ORDINANCE No. 14 OF 1845.
Good Order and Cleanliness.
peace and good order on board of any such vessel, and for the effectual prevention or detection of any felonies or misdemeanours. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.]
8. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall be lawful for every superintendent, inspector, or sergeant belonging to the Police Force, having just cause to suspect that any felony has been or is about to be committed in or on board of any ship, boat, or other vessel lying in the harbour or waters aforesaid, to enter at all times, as well by night as by day, into and upon every such ship, boat, or other vessel, and therein to take all necessary measures for the effectual prevention or detection of all felonies which he has just cause to suspect to have been or to be about to be committed in or upon the harbour or waters aforesaid, and to take into custody all persons suspected of being concerned in such felonies, and also to take charge of all property so suspected to be stolen. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.]
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Superintendent, &c., having just cause to suspect felony, may enter on board vessels and take up suspected persons.
land-marks.
9. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every person who shall remove or carry away any stone or stake driven into the ground as a land-mark, or for the purpose of defining or marking the boundaries of any lot or parcel of ground, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than five pounds, or, at the discretion of the convicting Magistrate, to be imprisoned for any time not exceeding seven days.
10. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every person who shall wilfully cut, break, damage, injure, or destroy any tree, shrub, or underwood, whether the property of the Crown or of any private individual, or shall wilfully damage, break, or destroy any fence or any wall, bridge, or embankment, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than ten pounds, or, in the discretion of the convicting Magistrate, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding fourteen days.
11. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every person who shall expose or proffer for sale in any market or elsewhere any liquor, meat, fish, vegetable, or other article of food, in a tainted, noxious, adulterated, or unwholesome state, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than five pounds, or, in the discretion of the presiding Magistrate, to be imprisoned for any term not more than seven days. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 17 of 1887.]
12. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every person who shall have in his possession any spear, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon, or any crowbar, picklock, skeleton-key, or other instrument fit for unlawful purposes, with intent to use the same for any such unlawful purpose, or who shall be unable to give a satisfactory account of his possession thereof, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than ten pounds, or, in the discretion of the presiding Magistrate, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding fourteen days.
Wantonly breaking or injuring trees, fences, &c.
Exposing for sale unwholesome food, &c.
Unlawfully possessing offensive weapons, &c.
ORDINANCE No. 14 OF 1845.
Good Order and Cleanliness.
peace and good order on board of any such vessel, and for the effectual prevention or detection of any felonies or misdemeanours. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.]
8. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall be lawful for every super- intendent, inspector, or sergeant belonging to the Police Force, having just cause to suspect that any felony has been or is about to be committed in or on board of any ship, boat, or other vessel lying in the harbour or waters aforesaid, to enter at all times, as well by night as by day, into and upon every such ship, boat, or other vessel, and therein
to
take all necessary measures for the effectual prevention or detection of all felonies which he has just cause to suspect to have been or to be about to be committed in or upon the harbour or waters aforesaid, and to take into custody all persons suspected" of being concerned in such felonies, and also to take charge of all property so suspected to be stolen. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.]
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Superintendent, &c., having just cause to suspect. felony, may enter on board vessels and take up suspected
persons.
land-marks.
9. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every person who Removing shall remove or carry away any stone or stake driven into the ground as a land-mark, or for the purpose of defining or marking the boundaries of any lot or parcel of ground, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than five pounds, or, at the discretion of the convicting Magistrate, to be imprisoned for any time not exceeding seven days.
10. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every person who shall wilfully cut, break, damage, injure, or destroy any tree, shrub, or underwood, whether the property of the Crown or of any private indivi- dual, or shall wilfully damage, break, or destroy any fence or any wall, bridge, or embankment, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than ten pounds, or, in the discretion of the convicting Magistrate, to be impri- soned for any term not exceeding fourteen days.
11. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every person who shall expose or proffer for sale in any market or elsewhere any liquor, meat, fish, vegetable, or other article of food, in a tainted, noxious, adulterated, or unwholesome state, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than five pounds, or, in the discretion of the presiding Magistrate, to be imprisoned for any term not more than seven days. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 17 of 1887.]
12. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every person who shall have in his possession any spear, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon, or any crowbar, picklock, skeleton-key, or other instrument fit for unlawful purposes, with intent to use the same for any such unlawful purpose, or who shall be unable to give a satisfactory account of his possession thereof, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than ten pounds, or, in the discretion of the presiding Magistrate, to be imprisoned: for any term not exceeding fourteen days,
Wantonly breaking or injuring trees, fences, &c.
Exposing for sale unwholesome food, &c.
Unlawfully possessing offensive weapons, &c.
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