[Ord. 21anno 1866.] No. XXIII. have licence for offence after suspen revoked. and for any offence committed after suspension, whether the term auspended for 4 months, and of suspension shall, at the time of the commission of the subsequent offence, have expired or not, shall, at the discretion of the Magistrate, sion to be liable be liable to have his licence revoked. In every case of suspension, to have licence the Magistrate shall forward the licence, with a memorandum of his Memorandum suspension thereof endorsed thereon, to the Inspector, who in case of suspension shall not give back the licence to the driver until the expiration of the term of suspension; and in every case of revocation the Magistrate shall endorse, on the licence a memorandum of his to revocation thereof, and shall forward the same to the Inspector, who shall retain the same. of suspension, or of revoca tion, to be endorsed on licence, and licence to be sent by him Inspector. Division of penalties and 21. Every pecuniary penalty recovered under this Ordinance shall be divided in manner following, that is to say:-One-half appropriation shall be paid to the person preferring the charge in respect of which it shall be awarded, for his use and benefit, and the other half shall be paid to the Town Clerk of Georgetown, in aid of the Town funds.* of same. Mayor and Town Council may make By-Laws for regulation of Carriages. " 22. It shall be lawful for the Mayor and Town Council from time to time to make By-Laws for the regulation of hackney carriages, and by such By-Laws to impose penalties for the infringement of the same, and such penalties may be recovered as if they had been imposed by this Ordinance; but such By-Laws shall take By-Laws net effect only after the same shall have been approved by the Governor till approved and Court of Policy, and shall have been published for thirty days by Government in the Official Gazette and in every newspaper published in George Penalties how recovered, to take effect and Court of Policy, and published 30 days. Commence ment of Ordi nance. Part on 15th De and remainder town. 23. As regards the appointment of the Inspector, and the performance of his functions under the third, fourth, and sixth sections hereof, and as regards the performance of the functions of the cember, 1866. Town Clerk under the sixth and twelfth sections hereof, this Ordion 1st January, nance shall come into operation and take effect on the fifteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six; and as regards all other provisions of this Ordinance, the same shall come into operation and take effect on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven. 1867. SCHEDULE See Ordinance No. 5 of 1872, which provides for the distribution of the proceeds of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures. No. XXIII. SCHEDULE TO WHICH THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE REFERS. Schedule (A). 18 . I hereby certify that on the application of residing said I have inspected the carriage, the licence of which is numbered I certify that the carriage is in a fit condition to be used as a Hackney Carriage, and that the are fit to be used with such Hackney Carriage. and and harness which have been shown to me by the as to be used therewith, and which I have also inspected, Inspector of Hackney Carriages. By Distance Schedule (B). TARIFF OF FARES FOR HACKNEY CARRIAGES. From any one part to any other part of Georgetown, including stoppages, provided the whole time of use of the carriage does not exceed fifteen minutesfor one passenger, not more than 24 cents;-for each additional passenger, not more than 12 cents. For any further distance, not more than one mile, out of Georgetown, addi. tional time to be not more than fifteen minutes-in addition to the above, not more than 36 cents. By Time For one person for the use of a carriage for each 15 minutes, or smaller portion of time-not more than 24 cents. For each additional person for the whole time that the carriage shall be in use -not more than 12 cents. Two children under 12 years of age shall count as one person. The above are the fares that may be charged from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.; from 7 p.m to 6 a.m. double fares may be charged. Passengers may bargain for lower fares than the above, and drivers s hall bound by any bargains that they may enter into for lower fares. Schedule (C). The following shall be the Stands for Hackney Carriages in Georgetown: 1. Railway Station. 2. Hope-street. 3. Church-street, opposite the Athenæum. 4. Regent-street, between Main-street and Water-street. 5. Brick-Dam, opposite front of Public Buildings. No. XXIV. [Ord. 21 anno 1866.] No. XXIV. No. XXIV. [Ord. 4 anno AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATIVE 1867.] TO A PUBLIC LUNATIC ASYLUM, AND TO THE GENERAL ASYLUM AND HOSPITAL, BERBICE.* Preamble. Enacted 3rd October, 1867, published the 5th following, came into operation on publication. [FRANCIS HINCKS, Governor.] WHEREAS it is necessary to make certain provisions relative to a Public Lunatic Asylum in this Colony, and to the General Asylum and Hospital, Berbice: Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of British Guiana, with the advice and consent of the Court of Policy thereof, as follows: 1. On the taking effect of this Ordinance, so much of Ordinance Repealing Sec- No. 19 of the year 1850 as relates to the Lunatic Asylum shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed. tion. Lunatic 2. The buildings at Fort Canje, Berbice, now actually occupied as a Lunatic Asylum, and such other buildings as may hereafter be Asylum, where erected in the neighbourhood there of, for the same purpose, shall be the Public Lunatic Asylum of British Guiana, hereinafter called "The Lunatic Asylum." established. General 3. The General Asylum and Hospital of Berbice, hereinaftercalled "The General Asylum and Hospital," shall, as soon as may be practicable, be rem oved from the premises in which they are now Berbice, where carried on, to such buildings at Fort Canje, Berbice, as have been, or may hereafter be, prepared for the purpose. Asylum and to be estab lished, General 4. The General Asylum and Hospital shall be, as they have heretofore been, under the medical charge and superintendence of a Visiting Physician, hereinafter called "The Visiting Physician," Medical charge and under the control and management generally of the Board of Management Church and Poor's Fund of Berbice, and shall be subject to such of, of. rules So much of this Ordinance as is inconsistent mith Ordinance 3 of 1876 is repealed by the latter. "An Ord to regulate Limatic Asylum". 1 [Ord. 4 anno 1867.] No. XXIV. for. rules and regulations as have heretofore been in force relating to Rules and them; and the Resident Surgeon of the Lunatic Asylum hereinafter Regulations mentioned and called "The Resident Surgeon," shall also be Resident Surgeon of the General Asylum and Hospital, and in his last mentioned capacity shall perform such duties as may be assigned to To have Resihim by the Visiting Physician. (Section 5 Repealed by Ordinance 3 of 1876.) dent Surgeon. 6. The Board of Church and Poor's Fund of Berbice, as having Directors of General Asy. such control and management of the General Asylum and Hospital, lum and Hosand Lunatic Asylum, are hereinafter called "the Directors." pital, and Lu. natic Asylum. make Rules ral Asylum and Lunatic poso to be 7. The Directors may from time to time make such Rules and Directors to Regulations as shall seem to them necessary for the management, and Regulagood order, and government of the Lunatic Asylum, and also such tions for Gene. further Rules and Regulations as they may consider necessary for and Hospital, the management, good order, and government of the General Asylum; and Asylum and Hospital, and may also from time to time make Rules for such purand Regulations, altering, amending, or repealing, any existing assisted by visiting PhysiRules and Regulations relating to any one of these establishments, cian, and Resiand the Directors in framing such Rules and Regulations shall be dent Surgeon. entitled to the assistance of the Visiting Physiciau and the Resident Surgeon ;-Provided that the Rules and Regulations so made, shall not be inconsistent with this or any other Ordinance, and shall not come into operation until confirmed by the Governor and Court of Policy. and Lunatic 8. The Members of the Combined Court, the Directors, the Co- Who to be lonial Surgeon General, the Assistant Receiver-General, Berbice, visitors of Ge all Justices of the Peace, and the Officiating Ministers of all and Hospital Churches and Chapels in the Colony, shall be Visitors of the Gene- Asylum. ral Asylum and Hospital and the Lunatic Asylum; and a book called the Visitors' Book shall be kept, in which any Visitor may note Visitors' Book. any matter which he may desire to have brought under the notice of the Directors; and such book shall be examined at every meeting of the Directors. Reports of, 9. The Visiting Physician shall be bound to visit the Lunatic Visits to, and Asylum at least once a month, and shall, whenever required by the Lunatic Asy VOL. IV. M Governor, [Ord. 4 anno 1867.] No. XXIV. lum, by visiting Governor, report to him generally on the subject of the EstablishPhysician. Half-yearly ment, or on any particular matter connected therewith, and shall, whenever he shall see fit, report generally, or on any particular matter which he may consider worthy of special notice, to the Governor or to the Directors; and the Resident Surgeon shall be patic Asylum, bound, in the first week of January and the first week of July, in each year, to send in to the Governor a full report of all matters connected with the Lunatic Asylum during during the previous six months. reports on Lu by Resident Surgeon. lum, on certificate of one Medical Practitioner, and 10. Any person supposed to be insane may be examined by any Admission to duly licensed Medical Practitioner, and if such Medical Practitioner, Lunatic Asyafter such examination shall give a certificate in the form, and comprising the particulars of information, (as far as he can ascertain them), in Schedule A, hereunto annexed, such person shall be at Public Hos received into the Colonial Hospital in Georgetown, if an inhabitant pital. of Demerary or Essequebo, or into the General Asylum and Hospital of Berbice, if an inhabitant of Berbice; and if, after such probationary treatment as may be considerrd necessary, the principal Medical Officer of the establishment in which such person may have been so treated, shall see fit, he may send on such person to the Lunatic Asylum, together with such certificate, and a certificate from himself stating the length and nature of such probationary treatment, and his reasons for believing such person to be insane, and the Resident Surgeon shall thereupon receive such person into the Lunatic Asylum as a patient. Admission to Lunatic Asy II. Whenever any two duly licensed Medical Practitioners shall each, after a separate examination, give a separate certificate, in the form and comprising the particulars in the said Schedule A, the Resident Surgeon shall at ouce receive the person mentioned Medical Prac therein into the Lunatic Asylum as a patient. lum, on certificate of two titioners. 12. No person shall be admitted into either of the Hospitals, or No admission into the Lunatic Asylum, in virtue of any ccrtificate bearing date more than seven days before the day when application shall be made seven days old. for such admission. on certificate more than 13. The |