[Ord. 13 anno 1859.] No. XII-XIII. 13. During the term of three years from his arrival in Europe Exhibitioners each Exhibitioner shall be entitled to receive from the Colonial entitled to a quarterly sti. Treasury the sum of one hundred and eighty dollars in each quarter pend during their course of upon the production of a certificate from the Principal or one of the instruction in Professors of his University, or College, or Hospital, that he has conducted himself with diligence and propriety during such quarter. the United Kingdom. When Ordinance to take effect. 14. This Ordinance shall come into operation and take effect on the publication thereof. No. XIII. [Ord.15 anno AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE APPOINTMENTS TO PUBLIC 1859,] Preamble. Public appointments vested in the Governor declared sub. ject to Her Majesty's approval. Provision for acting ap OFFICES IN THIS COLONY. Enacted 22nd August, 1859, published the 24th following, came into operation on publication. [P. E. WODEHOUSE, Governor.] WHEREAS it is expedient to remove doubts, and to establish uniformity in respect to the mode of making appointments to Public Offices in this Colony: 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: 1. In any case in which, by any Law or Ordinance now in force in this Colony, the appointment to any public office is vested in the Governor thereof for the time being, such appointment shall be taken to be, and shall be made for and in the name of, and subject to the approval of, Her Majesty. 2. In case of the Governor, in the absence or incapacity of any person holding any public office, appointing any person to act in such office during such absence or incapacity such person so appointments to public offices. pointed shall during his tenure of the office, have and exercise all the powers, authorities, rights, and privileges, and perform all the duties appertaining [Ord. 15 anno 1859,] No. XIII-XIV. appertaining to the same, and all acts, matters, and things done and performed by such person during such temporary tenure shall be as legal and valid as if done and performed by an officer entitled to hold such office permanently. 3. Every person now holding any public office by appointment Officers appointed by the of the Governor shall hold such office subject to such and the same Governor subregulations as persons appointed by, or by the authority of, Her ject to the Majesty. 4. This Ordinance shall take effect on the publication thereof. same regula. tions as those holding office under appointment from the Crown. When Ordi. nance to take effect. No. XIV. AN ORDINANCE TO VEST IN HER MAJESTY CERTAIN PARCELS Enacted 26th September, 1859, published the 28th following, came into operation on publication. [P. E. WODEHOUSE, Governor.] [Ord.20 anno 1859.J WHEREAS the present accommodation for lunatics having Preamble. become quite insufficient for the requirements of the Colony, it was, on the Eleventh day of July, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-nine, resolved by His Excellency the Governor and the Honorable the Court of Policy of British Guiana, that a Public Lunatic Asylum should be established in that part of Georgetown called North Cumingsburg, East Ward, on the lots or parcels of land hereinafter more particularly described, the same being the most eligible site for that purpose: And whereas it is expedient that the said lots or parcels of land, with all the buildings and erections thereon, should be forthwith vested in Her Majesty for the public uses of the Colony, and that adequate compensation therefor should be made to the owners thereof and to all other parties beneficially interested therein : Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of British Guiana, VOL III. F issue a com mission to cause the lands required for Lunatic Asy lum to be assessed by a special Jury. Guiana, with the advice and consent of the Court of Policy thereof, as follows: . It shall be lawful for the Governor to issue a commission Governor may directed to the Police Magistrate of Georgetown, authorising and requiring him to cause to be assessed in the manner provided by this Ordinance the amount of compensation to be paid to the several owners of the lots and portions of lots of land mentioned in the Schedule annexed, situate in that portion of Georgetown called North Cumingsburg East Ward, with all the buildings and erections thereon respectively, and to all other parties having any right, title, or interest therein; and such Police Magistrate shall cause to be affixed on each of the said lots or portions of lots a notice, setting forth that he will at a time and place to be therein named proceed to assess the value thereof under the provisions of this Ordinance, and shall thereupon apply to the Registrar of the Supreme Court for the Counties of Demerara and Essequebo, who is hereby required to nominate and strike a special jury of thirteen good and worthy men not in the receipt of any public salary from and out of the special jurors list kept under the provisions of Ordinance No. 19 of 1846. to be sum Provost Marshal. 2. When such special jury shall have been nominated and struck, Special Jurors the Registrar shall forthwith make out and deliver to the Provostmoned by the Marshal a special writ or precept requiring him to summon such special jurors to be, and appear at such time and place as the said Police Magistrate shall appoint in that behalf as aforesaid, and of which public notice shall be given in the Official Gazette and one other newspaper of the Colony, and the Provost-Marshal shall summon each of the said special jurors at the least two clear days before the day on which his appearance shall be required. How assess. ments to be made. 3. The said special jurors or any number of them, not less than nine, who shall appear at the time fixed by the notice, shall, by their oaths or affirmations, which oaths or affirmations the said Police Magistrate is hereby authorised to administer, assess the amount of compensation to be made to the owners of the said several lots and portions of lots of land, with all the buildings and erections thereon, respectively, and to all other parties having any just right, title, or interest in respect of the said several lots and portions of lots of land, with all the buildings and erections thereon; and such assess ments [Ord. 20 anno 1859.] No. XIV. ments shall be determined by the votes of the majority of the special jurors impannelled, and every such assessment shall be final; and all persons interested in the said lands, buildings, or erections, or their value, may appear before the said Police Magistrate and tender to him such evidence as they may desire in support of their alleged rights, and the said Police Magistrate shall receive any evidence on oath or affirmation so tendered, and may call for any further evidence that may appear to him to be desirable, and may in case of need enforce the attendance of any person required as a witness in manner provided by Ordinance No. 19 of 1856. vested in Her Majesty. 4. When and so soon as such assessments shall be made, the said On publication of assessment, Police Magistrate shall return the same under his hand to the the lands to be Governor, and the same shall be recorded in the minutes of the Court of Policy, and shall be published in the Official Gazette and one other newspaper of the Colony for general information; and immediately upon such publication in the Official Gazette, the said several lots and portions of lots of land, with all the buildings and erections thereon, shall be, and become, absolutely vested in Her Majesty for the public uses of the Colony. ment of com 5. The amounts of such assessments shall be paid by the Colonial To whom payReceiver-General on behalf of the Colony to the several parties en- pensation to be titled to the said premises, or to their duly authorised agents or made. representatives: Provided always that in case the person or persons legally entitled to receive any sum of money under the said assessments cannot be found, or shall not appear within the space of one month from the publication of the said assessments, or in case the right to any such sum of money shall be in dispute, it shall be lawful for the said Colonial Receiver-General to deposit the same ad opus jus habentium in the Registry of Court. their remune 6. The attendance of jurors under this Ordinance shall be en- Provision for enforcing the forced, and their remuneration shall be regulated in the like manner attendance of as is provided by law in the case of a special jury duly summoned Jurors and for under the provisions of Ordinance No. 19 of 1846, and all charges ration. and expenses attendant on the due execution of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be defrayed by the Colony. 7. This Ordinance shall come into operation and take effect on When Ordithe publication thereof. nance to take effect. [Ord. 2 anno AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A COLONIAL POST OFFICE. 1860.] Preamble. Enacted 3rd January, 1860, published the 14th following, came into operation 2nd May, 1860. [P. E. WODEHOUSE, Governor.] WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Session of Parliament held in the twelfth and thirteenth years of the Reign of Her present I. Her Majesty may appoint a Colonial Postmaster for the Colony Her Majesty of British Guiana, a Deputy Postmaster for the County of Berbice, may appoint Colonial Post. and such number of District Postmasters and Letter Carriers as shall |