No. 1. Ord. No. 4, 1853. Duty of Head The President to appoint Teachers, and establish Schools where required. What books may be used. Weekly contributions. Parents or Guardians liable for the payment of contributions. Grant of £450 Inspector and Master shall be properly qualified in the organization and discipline of elementary schools upon the most approved plan of popular education; and that such Head Master shall produce testimonials of religious character, and of a proper period of secular training at the Normal Training Institution of the British and Foreign School Society in London, as being a suitable and qualified person thoroughly trained in the management and discipline of children. VI. That it shall be the duty of the said Head Master to attend daily, whenever the scholars shall meet for tuition, one or more of the public schools at these islands, for the purpose of supervising the management of the same, or at other times of inspecting such schools in such manner as shall be required or approved of by the Board: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the President, in the event of the death, resignation, or incapacity of such Inspector as aforesaid, to appoint, provisionally, some fit person to act as Inspector and Head Master of the public schools until the pleasure of the Secretary of State for the Colonies shall have been made known. VII. That it shall be lawful for the President, and he is hereby required to appoint teachers and masters, properly trained by the said Head Master, to the schools hereafter to be established, and on the recommendation or with the consent of the Board, to dismiss such persons when there shall be a necessity for so doing. VIII. That it shall be lawful for the President or officer administering the Government for the time being to establish one or more school or schools within the several districts of these islands where it may appear requisite to the said President or officer administering the Government to establish such schools. IX. That the daily reading-lessons shall be taken from the Holy Bible, and from such religious and secular works as the said Board may direct, and that no catechism or sectarian work shall be admitted or used in the aforesaid schools. X. That the weekly contributions of the scholars admitted into the aforesaid schools shall be compulsory, except in such cases as may be specially recommended by the Inspector and sanctioned by the said Board, and that such contributions shall not at any time exceed the sum of sixpence per week for each and every child admitted as aforesaid, and when collected, shall form part of the funds at the disposition of the said Board, in such way and manner as the said Board shall direct. XI. That the parents or guardians of such children as are admitted into the said schools shall be, and they are hereby declared liable for the payment of such contributions due to the Board on account of the admission of any child into any of the said schools; and it shall be lawful for any one or more of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, and he and they are hereby required to aid and assist in the collection of such contributions, on proper accounts being rendered to him, or any one or more of them, in the same manner as is usual in the recovery of all sums under Five pounds within these islands. XII. That a sum not exceeding Four hundred and fifty pounds, to be accounted for in the usual manner, shall be drawn annually from the Public Treasury by warrants signed by the President, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance: Provided always, that the salary of the aforesaid Inspector and Head Master shall not be less than One hundred and eighty pounds, and not more than Two hundred pounds per annum, to be disbursed and paid to him in the usual manner in equal monthly payments. No. 1. Ord. No. 4, 1853. Board of XIII. That nothing in this Ordinance contained shall be construed to authorize the Board of Education, established by virtue of this Ordinance, to interfere with any schools which are not sup- to interfere ported by the public funds of these islands. with Schools not supported from Public Funds. XIV. That it shall be lawful for the President, and he is hereby Whenever a required to nominate as a member of the Board of Education any minister of the recognized minister of the Church of Scotland, so soon as such a minister shall be appointed to officiate at any of the islands within the Presidency; and for which purpose it shall be required of the President to keep one seat vacant in aforesaid Board until a minister of the Church of Scotland can be nominated a member of the said Board as herein provided. Church of The death the Board of XV. That in the event of the death or absence of one or more members of the Board, or in the event of any member or members refusing to act, or voluntarily absenting himself or themselves from several successive meetings of the said Board, it shall be in the power of the President for the time being to nominate and provided for. appoint one or more laymen to act in the stead of any such member or members as aforesaid: Provided always, that such nomination shall only be valid and in full force (and no longer) until the provisions contained in the first and fourteenth clauses of this Ordinance can be complied with by the re-appointment of such a member or members of the Legislative Council, or of such minister or ministers as may be required to constitute the Board as provided for in the aforesaid clauses. XVI. That it shall be lawful for the President to draw by warrant, in the usual manner, from the Public Treasury of these islands, a sum not exceeding Seventy pounds, to be remitted to England in such a manner as shall be decided upon by the Secretary of State, to be paid to the said Master as a passage allowance from England to these islands: Provided always, that should the aforesaid Head Master resign or be dismissed for misconduct before three years after the date of his arrival at these islands, it shall be required of the said Head Master to refund and pay into the Public Treasury the whole or a portion of the said allowance, as shall be decided upon by the President in Council; and that to provide more effectually for the observance of this proviso, it shall be required of the said Master, before he leaves England, to enter into a good and sufficient bond, to be renewed on arrival at these islands, that he shall refund in the manner and for the reasons aforesaid, the whole or a portion of his passage allowance as shall be required of the said Head Master by the President in Council. XVII. That the Members of Council and Justices of the Peace for these islands shall have authority to visit, at any time, all schools established under this Ordinance. Passage allowance for Inspector and provided for. Head Master Members of Council and Justices of the Peace to be visitors of Schools. XIX. That nothing herein contained shall be of any force or effect until Her Majesty shall have assented hereto, or the sanction of the Governor-General of Jamaica to the immediate operation of the same shall have been obtained, nor until such assent or sanction as aforesaid shall have been signified by Proclamation, nor until a day to be in such Proclamation fixed for the commencement thereof. When the operation of this Ordinance to take effect. PART VII. CLASS I.-PUBLIC MARKET. CLASS II.-WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. CLASS III.-WHARFAGE AND STORAGE. No. 1. Act 10 Vic. c. 6. PREAMBLE. CLASS I. PUBLIC MARKET. No. 1.-10 Vic. ch. 6. An Act for the Establishment and Regu lation of a Public Market at Grand Cay, Turks Islands. (26th Feb., 1847.) W HEREAS a public market is about to be established at Grand Cay, Turks Islands, and it is expedient that certain provision should be made by law, in aid of and for the proper regulation of such Market; May it therefore please your Majesty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by His Excellency George Benvenuto Mathew, Esquire, Governor and Commanderin-chief in and over the Bahama Islands, the Legislative Council and Assembly of the said Islands, and it is hereby enacted and ordained by the authority of the same; That when and so soon as a fit and proper market has been erected at Grand Cay, Turks Islands, aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Crown Commissioner to grant a certificate thereof under his hand and seal, and to cause such certificate to be recorded in the office of the Deputy Secretary at Grand Cay aforesaid; and from and immetablishment of diately after such certificate shall be so granted and recorded, the said market shall be deemed and held to be established, and the said market shall from thenceforth be the only market within Grand Cay aforesaid for selling and exposing for sale butchers meat, fish, vegetables, and fruit; and if any person shall, after such market is established as aforesaid, sell or offer for sale any butchers' meat, fish, vegetables, or fruit, within Grand Cay, aforesaid, in any place other than such market, every such person shall, on being convicted thereof, forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding Ten shillings, and not less than One shilling. Mode of es Market. Regulation. Market to be under control of the Gover nor. II. And be it enacted, That the said market shall be under the superintendence and control of the Crown Commissioner for the time being, at the said Turks Islands, who is hereby authorized and empowered, from time to time, to make rules and regulations for the government of the said market, and to fix and establish rates of stallage, wharfage, and slaughterage. 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. Con firmed 20th March, 1856.) No. 1. Ord. No. 10, 1855. WHEREAS and mussures, for prevention HEREAS great frauds, deceits, and abuses may be committed PREAMBLE. 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 oply half storage afterwards. Duty of the proprietors of wharves to have a crace, &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 abut- • ment 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, |