STATUTES, PROCLAMATIONS, RULES, ORDERS, ETC. 



1281 



No. 140. 1899, July 19: Newfoundland Statute, 



Gap. 19* 



An Act relating to light dues. 



and 63 Viet., 



[Passed 19th July, 1899.] 



Section. 



8. Expense of survey. 



9. Detention of vessel. 



10. Obstruction of lights. 



11. Penalty. 



12. Removal of obstruction. 



13. Compensation. 



14. Rates already collected to be held 



to be legally collected. 



15. Repeal. 



Section. 



1. Payment and amount of dues. 



2. Certain vessels to pay only one-half 



rates. 



3. Exemption of Labrador and other 



vessels. 



4. Collection of dues; Commission. 



5. Recovery of dues by action. 



6. Rates and duties to be paid before 



entry. 



7. Application of English Act. 



Be it enacted by the Governor, the Legislative Council and the 

 House of Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows: 



1. Upon every merchant vessel or ship entering any port or place 

 within this colony, other than coasting, sealing or fishing vessels, 

 owned and registered in this colony, there shall be levied and paid 



once in every calendar year (but not oftener than once in three 

 755 months) the following duty or rate per registered ton, that is 



to say: At the rate of twenty-four cents per ton up to and 

 including 500 tons, and twelve cents per ton additional on every ton 

 over 500 up to and including 1,000 tons, and six cents per ton addi- 

 tional on every ton over 1,000 tons and up to and including 2^000 

 tons. On no ship or vessel shall a greater rate than two hundred 

 and forty dollars be levied in any one calendar year, or oftener than 

 once in three months. 



2. Any vessel arriving in the port of St. John's for coal, food or 

 supplies, or for repairs, and not bringing cargo for delivery in this 

 colony, and not taking from this colony any cargo which such vessel 

 did not bring into the colony, shall pay only one-half the light-dues 

 provided by section one of this Act. 



3. Upon vessels owned and registered in the colony, engaged in 

 the Labrador, Bank and Coast fisheries, or in the local coasting trade, 

 there shall not be levied or paid any rate or duty whatever under this 

 Act while such vessels are not engaged otherwise than in the said 

 fisheries or trade. Should any such vessel proceed on any other 

 than a fishing voyage to any place outside this colony such vessel 

 shall be liable to pay once in each calendar year (but not oftener 

 than once in three months) the rate or duty of six cents per regis- 

 tered ton. 



4. Sub-Collectors and Preventive Officers employed in the Cus- 

 toms' service of the country, and such other persons as the Minister 

 of Finance and Customs may appoint, shall be entitled to demand, 

 recover and receive the said rates and duties imposed by this Act, 

 and the monies raised and levied under the provisions hereof shall 

 be paid to the Minister of Finance and Customs, and there shall be 

 allowed to the persons so collecting, such commission, not exceeding 

 five per centum upon the amounts collected, as the Minister of Fi- 

 nance and Customs may direct. 



a Act now questioned by the United States: see Appendix, pp. 4-5. 



