CLASS II. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. No. 1.-ORDINANCE No. 10 of 1855. An Ordinance to prevent abuses by False Scales, Weights, and Measures within this Presidency. (Passed 30th Oct., 1855. Confirmed 20th March, 1856.) WE No. 1. Ord. No. 10, 1855. HEREAS great frauds, deceits, and abuses may be committed PREAMBLE. by persons using false weights and measures; for prevention whereof, May it please the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, that it may be ordained by His Honour JAMES MISICK, Esquire, Senior Member of Council administering the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Legislative Council of the said islands, under the supervision of the Captain-General and Governor-inChief, in and over the Island of Jamaica; and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, I. That there shall be provided at the public expense sets of Imperial Standard weights and measures, which shall be deposited and kept at each of the Police Offices within these islands, by which all weights and measures hereafter used in buying or selling shall be compared and tried; and such weights and measures shall, during office hours, be open to inspection on payment of One shilling to the Chief Constable. And all weights and measures, when so compared and tried, if correct, shall be stamped or marked by the said Chief Constable, who shall be responsible for the safe keeping and good order of the weights and measures in such Police office: Provided always, that the bushel measure for the sale of salt shall contain thirty-five imperial wine quarts. II. That every person who shall sell any articles whatever usually sold by weight or measure, by any other weight or measure except such as shall be stamped or marked, and shall correspond with the weights and measures kept at the Police Office, shall be liable to such penalty as is hereinafter provided. And it shall be the duty of the Police and Assistant Police Magistrates in their respective districts, at least once in every three months, to cause all scales, weights, and measures, used in such districts for the purpose of selling by retail, to be inspected and tried by some constable, and if any such scales, weights, or measures shall be found to be false, or not to agree with the weights and measures aforesaid, the same shall be seized and conveyed to the Police Office of such district, subject to such order as the Magistrate for the district may make with reference thereto. And the person in whose store or shop the same shall be found, shall be liable to such penalty as is hereinafter provided: Provided that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent any constable at any time from inspecting any such scales, weights, or measures which he may have cause to suspect are false or deficient, and dealing with the same as is hereinbefore directed. III. That upon affidavit made before a Justice of the Peace by any credible witness that any person engaged in trade makes use of false and fraudulent scales, weights, or measures, it shall be lawful Sets of English standard weights and measures to be provided. Penalty for selling with weights and measures other than stamped weights and measures. Warrant to search for false weights or measures. No. 1. Ord. No. 10, 1855. Offences how tried. Penalty on conviction. Penalties, how applied. Act repealed. for such Justice to grant a warrant to search the shop or store of the person charged, and try all the scales, weights, and measures found therein, and thereupon to proceed in the manner directed by the last preceding section. IV. That the Police and Assistant Police Magistrates shall have power to hear, try, and determine the offences in the preceding clauses enumerated; and every person convicted of any such offence shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Five pounds, and in default of payment, to imprisonment not exceeding Thirty days; and if an old offender, hard labour may be added to such imprisonment. V. That all fines and penalties when recovered shall be applied to the use of Her Majesty, her heirs, and successors, to be applied towards the support of the government of these islands. VI. That all that Act of the General Assembly of the Bahamas known as the 7th Wm. 4, Chap. 13, shall be henceforth repealed. No. 1. Act 9 Vic. c. 8. Articles remaining above a month in a bonded warehouse liable to only half storage afterwards. Duty of the proprietors of wharves to have a crane, &c. CLASS III. WHARFAGE AND STORAGE. No. 1.-9 Vic. ch. 8. An Act for regulating the Rates of Wharfage, I. That from and after the expiration of the said-recited Acts, the charge of wharfage for the landing of any articles on any abutment or wharf, from or for shipments on board of any vessel, and of rent or storage for the receiving and safe keeping of any such articles in any warehouse, store, or cellar, shall not exceed the rates mentioned in the Schedule to this Act annexed, marked respectively A and B, under a penalty of Ten pounds, to be recovered as hereinafter provided, at the suit of the party aggrieved, over and above the forfeiture of the charges of wharfage or storage, or both, for which any conviction shall take place. II. Provided always, and be it enacted, That after any article liable to the payment of storage under this Act shall have remained in any warehouse, store, or cellar licensed for the bonding of goods, subject to duty under any Imperial or Colonial law for the period of one calendar month, then, and in every such case, it shall be only lawful to charge for the continued storage of such article beyond the said period of one calendar month, at and after a rate equal to one half of the rate specified in Schedule B, as referring to such particular article, under the same and the like penalties for an overcharge as are set forth in the next preceding clause. III. That the proprietor or proprietors of any wharf or abutment used for the landing of merchandise for hire, shall, and he and they are hereby required to keep the same in good order, and properly furnished with a crane, sheers, or other appropriate and adequate means for facilitating the landing of such merchandise, under a penalty of Ten pounds for default or neglect, in addition to the liability to make good any loss or damage that may be sustained by any person or persons by reason of such default or neglect. IV. That the proprietor or occupant of any warehouse or store, by whom merchandise or other articles shall be received and kept for hire, shall be responsible for the safety of everything deposited therein, on which warehouse rent shall be chargeable, and for all damage to the same arising from want of due care on the part of such proprietor or occupant, or from the defective state of the building; except, however, the loss or damage occurring from fire, storm, robbery by forcible entry, and other causes, beyond the control of such proprietor or occupant. V. That the expense of putting into, and of the delivery from any such store, warehouse, or cellar, of any articles, shall be borne by the owner of such article. VI. That the charge for the use of any scale, beam, or other machine used for weighing, on any wharf or abutment, or in any store, warehouse, or cellar let on hire, shall not exceed the rate specified in the Schedule marked C. No. 1. Act 9 Vic. c. 8. Responsibility of proprietor of warehouses for goods depo sited therein. The owner of goods liable for the expenses thereon. Rate of scalage. VII. That the penalties imposed by this Act shall be recovered Penalty payin any Court in which debts of the same amount may be sued for able to Public and recovered, and shall, on recovery, be paid into the Public Treasury. Treasury in aid of the revenue of the colony. VIII. That the provisions of this Act shall extend to the Turks Islands, and the other islands of this Government, in the same and the like manner as if such islands were specially named in the preceding sections. Acts extended to Turks Islands, &c. IX. That this Act to continue in force for ten years from the Duration. commencement thereof, and until the end of the then next session of the General Assembly, and no longer. Kegs, boxes, jars, jugs, and other small packages of less demijohns, and other packages, measuring two and .. 0 0 0 .. 0 0 1 Barrels, boxes, bales, and other packages, measuring five, and other packages, measuring more than twenty All packages measuring more than thirty cubic feet, or weighing more than 10 cwt. and less than one ton, if weight be greater in proportion than bulk. 0 0 2 0 0 3 .. 0 0 4 £ 8. d. 005 003 006 003 006 008 003 006 .. No. 1. Act 9 Vic. c. 8. All packages weighing more than one ton, at per ton Metals, in bar, rod, or pig castings, ore, per ton Hides, per 100 Coals in hogsheads Ditto, loose per ton Dye woods, and other woods sold by weight, per ton TABLE OF RATES OF STORAGE, PER WEEK. 1. Kegs, jars, demijohns, boxes of candles, soap, raisins, 2. Kegs containing lard, butter, pickled meats, or fish, 3. Half-barrels, firkins, kegs, bags of coffee, cocoa, 5. Barrels, boxes, bales, and other packages containing 000 0 0 1 .. 0 0 0 0011 8. Tierces and other packages, measuring ten and not more than twenty cubic feet, containing unrefined sugar, pickled meats or fish, and other articles liable to drain, and hogsheads and casks, wine, spirits, molasses, and other liquids, containing sixty imperial gallons 9. All packages exceeding twenty cubic feet and containing dry articles, or liquids in bottles, per forty cubic feet All packages exceeding thirty cubic feet, containing pickled meats, or fish, unrefined sugar, and other articles liable to drain, and puncheons and halfpipes wines and spirits, and other liquids, containing 100 imperial gallons Cordage, per cwt. Bricks and shingles, per mille.. 100 Hides 50964 0 0 0 01 Mahogany, cedar, and lumber, per 1000 feet superficial 0 0 Every ton weight of fustic, yellow, and other woods. 0 0 0 000 04 34 50 SCHEDULE C. SCALAGE. On every package weighing less than one cwt. On every package weighing over one and not exceeding 5 cwt. On every package weighing over five and not exceeding 10 cwt. On every package weighing over ten and not exceeding 15 cwt. No. 1. Act 9 Vic. c. 8. |