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No. 1. Ord. No. 6, 1860.

dinance, shall be understood to mean the person lawfully administer-
ing the Government for the time being, and that the word "Council"
shall be understood to mean the Executive Council of these islands,
and that the word "ship" shall include every description of vessel
used in navigation not propelled by oars, and the word "wreck plained.
shall be understood to include jetsam, flotsam, logan, and derelict,
found in or on the shores of the sea, or any tidal water.

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LIV. That from and after the commencement of this Ordinance, Laws repealed. the Act known as 11th of Victoria, chapter 24, in the printed copies of the Laws of the Bahamas, and also the 8th section of the Act 2nd Victoria, chapter 3, and also the 5, 6, 7, and 8th sections of the Act 4th Victoria, chapter 25, and also the 17, 18, 19, and 20th sections of the Act of the 2nd Victoria, chapter 5, severally extended to these islands, also Ordinance No. 7 of 1854, shall be, and the same are hereby repealed.

SCHEDULE.

FORM OF LICENCE.

Turks and Caicos Islands.

By His Honour (the President of the said Islands).

whereof

These are to license the British Schooner (or other description of vessel or boat, as the case may be) of and belonging to the port of is or are owner or owners, to sail and be employed as a wrecking vessel within the limits of the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands, under the authority of an Ordinance of the Legislative Council of the said islands, passed in the twenty-third year of Her Majesty's reign, entitled, "An Ordinance to Amend and Consolidate the Laws relating to Wrecks within these Islands, and to establish a Court of Inquiry into cases of Wreck, and to settle disputed cases of Salvage.” Given under my hand and seal at arms, at Grand Turk, this day of in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and and in the year of Her Majesty's reign.

CLASS V.

LIGHTHOUSE.

No. 1.-ORDINANCE No. 11 of 1849.

No. 1.

1849.

An Ordinance to provide for the Maintenance and efficient Regulation Ord. No. 11, of a Lighthouse at Grand Turk. (Passed 29th Aug., 1849. Confirmed 18th Feb., 1851.)

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HEREAS it is considered absolutely necessary, for the PREAMBLE, security of navigation and shipping, and for the encourage- Authorizing ment of trade, that a Lighthouse should be erected and maintained the erection of on some part of Grand Turk, Turks Islands. In consequence of a Lighthouse such necessity, we, therefore, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal on Grand subjects, the President and the Legislative Council of the Turks

Turk.

No. 1.

Ord. No. 11, 1849.

Lighthouse to be placed under the

management of

the Port Officer.

Appointment of Keepers.

Providing

materials and other necessaries.

Port Officer to make rules.

Light duty

of 3d. per ton on all vessels

entering at any Port within these Islands.

Officers or other persons sued may plead the general issue.

Keepers to give bond.

Keepers liable

to a fine for neglect.

and Caicos Islands, do most humbly and earnestly beseech your Majesty, that it may graciously please your Majesty to approve of, and to order the erection of a lighthouse at Grand Turk, Turks Islands, and that it may be ordained, and be it ordained by His Honour Frederick Henry Alexander Forth, Esquire, President of the Council administering the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Legislative Council of the said islands, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, that such lighthouse, when erected, shall be under the superintendence, direction, and management of a port officer for these islands, to be hereafter nominated, subject to your Majesty's approval, by the President or officer administering the Government.

II. And be it further ordained, that the said port officer shall have power, subject to the approval of the President, to appoint, during pleasure, keepers for the said lighthouse, and shall have authority to purchase and provide, by contract or otherwise, with the approval of the President, all candles, wicks, materials, and all other necessaries for the said lighthouse, and also to provide for the keeping of the said lighthouse in good order and condition, and to make rules for the guidance of the keepers aforesaid, which rules, when approved of by the President, shall be in full force.

III. And whereas it is necessary to provide for the expense attending such lighthouse, be it further ordained, that so soon as the said lighthouse shall have been erected as herein provided, and shall be properly lighted, there shall be paid, or security in double the amount given for the same, to the Receiver-General or Assistant Receiver-General, on behalf of Her Majesty, her heirs, and successors, for the public use and support of Her Majesty's Government, upon every ship or vessel arriving at any port within these islands, and coming to an entry, the sum of Threepence per ton, for each and every ton of the registered tonnage of such ship or vessel: Provided that the vessels of Her Majesty's Navy, or any vessel wholly engaged and employed as a transport or storeship in the service of Her Majesty, her heirs, or successors, and all steamers, shall be wholly exempt from paying the said toll.

IV. And be it further ordained, that in case any action or suit shall be commenced against the said port officer, Receiver-General, or Assistant Receiver-General, or any other person acting in their behalf, for anything done in pursuance of this Ordinance, the defendant or defendants in such action or suit may plead the general issue, and may give this Ordinance and the special matter in

evidence.

V. And be it further ordained, that the keepers of the lighthouse shall not be entitled to have and receive any salary or remuneration under this Ordinance, until they shall have entered into a bond or bonds to Her Majesty, her heirs, and successors, with sufficient sureties in sums not exceeding altogether One hundred pounds, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duty devolving upon them, and in case any such keepers shall be convicted before the said port officer of any neglect or wilful misconduct in their office, he or they shall be liable to a fine not exceeding Twenty pounds, or to the forfeiture of his or their bond or bonds, or to dismissal, or to all or any of the three, according to the

nature of his or their offence.

VI. And be it further ordained, that if any person shall steal

from the said lighthouse, any tools, stores, or materials, necessary for keeping the said light, or lighthouse, in good and efficient order, or shall wilfully, maliciously, or wantonly do, or cause any mischief or damage to the said lighthouse, or to the lamps, glasses, or to any part of the apparatus belonging to the same, such offender, on conviction thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment with hard labour, for any term not exceeding seven years.

No. 1. Ord. No. 11, 1849.

Penalty for stealing stores, &c., from Lighthouse, or doing injury to same.

VII. And be it further ordained, that the port officer, for the expense he may incur in supervising the said lighthouse and the keepers of the same, shall be entitled to have and receive an allowance at and after the rate of Thirty pounds per annum, to be paid by warrant in the usual manner.

VIII. And be it further ordained, that there shall be allowed for the maintenance of such lighthouse, and for defraying the salaries of the keepers of the said lighthouse, a sum not exceeding Four hundred pounds per annum, to be accounted for, and to be paid by warrant in the usual manner.

IX. Definition of the word President.

X. And be it further ordained, that nothing herein contained shall be of any force or effect until Her Majesty's assent shall have been obtained thereto, nor until the said lighthouse shall have been completed, nor until Her Majesty's assent shall have been signified by proclamation, nor until a day to be in such proclamation fixed for the commencement thereof, and from that period shall be and shall continue in force during Her Majesty's life, and six months after that period.*

XI. And be it further ordained, that so soon as Her Majesty's assent to this Ordinance shall have been proclaimed, and the said lighthouse shall have been completed and properly lighted, the President or officer administering the Government shall direct a notice thereof to be published within these islands, for Three months, and the tolls payable under this Ordinance shall be payable on the Tenth day from and after the day of the date of such notice, and shall continue to be payable during the continuance of this Ordinance.

Allowance to
Port Officer
for supervising
£30 per annum.
Lighthouse,

Allowance for the main

tenance of the Lighthouse not to exceed

£400 per an

num.

When this
Ordinance to

come into ope-
ration.

Notice of
Her Majesty's

assent to be
published
within these
Islands for
Three months.

No. 2.-ORDINANCE No. 7 of 1850.

An Ordinance to amend the Ordinance No. 11 of 1849, entitled "An Ordinance to provide for the Maintenance and efficient Regulation of a Lighthouse at Grand Turk." (Passed 1st August, 1850. Confirmed 18th Feb., 1851.)

WH

HEREAS in and by an Ordinance entitled, "No. 11 of 1849, an Ordinance to provide for the Maintenance and efficient Regulation of a Lighthouse at Grand Turk (Turks Islands)," it is amongst other things ordained, that there shall be allowed for the maintenance of such lighthouse, and for defraying the salaries of the keepers of the said lighthouse, a sum not exceeding Four hundred pounds per annum. And whereas it may happen that the said sum of Four hundred pounds may not prove sufficient to defray the expense attending the efficient maintenance of such light; May it * Duration perpetual. See Ordinance No. 2, 1851.

No. 2. Ord. No. 7, 1850.

PREAMBLE. Reciting Or

dinance No. 11 of 1849.

No. 2.

Ord. No. 7, 1850.

Authorizing
the President
to issue his

warrant for the
payment of
any sum dis-
bursed for the
maintenance of
a Lighthouse.

Commencement and duration.

therefore please Your Majesty that it may be ordained, and be it ordained by his honour Frederick Henry Alexander Forth, Esquire, President administering the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Legislative Council of the said islands, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same that a discretionary power and authority shall be, and is hereby vested in the President or other officer administering the Government of these islands for the time being, and he is hereby authorized and required from time to time to issue his warrant for the payment from the Treasury of these islands of such sum or sums of money as may be found necessary, in order to carry out the provisions of the aforesaid Ordinance over and above the said sum of Four hundred pounds, granted by the before-recited Ordinance.

II. And be it further ordained that this Ordinance shall come into operation so soon as Her Majesty's assent thereto shall have been proclaimed, and shall continue in force during Her Majesty's life, and six months after that period.

No. 3.

1851.

No. 3.-ORDINANCE No. 2 of 1851.

Ord. No. 2, An Ordinance to amend two several Ordinances No. 11 of 1849, and
No. 7 of 1850, to provide for the Maintenance and efficient Re-
gulation of a Lighthouse at Grand Turk.
April, 1851. Confirmed 23rd Dec., 1851.)

PREAMBLE.

Part of Ordi

nance No. 11,

1849, and of

No. 7 of 1850, repealed.

WHE

(Passed 11th

HEREAS in and by an Ordinance entitled "No. 11 of 1849, an Ordinance &c., &c., to provide for the Maintenance, and efficient Regulation of a Lighthouse at Grand Turk," and also by an Ordinance No. 7 of 1850 to amend the aforesaid Ordinance, it is amongst other things provided that the said-recited Ordinances shall be and continue in force for and during the term of Her Majesty's life, and for Six months after that period, and whereas such a provision is uncalled for and inexpedient, and the same should be repealed; May it therefore please your Majesty that it may be ordained and be it ordained by his honour Frederick Henry Alexander Forth, Esquire, President 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-in-Chief in and over the Island of Jamaica, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, that so much of the two hereinbefore-recited Ordinances as limits their duration as aforesaid, shall be and the same is repealed accordingly.

PART IX.

CLASS I.

POST-OFFICE.

No. 1.-ORDINANCE No. 5 of 1854.

An Ordinance to establish a Post-office within the Turks and Caicos Islands. (Passed 14th July, 1854. Confirmed 11th Dec., 1854.)

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No. 1. Ord. No. 5, 1854.

HEREAS it is expedient that provision should be made by PREAMBLE. law for the establishment of a Post-office in this presidency;

May it, &c.,

I. That a post-office shall be established at Grand Cay, to be Post-office to called the Turks and Caicos Islands Post-office.

II. That it shall be lawful for the President of these Islands to appoint a fit and proper person to be the postmaster; who shall hold his office during pleasure; and no person so appointed shall be capable of holding the said office unless such person shall have first made and subscribed to the declaration in the Schedule hereunto annexed before a Justice of the Peace.

be established. President to appoint Postmaster.

Who shall subscribe to a declaration.

Salary of £50 allowed.

Building used

as a Post-office

to be approved of by President

in Council.

Postmaster to attend in per

III. That there shall be allowed and paid out of the Public Treasury of these islands by warrant in the usual manner to the postmaster in monthly payments, an annual salary of Fifty pounds: Provided always that the payments of such salary shall be subject to the following conditions, that is to say; First, that the building used as a post-office shall be situated in such part of Grand Cay as shall from time to time be approved of by the President in Council; Secondly, that such postmaster shall personally or by sufficient deputy give his attendance at his office at such hours and times as may be appointed by the President; thirdly, that such postmaster shall once a week deliver or cause to be delivered every son or by Deletter remaining in the post-office and addressed to any person puty. having a place of residence at Grand Cay; and shall at least once Letters to be in every month cause a list of unclaimed letters to be published in one of the newspapers of the colony: Provided always that nothing herein contained shall be construed to require the said postmaster to deliver any letter without first receiving the postage therefor. IV. That on all letters not exceeding half an ounce in weight brought into the colony on which no postage shall have been paid or is chargeable, there shall be paid to the said postmaster fourpence; and on all such letters, if exceeding half an ounce in weight, an additional postage at and after the same rate shall be paid. And all sums of money received by the said postmaster for postage shall be accounted for and paid by him to the Receiver-General in aid of the revenue of the colony; save and except the sum of One penny per letter, which shall be paid by the said postmaster to the

delivered weekly. Unclaimed letters to be pubRate of Postlished monthly.

age.

To be paid in aid of the general Revenue.

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