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ORDINANCES Nos . 3 AND 4 OF 1850. 243


Church. Desertion of Seamen .


5. And be it further enacted and ordained , that in all contracts or New corpo
rate name or
suits, as specified in the fourteenth section of the said Ordinance No. 2 of designation
for the trus
1847 , the trustees shall contract, sue and be sued in the name of " The tees.
Trustees of the Cathedral Church at Victoria ," or " The Trustees of Saint
John's Cathedral Church at Victoria," in lieu and stead of the designation

or styles employed in the said section .

6. And be it further enacted and ordained , that from and after the Repeal of
19th section
passing of this Ordinance, the nineteenth section of the said Ordinance of Ordinance
No. 2 of 1847.
No. 2 of 1847 , be and the same is hereby repealed , and that only the No clergyman
to officiate in
Lord Bishop of Victoria or some other clergyman duly authorized to offi Cathedral
Church with
ciate for or by him may sing or say the Common Prayer, administer the out sanction
from the bi
sacraments, and preach any sermons within the said cathedral , and that shop, or in his
absence from
in his absence, such powers shall be vested in the Colonial or Acting Co Colonial
Chaplain.
lonial Chaplain of that period .

7. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall and may be Powerto trus
tees to borrow
lawful to and for the trustees of the said cathedral church or the major $2,500 for the
payment of a
part of them, should they deem it expedient so to do , to take up and borrow debt.

with interest not exceeding the rate of nine per centum per annum, the
said sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, and to secure the re-pay

ment of the same with interest as aforesaid by mortgaging or pledging
the rents and profits arising or to arise from the sittings in the said cathe
dral church .




No. 4 of 1850.

An Ordinance to prevent the Desertion of Seamen belonging to Foreign Title.

Ships and Vessels.
[ 17th December, 1850. ]
HEREAS ships and vessels belonging to foreign States from time to time visit Preamble.
[Extended to
WHEthe harbours and roadsteads of Hongkong ; and the desertion of seamen from British seamen
and vessels within
the harbour by
such ships and vessels while in the said harbours and roadsteads has been productive of Ordinance No. 6
of 1852.]
much inconvenience and mischief to such ships and vessels :

1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hong Foreign seamen
deserting may be
kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that if any seaman belonging apprehended and
put on board the
vessels to which
to the crew of any foreign ship or vessel shall desert therefrom, or otherwise abscond, they belong.
or absent himself from his duty while such ship or vessel is lying within any harbour
or roadstead of Hongkong , it shall and may be lawful for any constable , or for the master