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Appointments of officers.
Powers and duties of the Registrar General,
Duties of the other officers and assistants.
The Chief Magistrate's authority to devolve upon the Superintendent and Registrar General.
Division into districts, and numbering.
ORDINANCE No. 6 of 1857.
Registration and Census.
3. The several persons now being the Registrar General, officers and assistants of the said office, shall continue to discharge the said duties and business at their present salaries during His Excellency's pleasure; and upon any vacancy, His Excellency may from time to time nominate and appoint such person or persons to be such Registrar General, officers, and assistants respectively, and at such salary and salaries as to His Excellency shall seem meet, and also remove him or them at His Excellency's discretion from time to time, and nominate and appoint another or others in his or their room; yet so as that Her Majesty's pleasure shall be taken as to every nomination, appointment, and removal of a Registrar General, and as to every new limitation of salary under the provisions of this section.
4. The Registrar General is, by virtue of his office, and for the execution of this Ordinance, and not otherwise, a Justice of the Peace, a joint Superintendent of Police, and the Protector of Chinese inhabitants within this Colony, and as such is bounden to use his best endeavours to prevent the commission of crime, and, if committed, to discover and apprehend the parties guilty thereof, and generally to watch over and protect the said Chinese inhabitants; and for the purposes aforesaid he is empowered and required to use and exercise all the authorities of a Justice and Superintendent of Police, and also to enter at any time or times, as he shall find meet, any building whatsoever within this Colony, or vessel or boat whatsoever within the waters of the same or adjacent thereto, if such building, vessel, or boat shall then have any Chinaman within or on board of the same.
5. The other officers and assistants in the said Census and Registration Office shall be obedient and assisting unto the said Registrar General in the execution of this Ordinance.
6. The powers and authorities which by the said Ordinance No. 12 of 1844 were vested in the Chief Magistrate of Police, are from henceforth vested in and shall be exercised by the Superintendent of Police for the time being constituted under the said Ordinance, in all matters wherein any of the provisions for the census registration and protection of Chinese people are not concerned, and by the Registrar General in all matters wherein any of the said provisions are concerned; and the same obedience shall be rendered by the Police Force of this Colony to the orders of the said Superintendent of Police and Registrar General respectively, and to all rules and regulations to be by them respectively made under section 3 of the said Ordinance No. 12 of 1844 and this section, with the approbation of the Governor; due regard being had to the respective matters to which such powers and authorities, rules and regulations, respectively shall relate.
7. The Registrar General, with the approbation of the Governor, shall divide this Colony into districts, and cause every house therein, whether occupied by a Chinaman or by a European, to be numbered, and tickets to be prepared and issued for the purposes of section 8; and it shall be the duty of every Chinese occupier or inmate of a house, or of a boat or vessel having a certificate or licence under this Ordinance, to...
372
Appointments of officers.
Powers and du- ties of the Regis- trar General,
Duties of the other officers and assistants.
The Chief Mit- gistrate's author. ity to devolve upon the Super- intendent and Registrar Gene- ral.
Divison into dis- tricts, and nun- hering.
ORDINANCE No. 6 or 1857.
Registration and Census.
3. The several persons now being the Registrar General, officers and assistants. of the said office, shall continue to discharge the said duties and business at their present salaries during His Excellency's pleasure; and upon any vacancy, His Excel- lency may from time to time nominate and appoint such person or persons to be such Registrar General, officers, and assistants respectively, and at such salary and salaries as to His Excellency shall seem meet, and also remove him or them at His Excellency's discretion from time to time, and nominate and appoint another or others in his or their room; yet so as that Her Majesty's pleasure shall be taken as to every nomina- tion, appointment, and removal of a Registrar General, and as to every new limitation of salary under the provisions of this section.
4. The Registrar General is, by virtue of his office, and for the execution of this Ordinance, and not otherwise, a Justice of the Peace, a joint Superintendent of Police, and the Protector of Chinese inhabitants within this Colony, and as such is bounden to use his best endeavours to prevent the commission of crime, and, if committed, to discover and apprehend the parties guilty thereof, and generally to watch over ånd protect the said Chinese inhabitants; and for the purposes aforesaid he is empowered and required to use and exercise all the authorities of a Justice and Superintendent of Police, and also to enter at any time or times, as he shall find meet, any building. soever within this Colony, or vessel or boat soever within the waters of the same or adjacent thereto, if such building, vessel, or boat shall then have any Chinaman within or on board of the same.
5. The other officers and assistants in the said Census and Registration Office shall be obedient and assisting unto the said Registrar General in the execution of this Ordinance.
6. The powers and authorities which by the said Ordinance No. 12 of 1844 were vested in the Chief Magistrate of Police, are from henceforth vested in and shall be exercised by the Superintendent of Police for the time being constituted under the said Ordinance, in all matters wherein any of the provisions for the census registration and protection of Chinese people are not concerned, and by the Registrar General in all matters wherein any of the said provisions are concerned; and the same obedience shall be rendered by the Police Force of this Colony to the orders of the said Superin- tendent of Police and Registrar General respectively, and to all rules and regulations to be by them respectively made under section 3 of the said Ordinance No. 12 of 1844 and this section, with the approbation of the Governor; due regard being had to the respective matters to which such powers and authorities, rules and regulations, respectively shall relate.
7. The Registrar General, with the approbation of the Governor, shall divide this Colony into districts, and cause every house therein, whether occupied by a Chinaman or by an European, to be numbered, and tickets to be prepared and issued for the purposes of section 8; and it shall be the duty of every Chinese occupier or inmate of a house, or of a boat or vessel having a certificate or licence under this
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