him in that behalf, Licenses to undertake and perform the Burials of Chinese Dead in the Cemeteries, and after the manner prescribed by law; and every such License shall be limited in duration to One Year, but renewable at the expiration of each Year; and there shall be paid to him to the use of the Crown for every such grant or renewal the Fee in that behalf specified in the Schedule hereunto annexed. None but Licensed XXV. No Person, not being an Undertaker licensed under Section Twenty-four, shall henceforward Undertakers to bury undertake or perform any Burials of Chinese Dead, or dig any Grave within any such Cemetery as aforesaid. or dig Graves.
XXVI. Every Licensed Undertaker is hereby required to use his best skill and endeavour, to prevent The Undertakers are and repress all Offences against, and violations of, the Laws for regulating Chinese Burials, and to apprehend, required to prevent and repress Offences or cause to be apprehended, all persons accused thereof, and from time to time to report every such offence against Burial Laws. or violation to the Registrar General with all reasonable speed.
Licensing of China'
Boats, &c.
XXVII. It shall be lawful for the Registrar General to grant to such persons, upon such Security and in such Form as he shall think fit, and upon payment to him made to the use of the Crown of such Fee there- for according to size as in the said Schedule hereunto annexed is in that behalf specified, Certificates of License of Chinese Boats or Vessels plying for hire within the waters of this Colony, or carrying passengers between this Colony and the Ports on the Chinese Main (other than Chinese Boats or Vessels visiting this Colony merely for Trading purposes;) and every such Boat or Vessel shall carry on each of her bows and on her stern, legibly painted upon Wood or Tin, the true Number of her Certificate aforesaid, which Number shall be supplied by the Registrar General for that purpose; and no such Certificate or Number shall be trans- ferred or lent unto any other Boat or Vessel, or the persons on board of the same, nor shall any Certificate or Number other than such as the said Registrar General shall have granted under this Section be assumed or exhibited by any such Boat or Vessel, or the Persons on board of the same. And every person having charge of any such Boat or Vessel is hereby commanded, whensoever thereunto required, to exhibit the Certificate granted in respect thereof under this Section. And all Persons having charge of Chinese Boats or Vessels, and not having obtained or not having on board such Certificate as aforesaid (other than as aforesaid) are hereby forbidden to employ their said Boats or Vessels in plying here within the said waters, or in carry. ing passengers between this Colony and the said Ports, or to cause, suffer, or connive at their said employ-
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Power to grant Pro- XXVIII. Upon Security given to the Registrar General and to his satisfaction for the character and tection Tickets. conduct of the persons concerned, and upon payment made to him by them of such Fee therefor as in the said Schedule hereunto annexed is in that behalf specified, the Registrar General, when thereunto requested by the said persons, may make out in such form as he shall think fit, and deliver unto the said persons, a Ticket under his hand, entitling any Chinese Boat or Vessel having such certificate as aforesaid to the pro- tection of Her Majesty's Naval Forces against Pirates. And it is hereby required, that no such Person shall lend any such Protection Ticket to any other Person, and that no Person shall use or borrow any Protection Ticket whereof he is not the grantee.
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