[Ord. 6 anno 1855.]

No. LXIX.

plication shall come to be heard, such Justice shall, nevertheless, proceed to hear the same, unless the Local Board of Guardians shall produce an agreement under the hand of such person to abide by such order as such Justice shall make thereon without the hearing of evidence: Provided always, that such Justice may, notwithstanding such agreement, require that evidence be given in support of such application.

of Justices

47. In the event of such Justice of the Peace making an order Continuance requiring the father of any such illegitimate child to pay monthly order. a sum of money to the President of such Local Board of Guardians for the maintenance of such child while so chargeable, such order shall continue in force until such child shall attain the age of fourteen years, or longer in the event of such child being or becoming incapable of labour; and such money shall be paid to such President, or to any person by him appointed.

stances.

48. If at any time after the expiration of one calendar month Warrants to be after an order shall have been made in pursuance of such application certain circumgranted under it shall appear to the Justice, upon the oath of any credible person, that the payments directed to be made by such order have not been made according thereto, and are in arrear, it shall be lawful for such Justice to grant a warrant under his hand for the recovery of the amount thereof with costs.

[Section 49 repealed by Ordinance 21 of 1856.]

50. Every person who upon any examination under the authority Punishment of this Ordinance shall wilfully give false evidence, or wilfully make for giving false or subscribe a false declaration, shall, on being convicted thereof, suffer the pains and penalties of perjury; and every person who shall refuse or wilfully neglect to attend in obedience to any summons of the Poor Law Commissioners, or to give evidence before them, or who shall wilfully alter, suppress, conceal, destroy, or refase to produce any books, contracts, agreements, accounts, maps, plans, surveys, valuations, or writings, or copies of the same, which may be required to be produced for the purposes of this Ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and upon conviction shall be subject to the pains and penalties of persons guilty of misde

meanours.

51. The

[Ord. 6 anno 1855.]

Auction duties.

Becute.

No. LXIX.

51. The Auction Duties and all Duties on Execution Sales hitherto payable for the support of the poor shall be collected in manner already provided for, and shall be paid over to the Receiver-General.

52. Whenever it shall be necessary for the President of any Expenses of Local Board of Guardians to employ any person to make a claim persons appearing to pro- or complaint before any Justice as herein before provided, it shall be lawful for such Justice, and he is hereby required, to order the party complained against to pay, over and above the amount claimed, and which he may be adjudged to pay, a sum not exceeding One Dollar, for each day that the person so employed may be required to attend before such Justice for the prosecution of such complaint.

Complaints how to be dealt with.

Precedents.

53. All complaints or informations for the recovery of any sum or sums of money, or any fine, penalty, or forfeiture (save and except when otherwise specially provided) shall be made, heard, and determined in the mode, manner, and form prescribed by Ordinance No. 30, of the year 1850, and in all cases in which the amount of the fine or penalty shall exceed the sum of Fifty Dollars, and shall not exceed the sum of Two Hundred and Forty Dollars, the same shall be recovered before an Inferior Court of Criminal Justice.

54. The precedents A, B, and C, hereunto annexed, or any other applicable to the nature of the case, may be adopted in all proceedings under this Ordinance, and no summons, warrant, order, or other process had or issued under and by virtue of this Ordinance, shall be void or of none effect for want of form.

55. In the construction of this Ordinance words importing the Interpretation. masculine gender, shall include the feminine; the singular number shall include the plural, and the plural the singular; the word "Governor" shall mean the Officer actually administering the Government; the word "Commissioners" shall mean the Poor Lav Commissioners; and the word "oath" shall include affirmation and declaration in case of persons allowed to declare or affirm instead of swearing, unless in any of the cases aforesaid it be otherwise spe cially provided, or there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction.

A

No. LXIX.

[Ord. 6 anno 1855.]

Whereas

A

single woman, was on the

day of
day of

of an illegitimate child, and the said child, on the
of its said mother being unable to provide for its maintenance, became
of

last delivered
last, by reason
chargeable to the
and from thence hitherto has been maintained and supported by the
said
And whereas we, the undersigned, Local Board of Guardians for the
relief of the destitute poor, have made diligent enquiry as to the father of the said child,
and find that you,
are the father of the same; therefore, take notice, that
we, as such Local Board of Guardians, intend, on
Lext, the
instant, to make application to the Justice of the Peace in the district in
which such child shall have been so maintained as aforesaid, in the county of
for
an order upon you
to reimburse the said
for the maintenance and

support of the said child.

day of

Given under our Hands, this

has

I hereby consent that the Justice of the Peace of the district, in the county of make an order upon me, as the putative father of the illegitimate child, of which been delivered, and I hereby agree to abide by such order as the said Justice shall make hereupon, without the hearing evidence by such Court.

Given under my Hand, this

At a Court, holden at

of

before

last past, at the parish of

and that the said child, on the

day of
C

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Form of an Order of Bastardy, where the putative Father appears before the Justices.
this
day
Whereas the Local Board of Guardians for the Relief of the destitute poor in the
parish of
in the county of
having given due notice to
of
their intention to apply to the Justice for the district, in the said county of
for order upon the said
, as to the putative father of a certain illegitimate child,
of which one
was then delivered, and which had then lately become chargeable
to the said parish, to reimburse the said parish for the maintenance and support of the
said child; and the said Local Board of Guardians for the relief of the destitute poor
having now made such application accordingly, and the said
being at the same
time here present, and it having now been duly proved to the Justice here, in the pre-
sence and hearing of the said
that the said child was, on the
day of
born illegitimate of the body of the said
day of
by reason of the inability of its
said mother to provide for its maintenance, became, and from thence hitherto hath been
and still is, chargeable to the said parish of
and it being proved now here by
the evidence of the said
the mother of the said child, (and which said evidence
was corroborated in divers material particulars by the testimony of other persons to the
satisfaction of the Justice here) that the said
is the father of the said child;
the Court here, having heard the evidence in this behalf adduced, and having heard the
said parties, are satisfied of the facts aforesaid, and that the said
is really, and
in truth the father of the said child; and it appears to the Justice here to be just and
reasonable, under all the circumstances of the case, that the said
should pay
unto the Local Board of Guardians, for the relief of the destitute poor of the said parish
of
for the time being, such sum or sums of money as they have expended, and
also such sums as they may from time to time hereafter expend, for the maintenance ard
support of the said illegitimate child, not exceeding the sum of
Justice here, therefore, does now hereby order that the said
Local Board of Guardians for the relief of the destitute poor first aforesaid the sum of
by them expended for the maintenance and support of the said child, from
the
day of
aforesaid, when the said child first became chargeable as aforesaid
to the present day, and do also pay unto the Local Board of Guardians for the relief of
the destitute poor of the said parish of
for the time being weekly and every

per week. The do pay unto the

week, from henceforth, until the said child shall attain the age of fourteen years (if the
said child shall so long live, and continue to be chargeable to the said parish), such sum
and sums of money as shall be weekly expended by or on behalf of the said parish for
the maintenance and support of the said child during the time last aforesaid, not exceeding
the sum of
in each and every week.

No. LXX.

No. LXX.-LXXI.

No. LXX.

[Ord. 12 anno AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL SECTIONS 66 AND 67 OF ORDI. 1855.] NANCE No. 16, OF THE YEAR 1854.

Preamble.

Repealing

Sections 66

Enacted 28th June, 1855, published the 30th following, came into operation on publication.

[P. E. WODEHOUSE, Governor.] WHEREAS it is expedient to repeal sections 66 and 67 of Or

dinance No. 16 of the year 1854: Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of British Guiana, with the advice and consent of the Court of Policy, as follows:

1. Sections 66 and 67 of Ordinance No. 16 of the year 1854, intituled "An Ordinance to provide for the Management and Coland 67 of Ordi. "lection of the Colonial Customs," shall be, and the same are nance 16, of hereby repealed.

1854.

No. LXXI.

[Published ANNO DECIMO QUARTO AND DECIMO QUINTO in the Colony

28th June, 1855.]

VICTORIÆ REGINE.*

35 CAP. XCIX.-AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW OF EVIDENCE.

p.3386

See vol.

Documents admissible

without proof of seal, &c., in England,

II. Every Document which by any Law now in force, or here. after to be in force, is or shall be admissible in Evidence of any Particular in any Court of Justice in England, or Wales, or Ireland,

* (CIRCULAR.)

without

Downing Street, 24th May, 1855. SIR,-Circumstances having led me to suppose that the provisions of the "Act to amend "the law of Evidence," 14th and 15th Vict., c. 99, have not been fully brought to the notice of the local Government and Authorities of all Her Majesty's Colonies, I take this oppor tunity of directing your attention to them."

2. The important clause for the present purpose is section 11, which renders documents, made admissible in evidence in England and Wales by former sections of the Act, equally admissible in the Colonies.

*

I have the honor to be, Sir, your most obedient humble Servant,

J. RUSSELL

No. LXXI.-LXXII.

[Published in the Colony 28th June, 1855.]

admissible in land, equally the Colonies.

without Proof of the Seal or Stamp or Signature authenticating the Wales, or Ire same, or of the judicial or official Character of the Person appearing to have signed the same, shall be admitted in Evidence to the same Extent and for the same Purposes in any Court of Justice of any of the British Colonies, or before any Person having in any of such Colonies by Law or by Consent of Parties Authority to hear, receive, and examine Evidence, without Proof of the Seal or Stamp or Signature authenticating the same, or of the judicial or official Character of the Person appearing to have signed the same.

No. LXXII.

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAW RELATIVE TO THE DIS- [Ord. 14anno TILLATION AND SALE OF RUM.

Enacted 4th July, 1855, published the 1st August following,

came into operation 1st September, 1855.1

[P. E. WODEHOUSE, Governor.]

1855.]

WHEREAS it is necessary to amend the Law relative to the Preamble.

Distillation and Sale of Rum, 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:

Clause.

I. The Ordinance No. 14, of 1850, intituled "An Ordinance for Repealing "the Better Collection of Duties on Rum Consumed within the "Colony of British Guiana," and the Ordinance No. 11, of 1854, intituled "An Ordinance to Alter and Amend Ordinance No. 14, of "the year 1850, intituled 'An Ordinance for the Better Collection of "Duties on Rum Consumed within the Colony of British Guiana,"" shall be, and the same are hereby repealed, save and except as to the repeal by the same of any previous Ordinance, and except as to any fines, penalties, forfeitures, seizures, offences, and other matters incurred, made, committed, or done under and by virtue of the said Ordinances or either of them, and the recovery of the same.