The Laws of British Guiana Chronologically Arranged from the Year 158o to [1880] ...L. M' Dermott, 1877 |
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... Town Council of Georgetown a sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars to be by them ex- pended in certain Public Improvements in the Burnt Districts of the City ... ... 2 3 An Ordinance to Explain and Amend the Law rela- ting to Gaol ...
... Town Council of Georgetown a sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars to be by them ex- pended in certain Public Improvements in the Burnt Districts of the City ... ... 2 3 An Ordinance to Explain and Amend the Law rela- ting to Gaol ...
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... Town Council of Georgetown , for providing a Guarantee by the Colony of the pay- ment of the Principal and Interest of the Town Tank and Water Works Loans Bonds , for in- creasing the present Loan from the Colony to the Mayor and Town ...
... Town Council of Georgetown , for providing a Guarantee by the Colony of the pay- ment of the Principal and Interest of the Town Tank and Water Works Loans Bonds , for in- creasing the present Loan from the Colony to the Mayor and Town ...
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... Town Council of Georgetown to Improve that part of South and North Cumingsburg extending from Seward's Canal South to the Railway Premises North , and for such purpose to borrow from the Colony a sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Thou- sand ...
... Town Council of Georgetown to Improve that part of South and North Cumingsburg extending from Seward's Canal South to the Railway Premises North , and for such purpose to borrow from the Colony a sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Thou- sand ...
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... Town Council of Georgetown under " The Cumings . burg North - West District Improvement Ordi- nance , 1866 , " and to Alter the Terms of Sale with respect to the Residue of the Lots Autho- rised to be Sold under the said Ordinance 63 64 ...
... Town Council of Georgetown under " The Cumings . burg North - West District Improvement Ordi- nance , 1866 , " and to Alter the Terms of Sale with respect to the Residue of the Lots Autho- rised to be Sold under the said Ordinance 63 64 ...
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... Town Council of Georgetown , of a Portion of the Money borrowed by them from the Colony under the Provisions of " The Cumingsburg North - West District Improvement Ordinance , 1866 ; " and to authorize the issuing of fresh Bonds to meet ...
... Town Council of Georgetown , of a Portion of the Money borrowed by them from the Colony under the Provisions of " The Cumingsburg North - West District Improvement Ordinance , 1866 ; " and to authorize the issuing of fresh Bonds to meet ...
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Common terms and phrases
Administrator Administrator-General advice and consent aforesaid amend amount anno appointed Asylum authorised behalf Berbice Board Bond British Guiana centum certificate charge claim Clerk Colonial Receiver Colonial Receiver-General Company conviction Council of Georgetown County Court of Policy creditors debt default Demerara and Essequebo deposited Directors District dividend Dollars enacted entitled Excellency the Governor fees FRANCIS HINCKS Fund Gaol Governor and Court Governor of British hackney carriage hereby immoveable property insolvent interest lawful liable Licence loan manner Mayor and Town meeting Members ment of Ordi months moveable nance notice offence Office Official Gazette operation and take operation on publication Ordinance paid party payable payment penal servitude person petition Policy thereof possession Post Letter Preamble publication thereof published Register Registrar repealed respect Schedule sequestration Society Stipendiary Justice Superintendent Supreme Court take effect thereto ticket-of-leave tion Town Council warrant WHEREAS
Popular passages
Page 82 - ... but if it is intended to contradict such witness by the writing, his attention must, before such contradictory proof can be given, be called to those parts of the writing which are to be used for the purpose of so contradicting him...
Page 204 - ... by entry in the margin, without any alteration of the original entry...
Page 82 - A Party producing a Witness shall not be allowed to impeach his Credit by general Evidence of bad Character, but he may, in case the Witness shall, in the Opinion of the Judge, prove adverse, contradict him by other Evidence, or, by Leave of the Judge, prove that he has made at other Times a Statement inconsistent with his present Testimony...
Page 494 - ... and how, and to whom, and for what consideration, and when he disposed of any part thereof, except such part as has been disposed of in the ordinary way of his trade (if any), or laid out in the ordinary expense of his family, unless the jury is satisfied that he had no intent to defraud...
Page 99 - ... together with the principal felon, or after the conviction of the principal felon, or may be indicted and convicted of a substantive felony whether the principal felon shall or shall not have been previously convicted, or shall or shall not be amenable to justice...
Page 82 - ... or, by leave of the judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony; but before such last-mentioned proof can be given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked whether or not he has made such statement.
Page 191 - ... such person shall not, by reason thereof, be entitled to be acquitted, but the jury...
Page 83 - ... purporting to be signed by the clerk of the court or other officer having the custody of the records of the court where the offender was...
Page 189 - ... in order, by force or constraint, to compel him or them to change his or their measures or counsels, or in order to put any force or constraint upon, or to intimidate or overawe both houses, or either house of parliament...
Page 387 - ... in any such action, such plaintiff shall not have costs against the defendant, unless the judge before whom the trial shall be shall certify his approbation of the action, and of the verdict obtained thereupon.