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No. 3.-ORDINANCE No. 15 of 1860.

No. 3.

1860.

An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 7 of 1855, and to erect Salt Ord. No. 15,
Cay into a separate Parish. To provide for the election of a
Vestry, and for other purposes. (Passed 1st May, 1860.
Confirmed 17th October, 1860.)

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HEREAS the islands commonly known as Grand Cay and PREAMBLE. Salt Cay, and other islands designated as the Turks Islands, have hitherto formed one parish, known as the parish of St. Thomas, and whereas from the increased and increasing number of the inhabitants of Salt Cay, the many difficulties which at present attend the proper management of the affairs of the Church of England at Salt Cay under the control of a vestry residing at another island, and for other reasons, it is deemed expedient that the said island of Salt Cay with the Cays adjacent thereto should be constituted a distinct parish, and the chapel of ease at Salt Cay declared the parish church thereof; May it, &c.,

I. That from and after the commencement of this Ordinance, the island of Salt Cay, together with the several islands and Cays within the parish of St. Thomas, which lie nearer to Salt Cay than to the island of Grand Turk, shall form and be erected into one parish, of which the chapel of ease at Salt Cay shall be the parish church, and the parish shall henceforth be known and distinguished by the name of the parish of St. John.

II. That the following clauses of Ordinance No. 7 of 1855, shall be held and taken to apply to the said parish of St. John, as if they had been ordained for the management of the said parish to wit-Clauses No. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22. Provided that all the duties required by the fifth clause aforesaid of the clerk of the parish, shall at the parish of St. John be performed by the clerk of the vestry.

Salt Cay to be
a separate
parish, called
St. John.
the parish of

Clauses of Ord.
No. 7, 1855,
which are
Salt Cay.

extended to

III. That so soon as this Ordinance shall come into operation, Election of all persons entitled to vote for vestrymen may lawfully assemble vestry. on a day of which due notice shall be given, by the rector or officiating minister, who shall cause a poll to be opened for the four vestrymen to serve for such period of time as may remain between ` such day of election and the regular day in Easter week ensuing, when the duties of such vestrymen shall cease, and others be elected to serve as by Section 4 of Ordinance No. 7 of 1855 is provided.

IV. That the vestry and rector, or officiating minister, shall Appointment of have power to nominate and appoint a fit and proper person to act Churchwardens. as clerk of the vestry, whose duty it shall be to keep all records,

and to attend all vestry meetings, and the general business of the vestry. And the said vestry and rector shall also appoint a sexton for the said parish church.

V. That the said vestry shall reserve out of the pews in the Sale of Pews. church of the parish of St. John, one pew for the President of the colony, one pew for the rector, or officiating minister, and sufficient accommodation not exceeding one fourth of the entire number of pews in the said church, for the use of the poor; and the remainder of such pews shall be sold by the clerk of the vestry at public auction to the highest bidder, for one year, and each purchaser of

No. 3.

Ord. No. 15, 1860.

Salaries of
Minister, &c.

Provision for a
Minister for
St. George's
Parish, Caicos.

Penalty for allowing dogs to enter any of the Parish Churches during divine service.

Office of Parish
Clerk to be

a vacancy

occurs.

a pew shall be entitled to retain the same for three years in succession, at the original rate per annum. And all such sales shall take place annually in the first week in January, in some place other than the church of the parish, and all pews not retained shall be sold at the period, and in the manner aforesaid, notice of which shall be given at least one week previous to such sale; provided however that nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere with the right of any person or persons who may have purchased pews at any former sale of the same.

VI. That the salary and allowances of the resident Minister of the Church of England, at the said parish of St. John, shall be, at and after the rate set forth in the Schedule to this Ordinance attached, and the several officers named in the Schedule aforesaid shall also receive the amount specified therein, and the several fees set forth in the said Schedule may lawfully be taken for the services specified.

VII. And whereas the Caicos Islands, and the several islands and Cays situate within the distance of three leagues thereof, have been long since formed into a parish, called the parish of St. George, and it is expedient that a minister of the Church of England should be appointed for the said parish; Be it therefore ordained, that so soon as a duly ordained minister of the Church of England shall be appointed for the said parish, there shall be paid to such minister out of the Public Treasury of these islands, by warrant in the usual manner, the sum of 100l. per annum, in aid of a salary for such clergyman: Provided that a stipend to the same amount shall be granted to such minister from the funds of the Colonial Church and School Society, or of some other missionary association of the Church of England.

VIII. That so soon as a minister shall be appointed for the parish of St. George, as aforesaid, the several provisions of this Ordinance shall be held to apply to the said parish so far as circumstances will permit.

IX. And whereas the practice of allowing dogs to enter and desecrate the places of public worship in these islands, is a nuisance which should be put an end to; Be it further ordained, that if any person shall permit any dog to enter either of the parish churches of these islands during the time of divine service, it shall be the duty of the churchwardens to complain of such nuisance to the Police Magistrate resident in such parish, who shall summon the owner of such dog, and if upon hearing the case such owner be convicted of permitting such nuisance, he or she shall be liable to a fine of not exceeding One pound, and if the same be not paid, such fine may be recovered by distress and sale of the offender's goods and chattels,

X. And whereas, it has been found by experience, that the office of parish clerk is wholly unnecessary; Be it therefore further orabolished when dained, that whenever any vacancy shall occur in the said office, so much of Ordinance No. 7 of 1855 as grants the sum of 517. 138. 4d. to the clerk of the parish of St. Thomas shall be repealed: Provided, however, that until such vacancy shall occur, the clerk of the parish shall sell the pews in the parish church of St. Thomas, as provided in the said Ordinance.

Salary for
Vestry Clerk.

XI. That so soon as such sum of 517. 138. 4d. shall cease to be paid, as aforesaid, the sum of 107. per annum shall be paid to the

clerk of the vestry, such person to be appointed by the rector, churchwardens, and vestry, and such salary shall be paid from the Public Treasury by warrant in the usual manner.

XII. That such clerk shall hold the poll for the election of vestrymen, dispose of the pews at public auction, and discharge generally the duties of clerk to the vestry.

XIII. That the following clauses of Ordinance No. 7 of 1855 shall be repealed so far as they relate to the parish of St. John-to wit: Clauses No. 1, 2, 8, 12, and 17.

No. 3.

Ord. No. 15, 1860.

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WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

No. 1. ORDINANCE No. 7 of 1860.

An Ordinance to provide assistance in Aid of the establishment of a

WH

Resident Wesleyan Methodist Minister at Salt Cay.
13th April, 1860. Confirmed 5th Sept., 1860.)

(Passed

No. 1. Ord. No. 7, 1860.

HEREAS the Committee of the Wesleyan Missionary Society PREAMBLE. has for many years past contributed considerable sums of money towards the support of the Wesleyan minister stationed at these islands, and the moral and religious condition of the inhabitants has been thereby greatly promoted; And whereas there has been erected at Salt Cay a large and commodious Wesleyan Chapel, but from the want of adequate means, the members of that congregation have not been able to raise a sufficient sum to provide for the maintenance of a minister on that island, and it is very desirable that some assistance should be afforded for this purpose from the funds of the Public Treasury; May it, &c.,

I. That from and after the proclamation of this Ordinance, and so soon as the Wesleyan Methodist Society shall provide and send out to this colony a regularly accredited minister to reside at Salt Cay, there shall be allowed and paid out of the Public Treasury of these islands in monthly payments, by warrant, in the usual manner, the sum of Eighty pounds per annum to such resident Wesleyan minister at Salt Cay.

Allowance
to Wesleyan
Missionary at
Salt Cay.

No. 1.

Ord. No.7, 1860.

II. That this Ordinance shall be and continue in force from and after the proclamation of the same, for and during the term of five years, and from thence to the end of the then next Session of the Legislative Council, and no longer.

No. 1. Ord. No. 13, 1855.

PREAMBLE.

President and Council to appoint Commissioners.

Estimates to be submitted monthly.

Who deemed visitors.

CLASS IV.

POOR-HOUSE AND HOSPITAL.

No. 1.-ORDINANCE No. 13 of 1855.

(Passed 31st

An Ordinance to provide for the Supervision and Regulation of the
Poor-house and Hospital at Grand Turk.
Oct., 1855. Confirmed 20th March, 1856.)

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HEREAS it is expedient that provision should be made for the regulation of the Poor-house and Hospital establishment of these islands; May it, &c.,

I. That the control and supervision of the poor of these islands in receipt of relief from the colony shall be vested in a Board of Commissioners, to be appointed annually, and to consist of three persons appointed by the President and Council, which Board shall have and are hereby invested with the power to frame rules and regulations for the government of the said establishment, and from time to time to alter or amend the same; which rules and regulations, when submitted to and confirmed by the President in Council, shall be and become in full force and virtue, and be published for the information and guidance of all concerned.

II. That once in every month the said commissioners shall lay before the President an estimate of the probable amount required for the support of the said Poor-house and Hospital for the ensuing month.

III. That the members of the Legislative Council and the Justices of the Peace shall be entitled to visit the said establishment at all times; and the clergy of the several denominations of Christians within these islands shall have power to perform Divine Service within the said establishment at convenient periods, as well as to impart religious instruction to any of the inmates thereof, and to bury the dead of their several followers dying within the

same.

Destitute IV. That it shall be lawful for the Police Magistrate at the children may request of the said commissioners to put out to service all children be apprenticed. left destitute, or whose parent or parents may be supported at the public expense; or to apprentice under indenture any such children to any person or persons residing in the colony, and carrying on therein any useful trade or calling, for such period of time as they may deem fit and proper, until the children so put out to service or apprenticed shall have attained, in the case of girls, eighteen years of age, and in that of boys, twenty-one years.

CLASS V.

EDUCATION.

No. 1.-ORDINANCE No. 4 of 1853.

An Ordinance to appoint an Inspector and Head Master over the
Public School, also Masters and Teachers for the same, and
for other purposes therein mentioned. (Passed 29th Oct., 1853.
Confirmed 6th April, 1854.)

WH

No. 1. Ord. No. 4,

1853.

HEREAS it is necessary, in order to insure the proper and PREAMBLE. efficient management of the public schools within these

islands, that a Board of Education should be established, with powers

of inspection and control over the same; May it, &c.,

cation.

I. That it shall be lawful for the President or Officer administer- The President ing the Government of these islands to nominate and appoint not to appoint a less than six, and not more than eight persons, two being members Board of Eduof the Legislative Council, and four being the officiating Ministers of the Church of England at Grand Turk and Salt Cay, and the Ministers of the Methodist and Baptist denominations resident at Grand Turk, who shall, together with the Officer administering the Government as Chairman, constitute a Board of Education for the purpose of this Ordinance; and that four or more of the said Board, together with such Officer, shall be a quorum to transact business.

II. And be it further ordained, that the said board shall and may meet (at any place named by the President) on the first Thursday in each calendar month, and further, as often during any and every month in the year as may be necessary for the despatch of business, due notice of every such last-mentioned meeting being previously given by the Secretary to each and every member of the Board.

When said

Board to meet.

make By-rules for the manage

ment of Schools.

III. That it shall be lawful for the said Board to make such Said Board to by-rules and regulations for the control and management of all schools under their jurisdiction as they may deem fit; and such by-rules and regulations, when approved of by the President, shall be held to be in full force, and shall be acted upon accordingly, and shall be held as binding upon all parties concerned as any clause of this Ordinance: Provided, however, that such by-rules and regulations shall not be repugnant to the provisions of this Ordinance, and may be amended, altered, or repealed as often as may be deemed fit and necessary by the said Board.

IV. That the private secretary to the President, or clerk in the office of the Officer administering the Government for the time being, shall be ex-officio honorary secretary and treasurer to the said Board.

V. That it shall be lawful for the President, and he is hereby required to apply to the Secretary of State for the Colonics, as often as may be required, for some fit and proper person to hold the office of Inspector and Head Master of the public schools: Provided always, that as such appointments of Head Masters for the colonies for education purposes have sometimes disappointed the wishes of their employers when they have arrived and entered upon their employments, it shall be required that such Head

The Private
Secretary to the

President to be ex-officio Secretary to the Board. The President to apply for a person to be Inspector and from the Institution of the British and Foreign School Society.

Head Master

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