No. XXXV. day of matory Schools Ordinance, 1868," and has been duly ordered and directed to be in the County of parent, &c.) of the said A.B., and is of sufficient ability to contribute to the support and maintenance of the said A.B., his son: The said complainant therefore prays that the said C.B. may be summoned to shew cause why an Order should not be made on him so to contribute. Exhibited before me [Ord. 12 anno 1868.1 Form (J). J. S.. BRITISH GUIANA. Į Summons to Parent, &c. To C. B. of Whereas complaint hath this day been made before the undersigned, a Stipendiary Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of British Guiana, for that you (here state shortly the matter of the complaint). These are therefore to command at you in Her Majesty's name to be and appear on o'clock in the forenoon at before such Stipendiary Justice as may then be there, to answer the said complaint and to be further dealt with according to Law. Order on Parent, &c., to Contribute a Weekly Sum. BRITISH GUIANA.? Be it remembered that on this •} at To Wit. complaint of the Master of the that one A.B. of the age of said Reformatory School under nance 1868," and has been duly the day of in the County of day of a certain in the County of Reformatory School (or as the case may be) for years or thereabouts is now detained in the "the Industrial and Reformatory Schools Ordiordered and directed to be detained therein until that one C.B. dwelling in the Parish of is the Parent (or step Parent, &c.) of the said A.B. and is of sufficient ability to contribute to the support and maintenance of the said A.B. his son, was duly heard by and before me the under. signed, a Stipendiary Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of British Guiana (in the presence and hearing of the said C.B. if so, or the said C.B. not appearing to the summons duly issued and served in this behalf) and I having duly examined into the ability of the said C.B. and on consideration of all the circumstances of the case do order the said C.B. to pay to the said Master (or to an Agent of the said Master) the sum of per week from the date of this Order until the the same to be paid day of at the expiration of each fourteen (or as the case may be) days. Given under my hand the day and year first above mentioned at in the Colony aforesaid, J. S. Form (L). [Ord. 12 anno 1868.] No. XXXV. Form (L). Distress Warrant for Amount in Arrear. BRITISH GUIANA. To all members of the Police Force and Constables in the day of Whereas on the hearing of a complaint made by the Master of the Reformatory School of British Guiana (or as the case may be) that A.B. of the age of years or thereabouts is now detained in the said Reformatory School under "the Industrial and Reformatory Schools Ordinance 1868," and has been duly ordered to be detained therein until the That one C.B. dwelling in the parish of in the county of is the Parent (or step Parent, &c.) of the said A.B., and is of sufficient ability to contribute to the support and maintenance of the said A.B. his son, an order was made on the day of by me, the undersigned, a Stipendiary Justice of the Peace in and for the said Colony of British Guiana, against the said C.B. to pay to the said Master (or as the case may be) the sum of per week from the date of the said Order until the the same to be paid at the expiration of each (fourteen) days (or as the case may be). And whereas there is due upon the said Order the sum of being for (three) periods of day of (fourteen) days each, and default has been made therein for the space of fourteen days. These are therefore to command you and every of you in Her Majesty's name forthwith to make distress of the goods and chattels of the said C.B. and if within the space of (five) days next after the making of such distress the said last mentioned sum, together with the reasonable charges of taking and keeping the said distress, is not paid, then that you do sell the goods and chattels so by you destrained, and do pay the money arising from such sale to my clerk that he may and apply the same as by Law directed, and may render the overplus (if any) on demand to the said C.B. and if no such distress can be found, then that you certify the same to me, to the end that such proceedings may be had therein as the Law requires. at To Wit. Commitment in Default of Distress. BRITISH GUIANA. To all the Members of the Police Force and Constables in of day of day of the same to be paid at the expiration of each (fourteen) days (or as the case •may be): And No. XXXV.-XXXVI. And whereas afterwards on the day of I issued a Warrant to all members of the Police Force and Constables in the Colony of due upon the said recited order, being for (three) periods of (fourteen) days, by These are therefore to command you the said Members of the Police Force and Constables, and every of you, to take the said C.B. and him safely to convey to the Gaol at in the county of and there to deliver him to the Keeper thereof together with this precept: And I do hereby command you the said Keeper of the said Gaol to receive the said C.B. into your custody in the said Gaol, there to imprison him (and keep him to hard labour) for the term of unless the said sum, and all costs and charges of the said distress, and of the commitment and conveying of the said C.B. to the said Gaol, amounting to the further sum of shall be sooner paid unto you the said Keeper, and for your so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. [Ord. 12 anno 1868.] No. XXXVI. AN ORDINANCE RESPECTING THE COLONY HOUSE AT NEW [Ord. 14anno AMSTERDAM AND THE COURT HOUSE AT SUDDIE. Enacted 5th June, 1868, published the 13th following, came into operation on publication. FRANCIS HINCKS, Governor.] WHEREAS the Premises known respectively as the Colony 1868.] House at New Amsterdam, in the County of Berbice, and the Court House at Suddie, in the County of Essequebo, are Public Property, and are maintained at the Public Expense, under direc. Preamble. tion of the Governor: And whereas questions have been raised as to the rights of the Executive Government in relation to the said Premises, and the occupation thereof, and it is expedient that such rights should be declared and defined by Ordinance: 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: [Ord. 14 anno 1868.] Control of Court House at Suddie vested in the Governor : No. XXXVI.-XXXVII. I. The direction and control of the said several Premises known as the Colony House at New Amsterdam and the Court House at Colony House at New-Am. Suddie, and of all and every the Apartments therein respectively, sterdam and shall be and are hereby declared to be vested in the Governor, and the occupancy of the said several Premises and the Apartments therein respectively, shall be and is hereby declared to be subject to his pleasure, and no person shall be entitled to use or occupy any of the said Apartments except with his permission first obtained Provided always that nothing herein contained shall in any way the Judges' prejudice, or affect, the right of the Judges of the Supreme and rights. Inferior Courts of Civil and Criminal Justice in this Colony, or any of them, to the free and unrestricted use of the respective Court Halls at New Amsterdam and Suddie, whenever Judicial business shall be required to be transacted therein. Proviso as to Commencement of Ordinance. 2. This Ordinance 'shall come into operation and take effect on the publication thereof. No. XXXVII. [Ord. 15 anno 1868.] Preamble. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO THE Enacted 26th June, 1868, published the 27th following, came into operation on 1st July, 1868. [FRANCIS HINCKS, Governor.] WHEREAS it is expedicnt that Fines, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Seizures, incurred or made under the provisions of the Ordinances relating to the Colonial Customs and the Duties on Rum, should be recoverable in a summary manner subject to review; and also that a Fund should be established for the purpose of providing the officers of Colonial Customs and Revenue with legal advice and assistance and in defraying on their behalf the costs of Legal Proceedings in matters wherein the Public Interest is concerned : 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: | Ord. 15 anno [1868.] No. XXXVII. 1. In this Ordinance the expression, "Stipendiary Justice," Stipendiary Justice," Interpretation shall mean any of Her Majesty's Stipendiary Justices of the Peace section. in and for this Colony, also the Police Magistrate of Georgetown, and any Superintendent of Rivers, Creeks, Crown Lands, and Forests; and the expression "Receiver General" shall include the Assistant Receiver General. 2. Sections 71 and 73 of Ordinance No. 16 of the year 1854, Repeal Secintituled "an Ordinance to provide for the management and col- tion. lection of the Colonial Customs," and Sections 49 and 58 of Ordinance No. 14 of the year 1855, intituled "an Ordinance to amend the Law relative to the Distillation and Sale of Rum" shall be and the same are hereby repealed: But this repeal shall not affect the validity or invalidity of anything done or suffered, or any right, title, obligation, or liability accrued, before the taking effect of this Ordinance, nor shall this Ordinance interfere with the institution of prosecution of any proceeding in respect of any offence committed against or any Penalty or Forfeiture incurred under either of the said Ordinances at the time of the taking effect hereof. 3. This Ordinance shall come into operation and take effect on Commencethe First day of July in this present year, one thousand eight hun- ment of Ordi. dred and sixty-eight. nance. recoverable. 4. All Fines, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Seizures incurred or Fines, Penalmade under any of the provisions of Ordinance No. 16 of the year ties, &c., how 1854, or of Ordinance No. 14 of the year 1855, may be sued for, prosecuted, and recovered, in a summary manner before any Stipendiary Justice according to the form of procedure and subject to the review provided by Ordinances No. 19 of the year 1856, and Nos. 3 and 5 of the year 1868; and every Stipendiary Justice shall have full jurisdiction, power, and authority, to hear, determine, and adjudicate, in the case of every such Fine, Penalty, Forfeiture, and Seizure, whatever may be the amount or value thereof: Provided Proviso. always that nothing herein contained shall in any way affect the Supreme or Inferior Courts of Civil and Criminal Justice, or Her Majesty's Vice Admiralty Court of British Guiana, or the jurisdiction or practice thereof respectively, or the rights of Her Majesty's Attorney General or Advocate General of British Guiana; and the said Attorney General or Advocate General, in his discretion, may at |