No. 1. c. 9. fied to serve as jurors as aforesaid, provided always that the followAct 8 G. 4, ing persons shall not be liable to serve on juries directed by this Act: That is to say, the Receiver-General and Treasurer, all officers of the Revenue Department, the Colonial Secretary, the Police Magistrate and Provost Marshal, the Attorneys and Officers of the Supreme Court, Ministers of the Church of England and of dissenting congregations tolerated by law, physicians, surgeons, apothecaries, pilots of the roads and anchoring places, in and about the said islands, persons above sixty years of age, and sick, maimed, or disabled persons. Persons incompetent to serve. Coroner and Constable may enter into premises and III. That the following persons shall not be competent to serve upon any of the said juries: that is to say, persons convicted of treason, murder, or felony, persons who have stood in the pillory, persons who have been convicted of perjury, madmen, lunatics, or idiots. IV. That it shall and may be lawful for the said Coroner or any lawful constable by virtue of his warrant, to enter into any house, store, or lot, as well as on the highway, for the purpose of summonenforce attend- ing twenty-four persons duly qualified to serve as jurors, out of which number a jury shall be drawn, and the said Coroner is hereby authorized and empowered to enforce the attendance of witnesses, as also the attendance of a surgeon or physician in cases of necessity. ance. Penalty for nonattendance. Mode of recovering penalty. V. That if any person or persons who shall have been duly summoned to attend as a juror or jurors, witness or witnesses, at the place appointed, or where the inquest is to be held or taken, shall neglect or refuse to attend, or shall after attendance absent himself or themselves, without leave from the Coroner; then and in every such case, the Coroner shall give in upon oath a list of such persons as shall neglect or refuse to attend, or after attendance shall absent themselves without his leave, to the Judge of the Supreme Court at the said islands, at the then next meeting of the said Court, who is hereby authorized and empowered to fine every such defaulter in a sum not less than two, or more than four pounds;* and if such fine shall not be paid within the space of forty-eight hours, the same shall be levied by warrant under the hand of such Judge, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the offender, and paid into the hands of the Receiver-General and Treasurer of these islands in aid of the general revenue. No. 2. Act 4 W. 4, c. 25. Coroner to put in writing the evidence taken by him before a Jury. No. 2.-4 Wm. 4, ch. 25. An Act for improving the Administration of Criminal Justice in these Islands, for suspending certain Acts therein mentioned, and for other purposes. (Feb. 15th, 1834.) IV. That every Coroner upon any inquisition before him taken, whereby any person shall be indicted for manslaughter, or murder, or as an accessary to murder before the fact, shall put in writing the evidence given to the jury before him, or as much thereof as * All sums mentioned in this Act are at the rate of Old Bahama Currency. See note, page 41. No. 2. c. 25. shall be material, and shall have authority to bind, by recognizance, all such persons as know or declare anything material, touching Act 4 W. 4, the said manslaughter or murder, or the said offence of being accessary to murder, to appear at the next sitting of the Supreme Court, then and there to prosecute or give evidence against the party charged; and every such Coroner shall certify and subscribe the same evidence, and all such recognizances, and also the inquisition before him taken, and shall deliver the same to the proper officer of the said Court. V. That if any Justice or Coroner shall offend in anything contrary to the true intent and meaning of these provisions, the Court, to whose officer any such examination, information, evidence, bailment, recognizance, or inquisition, ought to have been delivered, shall, upon examination, and proof of the offence, in a summary manner, set such fine upon every such Justice or Coroner, as the Court shall think meet.* Justices and Coroners may be tried for neglect at the discretion of the Judges of the Supreme Court. No. 3.-4 Vic, ch. 30. This Act declares several Acts of Parliament to be in force in these Islands; and amongst them, the following Act of 4 Geo. 4, ch. 52, entitled, "An Act to alter and amend the Law relating to the Interment of the Remains of any Person found Felo-de-se." (8th July, 1823.) W HEREAS it is expedient that the laws and usages relating to the interment of the remains of persons, against whom a finding of felo-de-se shall be had, should be altered and amended; Be it, &c., That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall not be lawful for any Coroner or other officer having authority to hold inquests, to issue any warrant or other process directing the interment of the remains of persons against whom a finding of felo-de-se shall be had in any public highway; but that such Coroner or other officer shall give directions for the private interment of the remains of such person, felo-de-se, without any stake being driven through the body of such person in the churchyard or other burial-ground of the parish or place in which the remains of such person might, by the laws or customs of England, be interred, if the verdict of felo-de-se had not been found against such persons, such interment to be made within twenty-four hours from the finding of the inquisition, and to take place between the hours of nine and twelve at night. II. Provided, nevertheless, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the performing of any of the rites of Christian burial on the interment of the remains of any such person as aforesaid, nor shall anything hereinbefore contained be taken to alter the laws or usages relating to the burial of such persons, except so far as relates to the interment of such remains in such churchyard or burial-ground, at such time and in such manner as aforesaid. * For the other sections of this Act see ante, this Part, Class VII., No. 1. No. 3. Act 4 Vic. c. 30. No. 1. c. 9. fied to serve as jurors as aforesaid, provided always that the followAct 8 G. 4, ing persons shall not be liable to serve on juries directed by this Act: That is to say, the Receiver-General and Treasurer, all officers of the Revenue Department, the Colonial Secretary, the Police Magistrate and Provost Marshal, the Attorneys and Officers of the Supreme Court, Ministers of the Church of England and of dissenting congregations tolerated by law, physicians, surgeons, apothecaries, pilots of the roads and anchoring places, in and about the said islands, persons above sixty years of age, and sick, maimed, or disabled persons. Persons incompetent to serve. Coroner and enter into III. That the following persons shall not be competent to serve upon any of the said juries: that is to say, persons convicted of treason, murder, or felony, persons who have stood in the pillory, persons who have been convicted of perjury, madmen, lunatics, or idiots. IV. That it shall and may be lawful for the said Coroner or any lawful constable by virtue of his warrant, to enter into any house, store, or lot, as well as on the highway, for the purpose of summonenforce attend- ing twenty-four persons duly qualified to serve as jurors, out of which number a jury shall be drawn, and the said Coroner is hereby authorized and empowered to enforce the attendance of witnesses, as also the attendance of a surgeon or physician in cases of necessity. ance. Penalty for nonattendance. V. That if any person or persons who shall have been duly summoned to attend as a juror or jurors, witness or witnesses, at the place appointed, or where the inquest is to be held or taken, shall neglect or refuse to attend, or shall after attendance absent himself or themselves, without leave from the Coroner; then and in every such case, the Coroner shall give in upon oath a list of such persons as shall neglect or refuse to attend, or after attendance shall absent themselves without his leave, to the Judge of the Supreme Court at the said islands, at the then next meeting of the said Court, who is hereby authorized and empowered to fine every such defaulter in a sum not less than two, or more than four pounds ;* and if such fine shall not be paid within the space of forty-eight vering penalty. hours, the same shall be levied by warrant under the hand of such Judge, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the offender, and paid into the hands of the Receiver-General and Treasurer of these islands in aid of the general revenue. Mode of reco No. 2.-4 Wm. 4, ch. 25. An Act for improving the Administration of Criminal Justice in these Islands, for suspending certain Acts therein mentioned, and for other purposes. (Feb. 15th, 1834.) IV. That every Coroner upon any inquisition before him taken, whereby any person shall be indicted for manslaughter, or murder, or as an accessary to murder before the fact, shall put in writing the evidence given to the jury before him, or as much thereof as * All sums mentioned in this Act are at the rate of Old Bahama Currency. See note, page 41. No. 2. c. 25. shall be material, and shall have authority to bind, by recognizance, all such persons as know or declare anything material, touching Act 4 W. 4, the said manslaughter or murder, or the said offence of being accessary to murder, to appear at the next sitting of the Supreme Court, then and there to prosecute or give evidence against the party charged; and every such Coroner shall certify and subscribe the same evidence, and all such recognizances, and also the inquisition before him taken, and shall deliver the same to the proper officer of the said Court. V. That if any Justice or Coroner shall offend in anything contrary to the true intent and meaning of these provisions, the Court, to whose officer any such examination, information, evidence, bailment, recognizance, or inquisition, ought to have been delivered, shall, upon examination, and proof of the offence, in a summary manner, set such fine upon every such Justice or Coroner, as the Court shall think meet.* Justices and Coroners may be tried for discretion of the Judges of the Supreme neglect at the Court. No. 3.-4 Vic. ch. 30. This Act declares several Acts of Parliament to be in force in these Islands; and amongst them, the following Act of 4 Geo. 4, ch. 52, entitled, "An Act to alter and amend the Law relating to the Interment of the Remains of any Person found Felo-de-se." (8th July, 1823.) W HEREAS it is expedient that the laws and usages relating to the interment of the remains of persons, against whom a finding of felo-de-se shall be had, should be altered and amended; Be it, &c., That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall not be lawful for any Coroner or other officer having authority to hold inquests, to issue any warrant or other process directing the interment of the remains of persons against whom a finding of felo-de-se shall be had in any public highway; but that such Coroner or other officer shall give directions for the private interment of the remains of such person, felo-de-se, without any stake being driven through the body of such person in the churchyard or other burial-ground of the parish or place in which the remains of such person might, by the laws or customs of England, be interred, if the verdict of felo-de-se had not been found against such persons, such interment to be made within twenty-four hours from the finding of the inquisition, and to take place between the hours of nine and twelve at night. II. Provided, nevertheless, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the performing of any of the rites of Christian burial on the interment of the remains of any such person as aforesaid, nor shall anything hereinbefore contained be taken to alter the laws or usages relating to the burial of such persons, except so far as relates to the interment of such remains in such churchyard or burial-ground, at such time and in such manner as aforesaid. * For the other sections of this Act see ante, this Pait, Class VII., No. 1. No. 3. Act 4 Vic. c. 30. No. 4. Act 10 Vic. c. 7. No. 4.-10 Vic. ch. 7. This Act declares in force in the Colony, the Act of Parliament 9 & 10 Vic. ch. 62, entitled, "An Act to abolish Deodands." By which it is enacted, that there shall be no forfeiture of any chattel for or in respect of the same having moved to, or caused the death of man; and no Coroner's jury sworn to inquire, upon the sight of any dead body, how the deceased came by his death, shall find any forfeiture of any chattel which may have moved to, or caused the death of the deceased, or any deodand whatsoever; and it shall not be necessary in any indictment or inquisition for homicide, to allege the value of the instrument which caused the death of the deceased, or to allege that the same was of no value. No. 1 Act 3 Vic. c. 1. PREAMBLE. Regulations as to Contracts of service. CLASS X. STIPENDIARY JUSTICES AND THEIR JUDISDICTION. MASTERS AND SERVANTS. No. 1.-3 Vic. ch. 1. An Act for regulating the relative Duties of HEREAS, in and by your Majesty's Royal Order in Council, Wearing date at your Majesty's Court, at Buckingham Palace, on the fourth day of February, in the present year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, your Majesty was pleased to declare your disallowance of two certain Acts of the General Assembly of these islands, the one made and passed in the sixth year of the reign of His late Majesty, King William the Fourth, entitled, "An Act for the Regulation of Labourers and other Servants, entering into Agreements for fixed Periods, and for determining Complaints between them and their Employers;" and the other, an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign of his said late Majesty, entitled," An Act to amend an Act, entitled, 'An Act for the Regulation of Labourers and other Servants, entering into Agreements for fixed Periods, and for determining Complaints between them and their Employers."" And, whereas, it is manifestly expedient that provision should be made by law for regulating the relative rights and duties of masters and servants, and the mode of entering into contracts for service; May it, &c., That no contract of service shall be of any force or effect within the Colony, unless the same shall be actually and bona fide made and entered into, upon land within the limits of the Government of the Turks and Caicos; nor shall any contract of service be in force within the said islands for any greater or longer space of time than one calendar month, from the date thereof, unless the same shall be reduced into writing, with all the formalities hereinafter mentioned, and particularly designated. |