348
ORDINANCES Nos. 8 AND 9 OF 1856.
Building's and Nuisances.
Shipping.
Tanks, reservoirs, and building materials.
Saving of existing remedies.
The General shall by warrant authorize and direct a proper officer to seize and take possession of the said house, and to hold the same until such deficiency shall be defrayed, and all the accruing rents and profits of the said house shall be applied by the said Magistrate or Justice in payment of the said deficiency.
19. The Surveyor General and his officers are authorized to seize any utensil, which he or they shall detect any person in the act of dipping into any public tank, or reservoir; and also all building materials found by him or them deposited or lying upon any public road, or in the side channels thereof; and all utensils or materials so seized may be lawfully confiscated by the Surveyor General, and disposed of as he shall direct.
20. All existing remedies for the prevention or abatement of nuisances and the punishment of those guilty thereof shall continue to be in force notwithstanding this Ordinance.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 15 of 1889.]
No. 9 of 1856.
Title
Preamble. Recites "The Merchant Shipping Act 1854," and "The Chinese Passengers' Act 1855."
Chinese residents may use the British flag in colonially registered vessels.
Colonial registers, &c., may be proved by production of originals or copies.
An Ordinance to explain certain Enactments relating to Shipping.
WHEREAS [29th May, 1856.]
THEREAS by "The Merchant Shipping Act 1854," and "The Chinese Passengers' Act 1855," the power to amend the said Acts in their application to this Colony is, under certain conditions, reserved to this Legislature, and it is desirable to exercise the aforesaid power in manner hereinafter appearing: Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. The British flag may be lawfully used by any Chinese resident within the meaning of Ordinance No. 4 of 1855, on board of any ship or vessel registered in this Colony in the name of the said resident under the Ordinance aforesaid.
2. Every register, certificate, endorsement, declaration, or bond authorized or required by the said Ordinance, may be proved in any Court of Justice, or before any person having by law or by consent of parties authority to receive evidence, either by the production of the original, or by an examined copy thereof, or by a copy thereof purporting to be certified under the hand of the Colonial Secretary, or other person who for the time being shall happen to have charge of the original, which certified copy he is hereby required to furnish to every person applying at a reasonable time for the same, and paying therefor the sum of one dollar for every such certified copy; and every document, when so proved as aforesaid, shall be received as prima facie evidence of all the matters therein recited, stated, or appearing.
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348
ORDINANCES Nos. 8 AND 9 OF 1856.
Building's and Nuisances.
Shipping.
Tanks, reser- voirs, and building mate- rials.
Saving of existing remedies.
General shall by warrant authorize and direct a proper officer to seize and take posses»- sion of the said house, and to hold the same until such deficiency shall be defrayed, and all the accruing rents and profits of the said house shall be applied by the said: Magistrate or Justice in payment of the said deficiency.
19. The Surveyor General and his officers are authorized to seize any utensil, which he or they shall detect any person in the act of dipping into any public tank, or reservoir; and also all building materials found by him or them deposited or lying upon any public road, or in the side channels thereof; and all utensils or materials so seized may be lawfully confiscated by the Surveyor General, and disposed of as he shall direct.
20. All existing remedies for the prevention or abatement of nuisances and the punishment of those guilty thereof shall continue to be in force notwithstanding this Ordinance.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 15 of 1889.]
No. 9 of 1856.
Title
Preamble. Re- cites "The Mer- chant Shipping Act 1854," and The Chinese Passengers' Act 1855."
Chinese residents may use the Bri- tish flag in colo- nially registered vessels.
Colonial regis- ters, &c., may be proved by pro- duction of origi- nals or copies.
An Ordinance to explain certain Enactments relating to Shipping.
WHER
[29th May, 1856.]
THEREAS by "The Merchant Shipping Act 1854," and "The Chinese Passengers", Act 1855," the power to amend the said Acts in their application to this Colony is, under certain conditions, reserved to this Legislature, and it is desirable to exercise the aforesaid power in manner hereinafter appearing: Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:---
1. The British flag may be lawfully used by any Chinese resident within the meaning of Ordinance No. 4 of 1855, on board of any ship or vessel registered in this Colony in the name of the said resident under the Ordinance aforesaid.
2. Every register, certificate, endorsement, declaration, or bond authorized or re- quired by the said Ordinance, may be proved in any Court of Justice, or before any person having by law or by consent of parties authority to receive evidence, either by the production of the original, or by an examined copy thereof, or by a copy thereof purporting to be certified under the hand of the Colonial Secretary, or other person who for the time being shall happen to have charge of the original, which certified he- is hereby required to furnish to every.person applying at a reasonable time for the same, and paying therefor the sum of one dollar for every such certified copy; and every do- cument, when so proved as aforesaid, shall be received as prima facie evidence of all the matters therein recited, stated, or appearing.
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