WARDENS' ORDINANCE. 



TRINIDAD. No. 131852. 



1st October. 



romance 



Enacted by the Governor of the Island of Trinidad, by and with the advice and 

 consent of the Council of Government thereof, 



For amending and consolidating the Law with regard to 

 the Appointment of Wardens, and the powers and 

 duties of such Wardens. 



HARRIS. 



I. Ordinances of \th September, 1849, 6th February, 1851, and IQth 

 April, 1852, repealed. All appointments of wardens, 4fc., made under pro- 

 visions of previous Ordinance to be saved. 



IV. Warden to be charged with the maintenance of the public peace, fyc., 

 and for such purpose to swear special constables. And be it enacted, That 

 every Warden, during his tenure of office, shall be charged with the main- 

 tenance of the public peace within his ward, and for such purpose shall have 

 power from time to time to swear in such persons as he shall see fit, to act as 

 special constables, and may bind any one to the peace who shall make an 

 affray in his presence, and may command any constable to assist him in the 

 preservation of the peace within his ward. 



V. Governor may make rules for the wardens. 



VI. A warden ceasing to hold office, all books and papers in his possession 

 to be delivered to his successor. 



VII. Oaths of office. 



VIII. Wardens to be charged with the making and keeping in repair the 

 ward roads, the cost of establishing public schools of instruction, fyc. And 

 be it enacted, That each ward shall be charged with the making and keeping 

 in repair of the public roads, not being royal roads, within the ward, the cost 

 of establishing and maintaining public schools of instruction, and the pay- 

 ment of the teachers of such schools, the establishment of houses of refuge for 

 the destitute poor incapable of labour, the establishment and maintenance of 

 dispensaries, and the cost of carrying into effect and enforcing ah 1 sanitary 

 regulations for the preservation of public health within the ward, the ex- 

 penses of the burial of paupers, and inquests, the costs of printing and 



