PASSED SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST VOLUME IN 1862,

AND IN FORCE AT THE DATE OF THE PUBLICATION

OF THIS WORK.

COLLECTED AND ARRANGED IN EIGHT PARTS

TO CORRESPOND WITH THE COMPILATION OF LAWS OF 1862.

BY THE HONORABLE

GEORGE CAMPBELL ANDERSON, Esq.,

ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE COLONY,

ACTING UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF

HIS EXCELLENCY RAWSON WILLIAM RAWSON, Esq., C.B.,

GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS.

LONDON:

HENRY SWEET, 3, CHANCERY LANE,

Law Bookseller and Publisher.

CONTENTS

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ᏢᎪᎡᎢ I.

Class I.-Acts extending the Common and certain Parts of the

Statute Law of England to the Bahama Islands.

4 Vic. c. 30

17 Vic. c. 24

23 Vic. c. 23

29 Vic. c. 6

36 Vic. c. 13

Class II.-Acts relating to the General Assembly.

29 Vic. c. 1

30 Vic. c. 4

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Class III.-Acts removing Civil disabilities.

(Nil.)

Class IV.- Aliens.

29 Vic. c. 15 .. .. .. .. .. .. 5

Class V.- Corporate Jurisdiction – Incorporated and other

Mercantile Societies and Companies.

29 Vic. c. 5 .. .. .. .. .. .. 6

Class VI.—Literary and Scientific Institutions.

25 Vic. c. 26 .. .. .. .. .. ..

Class VII.- Friendly Societies.

(Nil.)

Class VIII.-- Wills and Estates of deceased Persons.

25 Vic. c. 15 .. .. .. .. .. .. 19

Class IX.-Oaths and Declarations.

29 Vic. c. 4. .. .. .. .. .. .. ib

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..

22

30

Class II. - Court of Error.

(Nil.)
Class III.- Court of Admiralty Sessions.

(Nil.)

Class IV.- Courts of Common Law and Proceedings therein.

28 Vic. c. 23

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29 Vic. c. 31

29 Vic. c. 34

. .. .. .. .. 24

30 Vic. c. 13

Class V.-Bankruptcy and Insolvency.

29 Vic. c. 17 .. .. .. .. .. ..

Class VI.- Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes.

27 Vic. c. 3 .. .. .. .. .. ...

Class VII.—Counsel, Attornies, and Notaries.

(Nil.)

Class VIII.—Juries.

26 Vic. c. 6

29 Vic. c. 32

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PART III.

Class 1.- Treason.

(Nil.)

Class II.- Piracy.

(Nil.)

Class III.-Offences against the Person-Malicious Injuries to

Property and Larceny.

28 Vic. c. 2

28 Vic. c. 3

.. 51

28 Vic. c. 31

.. .. 52

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28 Vic. c. 37

. . 66

.. 79

Class IV.- Forgery-Perjury and False Declarations.

.. 160

110

Class V.- Criminal Procedure in Superior Courts, &c.

4 Will. 4, c. 25 ..

8 Vic. c. 9 ...

11 Vic. c. 21

12 Vic. c. 19

15 Vic. c. 3

17 Vic. c. 14

18 Vic. c. 14

27 Vic. c. 11

29 Vic. c. 3

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Class VI.- Criminal Repeal Statutes.

28 Vic. c. 29 ..

29 Vic. c. 2 .. .. . ::

29 Vic. c. 4

.. 133

Class VII.- Department of Provost Marshal.

27 Vic. c. 15

29 Vic. c. 2

132

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30 Vic. c. 2

: :

.. 134

Class VIII.—Coroners.

(Nil.)

Class IX.-Salaried Justices of the Peace.

25 Vic. c. 23

134

27 Vic. c. 7 .. .. ..

29 Vic. c. 22 .. .. ..

29 Vic. c. 29 .

136

Class X.-Acts relating to the Jurisdiction of Justices in the
General Commission of the Peace.

(Nil.)

Class XI.- Constabulary Force.

27 Vic. c. 20 .. .. ..

28 Vic. c. 38 .. ..

29 Vic. c. 23 .. ..

149

Class XII.— Fire Brigades.

29 Vic. c. 25

30 Vic. c. 9

:

152

Class XIII.—Militia.

(Nil.)

150

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PART IV.

Class I.-- Department of Surveyor-General and Civil Engi-

neer.

28 Vic. c. 41 .. .. .. .. .. .. 154

Class II.-Lands held by the War Department.

(Nil.)

Class III. – Lands held for the use of the Public,

and

Class IV.-Public Works and Roads, New Providence.

25 Vic. c. 10

156

26 Vic. c. 12

157

26 Vic. c. 18

ib.

27 Vic. c. 5

158

27 Vic. c. 22

27 Vic.

163

27 Vic. c. 33

164

28 Vic. c. 13

165

28 Vic. c 25

167

28 Vic. c. 33

168

29 Vic. c. 33

169

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