RATING ORDINANCE

RATING ORDINANCE

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No. 3 of 1851.

An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 2 of 1845, entitled, ' An Ordinance
to raise an assessed Bate ,on Lands, Houses, and Premises,
within, the Colony of Honghona, for the upholding of the requisite
Police Force therein.'

[10th June, 1851.]

WHERFAS inconvenience has arisen from the occurrence of appeals being
insti-
V tuted against valuations for Police assessment, after the percentage or
rate:'
required for upholding the Police force for the ensuing year, based on
such valuations,
has been determined by the Governor with the advice of the Executive
Council, in
pursuance of the said Ordinance No. 2 of 1845 ; and whereas it is
desirable not only to
fix a limit within which such appeals may be made, but also to facilitate
such appeals
and to yonder them less expensive; and whereas also it is desirable that
the valuations..
to be hereafter made under the said Ordinance No. 2 of 1845, should be
made in the
month o£ January in each year:

1. Bo it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of
Hong=
lionb, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that a
valuation of the property
liable to Police assessment within the said Colony shall be made in the
month of Jazauary.-
izz each. yen-r, [Anzezzded by Ordi7uczzce No. 8 of 1857] and in the
manner provided >?y the

s'd Ordin,
ai ance No. 2 of i81-5, unless the said Governor with the advice of the
Executive
Council shall -'deem it expedient to permit any existing valuation to
stand, in which.
ease it shall:~b%dnly notified during suck month of January [Amended by
Ordinance No:.
8 of 1857 in'fl-3ie or more of the public newspapers of the said Colony,
that such existing
valuation is to stand good for the then current year (Amended by
Ordinance No: 8 of

Ordinance No. 3 of 1851.

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1857] and be taken as and for a new valuation; and be it provided that in
the event of
such valuation being so notified as standing for such current year,
[Amended by Ordinance
No. 8 of 1857] it shall and may be lawful for any person to appeal
against such
declared or notified valuation within six weeks from the publication of
such notice, in the
same manner as if made by assessors in pursuance of the said Ordinance
No. 2 of 1845.
2. And be it further enacted and ordained, that whenever any person
liable to the
payment of Police tax sball consider that the yearly valuation of the
assessors in
regard to the premises for which he is liable is excessive, he shall send
to the assessors,
within fifteen days after he has first received notice of such valuation,
a written state-
ment of the amount to which in his opinion such valuation ought to be
reduced; and if
the assessors shall refuse or neglect, within fifteen days from the
receipt of such
statement, to reduce such valuation, or to satisfy such person of the
propriety of their
first valuation, then, and not before, it shall be lawful for such person
to appeal to the
Supreme Court in the manner provided by the said Ordinance No. 2 of 1845.
Provided
always, that no appeal shall be allowed after the lapse of six weeks from
the first,
receipt of the notice of valuation, or Government notification aforesaid,
as the case may
be, notwithstanding the provisions of any previous ordinance to the
contrary.
3. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the mode of such appeal
shall be
as follows, namely,-by summons to be served on the said assessors, and to
be issued
by the Registrar of the said Supreme Court; and that for every such
summons the
appellant shall pay a fee of one dollar; and for every summons for a
witness, either on
behalf of appellant or respondent, a fee of fifty cents shall be paid;
and no other fees,
costs, or expenses than these shall on any such appeal be allowed or
payable to
either appellant or respondent.
4. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall and may be
lawful for the
said Governor in Council, in pursuance of the said Ordinance No. 2 of
1845, to deter.
mine and fix on such temporary rate or rates by way of assessment, as may
be necessary,
until a further valuation be made, or notification given as aforesaid, in
the month of
January next ensuing.

[Repealed by Ordinance No. 5 of 1863.]
250

Title.
Preamble.
Valuation for the assessment of Police rate to be made in the month of
January in each year, unless Governor in Council shall publicly notify that an existing valuation is to stand good.
Notified valuation subject to appeal.
251

Respecting the step preliminary to appeal against valuation.
Mode of appeal.
Power to Governor in Council to determine on temporary rate until new valuation be made.

250

Title.
Preamble.
Valuation for the assessment of Police rate to be made in the month of
January in each year, unless Governor in Council shall publicly notify that an existing valuation is to stand good.
Notified valuation subject to appeal.
251

Respecting the step preliminary to appeal against valuation.
Mode of appeal.
Power to Governor in Council to determine on temporary rate until new valuation be made.

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