ORDINANCE No. 7 OF 1846.
Registration and Census.
when and so often as he may be directed by the Governor and Executive Council, 'cause to be delivered or left at the residence or place of business of any or every householder or householders, being Europeans, natives of India, or otherwise, a blank return to be filled up before a certain day to be therein named, with the names and number of persons in his or their employ, or residing within his or their house or houses, or in his or their premises, and shall in every such return distinguish and describe the name, sex, country, and occupation of every person so resident, and also whether any and which of them be either aliens or resident strangers; and that on or after the said day named in the said blank return, the said householder or householders is and are hereby required to transmit the said return or deliver the same on demand within five days after its being left at such residence or place of business, as aforesaid, so filled up, to the said Registrar General, or such other officer so to be appointed as aforesaid, and on failure to do so, the said householder or householders shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
17. And be it further enacted and ordained, that for the purposes of this Ordinance the term householder shall be taken to mean the person acting as master of the house for the time being, or should he not be found after due enquiry made, the owner of the house, or the agent or person acting for the owner of the house, being Chinese, and where a house is tenanted by several individuals as partners or otherwise, then any one of the said partners or individuals: and the term house shall be understood to mean any dwelling-house, shop, outhouse, or other building whatsoever; and the term European shall be taken to mean all persons other than Chinese; and the term Chinese shall be taken to mean all natives of China or Chinese natives of Hongkong or elsewhere; and every word importing the singular number only shall extend and be applied to several persons as well as one person; and every word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and be applied to a female as well as a male, unless where such rule of interpretation shall be inconsistent with the context of this Ordinance.
Returns to be made by householders.
Interpretation clause.
SCHEDULE A.
Large Fast Boats... $10.00 annually.
Middle Sized do. $5.00
Small do. $3.00
Sampans $0.50
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1857.]
ORDINANCE No. 7 OF 1846.
Registration and Census.
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when and so often as he may be directed by the Governor and Executive Council, 'cause to be delivered or left at the residence or place of business of any or every householder or householders, being Europeans, natives of India, or otherwise, a blank return to be filled up before a certain day to be therein named, with the names and number of persons in his or their employ, or residing within his or their house or houses, or in his or their premises, and shall in every such return distinguish and describe the name, sex, country, and occupation of every person so resident, and also whether any and which of them be either aliens or resident strangers; and that on or after the said day named in the said blank return, the said householder or householders is and are hereby required to transmit the said return or deliver the same on demand within five days after its being left at such residence or place of business, as aforesaid, so filled up, to the said Registrar General, or such other officer so to be appointed as aforesaid, and on failure to do so, the said householder or householders shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
17. And be it further enacted and ordained, that for the purposes of this Ordinance the term householder shall be taken to mean the person acting as master ofthe house for the time being, or should he not be found after due enquiry made, the owner of the house, or the agent or person acting for the owner of the house, being Chinese, and where a house is tenanted by several individuals as partners or otherwise, then any one of the said partners or individuals: and the term house shall be understood to mean any dwelling-house, shop, outhouse, or other building whatsoever; and the term European shall be taken to mean all persons other than Chinese; and the term Chinese shall be taken to mean all natives of China or Chinese natives of Hongkong or elsewhere; and every word importing the singular number only shall extend and be applied to several persons as well as one person; and every word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and be applied to a female as well as a male, unless where such rule of interpretation shall be inconsistent with the context of this Ordinance.
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Returns to be made by
householders.
Interpretation clause.
SCHEDULE A.
Large Fast Boats...
Middle Sized do.
$ 10.00 annually.
5.00
13
Small
do.
3.00
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Sampans
0.50
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1857.]
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