[Ord.18 anno 1850.] No. XXX. sary of Taxation, and for every officer authorised as aforesaid, respectively, to seize and take any meal, flour, dough, or Bread which shall be found in any such search, and deemed to have been adulterated, and all ingredients and mixtures which shall be found and deemed to have been used, or intended to be used in or for any such adulteration as aforesaid; and such part thereof as shall be seized as aforesaid shall, with all convenient speed after seizure, be carried to a Justice of the Peace, and if any Justice of the Peace who shall make any such seizure in pursuance of this Ordinance, or to whom anything so seized under the authority of this Ordinance shall be brought, shall adjudge that any such meal, flour, dough, or Bread so seized shall have been adulterated by any mixture or ingredient put therein other than is allowed by this Ordinance, or shall adjudge that any ingredient or mixture so found as aforesaid shall have been deposited or kept where so found for the purpose of adulterating meal, flour, or Bread, then and in any such case every such Justice of the Peace, or Commissary of Taxation, is hereby required to destroy the same, or to dispose of the same for some public purpose. Meal or Bread Section 12. 10. And be it enacted, that every baker in whose house, shop, Penalty if ingredients for stall, bakehouse, warehouse, outhouse, ground, or possession, any adulteration of ingredient or mixture shall be found which shall, after due exami- are found in nation, be adjudged to have been deposited there for the purpose of any premises. being used in adulterating meal, flour, or bread, shall, on being convicted of any such offence, forfeit and pay any sum not less than Ten Dollars, and not exceeding Twenty-three Dollars for the first offence, and a sum of not less than Twenty-three Dollars, and not exceeding Forty-eight Dollars, for the second and every subsequent offence. II. And be it enacted, that if any baker shall at any time make complaint to any Justice of the Peace, and make appear to him that offence which such baker shall have been charged with, and for any which he shall have incurred and paid any penalty under this Ordinance, shall have been occasioned by or through the wilful act, neglect, or default of any journeyman or other servant employed by or under such person so making complaint, then and in any such case any such Justice may, and is hereby required to issue out his warrant under his hand for bringing any such journeyman or servant before himself and other Justice or Justices, or any two or VOL. II. M more Offences ocoswilful default of journeyman and servants. sioned by Section 13 [Ord. 18 annc 1850.] No. XXX. more Justices, and on any such journeyman or servant being thereupon apprehended and brought before any such two or more Justices, Proceedings such Justices are hereby authorised and required to examine into the matter of such complaint, and on proof thereof, to adjudge and order that a reasonable sum of money, not to exceed Forty-eight Dollars, shall be paid by any such journeyman or servant to his master by way of recompense to him for the money he shall have 'paid by reason of the wilful act, neglect, or default of any such journeyman or servant. bake bread or rolls on the sell bread or 12. And be it enacted, that no master nor journeyman, nor other Bakers not to person exercising or employed in the trade or calling of a baker shall on the Lord's Day, or on any part thereof, make or bake any Lord's Day, or bread, rolls, or cakes of any sort or kind, nor shall, on any other bake pies, &c., part of the said day, after the hour of eleven of the clock in the foreexcept between certain hours. noon, sell or expose for sale, or permit or suffer to be sold or exSection 14. posed for sale any bread, rolls, or cakes of any sort or kind, or bake or deliver, or permit or suffer to be baked or delivered, any meat, pudding, pie, tart, or victuals, or in any other manner exercise the trade or calling of a baker, or be engaged or employed in the business or occupation thereof, save and except so far as may be necessary in setting and superintending the sponge to prepare the bread or dough for the following day's baking; and every person offending against any of the last mentioned regulations, and being thereof convicted before any Justice of the Peace, within six days from the commission thereof, shall forfeit and pay for the first First offence. offence the penalty of Two Dollars, for the second offence the peSecond offence. nalty of Five Dollars, and for the third and every subsequent offence respectively, the penalty of Ten Dollars. Penalty. cution of this 13. And be it enacted, that in case any person or persons shall Opposing exe resist or make forcible opposition against any person employed in the due execution of this Ordinance, every such person offending therein shall, for every such offence, forfeit any sum not less than Twenty-three Dollars and not exceeding Forty-eight Dollars. Ordinance. Informers rewarded and declared competent witnesson. 14. And be it enacted, that every person who shall give information of any offence against this Ordinance, shall be entitled to have and receive one fourth part of the fines, penalties, and forfeitures, after payment of all costs, charges and expenses, which shall or may be [Ord. 18 anno 1850.] No. XXX. be recovered by reason of such information, and that every person so informing, and every other person, shall be deemed, taken, and considered a good and competent witness, notwithstanding he shall be entitled to a part or portion of any such fine, penalty or forfeiture as aforesaid. proceeds of 15. And be it enacted, that one half of the nett proceeds of all Application of fines, penalties, and forfeitures under this Ordinance, after paying forfeiture and any informer, and all costs, charges, and expenses, shall belong and of fines and penalties. be paid to the officer who shall detain, seize, complain, or sue for the same, and that the other half shall belong to the Colony of British Guiana, and that every officer and person who shall detain, seize, complain or sue under and by virtue of this Ordinance shall be a competent witness, notwithstanding he shall be interested in or entitled to a part or portion of any such fine, penalty, or forfeiture as aforesaid. Ordinance. Penalty. 16. And be it enacted, that every complaint to obtain a convic- Opposing exe. tion under or by virtue of the provisions of this Ordinance, and all cution of this proceedings upon or in consequence of any such complaint, except where otherwise provided for by this Ordinance as to the mode and manner of making such complaint, obtaining a conviction, and carrying the same into effect, shall be regulated and governed by Ordi- Recovery of forfeitures, nance No. 28, of the year 1846, intituled "An Ordinance for fines, and peregulating the mode of proceeding in cases of offences punishable nalties and "on summary conviction and for establishing a Court of Appeal convictions. "from certain summary convictions," and that each Appeal from any such conviction shall be governed by and conducted in pursuance of the provisions of said last mentioned Ordinance, and of Ordinance No. 26, of the year 1847, intituled "An Ordinance to "amend Ordinance No. 28, of the year 1846, intituled 'An Ordi nance for regulating the mode of proceeding in cases of offences punishable on summary conviction, and for establishing a Court "" of Appeal from certain summary convictions,' and to extend the "provisions of said Ordinance": Provided always, that whenever any person shall be committed to jail for non-payment of any penalty under and by virtue of this Ordinance, such imprisonment shall be with or without hard labour, as to the Justice or Justices committing appeals from [Ord. 18 anno 1850.] officers. No. XXX. committing shall seem fit; and that whenever any baker or other person shall be convicted of a second offence under either the 6th or 10th section of this Ordinance, in addition to all other pains and penalties, the Justices before whom any such baker or other person shall be convicted of a second offence, shall cause the offender's name, place of abode, and offence to be published, at the expense of the party convicted, in some newspaper of the Colony. 17. And be it enacted, that every action or suit which shall be Actions against brought or commenced against any Justice of the Peace, Commissary of Taxation, member of the Police Force or Constable, or person, for any matter or thing done or committed in the execution of his office, by virtue of or under this Ordinance, shall be subject to and governed by the provisions contained in the 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, and 42nd sections of Ordinance No. 14, of the year 1850, intituled "An Ordinance for the better collection of Duties on Rum "consumed within the Colony of British Guiana," and that all the rights, privileges, defences, and protection granted under and by virtue of said sections to any officer or person acting in the exercise of his office, shall be extended to and be had, held, and enjoyed by every Justice of the Peace, Commissary of Taxation, member of the Police Force, Constable, or other person, in every action, suit, or prosecution brought against him for anything done or committed by him in the exercise of his office, under and by virtue of this Ordi nance. clause. 18. And be it enacted, that in the construction of this Ordinance, Interpretation the word "Baker" shall mean every person making, or who shall make or sell or expose bread for sale; every word importing the singular number only, shall extend and be applied to several persons, matters, or things, as well as to one person, matter, or thing; every word importing the plural number shall extend and be applied to one person, matter, or thing, as well as to several persons, matters, or things; every word importing the masculine gender only, shall extend and be applied to a female as well as to a male, unless in any of the cases aforesaid it be otherwise specially provided, or there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction. No. XXXI. No. XXXI. No. XXXI. AN ORDINANCE TO UNITE THE COLONIAL HOSPITAL AND [Ord. 19 anno SEAMAN'S HOSPITAL OF DEMERARA AND ESSEQUEBO INTO 1850.] ONE PUBLIC HOSPITAL, AND TO PLACE THE SAME UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF ONE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Enacted 24th June, 1850, published the 26th following, came into operation 1st August, 1850. [HENRY BARKLY, Governor.] WHEREAS it is expedient that the "Board of Management" Preamble. of the Colonial Hospital, and "Board of Directors" of the Seaman's Hospital, in the City of Georgetown, should be united so as to form one Board 1. Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Ordinance No. British Guiana, with the advice and consent of the Court of Policy 16, of 1839, repealed. thereof, that Ordinance No. 16, of the year 1839, intituled "An "Ordinance for the better providing sick Seamen with medical aid, "and for the establishment and regulation of a Seaman's Hospital "in Georgetown," shall be, and the same is hereby repealed. 2. And be it enacted, that the Colonial Hospital, the Seaman's Colonial Hos Hospital, and the Lunatic Asylum, shall form one institution, to be pital, Seaman's Hospital, and called "THE PUBLIC HOSPITAL OF DEMERARA AND ESSEQUEBO," and Lunatic Asylum united that the same officers and servants shall be employed for the service into one Publi Hospital. of the whole Institution: Provided always, that there shall be a distinct and separate department for the reception and treatment of seamen belonging to vessels trading to the port of Demerara, and paying tonnage duty, (unless specially exempted therefrom,) and engaged in the Pilot or Lightship service, and a distinct and separate department for the reception and treatment of lunatic patients. tled to benefits 3. And be it enacted, that every such seaman shall be entitled Seamen enti. to all the benefits and advantages of said Hospital, without any of Public Hon charge or expense to him. pital. |