ANCHORAGE DUES IN GUERNSEY, &c., continued. before-mentioned anchorage dues heretofore levied or claimed in the islands aforesaid, on ships, vessels, and boats of, or belonging to, the subjects of His Most Christian Majesty the King of France, or of His Majesty the King of Denmark, or of His Majesty the King of Prussia, or of His Majesty as King of Hanover, or of his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, or of the United States of America, or of the free Hanseatic Republics, or of the State of Colombia, or of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, shall be and the same are hereby repealed, abolished, and remitted, any law, custom, or usage, now or at any time heretofore in force in the said islands, or any of them, to the contrary notwithstanding; provided always that nothing in this present Order contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to any ships, vessels, or boats of, or belonging to, the subjects of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, not being of the burden of above 120 tons, such ships, vessels, or boats not being included within the Treaty with the said United Provinces, of the 2nd of February, 1825; and it is further ordered, that the said anchorage dues shall in like manner be, and the same are hereby repealed, abolished, and remitted in favour of the ships, vessels, and boats of, or belonging to, the subjects of any other foreign state or power with whom His Majesty shall hereafter enter into and conclude any such treaty as aforesaid; and that such repeal, abolition, and remission shall take effect when and so soon as the conclusion of any such future treaty shall be signified to the Governor or Lieutenant-Governor of the said islands respectively, by His Majesty, through one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; and all Governors, Lieutenant-Governors, and other officers, civil, and military, and all other his Majesty's subjects within the said islands, are to take notice thereof, and to govern themselves accordingly. Order in Council, the 10th of May, 1827. ALIEN ACT. 7th George IV. c. 54. (26th May, 1826.) Masters of ing from Fo- THE master of every vessel, arriving from foreign parts, shall, immediately on his arrival, declare in writing, to the chief officer of the customs at the port of arrival, whether there is, to the best of his knowledge, any alien on board his vessel, and whether any alien hath, to his knowledge, landed therefrom at any place within this realm; and shall specify the number of aliens (if any) on board, or declare what Aliens are on board, or have landed. ALIEN ACT, continued. who have landed therefrom; and their names, rank, occupation, and description, as far as he shall be able :-if he shall neglect or refuse to make, or shall make a false declaration, he shall forfeit for every such offence 201., and 107. for each alien who shall have been on board on the vessel's arrival, or shall have, to his knowledge, landed there from within this realm:-the officer of the customs to detain the vessel until the penalty is paid. Not to extend to foreign mariners certified in writing by the master to be actually employed in navigating the vessel.— 7 Geo. IV., c. 54, §2. Alien on arrival to declare and deliver his Passport. Every alien who shall arrive in the United Kingdom from foreign parts, or pass from Great Britain to Ireland, or from Ireland to Great Britain, shall immehis Name, &c., diately deliver to the chief officer of the customs at the port of debarkation, any passport which shall be in his or her possession, and declare in writing to such officer, or verbally make to him a declaration, to be by him reduced into writing, of the name of the vessel in which he or she shall have arrived, and also of his or her names, rank, occupation, and description, and if a domestic servant, then also the names, rank, and description of his or her master or mistress: and shall also in like manner declare the country and place from whence he or she shall then have come, and the place within this realm to which he or she is then going, and the name and place of abode of the person within this realm (if any) to whom he or she is known, which declaration shall be made in or reduced into such form as shall be approved by one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State; Penaltyforneg- and if any such alien, coming into this realm, shall neglect or refuse to deliver up his or her passport, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of five pounds; and if he or she shall neglect or refuse to make such declaration, or shall wilfully make any false declaration, he or she shall be punished in the manner hereinafter mentioned*.-§ 3. Officer of Cus toms to regis ter the Declaliver a Certifi. ration, and de The officer of the customs to whom such passport shall be delivered and declaration made, shall immediately register such declaration in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, and shall insert therein the several particulars by this Act required in proper columns, in duplicate, excepting such particulars as shall be inserted in the column of remarks, which shall be entered only in one of such See section 9, in page 16. cate to the Alien. ALIEN ACT, continued. parts, and shall cut off one part of such certificate containing all the particulars, excepting such as shall be contained in the column of remarks, and deliver the same to the alien who shall have made such declaration.—§ 4. Officer of Customs to transmit Declaration, &c., to Alien Office. Alien, within one week after The chief officer of the customs in every port shall within two days transmit the declaration of every master of a vessel, and every passport, and a true copy of every such certificate, if in Great Britain, to one of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, at the Alien Office in Westminster, and if in Ireland, to the Chief Secretary for Ireland.—§ 5. Every alien arriving in this realm after the commencement of this Act*, shall within one week after his or her arrival at the place which shall be expressed in such certificate as the place to which he or she proposes to go, produce such certificate, if such place shall be in the city of Westminster, or within five miles thereof, at the Alien Office in Westminster, and shall declare in writing at what place he or she intends to reside; and if the place expressed in the certificate shall be out of the limits aforesaid, such declaration of residence may be transmitted by the post, if in Great Britain, to one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, at the Alien Office in Westminster, and if in Ireland, to the Chief Secretary for Ireland; and if any alien shall neglect or refuse to produce such certificate, or to make or transmit such declaration, he or she shall be punished in the manner hereinafter mentionedt.--§ 6. arrival, shall produce or transmit Certificate to the Alien Office, and declare where he in tends to reside. Alien to de clare Residence half yearly. Every alien, being in this realm after the commencement of this Act, shall, on the 1st of January, and on the 1st of July, in every year, or within one week after those respective days, make a declaration in writing of his or her place of residence, and therein state at what place he or she intends in future to reside, and shall, within the same week, transmit such declaration by the post, if in Great Britain, to one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, at the Alien Office in Westminster, and if in Ireland, to the Chief Secretary for Ireland; for neglect or refusal to make or transmit, or for wilfully transmitting any false declaration, he or she shall be punished in the manner hereinafter mentioned.+-§ 7. *This Act commenced on the 1st of July, 1826. + See section 9, in next page. That is to say, after the 1st of July, 1826. ALIEN ACT, continued. Secretary of State, &c., may require a more frequent Declaration. It shall be lawful for one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State to require any alien, being in Great Britain, and for the Chief Secretary for Ireland, to require any alien being in Ireland, to make a declaration of his or her actual or intended place of residence, at shorter intervals than is hereinbefore required; and such requisition may be made either by a warrant under the hand and seal of such Principal Secretary or Chief Secretary respectively, to be delivered to the alien, or left at his or her last declared place of residence, or otherwise by a notice to be published in the London, or Dublin Gazette, as the case may be; and every alien named in any such warrant, or notice, shall transmit such declaration as often as he or she shall be required so to do by such warrant or notice; and if he or she shall neglect or refuse so to do, he or she shall be punished in the manner hereinafter mentioned.-§ 8. Penalty on Alien for false Declarations or neglecting to make the same. If any alien, in any of the cases aforesaid, shall neglect to make such declaration as is by this Act required, or to transmit the same, in the cases in which he is required so to do, within the time in that behalf limited, or shall wilfully make or transmit any false declaration, every such person so offending shall, upon conviction thereof, before two justices of the peace, for every such offence, either forfeit any sum not exceeding fifty pounds, or be imprisoned for any time not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the justices.-§ 9. Certificate to be forwarded to the Alien, setting forth Place of Abode, &c. Upon the receipt at the Alien Öffice, or at the Office of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, of any declaration, in any of the cases aforesaid, the clerk at such office shall, within three days, make out a certificate, setting forth the names, rank, occupation, and description of the alien, and his or her place of abode, and shall transmit the same by post to such alien; and if any alien shall not be possessed of such certificate, or shall reside in any other place than that expressed in such certificate, every such alien shall, for every such offence, forfeit 201.; and if any alien, being required by any justice of the peace to produce such certificate, shall refuse or neglect so to do, he or she shall be deemed not to be possessed of any certificate. § 10. Penalty for not having Certificate or residing elsewirere. Aliens about to depart the realm, and being desirous of having possession of the passport delivered up at the time of debarkation, must notify by letter to the Alien Office in West ALIEN ACT, continued. Alien on de parture may have his pass port sent to the port of embar kation, and delivered to him on making declaration. minster, or to the Chief Secretary's Office in Dublin, the port at which he or she intends to embark, and the clerk at those respective offices will forthwith transmit such passport by the post to the chief officer of the Customs of the port so notified, to be by him delivered to such alien, on such alien making a declaration in writing of his or her intention of departing, and delivering the same to the chief officer of Customs at the port of departure, who shall forthwith transmit the same, if in Great Britain, to one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State at the Alien Office in Westminster, and if in Ireland to the Chief Secretary for Ireland. Aliens neglecting to make such declaration, or to deliver the same to the chief officer of the Customs at the port of departure, shall for every such offence forfeit 57.- 11. New Certifi If the certificate issued to any alien shall be lost, mislaid, or destroyed, and such alien shall produce proof thereof to the satisfaction of a justice of the peace that he or she hath duly conformed with this Act, such justice shall certify the same under his hand, and such alien shall thereby be entitled to demand a fresh certificate.-§ 12. cate to be is- Certificate to be granted without fee. Penalty. No fee or reward shall be demanded for any certificate hereinbefore required to be given; and every person who shall take any fee or reward of any alien or other person, for any matter or thing done under this Act, shall forfeit for every offence 201. Officers of the Customs refusing or neglecting to make such entry as aforesaid, or to grant any certificate thereon, or shall knowingly make any false entry, or neglect to transmit the copy thereof, or to transmit any declaration of the master of a vessel, or any declaration of departure in manner directed by this Act, shall forfeit for every such offence 201.-§ 13. Penalty for forging or altering Certifi cates. Persons wilfully forging, counterfeiting, or altering, or causing the same to be done, or uttering, knowing the same to be forged, counterfeited, or altered, any declaration or certificate hereby directed, or shall obtain any such certificate under any false name or description, without disclosing to the person granting such certificate the true name and description of such alien, and the reason for concealing the same, or shall falsely pretend to be the person intended to be named and described in such |