ORDINANCE No. 6 OF 1857.
Registration and Census.
Ordinance, to procure and retain in his possession one such ticket from the said Registrar General for the purposes of this Ordinance; and every Chinaman not so procuring, or not so retaining such ticket, or not producing the same whensoever required, shall, unless he shall make proof of some reasonable justification or excuse, be deemed a vagrant.
8. Every Chinaman occupying a house, or any boat or vessel as aforesaid, shall cause the number thereof to be painted and affixed to such house, boat or vessel in such wise as the Registrar General shall direct, and shall cause to be inscribed in such wise as he shall direct, upon a board exhibited in some conspicuous part of such house, boat or vessel, a true and full list of all the inmates thereof, distinguishing in the case of a house the inmates of the upper and lower floors thereof, for the time being; and shall deliver to every such inmate a ticket, stamped by the Registrar General, and containing such particulars, and in such form, as he shall also direct; and every such ticket shall from time to time, and when the holder thereof shall cease to be such inmate, be obtained back from him by the said occupier and cancelled.
9. Possession by a Chinaman of any of the tickets mentioned in sections 7 and 8 shall be prima facie evidence of the delivery thereof to him as an inmate by the Chinaman therein mentioned as occupier.
10. Every Chinese occupier shall be held responsible as surety for the good conduct of every inmate to whom he shall have delivered any such ticket unless the said occupier shall show some matter of justification or excuse.
11. Every such occupier is hereby commanded to furnish at all times to the Registrar General whatsoever information the said Registrar General shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, require of him; and every occupier of a house is further commanded, upon the occurrence of any marriage, birth, death, arrival, or departure of inmates within his house, forthwith to report the same to the proper Chinese officer of his district.
12. Within ten days next after the commencement of any future hiring by an European of a Chinaman as a servant to reside within the hirer's house or place of business, or (in case of any such hiring which hath already commenced) within ten days from the passing of this Ordinance, such Chinaman shall apply to the said Registrar General for a registration ticket, and shall at the same time produce unto the said Registrar General a certificate of his hiring under the hand of the said hirer, and (if so required by the latter) satisfy the said Registrar General that he hath obtained sufficient security after Chinese custom for the indemnity of the said hirer against his acts and defaults; and thereupon it shall be the duty of the said Registrar General to make out under his hand the said registration ticket, inserting therein such particulars as to him shall seem meet, and to deliver the same unto the said Chinaman.
13. 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
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Numbers to be painted, lists of inmates to be exhibited, and tickets to be delivered to them.
Possession of tickets to be prima facie proof of delivery.
The occupier to be responsible for the Inmates.
Statistical information to be furnished by occupiers.
Registration tickets in case of Chinese servants resident with Europeans.
Chinese tithings or káp.
ORDINANCE No. 6 OF 1857.
Registration and Census.
Ordinance, to procure and retain in his possession one such ticket from the said Re- gistrar General for the purposes of this Ordinance; and every Chinaman not so pro- curing, or not so retaining such ticket, or not producing the same whensoever required, shall, unless he shall make proof of some reasonable justification or excuse, be deemed
a vagrant.
8. Every Chinaman occupying a house, or any boat or vessel as aforesaid, shall cause the number thereof to be painted and affixed to such house, boat or vessel in such wise as the Registrar General shall direct, and shall cause to be inscribed in such wise as he shall direct, upon a board exhibited in some conspicuous part of such house, boat or vessel, a true and full list of all the inmates thereof, distinguishing in the case of a house the inmates of the upper and lower floors thereof, for the time being; and shall deliver to every such inmate a ticket, stamped by the Registrar General, and containing such particulars, and in such form, as he shall also direct; and every such ticket shall from time to time, and when the holder thereof shall cease to be such inmate, be obtained back from him by the said occupier and cancelled.
9. Possession by a Chinaman of any of the tickets mentioned in sections 7 and 8 shall be prima facie evidence of the delivery thereof to him as an inmate by the Chinaman therein mentioned as occupier.
10. Every Chinese occupier shall be held responsible as surety for the good con- duct of every inmate to whom he shall have delivered any such ticket unless the said occupier shall show some matter of justification or excuse.
11. Every such occupier is hereby commanded to furnish at all times to the Re- gistrar General whatsoever information the said Registrar General shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, require of him; and every occupier of a house is further commanded, upon the occurrence of any marriage, birth, death, arrival, or departure of inmates within his house, forthwith to report the same to the proper Chinese officer of his district.
12. Within ten days next after the commencement of any future hiring by an European of a Chinaman as a servant to reside within the hirer's house or place of business, or (in case of any such hiring which hath already commenced) within ten days from the passing of this Ordinance, such Chinaman shall apply to the said Registrar General for a registration ticket, and shall at the same time produce unto the said Re- gistrar General a certificate of his hiring under the hand of the said hirer, and (if so required by the latter) satisfy the said Registrar General that he hath obtained sufficient security after Chinese custom for the indemnity of the said hirer against his acts and defaults; and thereupon it shall be the duty of the said Registrar General to make out under his hand the said registration ticket, inserting therein such particulars as to him shall seem meet, and to deliver the same unto the said Chinaman.
13. All Chinese houses shall be divided into tithings or káp of ten houses each, wherein e 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
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Numbers to be painted, lists of inmates to be exhibited, and tickets to be de- livered to thein.
Possession of tickets to be pri- ma facie proof of delivery.
The occupier to be responsible for the Inmates.
Statistical infor- mation to bé furnished by occupiers.
Registration tickets in case of Chinese servants resident with Enropeans.
Chinese tithings or káp.
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