Value of in strument not to be alleged. No. II.-III. inquisition any such person by such name only, and without aver ring that such person has only one name, or that the other name is unknown. II. And be it enacted, that it shall not be necessary in any indictment or inquisition for murder or homicide, to allege the value of the instrument which caused the death of the deceased, to allege that the same was of no value. 12. And be it enacted, that after the taking effect of this Ordi Offences comnance all criminal offences committed at any time prior or subsemitted prior to this Ordinance. quently thereto, shall be inquired of and tried according to the provisions of this Ordinance, and of Ordinances Nos. 27, 28, and 33, of the year 1846, or any of them. as if incorpo 13. And be it enacted, that the several sections of this Ordinance This Ordinance shall be considered to be incorporated with Ordinance No. 27, of to be construed the year 1846, and shall be held and deemed to be part and parcel rated with Or- of the said Ordinance, and shall be construed with, and be governed by the rules of construction contained in said Ordinance No. 27, of the year 1846. dinance No. 27, anno 1846. No. III. [Ord. 4 anno AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND 1847.] Preamble. MEDICINES FOR IMMIGRANT LABOURERS. Enacted 16th March, 1847, published the same day, came into operation fourteen days after publication. [HENRY LIGHT, Governor.] WHEREAS it is expedient to define, by Ordinance, the obliga tions which attach to Employers of Immigrant Labourers, and of Immigrant Labourers towards their Employers, in respect of Medicines and Medical Attendance; and for the proper Regulation of Hospitals in the Rural Districts of the Colony :* 9. That The whole of the Immigration Ordinances, repealed and unrepealed, have been carefully gone through, and it would appear that sections 9 to 13, inclusive, of Ordinance 4 of 1847 have never been directly repealed. It is not clear that any of them are repealed even indirectly. Some of them may be affected by the provisions of part XIII of Ordinance No. 4 of 1864, which regulates the Medical and Sanitary care of Immigrants, but others, as for example Sec. 13, do not seem to be in any way touched by subsequeut legislation. The publisher thinks it safer, therefore, to insert the above named Sections. sitors. 9. That there shall be a Board of Visitors for the superintendence Board of Vi of all Hospitals in each district, and that such Board of Visitors shall consist of the Stipendiary Justice of such district, and any two Justices of the Peace residing therein. Board may en 10. That any one or more of the Members of such Board may Member of enter any Hospital within his district, at any time during the day, ter Hospital at to inspect such Hospital, its register, and accommodations, and to any time. hear and receive any complaint that may be made by the medical practitioner or by any nurse, attendant, or patient. itors may pro II. That a majority of such Board of Visitors, on evidence ad- Board of Visduced to their satisfaction that any employer has not provided and vide nurses, &c. supplied for any Hospital all such nurses, attendants, furniture, and at expense of employer. utensils, and for the patients all such medicines and articles of diet and nourishment as have been deemed necessary or ordered by the medical practitioner, shall forthwith provide and supply all such required nurses, attendants, furniture, utensils, medicines, articles of diet and nourishment; and for the costs and charges thereof, if not paid on demand, shall issue their warrant and levy upon and sell any chattels of, or belonging to, any such plantation, or any such employer. dical attend 12. That in all cases where any immigrant shall be bound to Charge for mework for his employer for the period of six or twelve mouths or up- ance when not wards, no charge shall be brought by or allowed to any employer allowed. for the medical and other attendance during his sickness or confinement to the hospital, or for any medicines or nourishment provided and supplied to any such immigrant during his sickness or confinement to the hospital. dical attend 13. That in every case in which an immigrant labourer, not Charge for me. bound to work for his employer for six or twelve months or upwards, ance when shall have been in the hospital of his employer, and shall have been allowed. there taken care of in sickness, or whilst suffering from any sores, wound, or complaint, such immigrant labourer shall, upon his restoration to health, be bound to work for such employer until he shall have repaid to him all costs, charges, and expenses of such sickness, medicines, and nourishment, or shall reimburse all such costs, charges, and expenses; and the amount of all such costs, charges, [Ord. 4 anno 1847.] Interpreta tions in Ordi. nance. No. III.-IV. charges, and expenses, in the event of dispute, shall be settled and determined by a majority of the Board of Visitors hereinbefore mentioned. 16. Within the meaning, and for the purposes of this Ordinance, all masters, mistresses, foremen, attorneys, agents, managers, overseers, clerks, and other persons engaged in the hiring or superintending the labour or services of any immigrant labourer, shall be and be deemed employers; that the words "hospital furniture" shall include all beds, blankets, sheets, and other things necessary for the comfort of a sick person; that the word "nourishment" shall mean and include wine, and every species and kind of nutriment ordered by the medical practitioner; that any term importing the singular number shall include the plural, and any term importing the plural number shall include the singular; and where any term shall be used importing the male gender the female gender shall be taken to be included, except it be otherwise specially provided, or there be something in the context repugnant to such construction. No. IV. [Ord. 5 anno AN ORDINANCE TO ALTER AND EXTEND THE PROVISIONS CON. 1847.] TAINED IN SECTIONS 268 AND 273 OF ORDINANCE No. 15, OF THE YEAR 1846, ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE TO REGU. "LATE THE CONSTITUTION OF JOINT STOCK COMPANIES "FOR CARRYING ON UNDERTAKINGS OF A PUBLIC NATURE "AND TO AUTHORIZE THE TAKING OF LANDS FOR SUCH 'PURPOSES." Preamble. 66 Enacted 17th March, 1847, published the same day, came into operation on publication. [HENRY LIGHT, Governor.] WHEREAS it is deemed expedient to increase the number of Yards to which deviations from the Line delineated on the plans deposited by Railway Companies are limited by Section 268 of Ordinance [Ord. 5 anno 1847.] No. IV. V. Ordinance No. 15, of the year 1846, as well as to enlarge the tions not to I. Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Latent devia. British Guiana, with the advice and consent of the Court of Policy exceed 1,400 thereof, that the words "one hundred yards," in section 268 of said yards. Ordinance No. 15, of the year 1846, shall be struck out, and that in the stead and place of said words shall stand, and be part and parcel of said section, the words "one thousand four hundred yards." ways along 2. And be it enacted, that immediately after the words "as Company may delineated on the plans," in section 273 of said Ordinance No. make tram15, shall be inserted the following clause, that is to say-" And roads. "the company may make tramways along any public or "private road leading to the sea coast or shore, or to any river, "creek, or canal, to obtain therefrom shells, sand, caddy, or other "materials, for constructing, repairing, and consolidating the "embankments of the Railroad, or for any other purpose connected "with the Railroad." to be construed 3. And be enacted, that this Ordinance shall be construed with This Ordinance said Ordinance No. 15 as if originally forming part and parcel of with Ordinance said Ordinance No. 15. No. 15, 1846. No. V. AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE A NEW BURIAL GROUND FOR [Ord. 6 anno 1847.] THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN. Enacted 6th April, 1847, published the 14th following, came into operation on publication. [HENRY LIGHT, Governor.] WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide a Burial Ground in lieu Preamble. of the Burial Ground in the Ward of Werk-en-Rust, in the City of Georgetown: And whereas the Court of Policy, combined with the Financial Representatives of the Inhabitants of the Colony, has voted a sum of money for the purchase of such a quantity of land [Ord. 6 anno 1847.] Receiver. General to enter upon the the same to be appraised. No. V. as may be required for the said purpose, in the immediate vicinity of Georgetown: And whereas the vacant plot or piece of land on the south side of Plantation Le Repentir, containing twenty-one acres more or less as per diagram annexed, is deemed eligible for the purpose aforesaid: 1. Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of British Guiana, with the advice and consent of the Court of Policy thereof, that upon the publication of this Ordinance the Colonial land and cause Receiver-General shall enter upon and take possession of the said plot or piece of land on the south side of Plantation Le Repentir, containing twenty-one acres more or less, and shall cause the same to be appraised by two competent appraisers, one to be appointed by the Governor and Court of Policy, and the other by the representative or representatives of the proprietor or proprietors of said Plantation Le Repentir, with authority on the said appraisers, in case of difference of opinion, to appoint an umpire, to ascertain and fix the value of said land, and upon the value thereof being so ascertained and fixed, the same shall be paid over to the lawful representative or representatives of the proprietor or proprietors of said Plantation Le Repentir, or, if need be, deposited in the Registrar's office of Demerary and Essequebo, ad opus jus habentium, and thereupon the land in question shall be vested in and be the property of Her Majesty, for the purposes aforesaid, and shall thereafter be used as a Burial Ground.. to the Burial Ground. 2. And be it enacted, that the public shall have a right of way Right of way for horses and carriages as well as foot passengers, over any and every road leading to the said plot or piece of land; and that the appraisers and umpire aforesaid shall take into consideration and ascertain and fix the value, if any, of said right of way, and such value shall be dealt with in the same manner and form as the value of the said plot or piece of land. Drainage of 3. And be it enacted, that the person or persons having the care and superintendence of the New Burial Ground shall have full power, authority, and right, to cause the draining-trench and trenches of the same to be conducted and led into the drainingtrench and trenches of the said Plantation Le Repentir, and that the damage and injury caused and to be caused to said Plantation by such draining of the Burial Ground into the draining-trench and |