all Licensed Vessels.

29 Vic. c. 16. to deliver such abstract to the master of the wrecked vessel for his inspection and use; and every master of a licensed vessel or boat who shall neglect to keep a copy of such abstract on board of his vessel or boat, or having the same on board shall neglect to deliver the same as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five pounds.

Enforcement of Wrecking Laws.

Right of appeal.

Defendants in any action

general issue.

XXI. It shall be the duty of the Receiver-General and other officers of the Revenue Department to enforce the provisions of this Act, and all other Acts relating to wrecking.

XXII. That, in all cases of summary conviction under this Act, the party convicted shall have a right to appeal against such conviction to the General Court at Nassau, according to the provisions of an Act passed in the tenth year of her Majesty's reign, entitled "An Act for the better regulating Appeals in cases of summary Conviction."

XXIII. That if any action or suit shall at any time be commenced or prosecuted against any person or persons for any thing may plead the done in pursuance of this Act, the defendant or defendants in such suit or action may plead the general issue, and give this Act, and the special matter in evidence at the trial of such action or suit, and that the same was done in pursuance and by the authority of this Act.

Fines to be paid into the Public Trea

sury.

Certain sec

tions of 21 Vic. c. 1, re

pealed.

Commence

ment and dura

ration of this

XXIV. All fines and penalties imposed by this Act shall be paid into the Public Treasury in aid of the general revenue of the Colony, and the payment thereof shall be enforced as provided for by the 40th section of the Act to which this Act is an amendment.

XXV. The 11th, 14th and 30th sections of the 21 Vic. c. 1, and so much of the 23rd section of the said Act as provides for the remuneration for loss of life or for injuries, shall be and the same are hereby repealed.

XXVI. This Act shall commence and take effect on the first day of July, 1866, and shall continue in force during the continuance of the Licensed Vessels' Act, 1858.

Act.

SCHEDULE.

SHARE LIST.

Amount and Distribution of Salvage in the case of the British [or otherwise, as the case may be] Ship [or otherwise], of the Port of [here insert Port to which Vessel belonged and the name of the master].

Salvage awarded [or agreed on, as the case may be]

{

Total number of tonnage shares

Settled

as the case

may be £

£

HOG ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE AND POWDER
MAGAZINE.

27 Vic. c. 19. An Act to provide for the Storing of Gun-
powder. (Assented to 25th April, 1864.)

HEREAS the storing of large quantities of powder in the PREAMble. powder magazine at Hog Island is dangerous to the

Town of Nassau, and it is desirable to make provision by law for the storage of powder in some more remote locality, and for the better regulation of the powder magazine at Hog Island; May it, &c.:

I. That from and after the passing of this Act it shall not be lawful to store in the powder magazine at Hog Island more than one hundred kegs of powder at any one time, nor shall person be entitled to store more than ten kegs.

any one

Quantity of Gunpowder that may be stored in Hog Island Magazine. Provides for removing Powder from old Magazine and empowers Governor, in

II. That it shall be lawful for the Governor, and he is hereby authorized immediately after the passing of this Act, to cause all powder now in the said magazine, beyond the quantity referred to in the first section of this Act, to be removed therefrom, and by and with the advice of the Executive Council, to select a safe and remote locality, and provide a sufficient store in which thereafter the owners of powder shall have the privilege of storing powder, Council, to and the keeper of the powder magazine at Hog Island shall be furnish another the keeper of the store so to be provided as aforesaid, and shall store: Salary

27 Vic. c. 19. receive in addition to the salary now by law attached to the said office a salary at and after the rate of ten pounds per annum, payable monthly, out of the Public Treasury, by warrant, in the usual manner.

of keeper of Powder Magazine.

Illegal to keep

more than twenty-five pounds of powder within

the limits of any Town: punishment: Military exempt.

Inspector of
Police to make
inquiry as to
the quantity of
Powder kept
in Shops.
Governor in

Council to fix
rates at which
Powder may
be stored.

Punishment

for breaking

Governor in
Council.

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III. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to keep or store on the Island of New Providence, or on Hog Island, otherwise than at the powder magazine, as hereinbefore is provided for, or within the limits of any town on the Out-islands any greater quantity of powder than twenty-five pounds, such powder to be kept in a covered tin or copper case, and to have the word powder" marked thereon; and if any person shall store or keep any greater quantity of powder than as aforesaid, or shall keep any quantity of powder stored except as hereinafter provided for, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine of ten pounds to be recovered before any one of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, or in default of payment to be imprisoned for thirty days: Provided that nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to extend to the storing of powder by military or naval authority and the keeping and using thereof for military or naval purposes.

IV. That it shall be the duty of the inspector of police to make or cause inquiries to be made from time to time as to the quantity of gunpowder kept for retail or otherwise in the several shops, stores, and warehouses of this city.

V. That it shall be lawful for the Governor, in Council, to fix the rates at which powder shall be stored in the magazine at Hog Island, and in the store to be provided under the second section of this Act, and also to make all needful orders, regulations, and instructions for the government of the keeper of the powder magazine, for the due placing, storing, and removing of the powder now deposited, or hereafter to be deposited and kept in the said magazine and store, and for granting facilities for the lawful prosecution of their business by the owner or owners of such powder.

VI. That for the breach of any such regulations as aforesaid, to be proved before any one of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, the regulations it shall and may be lawful for such Justice to fine the offender in fixed by any sum not exceeding five pounds, to be levied, in default of payment, by warrant, under the hand and seal of such Justice, by distress and sale of the offender's goods and chattels, and if no goods and chattels can be found whereon such fine as aforesaid can be levied, then and in such case, it shall be lawful for such Justice to commit the offender to prison for any term not exceeding twenty days.

Governor to appoint annually a person to survey the Powder kept in the Magazine.

VII. That it shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, at least once in every year, to cause the powder stored in the powder magazine aforesaid, to be surveyed by a competent person or persons, to be appointed by him for that purpose; and, if upon such survey, any of the kegs or other packages in which any such powder is stowed shall be found to be decayed or otherwise damaged or injured, so as, in the opinion of the person or persons so surveying them, to be unfit for the continued stowage of powder, it shall be incumbent on the owner of such powder, upon receiving notice to that effect from the keeper of the said magazine, without delay, to provide other fit and proper packages and to

have such powder re-packed therein: Provided always that such 27 Vic. c. 19. re-packing shall always take place under the superintendence of the keeper of the said magazine.

ages for
Powder.

VIII. That if the owner of any such powder as aforesaid, Penalty for shall neglect, for twenty days after receiving such notice as afore- not providing said, to provide fit and proper packages for the re-packing of any proper packsuch powder as aforesaid, and to have the same re-packed as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Governor, at any time after the expiration of the said period of twenty days, to authorize the keeper of the said magazine to procure fit and proper packages, and to have such powder re-packed therein, and the cost of such packages, and all expenses attending the re-packing of such powder, shall be a charge on the powder in respect of which such charges and expenses were incurred; and if such charges and expenses shall not be fully paid and liquidated by the owner of such powder within ten days after the payment of the same shall have been demanded, such powder, or such portion thereof as may be requisite, shall be sold to defray such charges and expenses.

IX. That all expenses incurred under the authority of this Expenses of Act, shall be defrayed out of the Public Treasury of these Islands this Act, how by warrant in the usual manner.

X. That the following Acts and parts of Acts shall be and the same are hereby repealed; that is to say, so much of the 6th section 12 Vic. c. 8, as relates to the keeping or storing of gunpowder, the 12 Vic. c. 21, 14 Vic. c. 6, and 16 Vic. c. 7.

payable.

Acts and parts of Acts repealed.

PART VII.

CLASS X.

INTER-INSULAR COMMUNICATION.

28 Vic. c. 18. An Act to amend the Act to provide for more frequent Communication between certain Islands of the Bahamas and the Seat of Government. (Assented to 28th March, 1865.)

W

HEREAS the sum placed at the disposal of the Govern- PREAMBLE. ment, by the Act to which this Act is an amendment, for

the purpose of procuring a suitable vessel for the conveyance of inter-insular mails, has been found inadequate for the purpose; May it, &c.:

I. It shall be lawful for the Governor, acting with the advice of £500 a year the Executive Council, as by the said Act is provided for, to hire allowed for by the year, or otherwise, for the service by the said Act contem- carrying interplated, a good and sufficient vessel, and to pay therefor such sum of money as the same can, by public tender, be procured for not

insular mails.

28 Vic. c. 18. exceeding in the whole the sum of five hundred pounds per

Section repealed. Duration clause.

annum.

II. The second section of the Act to which this Act is an amendment, shall be and the same is hereby repealed.

III. This Act, together with the Act to which it is an amendment, shall continue in force for five years from and after the passing hereof, and from thence to the end of the then next session of Assembly.

PREAMBLE.

Authorizes
the employ-
ment of mail
boats between

Nassau, Eleu-
thera, Harbour

Island, and
Abaco.

Post Master

at Nassau and

district Post

Master's duty.

Regulates the rate of freight and passagemoney.

30 Vic. c. 18. An Act to provide for Postal Communication between Nassau, Eleuthera, Harbour Island, and Abaco. (Assented to 13th May, 1867.)

W

WHEREAS it would tend to the convenience of the Inhabitants of the districts of Eleuthera, Harbour Island, and Abaco, and the advantage of the public service, if a regular postal communication was established between Nassau and the said districts, by means of fast-sailing vessels; May it, &c.:

I. That upon the passing of this Act, and from time to time during its continuance, it shall be lawful for the Governor, in Council, to hire, by the year or otherwise, as shall be deemed best, fastsailing vessels of not less than 20 tons burthen, each to be employed in the conveyance of fortnightly mails between Nassau and the districts of Eleuthera and Abaco, and weekly or fortnightly mails between Nassau and the district of Harbour Island and thence back to Nassau, stopping and delivering and receiving mails at the different places in the schedule to this Act named, that is to say: One vessel to be employed in the service between Nassau and Eleuthera, one other vessel to be employed in the service between Nassau and Harbour Island, and one other vessel to be employed between Nassau and Abaco; the service to be performed under such orders and regulations as may from time to time be issued by the Governor, in Council, for the purpose of carrying this Act into execution.

II. That it shall be the duty of the post master at Nassau to make up mails for transmission by the said vessels in the same and the like manner as he now makes up and despatches mails by the mail-vessel running between Nassau and Inagua; and it shall be the duty of the district post masters at the different places to which this Act extends, to receive and deliver such mails, and to make up and forward return mails by the said vessels, under such instructions as may from time to time be issued by the post master in Nassau; all of which mails shall be carried free of any extra charge for the carriage thereof.

III. That such vessels may carry freight and passengers, provided that no higher rate of freight or passage-money shall be ehargeable than the rates of freight set forth in the first column of the schedule of freight subjoined to the Act 12 Vic. c. 14, and no higher rate of passage-money than one-half of the rates specified in the schedule of passage-money attached to the said Act as pay