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ACT XV.
[A.D. 1842.
Mauritius emigrant HI. And it is hereby enacted, that at each of the three ports aforesaid,
S^tr^t^t^each if shad be lawful for the Government of the presidency within which the
presidency. port ig situated to authorize the persons nominated by the Government of
Mauritius, under the order hereinbefore inserted, to act as emigration
agents at the aforesaid ports respectively, and to exercise the powers con-
ferred on emigration agents by this Act. And every such emigration
agent shall *make monthly reports to the Government to which he is subor-
dinate of all matters transacted by him in pursuance of this Act.
Emigrant ships to be
licensed.
Master of ship to
execute bond.
Penalty for breach of
IV. And it is hereby enacted, that it shall not be lawful to convey any
emigrant, being a native of India, who may embark for the purpose of
labouring for hire in the colony of Mauritius from either of the ports
aforesaid, in any ship or vessel, unless a license be obtained for carrying
emigrants in such ship or vessel, from the Government of the presidency in
which the port is situated. A fee not exceeding one rupee per emigrant,
as may be regulated from time to time by the local government, shall be
demandable in respect of every such license, which fee shall be carried to
the credit of the said Government; and the granting or withholding any
such license shall be entirely discretionary with the Government; and in
consideration of such license, the master of every ship conveying or des-
tined to convey emigrants from India shall execute a bond, binding himself
and his owners in a penal sum of ten thousand rupees to conform to the
several conditions hereunder provided ; and the said bond shall be executed
in duplicate, that it may be put in suit either at the place of execution or
in the colony of Mauritius, and one copy shall be forwarded to the Govern-
ment of Mauritius, to be dealt with as the case may require. And every
ship or vessel in which any such emigrant shall be conveyed without a
license being obtained as aforesaid shall be liable to be forfeited, and the
master thereof shall be liable as for a misdemeanour in a fine of one
thousand rupees for every such emigrant so illegally conveyed.
^ V- And it is hereby enacted, that it shall not be lawful for the master of
any vessel licensed as above to receive on board any emigrant labourer as
above provided, unless such labourer shall have in his possession and show a
certificate or pass to be given to him by the emigration agent of the port,
stating his name and the name of his father, and his age, and certifying that,
having appeared before such agent, he has declared his willingness and
desire to proceed to work for hire in the said colony of Mauritius.
Master of emigration yi. And it is hereby enacted, that before any ship or vessel, so licensed
fmm^mi^^ionl^tf to carry emigrant labourers as above provided, shall be cleared out from
any of the aforesaid ports for the Mauritius, it shall be-necessary for the
master of such ship or vessel, provided any emigrant of the description
aforesaid shall embark therein, to obtain from the emigration agent so
nominated and authorized at such port as aforesaid, a certificate under
the hand of such agent to the effect following, that is to say—
That such agent has, by personal communication, done what is
required on the part of such agent by the third article of the schedule
hereinbefore inserted; provided always, that every such agent shall make
the inquiries specified in such schedule, in an open court or public office, to
which all persons shall havo admission.
ACT XV.
[A.D. 1842.
Mauritius emigrant HI. And it is hereby enacted, that at each of the three ports aforesaid,
S^tr^t^t^each if shad be lawful for the Government of the presidency within which the
presidency. port ig situated to authorize the persons nominated by the Government of
Mauritius, under the order hereinbefore inserted, to act as emigration
agents at the aforesaid ports respectively, and to exercise the powers con-
ferred on emigration agents by this Act. And every such emigration
agent shall *make monthly reports to the Government to which he is subor-
dinate of all matters transacted by him in pursuance of this Act.
Emigrant ships to be
licensed.
Master of ship to
execute bond.
Penalty for breach of
IV. And it is hereby enacted, that it shall not be lawful to convey any
emigrant, being a native of India, who may embark for the purpose of
labouring for hire in the colony of Mauritius from either of the ports
aforesaid, in any ship or vessel, unless a license be obtained for carrying
emigrants in such ship or vessel, from the Government of the presidency in
which the port is situated. A fee not exceeding one rupee per emigrant,
as may be regulated from time to time by the local government, shall be
demandable in respect of every such license, which fee shall be carried to
the credit of the said Government; and the granting or withholding any
such license shall be entirely discretionary with the Government; and in
consideration of such license, the master of every ship conveying or des-
tined to convey emigrants from India shall execute a bond, binding himself
and his owners in a penal sum of ten thousand rupees to conform to the
several conditions hereunder provided ; and the said bond shall be executed
in duplicate, that it may be put in suit either at the place of execution or
in the colony of Mauritius, and one copy shall be forwarded to the Govern-
ment of Mauritius, to be dealt with as the case may require. And every
ship or vessel in which any such emigrant shall be conveyed without a
license being obtained as aforesaid shall be liable to be forfeited, and the
master thereof shall be liable as for a misdemeanour in a fine of one
thousand rupees for every such emigrant so illegally conveyed.
^ V- And it is hereby enacted, that it shall not be lawful for the master of
any vessel licensed as above to receive on board any emigrant labourer as
above provided, unless such labourer shall have in his possession and show a
certificate or pass to be given to him by the emigration agent of the port,
stating his name and the name of his father, and his age, and certifying that,
having appeared before such agent, he has declared his willingness and
desire to proceed to work for hire in the said colony of Mauritius.
Master of emigration yi. And it is hereby enacted, that before any ship or vessel, so licensed
fmm^mi^^ionl^tf to carry emigrant labourers as above provided, shall be cleared out from
any of the aforesaid ports for the Mauritius, it shall be-necessary for the
master of such ship or vessel, provided any emigrant of the description
aforesaid shall embark therein, to obtain from the emigration agent so
nominated and authorized at such port as aforesaid, a certificate under
the hand of such agent to the effect following, that is to say—
That such agent has, by personal communication, done what is
required on the part of such agent by the third article of the schedule
hereinbefore inserted; provided always, that every such agent shall make
the inquiries specified in such schedule, in an open court or public office, to
which all persons shall havo admission.