No. 5 of 1877.-Sd. J. D. Barry.]

[14 May, 1877. No. 5-1877

Ordinance for providing for taking a Census of the Population of the Province of Griqualand West.

WHEREAS it is expedient that provision be made for Preamble.

taking a Census of this Province:

Be it enacted by the Administrator of the Province of Griqualand West, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

cause census to

I. It shall be lawful for the Governor as soon as may Governor may be, to cause a Census to be taken of the population, lands, be taken. houses, mining claims, live stock, and produce of this Province.

claim duties of

&c.

II. The Governor shall by Proclamation announce the Governor to pronature of the information to be collected by the enumerators enumerators, to be employed in taking such Census and the duties to be forms of returns discharged by such enumerators and by the inhabitants of the Province respectively, and shall specify the forms of the returns to be made, which returns shall as far as may be necessary or convenient conform to the Schedules hereto annexed.

III. The Governor shall in such Proclamation narne And name the day on which some certain day, as the day in regard to which the number census is to be of persons then in this Province is, as accurately as circum- taken. stances will permit, to be ascertained by the enumerators: Provided, that every enumerator shall inform himself of the number of persons who were in his district upon that day, as soon after that day as his duties as enumerator will allow.

Commissioners and enu

em

certain interro

IV. In order the better to enable the Civil Commissioners Civil and enumerators to obtain the information necessary for the merators purpose of this Ordinance, they are hereby authorized and powered to put empowered to ask such questions of the persons residing at or gatories. being within their respective districts concerning themselves, and the number, relationship, age, race and rank or occupation of the persons constituting their respective families, and concerning the extent, value and production of their immoveable properties, leaseholds, and mining claims, and the nature and number of stock in their possession as shall enable them to fill up the Schedules to this Ordinance and concerning all such other particulars as shall be necessary to fill up the said Schedules, and every such person refusing or neglecting to answer, or wilfully giving a false answer to Penalty for reany such question, or wilfully furnishing a false return, shall fusing to answer for every such refusal or neglect, or false statement, answer false return. or return, forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds, with the costs of prosecution.

same or making

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ful default by

V. Every enumerator who shall make wilful default, or Penalty for wil- false statement in any of the matters required of him by this enumerator. Ordinance, shall for every such default or false statement forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds.

Fines under this

Ordinance, how

and applied.

VI. All fines imposed under this Ordinance may be sued to be recovered for by the public prosecutor, and shall be recoverable in a summary manner before the Resident Magistrate or Assistant Resident Magistrate of the District, and when recovered shall be paid into the Treasury of the Province.

Short title.

VII. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as

the "Census Ordinance, 1877."

[Promulgated by Government Notice No. 93, 11th May, 1877. Assented to by the Governor-see Government Notice No. 107, 11th June, 1877. Confirmed by Her Majestysee Government Notice No. 130, 4th August, 1877].

No. 6 of 1877.-Sd. J. D. BARRY.]

[27th March, 1877. No. 6-1877.

Ordinance for Promoting the Extirpation of the Burr Weed called Xanthium Spinosum.

WHEREAS the growth of the noxious plant known as Preamble.

the Xanthium Spinosum, or Burr Weed, has increased

to an alarming extent in various parts of this Province, and whereas the presence of this burr will be most detrimental to the value of the wool fleece, and highly prejudicial to the wool-growing interests of the Province:

Be it enacted by the Administrator of the Province of Griqualand West, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

sioner of division

post notices

ing to extirpate

I. It shall be the duty of the Civil Commissioner of each Civil Commisdivision to cause a public notice in the English and Dutch to publish and languages, warning all occupiers of landed property of the warning persons liability they will incur by neglecting to eradicate or burn against neglectany of the burr weed called Xanthium Spinosum which weed. may have sprung up upon their lands or ground, to be inserted in the Government Gazette, and to be posted at or near the court house of every Resident Magistrate in such division, at or near all places of public worship within such division, at the place in any town or village within such division as may be used by the inhabitants for posting public notices, and at all other places within such division at which the Civil Commissioner shall deem it desirable to post the

same.

and landed pro

to Civil Commissioner any disre

II. All Field-cornets in any division and occupiers of Field Cornets ·landed property are hereby authorized and required to give prietors to report or cause to be given to the Civil Commissioner of such division notice in writing that any occupier of landed pro- gard of notice. perty within such division has neglected for a period of sixty days or upwards, reckoned from the day of the notification in the Government Gazette and the posting at the court house aforesaid of the notice aforesaid, to eradicate and burn certain of the said weed growing upon the farm or ground by him occupied.

Commissioner on

III. Every Civil Commissioner receiving any such notice Duty of Civil as aforesaid shall, by notice in writing, call upon the occupier receiving such in regard to whose alleged neglect such notice shall have report. been given, to show cause why the said Civil Commissioner should not, at the expense of such occupier, take immediate measures for eradicating and burning the weed aforesaid so growing as aforesaid; and unless such occupier shall give security to the said Civil Commissioner that he will within a reasonable time, to be fixed by such Civil Commissioner, eradicate and burn all of the said weed so growing as aforesaid, then it shall be lawful for such Civil Commissioner, or