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aforesaid, That all proceedings that shall have taken place according to the provisions of this Ordinance before the passing thereof be and the same are hereby ratified and confirmed, and shall be held and considered as good, valid, and effectual to all intents and purposes as if the same had taken place after the passing hereof.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Cape Coast Castle, this 18th day of August, 1858.
By command of his Excellency the Acting Governor.
ROB. DALRYMPLE ROSS,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

(Signed)

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I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true transcript of an Ordinance enacted by me, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council, on the 18th day of August, 1858, and to which I have assented on Her Majesty's behalf.

Given under my hand and the public seal, this 19th day of August, 1858.

CAPE COAST CASTLE.

Major HENRY BIRD, Acting Governor.

No. 2.-1860.

ORDINANCE enacted by the Acting Governor of Her Majesty's Forts and Settlements on the Gold Coast, with the Advice and Consent of the Legislative Council thereof, "for the Prepayment of certain Letters passing through the Post Office of these Settlements."

[13th January, 1860.]

WHEREAS it will greatly tend to facilitate the despatch of letters by and through the post offices of these Settlements, and the collection of the postage duty on the same, if the prepayment of the postage on letters passing between England and these Settlements be made compulsory; and whereas

arrangements have been made or are in progress by the Postmaster-General of the United Kingdom for the prepayment of all letters forwarded thence by post to the station on the Gold Coast: Be it therefore enacted by his Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Bird, Acting Governor of Her Majesty's Forts and Settlements on the Gold Coast, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof:

1. That from and after such time as shall be fixed upon by proclamation, no letter shall be forwarded from any post office established, or which hereafter may be established, in these Settlements, to England, unless the proper amount of postage thereon shall be first paid either in money or stamps, or shall be directed by the Governor for the time being to the postmaster of the station from which the same shall be forwarded.

2. All letters left at any post office or put into any box for receiving post letters to be forwarded as aforesaid, after the expiration of the period above mentioned, shall be retained by the postmaster in his custody until the same shall be reclaimed by the sender thereof, and proof adduced to the satisfaction of such postmaster that the person claiming such letter is the sender, on which he is hereby authorised to return the same or to forward it on payment of the postage by the next following despatch of letters to the destination thereof: Provided always, that in cases of doubt or difficulty as to the return of any such letter, such postmaster shall refer the matter to the PostmasterGeneral of these Settlements, and all such letters not claimed within six months shall be forwarded, with a list thereof, in such form as shall be required by the Postmaster-General for the time being, by the postmasters of the several stations, to the said Postmaster-General.

3. That this Ordinance shall come into force at such time as shall be fixed upon by proclamation to be issued by the Governor for the time being of these Settlements.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Cape Coast Castle this 13th day of January, 1860.
By command of His Excellency the Acting Governor.

(Signed) JOHN M. LINDSEY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

By order of the Legislative Council.

(L.S.)

(Signed)

EDWARD A. BRIEN,

Acting Clerk of the Council.

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EDWARD CONRAN, Lieut.-Governor.

No. 2.-1865.

ORDINANCE enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor of our Forts, Settlements, and Possessions on the Gold Coast, with the Advice and Consent of the Legislative Council thereof, "For the Regulation of the Market at Cape Coast, and "to empower the Lieutenant-Governor of Her Majesty's Forts, Settlements, and Possessions on the Gold Coast "to issue byelaws relating to the same."

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[30th December, 1865.] WHEREAS it is expedient to make certain provisions to improve the present state of the market at Cape Coast, and to regulate the mode of dealing therein:

Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor of our Forts, Settlements, and Possessions on the Gold Coast, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

1. That the present market place, which was constructed at the expense of the Colonial Government, on the left side of the road leading to the Salt Pond, and at present used as such, shall and is hereby henceforth constituted the only market of this town; and that from and after the 1st day of January, 1866, every person who shall sell, or expose for sale, in any place within two miles of the town of Cape Coast, except in his own dwelling-place, or shop, any articles authorised to be taken in or sold in the market, shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty shillings, or one month's imprisonment with hard labour.

2. That from and after the first day of January, 1866, the market shall be closed on the Sabbath, or Lord's Day.

3. That every person selling or offering for sale any articles in the market, which according to general usage are requested by sold by weight or measure, shall, if required so to do by the buyer, cause the same to be weighed or measured by the Market Clerk; and any such person who shall refuse on demand to cause such articles to be weighed or measured in manner aforesaid, shall be liable to a penalty of ten shillings, or one fortnight's imprisonment with hard labour.

Tolls to be raised, &c.

4. That from and after the publication of this Ordinance, the holders of stalls, standings, or places for the sale of articles in the market, shall pay a stallage rent or toll, to be

determined by a byelaw, and sign or place their marks as an acknowledgment to abide by the byelaws of the said market.

5. That a market clerk shall be appointed.

6. And with respect to the byelaws, be it enacted follows:

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That the Governor of our said Forts, Settlements, and Possessions may from time to time make or approve of such byelaws, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, as he may think fit,for all or any of the following purposes, that is to say: For regulating the use of the market place, and the building, stalls, and standings therein, and for preventing nuisances or obstructions therein, or in the immediate approaches thereto :

For fixing the days and the hours during each day on
which the market shall be held or opened for the
transaction of business:

For regulating the application of funds therefrom:
For preventing the sale or exposure for sale of unwhole-
some provisions in the market:

For regulating the use of the weighing machines and
measures, and for preventing the use of false or
defective weights, scales or measures.

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8. That the byelaws so to be made may be enforced by time to time. penalties or a penalty not exceeding twenty shillings per each Byelaws breach of such byelaw: Provided that every such byelaw may be shall be so framed as to allow the justice before whom any imposition of penalty imposed thereby shall be sought to be recovered, to penalties. order the whole or any part of such penalty to be paid. 9. That any person rendering himself or herself liable to guilty under fine or imprisonment under this Ordinance, may be brought before any justice of the peace for the Gold Coast without summons, and on conviction, which may be on the oath of one credible witness, dealt with by such magistrate summarily. 10. That it shall be lawful for the Governor of our Forts, Settlements, and Possessions aforesaid, any time at which may think fit, to extend the provisions of this Ordinance to any place or town on the Gold Coast, by a proclamation or proclamations under his hand and seal.

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12. This Ordinance shall be sufficiently described as the 'Cape Coast Market Ordinance, 1865."

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Government House, Cape Coast, this 30th day of
December, 1865.

By command of his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor.
M. DOORLY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

By order of the Legislative Council.

T. ALPHONSO CARY,

Acting Clerk of the Council.

His Excellency H. T. USSHER, Administrator.
No. 4-1867.

AN ORDINANCE passed by the Administrator and Legislative
Council of Her Majesty's Settlements on the Gold Coast,
for the Naturalisation of Hermann Ludwig Rottmann.
WHEREAS Hermann Ludwig Rottmann now of Christians-
borg, and a native of Altona, in the Duchy of Holstein,
Germany, having given testimony of his loyalty to Her
Majesty the Queen, and of his zeal in promoting the welfare of
these Settlements, is desirous of being naturalised within the
said Settlements :

Be it therefore enacted by the Administrator and Legislative Council of Her Majesty's Settlements on the Gold Coast that the said Hermann Ludwig Rottman shall be and hereby is henceforth naturalised within the limits of these Settlements as a freeborn subject of Her Majesty, and he is and shall be from henceforth adjudged, reputed, and taken to be in every condition, respect and degree free to all intents and purposes, within the limits as aforesaid, as if he had been born a natural subject of Her Majesty.

(L.S.)

(Signed)

H. T. USSHER,
Administrator.

Passed in the Legislative Council, this 5th day of December,

1867.

(Signed)

J. GRANT ELLIOTT,

Acting Clerk of Council.

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