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(3.) That every master of a vessel landing or leaving behind in Rarotonga any person who may have arrived in his vessel shall report the same to the Collector in Rarotonga, and shall, if required by the said Collector, give a guarantee in accordance with the above section No. 2. (4.) That if the master of the vessel neglects to give this guarantee he shall be summoned by the Collector before the Federal Court in Avarua, and the decision of the Judge of the said Court, with the approval of the British Resident, shall be final. (5.) That the penalty for contravention of this Act or any part thereof shall be a sum not exceeding one hundred pounds, recoverable by the Collector in the Federal Court, and paid by him to credit of the Federal revenue. (6.) That the said penalty shall be recoverable from the master of the vessel, and, failing him, from the owners thereof. (7.) That it shall be optional with the master of the vessel to take the person objected to back to the country or island from which he had been brought. In such case the Federal Court is hereby empowered to take all steps necessary to secure the return of the said person, and, failing such return, to keep him in custody and send him by another vessel, at the expense of the master or owners of the vessel by which he was brought to the Cook Islands. Dated at Avarua, this 6th day of August, 1896. Approved. To go into operation forthwith. Feedeeick J. Moss, British Resident.—loth August, 1896.

Enclosure No. 2. No. 2, 1896.—T0 peevent the Reckless Landing op Sick Seamen oe Othees employed in Ships at the Cook Islands. Be it enacted by the British Resident and the Parliament of the Cook Islands : — (1.) That no seaman or other person employed on board any vessel, and not belonging to the Cook Islands, shall be left in the Cook Islands on account of sickness without provision being made by the master of the vessel or other qualified person or persons, to the satisfaction of the shipping-master, for his support to an amount not exceeding thirty pounds. (2.) The penalty for contravention of this Act shall be a sum not exceeding sixty pounds, recoverable by the shipping-master in the Federal Court in Avarua, and to be paid by him into the Federal revenue. (3.) The said penalty shall be recoverable from the master, or, failing him, from the owners, of the vessel. Dated at Avarua, this 30th day of July, 1896. Approved. To go into operation forthwith. Feedeeick J. Moss, British Resident.—loth August, 1896.

Enclosure No. 3. No. 3, 1896.—F0b compiling and feinting the Fedeeal Laws. Wheeeas the means for printing at Rarotonga are now at command : Be it enacted by the British Resident and the Parliament of the Cook Islands : —• (1.) The Chief of the Government and the Chairman of this Parliament are hereby empowered to have properly compiled all Federal laws that may be in force at the closing of the present session of Parliament. (2.) The said Chief of the Government and the Chairman of Parliament are also authorised to make such alterations as may remedy obvious defects, or may render the meaning of laws more clear. The compilation so made shall then be submitted for approval by the British Resident. (3.) Such approval shall be publicly notified by the Chief of the Government in the usual form, and the said compilation shall thereafter have full force and effect as the Federal laws of the Cook Islands, and all other Federal laws be repealed. (4.) This Act shall not have reference to regulations made under any Federal law, which regulations shall remain in full force and effect. Dated at Avarua, this 27th day of July, 1896. Approved. To go into operation forthwith. Feedeeick J. Moss, British Resident. —10th August, 1896.

Enclosure No. 4. No. 4, 1896.—T0 punish the Ceimes of Muedee and Mubdebous Assault. Wheeeas the laws of the several islands of the Federation make no proper provision for punishing the crimes of murder and murderous assault: Be it enacted by the British Resident and the Parliament of the Cook Islands :—- -(1.) That whoever with deliberate intent and with malice aforethought, or while perpetrating any criminal deed, shall kill any person or cause the death of any person shall be guilty of murder. (2.) That whoever with such intent or malice, or while perpetrating any criminal deed, shall do to any person serious injury, imperilling life but not resulting in the death of such injured person, shall be guilty of murderous assault. 2—A. 3.