1184 APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



No. 112. 1865, August 4: Newfoundland Statute, 18 and 19 Viet., 



Cap. 5. 



AN ACT to Repeal and Amend certain parts of an Act of the Legislature of 

 this Colony passed in the Fifteenth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty, 

 intituled "An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts now in force respecting 

 Light-Houses in this Colony." 



[Passed 4th Auyimt, 1855.] 



Whereas it is expedient to Repeal the Second Section of the said 

 Act, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof : 



Be it therefore Enacted, by the Governor, Legislative Council, and 

 Assembly of Newfoundland; 



I. That the Second Section of the Act passed by the Legislature 

 of this Colony in the Fifteenth year of the Reign of Her Majesty, 

 intituled, "Aji Act to amend and consolidate the Acts now in force 

 respecting Light Houses in this Colony," be, and the same is, hereby 

 repealed: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall in 

 any way affect, annul, or make void any Act, Matter, or Thing, done 

 or performed under and by virtue of the said Second Section of the 

 said Act. 



II. That under and by virtue of the remaining Sections of the 

 said Act, and according to the provisions therein contained, which 

 are hereby continued during the continuance of this Act, except so 

 far as the same may be altered, repealed or amended by any Act of 

 the Legislature, passed during the present Session, there be raised, 

 levied, collected, and paid, to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, 

 for the support of Light Houses already erected, or to be erected, 

 upon any of the Coasts of this Island, or upon any of the Islands or 

 Rocks adjacent thereto, a Duty or Rate of One Shilling per Ton, 

 which each and every Ship or Vessel shall admeasure agreeably to 

 their Registers, upon every Merchant Ship or Vessel which may 

 enter any Port or Place within this Colony, from Cape Ray extend- 

 ing Eastwardly to Cape Race, and thence Northward to Cape John, 

 (other than Coasting, Sealing, or Fishing Vessels, registered in this 

 Colony), the said Duty to be levied once in each year; and that 

 under and by virtue of the said remaining Sections of the said Act, 

 there shall in like manner be raised, levied, collected and paid to 

 Her Majesty for the purposes aforesaid, upon every Registered 

 Decked Vessel of Forty -Tons and upwards, registered in this Colony, 

 employed in the Sealing, Fishing, and Coasting Trade of this Colony 

 or the Labrador, and which may enter at or clear from any of the 

 Ports or Places aforesaid, the Duty or Rate of Six-Pence per 

 701 Ton, to be paid once in each year ; and upon every such Vessel 

 of less than Forty Tons aforesaid, the sum of Fifteen Shillings 

 per annum; and should any of the above-mentioned class of Vessels 

 engaged in the said Fisheries, paying the Duty or Rate of Six- 

 pence per Ton herein imposed, proceed on a Foreign Voyage, such 

 Vessel shall not be liable to any further rate than the said Six-pence 

 per Ton in any one year, during which such Vessel shall have been 

 engaged in the said Fisheries. 



