Exemption

from paying ferriage.

No vessel,

punt, &c., to

boat, be charged half ferriage money, such other craft or boat to be subject to detention until the half ferriage money be paid.

7. That no person shall be exempted from paying ferriage except policemen on duty, and prisouers under their charge.

8. That no vessel, punt, or other craft, shall be allowed to lie in front of the ferry stellings, so as to form an obstruction to the lay in front of Steam-boat's progress across the river, but shall, within half an hour Ferry Stelling. on pain of fine. after being warned so to do by the master of the Ferry-boat, remove to a convenient distance, under a penalty not exceeding fifteen dollars.

Prohibition

9. That no craft (row boats with passengers' luggage landing on the steps of the east ferry stelling of the river excepted) shall be on Ferry Stel- allowed to land on the ferry stellings any goods, cattle, horses, ling.

from landing

Steam-boat

not to ply but

mules, sheep, pigs, goats, or live stock, under a penalty not exceeding thirty dollars for each offence; such penalty to be enforced by the detention of the said craft until the fine incurred shall be paid, or the case be otherwise disposed of.

10. That the Steam-boat shall not be allowed to be applied to any other purposes than those of the ferry, unless for public puras a ferry-boat. poses, on the requisition of His Excellency the Governor, and with the exception of landing passengers, horses, and carriages from vessels lying in the river above Fort William Frederick : Provided always, that such latter employment shall in no case interfere with the prescribed hours of passage as aforesaid.

In case of fire

ferry-boat to

be under the

direction of Inspector

General of Po. lice.

for hire in car

II. That in cases of fire on the banks of the river or among the shipping, the Ferry-boat, with a fire-engine and all necessary means to work it, shall be placed immediately under the direction of the Inspector General of Police, with her full complement of hands.

12. That it shall not be lawful for any person with any boat or No boats to ply craft to ply for hire in carrying passengers across the river from or to any place, on the east bank of the said river, between the Fort stelling in Kingston and the north side line of plantation La Penitence, or to or from any place on the west bank of the said river, within one mile on either side of the public ferry stelling there;

rying passen. gers within a

certain dis. tance.

and

[Ord. 11 anno 1847.]

No. VIII-IX.

and every person acting in contravention of this prohibition shall be liable to a fine not exceeding the sum of forty-eight dollars, and the boat or craft used by any person for such purpose as aforesaid may be seized and detained by the Ferryman, or any constable, until the fine incurred for every such offence shall be paid, or the case shall be otherwise disposed of.

13. That all fines hereby imposed shall be recoverable on com- Fines how replaint before one or two Justices of the Peace, according to the coverable. amount of such fines, and when recovered shall be paid over and belong to the informer or complainant, and that any informer or complainant shall be a competent witness, notwithstanding he shall be entitled to any fine when recovered.

have copy of

14. That the Ferryman shall always have a copy of the above Ferryman to regulations on board the Ferry-boat hung up in a conspicuous place. Regulations on

board.

No. IX.

AN ORDINANCE TO ALTER AND EXTEND THE PROVISIONS OF [Ord. 15 anno ORDINANCE NO. 15, OF THE YEAR 1846, INTITULED “AN 1847.] "ORDINANCE TO REGULATE THE CONSTITUTION OF JOINT "STOCK COMPANIES FOR CARRYING ON UNDERTAKINGS "OF A PUBLIC NATURE, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE TAKING "OF LANDS FOR SUCH PURPOSES."

Enacted 12th August, 1847, published the 14th following, came into operation on publication.

[HENRY LIGHT, Governor.]

WHEREAS it is expedient to alter and extend some of the Preamble.

Provisions of Ordinance No. 15, of the year 1846, intituled "An "Ordinance to regulate the Constitution of Joint Stock Companies VOL. II.

с

for

"for carrying on Undertakings of a Public Nature, and to authorize "the taking of Lands for such purposes"-

1. Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Section 399, of British Guiana, by and with the advice and consent of the Court of No. 15, 1846, amended Policy thereof, that the words "twenty-eight" in section 399 of the said Ordinance No. 15, of the year 1846, shall be struck out, and the words "fifty-six" be inserted in the stead and place of the words so struck out.

amended.

2. And be it enacted, that in reference to the provisions in section Section 403, of 403 of said Ordinance relative to the fares for, and times of, conNo. 15, 1846, veying Her Majesty's Forces of the Line, Ordnance Corps, Marines, Militia, or the Police Force, by any Railway, the words "eight cents per mile" and "four cents for each mile," in said last mentioned section, shall be struck out, and that there shall be inserted the words "four cents per mile" instead of the words "eight cents per mile," and the words "two cents for each mile" instead of the words "four cents for each mile ;" and that the conveyance of such military, marine, militia, and police forces, respectively, when required by the Governor of the Colony, or other competent authority, shall be at any time by night or by day that such Governor or other competent authority may name; and that whenever any such conveyance of the military, marine, militia, or police forces shall be required as aforesaid, the Company shall be bound and obliged to make the whole of their resources available for that purpose; anything in said Ordinance No. 15, of the year 1846, to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

on loan regu.

lated.

3. And be it enacted, that no such Company as any of those Raising money mentioned in said Ordinance shall be authorised to raise, by loan or mortgage, a larger sum than one-third of their capital, and that until fifty per cent. on the whole of the capital shall have been paid up, it shall not be in the power of any such Company to raise any money by loan or mortgage.

4. And be it enacted, that it shall not be lawful for any such Company not Company to lend or advance out of the ready monies, for the time on real secu- being, belonging to the Company in or upon any real security or securities whatsoever, whether in the United Kingdom or in Deme

to lend money

rity.

rara,

[Ord. 15 anno 1847.]

No. IX.-X.

rara, or elsewhere, in the name and on behalf of the Company, any sum or sums of money in any mode or manner whatsoever.

to be construed

5. And be it enacted, that this Ordinance shall be incorporated This Ordinance with the aforesaid Ordinance No. 15, of the year 1846, and that all with No. 15, of the clauses and provisions of this Ordinance shall form part of the the year 1846. said Ordinance No. 15, of the year 1846, as altered and extended by this Ordinance, and shall be construed together therewith as forming one Ordinance.

No. X.

1847.]

AN ORDINANCE TO EXTEND THE PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE [Ord.16 anno NO. 16, OF THE YEAR 1846, INTITULED "AN ORDINANCE "TO INCORPORATE A COMPANY TO BE CALLED THE DE"MERARA RAILWAY COMPANY, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE "SAID COMPANY TO MAKE AND MAINTAIN A RAILWAY "IN THE COLONY OF BRITISH GUIANA, FROM THE CITY "OF GEORGETOWN, THE CAPITAL OF SAID COLONY, TO MAHAICA, WITH EXTENSIONS AND BRANCHES, AND FOR "OTHER PURPOSES."

Enacted 12th August, 1847, published the 14th following, came into operation on publication.

[HENRY LIGHT, Governor.]

WHEREAS by Ordinance No. 16, of the year 1846, intituled Preamble.

"An Ordinance to incorporate a Company to be called the Deme"rara Railway Company, and to authorise the said Company to "make and maintain a Railway in the Colony of British Guiana, "from the City of Georgetown, the Capital of said Colony, to "Mahaica, with Extensions and Branches, and for other purposes," after reciting as therein is recited, it was amongst other things enacted that the therein before mentioned Deed of Settlement, thereby meaning the Deed of Settlement of THE DEMERARA RAILWAY COMPANY in said Ordinance mentioned, and by said Ordinance incorporated, and all the agreements, articles and provisions therein, that

is to say, in the said Deed of Settlement, contained, should be, and the same were thereby confirmed, and should be of as full force and effect as if the same were inserted or incorporated in that Ordinance, and whereas it is deemed expedient to facilitate the proof of such Deed of Settlement in all Actions, Suits, or other Proceedings, Acts, Matters, and Things, which may be brought, instituted, or done, under or by virtue of the said Deed, or any covenant or provision therein contained, by or on the behalf of or against the said Company, in its corporate name and capacity; and whereas such proof would be greatly facilitated by causing the said Deed of Settlement to be printed, and by declaring that each printed copy of the same should be admissible in evidence in the like manner in which public Ordinances are admissible.

I. Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Deed of Settle- British Guiana, by and with the advice and consent of the Court of Policy thereof, that the Deed of Settlement of the Demerara Railway Company is, as the same is hereby declared to be, as follows:

ment of Com

pany.

Preamble of
Deed of Settle-

ment.

"THIS INDENTURE, made the Eighteenth day of Septem

ber, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-five, between CHARLES CAVE, of Threadneedle Street, in the City of London, Esquire; MICHAEL M'CHLERY, of Finsbury Circus, in the County of Middlesex, Esquire ; HENRY BARKLY, of Eaton Place, Belgrave Square, in the said County, Esquire; Sir JAMES ROBERT CARMICHAEL, of Sussex Gardens, in the said County, Baronet; GEORGE ANDERSON, of Lime Street Square, in the City of London, Esquire; JAMES BRAND, of New East India Chambers, in the City of London, Esquire; HENRY DAVIDSON, of Lime Street Square, aforesaid, Esquire; GEORGE LABALMONDIERE, of Lime Street, in the City of London, Esquire; and THOMAS NAGHTEN, of Fenchurch Street, in the City of London, Esquire of the first part: the several other Persons whose names and seals are by themselves, or by their respective attorneys or agents, hereunto, or to a duplicate hereof, subscribed and affixed in the schedule written under or annexed to these Presents, or such duplicate hereof-of the second part; and ALEXANDER MACGREGOR, of No. 31, Chester

Street,