27 Vic. c. 7. An Act to provide for the Appointment of an Assistant Police Magistrate for the Island of New Providence. (Assented to 30th March, 1864.) W HEREAS the magisterial business usually transacted at PREAMBLE. the Police Office in the Island of New Providence has recently greatly increased, and it has in consequence become necessary to make temporary provision for the appointment of an Assistant Police Magistrate, to assist in discharging the duties which now devolve on the Police Magistrate solely, or which he is obliged by law to discharge in conjunction with another Magistrate: May it, &c. I. That upon the passing of this Act and afterwards, from time Authorizes the to time during its continuance as vacancies may occur, it shall be appointment of lawful for the Governor to appoint by Commission under his Seal an Assistant at Arms, one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Police Magistrate. Colony, not holding any office requiring attendance as prescribed by the Act of Assembly 8 Vic. ch. 39, to act as Assistant Police Magistrate for the Island of New Providence, who shall hold his office during pleasure, and shall give daily attendance either at the Police Office in the city of Nassau, or at such other place as may be authorized by the Governor, and there or elsewhere, as occasion may require, discharge the duties of a Justice of the Peace in all cases in which by law a Justice has authority to act: Provided always, that it shall in particular be the duty of the said Assistant Police Magistrate to hear and adjudicate, or otherwise dispose of all complaints made by masters, seamen and others, belonging to or employed on board of vessels arriving, or being at the port of Nassau, either for alleged breaches of contract, desertion, or other offences alleged to have been committed by the one against the other in their relative positions aforesaid: also, to assist the Police Magistrate in trying cases in which the presence of two Magistrates is required by law to give validity to a summary adjudication, and to discharge any other class of magisterial duties which may be assigned to him by order of the Governor in Council. 29 Vic. c. 22. An Act to amend the Laws relating to Salaried Justices stationed at the Out-Islands of the Government. (Assented to 11th May, 1866.) W HEREAS it is expedient to provide for house rent for PREamble. certain of the Out-Island Police Magistrates, and also to make further provision for the travelling expenses of such Magistrates, and of the Resident Justice at Inagua, when travelling to the Crooked Island District: May it, &c. I. There shall be allowed and paid out of the Public Treasury House rent of these Islands, by warrant in the usual manner, to the Police allowance to Magistrates for the Districts of Harbour Island, Abaco, and Long Out-Island Island, allowances of house rent, at and after the rate of 301. Police Magisper annum, for each of such officers; such allowances to commence trates. 29 Vic. c. 22. and become payable from the 31st day of March of the present year 1866. Travelling expenses of Police Magistrates increased. II. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to defray out of the Public Treasury, by warrant in the usual manner, any expenses which can be shown to the satisfaction of the Governor in Council to have been necessarily incurred by the several OutIsland Magistrates and Resident Justice of Inagua, in travelling through their respective districts, in the execution of their Magisterial duties, over and above the sum of 50l. per annum, for each of such officers; provided that the entire sum of money so expended in any one year, from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of December, shall not exceed the sum of 1007. 29 Vic. c. 29. An Act to continue the Act 27 Vic. c. 7, and for other purposes. (Assented to 11th May, 1866.) W HEREAS it is desirable that the office of Assistant Police Magistrate, created by the Act 27 Vic. c. 7, should be continued for a further period, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained: May it, &c. I. That the said recited Act, save and except so much thereof as grants a salary to the Assistant Police Magistrate, and save and except the 3rd and 4th sections thereof, shall be and the same is hereby continued in force for a period of five years, and from thence to the end of the then next session of Assembly. II. That it shall not be lawful for the Assistant Police Magistrate to exercise in his own person any other office or place of profit within the Colony, or be appointed to serve on any Public Board, nor shall he be eligible for election, or to serve as a member of the House of Assembly of these Islands. III. It shall be lawful for the Governor, and he is hereby requested to authorize the payment out of the Revenue, designated and known as Queen's Fines, of a salary to the said Assistant Police Magistrate, at and after the rate of 300l. per annum. IV. The said Assistant Police Magistrate shall be entitled to contribute to the fund known as the Public Officers Widows' and Orphans' Fund, and should he so contribute, his family shall be entitled, on the event of his death, to the benefits of the Acts by which such fund is created and managed. PART III. CLASS X. ACTS RELATING TO THE JURISDICTION AND For Statutes relating to the Jurisdiction of Justices of the PART III. CLASS XI. CONSTABULARY FORCE. 27 Vic. c. 20. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Stipendiary Police Force of the Colony. (Assented to 21st May, 1864.) WE HEREAS it is expedient to consolidate the Laws relating PREAMBLE. to the Stipendiary Police Force of the Colony, and to make provision for augmenting the strength of such force, and increasing its efficiency: May it, &c. I. That the Police Force of the Colony shall be under the charge Police Force and command of an officer, to be styled Inspector of Police, who to be under shall be appointed by Commission, under the Seal at Arms, and the charge and shall hold his office during pleasure. II. That the Inspector, subject to the orders and directions of the Governor, shall have the general superintendence and control of the said Police Force; and shall reside and discharge the duties of his office generally, on the Island of New Providence, but shall be liable to be sent, as occasion shall require, to any other part of the Colony. command of Inspector. Power and duty of Inspector. Police to con sist, in addi. III. That the said Police Force shall, in addition to the Inspector, consist of the number of Sergeants, Corporals and Con- tion to Instables, designated in Schedule A. to this Act annexed, or of such spector, of the smaller number as is hereinafter provided for; but shall be liable, number of from time to time, to be sent to, and stationed in any other part of the Colony in which their services may from time to time be required. Sergeants, 27 Vic. c. 20. Distribution of IV. That the ordinary distribution of the said Force shall be as follows, that is to say :— Force. V. Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Governor, Governor in acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council auCouncil, from time to time, whenever, from any alteration in the thorized to state of the Colony, the strength of the Force by this Act autho- reduce Police rized, can, with safety to the peace and good order of the Colony, be reduced to authorize a reduction of such Force, and thereupon, by order in Council, to define and regulate the manner in which such reduction shall be made and carried into effect. VI. That the Members of the said Police Force shall be ap- Appointment pointed by the Governor, and shall hold their respective offices of Constables. during pleasure, and shall by virtue of their respective offices be exempted from all other public duties except such as they discharge ex-officio, under the provisions of any other Act of Assembly, and no member of the said Police Force, the Inspector included, shall hold any other office under the Crown. desires so to VII. That the said Police Force shall respectively receive Any member and be paid the respective annual salaries in the schedule afore- of the Police said to this Act annexed mentioned, and every such salary shall Force, if he be paid without any deduction being made therefrom, under the do, may conprovisions of the Act 8 Vic. c. 42, unless any officer entitled to tribute to receive the same shall notify in writing to the Receiver-General Widows' and and Treasurer his desire to contribute under the said Act, in which Orphans' case, but not otherwise, the officer giving such notice, and those claiming under him shall be bound by the provisions, and entitled to the benefits of the said Act. Fund. VIII. That the building situate in the City of Nassau, and now Station House used as a Station House and Police Office, shall, as soon as another and Police fit and proper place is procured for a Police Office, be appointed Office to be solely to the use of the said Police Force as a Station, Barrack, or Hospital, and such building shall be used for the purposes aforesaid, or any or either of them, under such rules and regulations as used as a |