HIS EXCELLENCY SANFORD FREELING, Esq., C.M.G.,

LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF GRENADA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES,
UNDER AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY GEORGE PHIPPS,
TOTHILL STREET, WESTMINSTER.

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1875.

THE long existing want of a complete collection of the Laws of Grenada easily available for general use, having been felt to be of great inconvenience to the community at large, for remedy thereof the Council and Assembly passed, in the year 1871, "An Act to provide for the Compilation and Publication of the Laws," the task of preparing which for the printer was willingly undertaken by the then Attorney-General for Grenada, the late Archibald Piguenit Burt, Esq. But the premature death of that lamented gentleman retarded the work for a time, and the task of consolidation and compilation of the Laws was at length entrusted by His Excellency Lieutenant-Governor Freeling, to three persons, viz., the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-General, and the Clerk of Assembly, who, from their respective offices, were well acquainted with the business which, by His Excellency's favour, they had undertaken.

The result of their labours appears in the present volume. It is, however, necessary to be made known that, for effecting the due consolidation of the existing laws, many of which having come into force at different times in dissimilar circumstances, certain changes in their wording and phraseology were found to be indispensable, as well as those other alterations directed under the above named Act, all of which had to be made and to undergo regular legislative sanction; and also, that, as the occasion seemed opportune, strenuous endeavours were used to achieve for this Colony the adoption of recent amendments in the laws, and the practice and procedure of the superior and inferior Courts established in the mother-country, which improvements have been, as far as practicable, carried out and incorporated into the general body of the Laws.

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The Commissioners have to express their acknowledgments for the assistance and support afforded them during the progress of the work, by His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, and for the kind expressions of approval bestowed upon their labours at its completion.

While fully aware of the imperfections which are inseparable from the undertaking, they are emboldened to express the hope that this compilation will be found of service to the community, and that the Laws of Grenada will be henceforth clearer and more intelligible.

SAMUEL MITCHELL,
W. A. M. SHERIFF,
JOHN WELLS.

Commissioners.

GRENADA,

March 25th, 1875.

TABLE OF ACTS.

No

1

An Act to Ascertain the Rate of Interest, and for Settling the Damages on
Bills of Exchange legally protested.

2 An Act against the Unlawful Practising of Pretended Surgeons and
Doctors.

3 An Act to Confirm certain parts of the Report made by the Commissioners
appointed by the Governor by virtue of an Act intituled "An Act to
empower Commissioners, to be appointed as therein mentioned, to
inquire into the State and Cireumstances of certain Lands which for-
merly belonged to the Roman Catholic Church in the Island of Grenada,
and by the Cession of the said Island became, and are now vested in
'His Majesty,' to ascertain the mode of establishing by what tenure the
said Lands shall in future be held, and to enable the Governor to
appoint one or more Receiver or Receivers, with proper authority for
Collecting the Arrears of Rent due, as well as to sell the vacant and
lapsed lots."

4 An Act for the Better Regulation of the Lands commonly called Church
Lands.

5 An Act for Appropriating a Small Vacant Lot in that part of the Town of Saint
George called the Bay, to the Purposes of a Public Additional Shipping
and Landing Place for that part of the said Town and Harbour, and for
Vesting the same in the Commissioners appointed by the Act commonly
called the Road Act.

6 An Act for the Easy Recovery of Seamen's Wages.

7 An Act to Define the Relative Rights of Masters and Apprentices.

8 An Act for Vesting the Old Court-House Lot in Trustees, for the purposes
therein mentioned.

9 An Act for Introducing a Supply of Water into the Town of Saint George.
10 An Act for Introducing a Better Supply of Water into the Town of Saint
George, and Facilitating the Watering of Shipping at the Port of Saint
George.

11

An Act to Provide for the Assimilation of the Currency of the Island of
Grenada and its Dependencies to the Currency of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland.

12 An Act for the Registration of all Marriages, Baptisms, and Funerals per-
formed by other than Clergymen of the Anglican Church, and for the
better Regulation of Marriages.

13 An Act for the Amendment of the Law Relating to Dower.

14 An Act for the Amendment of the Law of Inheritance.

15 An Act for the Disposal of the Residue of the Effects of Testators.

16 An Act to Authorize the Enrolment in the Registers' Office of this Island
of Copies of the Charter, and Supplemental Charter of the Colonia.
Bank, and to render the same, or Certified Copies thereof Legal
Evidence.

17 An Act to Establish a Company of Firemen and to Regulate the same.
18 An Act to Enable the Commissioners for Trying Offences upon the Sea,
and Justices of the Peace, to take Examinations touching such Offences,
and to Commit to safe custody Persons charged therewith.