19 August, 1845
Present His Excellency the Governor.
Hon: Major General D'Aguilar
Hon: the Chief Justice
Hon: The Attorney General
The minutes of the last Council were read and approved.
Read the Draft of a Proclamation which His Excellency the Governor had drawn up respecting the disallowance of Ordinance No. 20 of 1844 for proclaiming Martial Law in Hong Kong, which was approved and ordered to be published in the next Gazette.
Read a second time an "Ordinance for the future care charge, management and construction of the Streets, drains, drainage and Sewers in the Town of Victoria and in the vicinity thereof" which was ordered to be written out fair to be sent to England for approval.
Read a second time and passed Ordinance No. 6 of 1845 entitled "An Ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 15 of 1844, for the Establishment of a Supreme Court of Judicature at Hong Kong," and it was ordered to be printed.
Read a second time and passed Ordinance No. 7 of 1845 entitled "An Ordinance for the regulation of Jurors and Juries in the Supreme Court of Hong Kong."
Read a second time and passed Ordinance No. 8 of 1845 entitled "An Ordinance to regulate criminal proceedings in the Supreme Court of Hong Kong," and it was ordered to be printed.
Read a second time Ordinance No. 9 of 1845 entitled "An Ordinance to invest the Supreme Court of Hong Kong with a summary Jurisdiction in certain cases," and it was ordered to be printed. The last four Ordinances will be published as soon as they have been carefully carried through the press.
Read and approved
this 1st day of Septr 1845 Signed, J. F. Davis
Sd, A. E. Shelley C. of C.
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