No. 23-1864. Short Title. 43. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The Adminis tration of Justice Act, 1864." An Act for Providing for taking a Census of the Population of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. [Spent.] No. 23-1864.] [July 26, 1864. Preamble. Loan of ACT To make further Provision towards Completing the WHEREAS by the Act No. 18, 1863, entitled "An Act for making further provision to complete the Improvement of the Kowie Harbour," authority was given to the Governor to raise a certain sum of money to be lent to the directors of the Kowie Harbour Improvement Company, to enable them to continue the works at the said harbour for the period in that behalf in the said Act specified: And whereas it is expedient to provide means for enabling the said directors to discharge certain liabilities of the said company, and to continue the said works, and for that purpose to authorise the Governor to raise a loan of twenty thousand pounds upon the credit of this Colony: Be it enacted by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly thereof, as follows: £20,000 1. It shall be lawful for the Governor to borrow and take up, in authorised upon debentures. England, upon debentures to be issued through the Crown Agents for the Colonies, bearing interest at the rate not exceeding six per 1 See note to § 9. Kaffraria incorporated in Eastern Districts. cent, per annum, the sum of twenty thousand pounds sterling; which debentures shall be and the same are hereby charged upon the public revenue of the Colony. No. 24-1864. terest of debentures 2. The interest upon all such debentures shall be payable in Principal and inLondon half-yearly at the office of the Crown Agents for the payable in London, Colonies, and the principal of all such debentures shall be payable at the said office on the thirty-first day of December which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred, and the debentures so to be issued as aforesaid shall, amongst other things, stipulate for such payments to be so made. over to the Kowie 3. It shall be lawful for the Governor to pay to the directors of Loan to be paid the said company the sum of twenty thousand pounds so to be Harbour Improve borrowed as aforesaid, and such sum shall by such company he ment Company. applied to or towards the objects specified in the preamble of this Act. second charge upon bour Improvement 4. The sum of twenty thousand pounds to be raised as aforesaid Loan to form by the Government of this Colony for the purpose of the harbour the fund and assets works aforesaid, with the interest upon the same, shall be and the of the Kowie Harsame is hereby charged, in favour of the said Government, upon Company. the dues of wharfage and cranage levied and to be levied at the said harbour, and upon the proceeds of the sales of all lands vested in the said directors for the purpose of the said works, and upon all other the assets of the said company, such sum of twenty thousand pounds, with the interest thereupon, to be a second charge upon the said funds and assets, and to rank thereon next after the sum of twenty-four thousand pounds borrowed and taken up under and by virtue of the Act aforesaid, No. 18, 1863. 5. An account showing the amount of all moneys received under this Act by the directors of the company aforesaid, and the ture to be laid before expenditure thereof, or of so much thereof, as shall have been expended, vouched by the said directors, shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament at the next ensuing session thereof. 6. This Act may be cited for all purposes as Harbour Loan Act, 1864." re Accounts of ceipts and expendi Parliament. "The Kowie Short title. No. 24-1864.] AN ACT [July 26, 1864. For Making further Provision to complete the Improvement of the Harbour of Algoa Bay. WHEREAS by the Acts No. 10 of 1858 and 17 of 1862, the Preamble. Harbour Board of Port Elizabeth was empowered to borrow and take up sums of money, amounting in all to fifty thousand pounds, with the sanction of the Governor and upon the security of the general revenue, for the purpose of constructing such works in or No. 26-1864. Additional loan of £29,000 authorised. Provisions of Act No. 10 of 1858 to apply to this loen. Short Title. at Algoa Bay as the said board should judge fit: And whereas it is expedient that the said board should be authorised to raise in a similar manner, upon the security of the wharfage dues and other property belonging to the said board, and upon the further security of the general revenue of the Colony, a further sum of twenty-nine thousand pounds, which it is expected will be sufficient to complete the works already commenced and in progress under charge of the said board: Be it enacted by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly thereof, as follows: 1. It shall be lawful for the said board to borrow and take up from time to time upon interest such further sum or sums of money, not exceeding twenty-nine thousand pounds in the whole, as may be necessary for completing the works now constructing under, by virtue of, and subject to the provisions of the Act No. 10 of 1858 aforesaid; and all the provisions contained in the said Act with regard to the money thereby authorised to be borrowed shall apply to the said additional loans in the same manner as if the whole sum of seventy-nine thousand pounds had been by the said Act authorised to be borrowed. 2. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the " Algoa Bay Harbour Amendment Act, 1864." No. 25-1864.] [July 26, 1864. An Act to Authorise the Governor, Divisional Councils, and Municipal Boards to enter into Contracts for the Construction of Bridges in this Colony by Parties willing to construct the same in consideration of receiving, for a limited Term of Years, the Tolls to be levied at such Bridges. [Repealed by Act 40, 1889.] No. 26-1864.] AN ACT [July 26, 1864. Preamble. For Exempting from Wharfage Dues, Bullion and WHEREAS by Act No. 10 of 1858, entitled "An Act enabling the Harbour Board of Port Elizabeth to levy certain Wharfage Dues," and by Act No. 7 of 1860, entitled "An Act for enabling the Harbour Board of Mossel Bay to levy certain Wharfage Dues," and by Ordinance No. 4 of 1852, entitled "Ordinance for improving the Kowie Harbour," certain wharfage dues are payable upon the landing or shipping of goods in Algoa Bay, Mossel Bay, and Port Alfred respectively: And whereas it is expedient to exempt bullion and coin from the payment of such dues on importation: Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, as follows: 1. From and after the promulgation of this Act, all bullion and coin shall be exempt from payment of wharfage dues upon being landed in Algoa Bay, Mossel Bay, or Port Alfred respectively. No. 27-1864.] [July 26, 1864. An Act for Promoting the Extirpation of the Burr Weed, called Xanthium Spinosum. [Repealed by Act 40, 1889.] No. 28-1864. Bullion and coin wharfage dues. exempted from No. 28-1864.] AN ACT ¡July 26, 1864. To Regulate the Dealing in Gunpowder, Firearms, and Lead. (1) WHEREAS the Act No. 6 of 1863, entitled "An Act to regulate Preamble. till the Expiration of the Year 1864 the Dealing in Gunpowder, Firearms, and Lead," will expire with the expiration of the lastmentioned year; and whereas it is expedient that the provisions of the Act No. 14, 1857, which was continued in force by the said Act No. 6 of 1863 until the expiration of the year 1864, should be made perpetual, Be it enacted by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly thereof, as follows: gulate until the ex 1. The Act aforesaid, No. 14, 1857, entitled "An Act to Act No. 14, 1857, regulate until the Expiration of the Year 1858 the Dealing in entitled "Act to reGunpowder, Firearms, and Lead," shall continue and be in force piration of the year and operation from the expiration of the year 1864 till Parliament shall otherwise provide. 1858, the dealing in Gunpowder, Fire arms, and Lead," continued. Commencement of Act. Offences against this Act-how to be 2. This Act shall commence and take effect at and upon the expiration of the Act aforesaid, No. 6, 1863, and not sooner. 3. Every offence against the Ordinance No. 2, 1853, as amended by the Act aforesaid, No. 14, 1857, committed after the commence- charged in indictment and taking effect of this Act, shall, in any indictment relative ments. thereto, be charged as a contravention of the said Ordinance, No. 2, 1853, as amended by the Act aforesaid, No. 14, 1857, and made perpetual by this Act; and it shall not be necessary in any such indictment to recite or refer to any of the other Acts by which the said Ordinance had been from time to time continued. Preamble. Act No. 26 of 1857 continued. Commencement of Act. Short Title. No. 29-1864.] AN ACT [July 26, 1864. For Continuing the Act No. 26, 1857, "An Act for punishing Emissaries from Kafirland, and others, delivering in this Colony, to Kafirs resident therein, Messages dangerous to the Public Peace." WHEREAS the Act No. 26, 1857, entitled "An Act for punishing Emissaries from Kafirland, and others, delivering in this Colony, to Kafirs resident therein, Messages dangerous to the Public Peace," was limited so as to continue in force until the thirty-first December, 1858: and whereas the said Act was, by other Acts, further continued until the thirty-first December, 1864, and no longer; and whereas it is expedient that the said Act should be made perpetual: Be it enacted by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly thereof, as follows: - 1. The Act aforesaid, No. 26, 1857, shall be and continue in force until Parliament shall otherwise provide. 2. This Act shall commence and take effect from and after the expiration of the Act No. 5, 1863, and no sooner. 3. This Act may be cited for any purpose as the "Kafir Emissaries Act, 1864." No. 30-1864.] [July 26, 1864, An Act for Amending the Law relating to the Post Office and Postage. [Repealed by Act 4, 1882.] No. 31-1864.] [July 26, 1864. An Act for Authorising certain Expenditure not provided for by Parliament in the Year 1863. [Spent.] No. 32-1864.] [July 26, 1864, An Act for Applying a Sum not exceeding Four Hundred and Thirty Thousand Four Hundred and Thirty Pounds and Eighteen Shillings for the Service of the Year 1864. [Spent.] No. 33-1864.] [July 26, 1864. An Act for Applying a Sum not exceeding One Hundred and Eighty-one Thousand Seven Hundred and Twelve Pounds and Nineteen Shillings for the Service of the Year 1865. [Spent.] |