| Ord. 32 anno 1868.] No. XLIX. on being furnished with such security as aforesaid, cause the money due thereupon to be paid off and discharged. Loan. Loan. 6. The moneys to be raised under this Ordinance shall be lent Application of and advanced by the Colonial Receiver General to the Committee of the Lamaha Fresh Water Canal, for the purposes aforesaid, in such amounts respectively as the Governor shall from time to time Provision for be pleased to direct, and the whole amount of said loan shall be repayment of repaid to the Colonial Receiver General, for and on behalf of the Colony, with interest at the rate aforsesaid, in nineteen years from the date of the advance, in manner following, that is to say, during the first four years, counting from the date of the first advance, interest shall be paid half-yearly on the whole amount advanced; and at the end of the fourth year, and of each year thereafter, counting from such date, one fifteenth part of the principal shall be paid; and after the end of the fourth year, interest shall continue to be paid half-yearly, counting from the same date, on the principal amount at each date of payment remaining due. portions repay. 7. The Mayor and Town Council of Georgetown and the follow- In what proing Estates and Plantations shall be bound to pay each instalment ment to be of principal and of interest as and when the same shall fall due, made by the in the following proportions, that is to say: The Mayor and Town Council...... 7,500 Mayor and Town Council, and the Plan. tations con. cerned. Haags Boosch 1,094 [Ord. 32 anno 1868.] No. XLIX. 8. The Colonial Receiver General, for and on behalf of the Preferent lien Colony, shall have a preferent lien, upon the Property, Revenues, of the Colony. Rates and Taxes, of the Mayor and Town Council of Georgetown, subject to any existing liens thereon in favour of the Colony, for the payment of the amount of their proportion of each instalment, as and when the same shall fall due, and upon each of the said Plantations, subject to any existing liens thereon in favour of the Colony, for payment of the amount of its proportion of each instalment as and when the same shall fall due. 9. In case of default of payment by the Mayor and Town CounRight of Re-cil of any one or more of the amounts payable by them as aforesaid, Town Council. as and when the same shall respectively fall due, and become pay covery from covery from Plantations. able, the Colonial Receiver General, for and on behalf of the Colony, may proceed forthwith by parate or summary execution against the Mayor and Town Council, and levy upon the Property, Revenues, Rates, and Taxes of the said Corporation, and recover from the sale or realization thereof every such amount. 10. In case of default of payment by the proprietor or proRight of Re prietors of any Plantation of any one or more of the amounts payable by such Plantation as aforesaid, as and when the same shall respectively fall due and become payable, the Colonial Receiver General for and on behalf of the Colony, may proceed by parate or summary execution against such Plantation, and may levy on the said Plantation, cum annexis, and may recover from the sale thereof every such amount due by such Plantation. Execution ag inst Town Council and Plantations to be separate. tinue until II. Such parate execution shall be separate against the Mayor and Town Council, and each such Plantation, in respect of any amounts that may be due by them respectively. 12. Until the whole amount of the principal and interest intended Lien to con to be secured shall be paid to the Colonial Receiver General, the payment in full preferent lien hereby created in favour of the Colony, shall continue with interest. in full force, and shall continue vested on each of the said Plantations notwithstanding any change or changes of ownership of such. Plantation, whether by private, or execution or other public, sale. No. XLIX. [Ord. 32 anno 1868.] Receiver Ge amount 13. In every proceeding by parate execution under this Ordi- Signature of nance, the signature of the Colonial Receiver General for the time neral to statebeing, subscribed to any document containing a statement of the ment of amount claimed, shall, without proof of such signature, or of any claimed, prima facie evidence. matter or thing, be held by all Courts sufficient prima facie proof of the amount claimed being due. 14 This Ordinance shall come into operation and take effect on the publication thereof. Commence. ment of Ordi. nance. Ordinance No. 32 of 1868. SECTION 2.-"The Colonial Receiver General, for and on behalf of the Colony shall issue Bonds in the Form annexed hereto, or as near thereto as circumstances will admit, each payable to bearer for such sum as the Governor shall approve, and to an amount not exceeding in the whole Thirty Thousand DolJars; and bearing interest payable half-yearly at the rate of six per centum per annum; and the amount of which Bonds shall be pay. able in fifteen equal annual instalments, falling due anually from the third year after the issue of the first Bond.". SECTION 3.-All the Colonial Revenues not specially appropriated by any OrdiDance already in force, shall be held, and are hereby declared, to be pledged for the payment of the Interest and Principal to become due in respect of the said Bonds." The Colonial Receiver General, for and on behalf and of Given under my hand, at the Guiana Public Recorded. Colonial Receiver General. Colonial Book-keeper. COUPONS. No. L. No. L. [Ord. 33 anno AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE 1868.1 OFFICE OF PROVOST-MARSHAL OF BRITISH GUIANA. Preamble. Vust Marshal. Fnacted 30th December, 1868, published the 31st following, came into operation on 1st January, 1869. [FRANCIS HINCKS, Governor.] WHEREAS it is expedient to make new Regulations relating to the office of Provost Marshal of British Guiana: 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 and after the First day of January, One Thousand Eight Salary of Pro Hundred and Sixty-nine, the Provost Marshal of British Guiana shall receive an annual salary of Four Thousand Dollars, to be paid out of the Fee Fund hereinafter established. the Provost 2. The Provost Marshal shall keep three Offices, one in the City What Offices of Georgetown, one in the Town of New-Amsterdam, and one in the County of Essequebo, at such convenient places as may from time to time be fixed by His Excellency the Governor. Marshal to keep and where. vost Marshal 3. The Provost Marshal shall appoint such Ordinary Marshals, Power to Pro and shall employ such Clerks and Supernumeraries as may be with approval necessary for service in the several offices in Georgetown, Berbice, to appoint and and Essequebo; but every such appointment and employment shall nary Marshale. be subject to the approval of His Excellency the Goverror: And of Governor, dismiss Ordi the Provost Marshal shall not dismiss any Ordinary Marshal without first obtaining the sanction of the Governor to such dismissal. 4. An ordinary Marshal shall perform the duties of an AcAn Ordinary countant in each of the three Offices; and such books of account as Marshal to be Accountant, may be found convenient and necessary, shall be kept in each of and keep ne cessary Books, such offices. 5. Out of the said Fee Fund the Ordinary Marshals shall receive Salaries of Ordinary Mar. such Salaries as may from time to time be fixed by the Governor, shals, &c., to be fixed by with the advice and consent of the Court of Policy, and the Clerks Governor and and Supernumeraries shall receive such remuneration as may from Court of time to time be warranted by His Excellency the Governor. Policy. 6. All process in criminal cases, except execution in cases of By whom Pro: forfeited recognizances, and all process in civil cases, except arrests served. of the person and proceedings in execution after summation, may be served by any person who may be authorised by the Provost Marshal to serve the same. The term "process," as herein used, shall include all proceedings whatever involving the service of any document on any party, witness, or other person concerned in such proceeding. of want of 7. It shall not be necessary to prove the authority from the Onus of proof Provost Marshal of any person appearing to have served such authority to process as aforesaid; but any one objecting to the authority of any lie on person such person, shall be at liberty to prove his want of authority. served. authorised to 8. There shall be kept in each of the Offices of the Provost List of persons Marshal, and of the Registrars of Demerary and Essequebo, and of serve Process Berbice, a correct list of such persons, not being Ordinary Marshals, to be kept. who have such authority; and any person objecting to the authority of any such person to serve any process, may produce the original of any such list, or a copy thereof, signed as a true copy by the Provost Marshal, or any Ordinary Marshal, or the Registrar, or any Sworn Clerk or Assistant Sworn Clerk; and if the name of such person shall not appear on such list or copy, he shall be held not to have such authority. Service. 9. Every Return of Service appearing to be signed by the What shall be Provost Marshal, or by any Ordinary Marshal, shall, as heretofore, received as be received by all Courts as authentic, without any proof; and every Return of return of service appearing to be signed by any other person purporting to be authorised by the Provost Marshal, shall, if verified by affidavit of such person sworn before any Justice of the Peace, be received by all Courts as authentic; and every such affidavit purporting to be so sworn, shall be taken to have been properly sworn before a Justice of the Peace, without proof of the fact of |