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Numbering of Chinese houses.
Tickets to Chinese householders.
Householder to issue tickets to all residents on his premises, &c.
Householder to furnish Registrar General with all required information, and report to Chinese district officer changes in his house.
Registration of Chinese servants in European employ.
ORDINANCE No. 7 OF 1846.
Registration and Census.
Registrar General, and shall at all times make such returns and do all other things for the purposes of this Ordinance as shall be required of them by the said Registrar General, under a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars.
4. And whereas, for the purpose of giving greater facility to the carrying out the intentions of this Ordinance, it is necessary and expedient that all the houses in the Colony of Hongkong inhabited by Chinese be numbered: Be it therefore enacted and ordained, that every Chinese householder shall cause to be affixed to his house a painted number of such description, and in such manner as the Registrar General shall direct, under a penalty not exceeding forty dollars.
5. And be it further enacted and ordained, that for the benefit and protection of the well-disposed and honest Chinese inhabitants of the Colony, every such householder shall receive a ticket in English, signed by the Registrar General, containing such particulars as the Registrar General shall deem expedient, which ticket shall be produced when required, under a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars.
6. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every such householder shall cause to be hung up and exhibited in some conspicuous part of his house, a board inscribed with a true and accurate list of all persons resident therein, and shall deliver to every person so residing or living in his house, a ticket sealed with his seal, and containing such particulars and of such form as the said Registrar General shall direct, under a penalty of not more than twenty dollars, and which said ticket shall be given up to and cancelled by such householder, whenever such person or persons so residing or living in his house shall cease to do so; and the possession of such ticket by any person whomsoever shall be prima facie evidence of its delivery by such householder; and if any such householder shall deliver any such ticket to a person of notoriously bad character, or if any person while resident in the house of such householder without such ticket, shall be convicted on the oaths of one or more credible witnesses of felony, then and in any or either of such cases, such householder shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty dollars: Provided always that the penalty last above mentioned shall not be levied where such householder shall bring, or use his best exertions to bring, the offender or offenders to justice.
7. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every such householder shall at all times give the said Registrar General such information as he may require of him for any of the purposes of this Ordinance; and shall also report to the Chinese officer of the district in which he shall reside, all marriages, births, deaths, and every change connected with any person or persons whatsoever arriving in or departing from his house, under a penalty of not more than twenty dollars.
8. And be it further enacted and ordained, that for the benefit and protection of the European residents of this Colony, every Chinese domestic servant, artificer, or workman residing on the premises of and employed by Europeans, shall, on producing to the Registrar General a certificate from his employer or employers, and having
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Numbering of Chinese houses.
Tickets to Chinese householders.
Householder to issue tickets to all residents on ius premises, &c.
Householder to furnish Registrar General with all required information, and report to Chinese district officer changes in his house.
Registration of Chinese servants in European
employ.
ORDINANCE No. 7 OF 1846.
Registration and Census.
Registrar General, and shall at all times make such returns and do all other things for the purposes of this Ordinance as shall be required of them by the said Registrar General, under a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars.
4. And whereas, for the purpose of giving greater facility to the carrying out the intentions of this Ordinance, it is necessary and expedient that all the houses in the Colony of Hongkong inhabited by Chinese be numbered: Be it therefore enacted and ordained, that every Chinese householder shall cause to be affixed to his house a painted number of such description, and in such manner as the Registrar General shall direct, under a penalty not exceeding forty dollars.
5. And be it further enacted and ordained, that for the benefit and protection of the well-disposed and honest Chinese inhabitants of the Colony, every such house- holder shall receive a ticket in English, signed by the Registrar General, containing such particulars as the Registrar General shall deem expedient, which ticket shall be produced when required, under a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars.
6. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every such householder shall cause to be hung up and exhibited in some conspicuous part of his house, a board inscribed with a true and accurate list of all persons resident therein, and shall deliver to every person so residing or living in his house, a ticket sealed with his seal, and containing such particulars and of such form as the said Registrar General shall direct, under a penalty of not more than twenty dollars, and which said ticket shall be given up to and cancelled by such householder, whenever such person or persons so residing or living in his house shall cease to do so; and the possession of such ticket by any person whomsoever shall be prima facie evidence of its delivery by such householder; and if any such householder shall deliver any such ticket to a person of notoriously bad character, or if any person while resident in the house of such householder without such ticket, shall be convicted on the oaths of one or more credible witnesses of felony, then and in any or either of such cases, such householder shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty dollars: Provided always that the penalty last above mentioned shall not be levied where such householder shall bring, or use his best exertions to bring, the offender or offenders to justice.
7. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every such householder shall at all times give the said Registrar General such information as he may require of him for any of the purposes of this Ordinance; and shall also report to the Chinese officer of the district in which he shall reside, all marriages, births, deaths, and every change connected with any person or persons whatsoever arriving in or departing from his house, under a penalty of not more than twenty dollars.
8. And be it further enacted and ordained, that for the benefit and protection of the European residents of this Colony, every Chinese domestic servant, artificer, or workman residing on the premises of and employed by Europeans, shall, on producing to the Registrar General a certificate from his employer or employers, and having
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