The Civil Administrator is assisted by a council with the consulting power which will be called in case of need as follows Commandant of the place, representative of the Consular Body, representative of the Foreign Merchants, representative of the Chinese Guilds, Commissioner of Customs, and Sanitary Inspector. The said Jouncil is presided over by the Civil Administrator, or in case of his absence by the Commandant of the place, who will abo replace the Civil Administrator in case of sickness. The Civil Administrator will also be assisted by the Town Council, consisting of the representatives of the native merchants, to meet the views of the local merchants and inhabitants.
To assist the Civil Administrator two secretaries are appointed, as well as the following officers to manage the various branches of the Administration:—1
Chief of the Police, 2 Revenue Inspector and Treasurer, 3 City Judge, and 4 Sanitary Inspector, also a necessary stuff of interpreters.
For the purpose of defending the port against any emergency as well as securing the regular traffic of goods overland and by river, there is appointed a Commandant of the place. All the troops situated in this port will be under his orders, except those detached for the police service. The rights and duties of the Commandant will be regulate: by special orders of the Commander-in-Chief.
RIGHTS OF THE CIVIt, ADMINISTRATOR, The Civil Administrator has the right to issue bye-laws, impose poll-taxes and duties on the natives, dispose of the moval ble and real estate belonging to the Chinese Government, confirm the expenditure of funds assigned or received for maintaining the administration, and for the Municipal expenses, and enter into relations with the Foreign Representativ
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