hongkong-colonial-ordinances-1847 — Page 125

58 COLONIAL ORDINANCES .


deface, or mark any such Building, Wall, Fence, or Pale with
Chalk or Paint, or in any other way whatsoever, or wilfully
break, destroy, or damage any part of such Building, Wall, Fence,
or Pale, or any Fixture or Appendage thereto .
3. Every Person employed as a Domestic Servant who shall
neglect or without just Cause absent himself from his Duty
without the Leave of his Employer, or shall Leave his Employer's
Service without giving reasonable Notice to the said Employer,
or shall wilfully disobey his Employer's lawful and reasonable
Orders, or use any abusive or insulting Language or Behaviour
to his Employer, or be guilty of riotous and disorderly Conduct .
4. Every Person who shall neglect to affix to his House
and keep alight during the Night, such Lamp or Lanthorn as
may be required and approved of by the Superintendent of
Police.
5. Every Person who shall keep a House or other Building
for the Occupation or Resort of Public Prostitutes, to the An-
noyance of any Person inhabiting or residing near thereto.
6. All Persons assembling together in the Night-time
without lawful Excuse ; and every Person seeing any such illegal
Assemblage, or knowing, or having reason to suspect that such
Assemblage had taken place or was about to take place, who
shall not give immediate Notice thereof to the nearest Guard-
house or Police Station, or to some Constable belonging to the
Police Force.
7. Every Person employed as a Private Guard or Watchman
who shall sleep on his Post, or be negligent, remiss, or cowardly
in the Execution of his Duty.
8. Every Owner, Headman, or other Person in charge of
any Boat which shall be found alongside of any Public Wharf
or Landing-place (unless while taking on board or landing
Passengers or Cargo, ) or lying off the same, so as to prevent the
free Access of other Boats thereto ; and the Owner, Headman,
or other Person in charge of any Boat which shall be moored or
at anchor at a Distance of less than One Hundred and Fifty
Yards from Low Water Mark, between the Hours of 9 o'clock at
Night and Gunfire in the morning : Provided always, that nothing
herein contained shall be construed to extend to any Boat
moored or at anchor alongside of any Private Wharf with the
Consent of the Owner thereof.
9. Every Person who shall cast or throw any Ballast,
Rubbish, or other Substance, either from the Shore or from any
Vessel, into the Harbour of the said Colony, so as to create a
Nuisance or Obstruction therein , or shall neglect within a rea-
sonable Time to remove any sunken Vessel in the said Harbour
belonging to him or in his Charge or Keeping.
10. Every Person who shall wantonly or cruelly mutilate
or otherwise ill-use any Horse, Mule, Dog, or other Animal.
And it shall be lawful for any Constable belonging to the
Police Force to take into Custody without Warrant any Person
who shall commit any such Offence within View of any such
Constable ; or if such Offence shall not have been committed
within View of such Constable, then upon the Complaint of the
Party who shall have been injured or annoyed by, or been
Witness to the Commission of any such Offence ; and in the
Absence