The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-10-07 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL DOCKS

FIRES AND LIGHTS ON BOARD SHIPS IN DOCK,

itULES, ORDERS, REGULATIONS, and BYE-
LAWS made, ordained, and established by the Trustees
of the Liverpool Docks, on the sixth day of September, 1851,
pursuant to the provisions of " The Liverpool Dock Act, 1831."
in relation to the setting apart and appointing certain Docks,
Basins. Piers, Entrances, Graving Docks, Graving Blocks, Pa-
tent Slips, Gridirons, Locks, Cuts, or other works belonging to
the said Trustees, for the reception of Vessels in which the use
of Fires and Lights may be, and is hereby permitted, under
certain regulations and restrictions,,,snd for ordaining and es-
tablishing Such regulations and restrictions accordingly.
Ist—That in pursuance and eirfrcise of the poivers in and by
the said Act, expressed an wen, the several Docks, Locks,
and Basins of the said stees hereinafter named—that is to
say, the Harrington I) k, the Toxteth Dock, the Brunswick
Dock, the Coburg Ring's Union Dick, the Queen's Dock,
the Queen's Bes' , the Dock, the Canning Dock, the
Canning Hal ide Dock, the Prince's Basin, the Waterloo
Dock and Locks, the Victoria Dock, the Trafalgar Dock and
Locks, the Clarence Dock, the Clarence Half-Tide Dock, the
Salisbury Dock, the Collingwood Dock, the Stanley Dock, the
Nelson Dock, the Bramley-Moore Dock, the Wellington Dock,
the Wellington Half-Tide Dock, the Sandon Dock, the Sandon
Basin, and the Huskisson Dock and Locks, shall be, and the
same arz hereby set apart and appointed for the reception of
Vessels, in which the use of both Fires and Lights is hereby
permitted, under the following regulations and restrictions
respectively, that is to say,—
The Fires to be used in all Vessels lying in any of the nod's,
Locks, and Basins hereinbefore named, shall be of Coal or
Coke, and shall be used in the Cabin, Forecastle, and Cam-
boose only, and in no other part of the Vessel ; and as
respects the Cabin, shall only be used between the hours of
six o'clock in the morning and nine o'clock at night; and,
as respects the Forecastle, only between the hours of six
o'clock in the morning and six o'clock In the evening; and
as respects the Camboose, only between the same two last-
mentioned hours, from the first day of October to the first
day of March inclusive, in each year, and only between six
in the morning and eight o'clock at night during the rest
of the year, but Fire shall not be used in the Camboose
except when it is situated on the upeer deck, and then so
long only as Fire, is actually required for cooking purposes,
and not otherwise; and this permission may, so far as
respects the use of the said Fires, or any of them in any
Vessel or Vessels, be at any time, and front time to time,
vacated and cancelled under any circumstances, which, in
the judgment of either of the Harbour Masters of the said
Trustees may render it expedient to do so, by notice in
writing, under the hand of such Harbour Master, served
upon the Master, or other Officer, or persons in the charge
of any Vessel.
The Lights to be used in all Vessels lying in any of the Docks,
Locks, and Basins hereinbefore named, shall be Oil Lamps,
(not Candles,) and shall be contained and used only in
Glass Lanthorns or Globes, which shall he continually and
carefully kept closed, (except when necessary for the pur-
pose of trimming,) clean, whole, and in good repair ; and
shall be used in the Cabin, Forecastle, and Camboose only,
and in no other part of the Vessel, except only as respects
passenger or emigrant Vessels, having emigrants actually
on board lodged in the between-decks; in which case such
Lights, as above mentioned, may also be used in the
between-decks, provided that the Lanthorns or Globes
containing the same shall be suspended from the under
part of the deck above, and shall hang sufficiently low to
prevent danger to the wood-work above. and which wood-
work shall be further secured by tin guards between the
deck and the lamp.
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2d—That as respects ALL the Dons and Basins of the Trus-
tees, (except Graving Docks, which are hereinafter provided
for, and the Albert Dock,) the use of Lights is hereby permitted
on hoard Vessels lying therein, for the purpose of stowing their
cargoes, (but for no ether purpose,) under the following regu-
lations and restrictions, that is to say—

Such LightS shall be Oil Lamps in Lanthornsi or Globes of
the same description, and shall be carefully tended, as in
the first Bye-Law respectively mentioned, and shall only
be used le tween six o'clock in the morning and nine
o'clock at night ; but in cases where it is required to con-
tinue the stowing of a Vessel's cargo after the last men-
tioned hour, special permission in writing may be granted
for that purpose, by the Chairman or Deputy-Chairman of
the Dock Committee, on the application of the Master,
Owner, or Consignee of the Vessel, previously certified in
writing, as to the circumstances, by one of the Harbour
Masters; but no Light shall be used, under such special
permission, after nine o'clock, as aforesaid, except in the
.continual presence of a police-officer, the expense of whose
attendance (to be previously bespoken and arranged for)
is to be defrayed by the persons requiring the same.
3rd—That as respects all Docks or Basins, now or hereafter
to be appropriated to the exclusive use of STEAM VESSELS, the
same use is hereby permitted, of Fires and Lights on board
Vessels lying therein, as is hereinbefore permitted with respect
to Vessels lying in any other of the Docks and Basins of the
Trustees; and this present permission is in addition to any
Other privileges as to the use of Fires and Lights which are
now allowed to such Steam Vessels, under any existing Bye-
Laws as to the Docks appropriated to Steam Vessels, and
nothing herein contained shall alter or affect the present ap-
propriation of certain of the said Docks in the first Bye-Law
named, to the exclusive use of Steam Vessels.
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4th—That in all Vessels, in or upon, and actually occupying
any of the Graving Docks, Graving Blocks, Patent Slips, or
Gridirons of the Trustees, Fires and Lights (the latter to be
used in such Lanthorns or Globes as aforesaid) may be used to
the same extent, and in the same manner, in all respects, as
by the first Bye-law is permitted in Vessvis lying within any of
the Docks, Locks, and Basins therein named ; and, moreover,
such last-mentioned Lights may be used in any part of a Vessel
lying in or upon any such Graving Docks, Graving Blocks,
Patent Slips, or Gridirons, for the purpose of repairing such
Vessel, during the same hours, and with the privilege of ap-
plying for such further or special permission as are mentioned
respectively in the second Bye-Law, with respect to Lights to
be used in the stowing of Vessels' cargoes; and as respects
Vessels built of iron, and all Steam Vessels, lying in or upon
any such Graving Docks, Graving Blocks, Patent Slips, or
Gridirons, a Forge may also be used on the upper deck, for the
purpose of heating rivets, or of any other necessary repair.
sth—That all Fires and Lights permitted under the preceding
Bye-Laws must always (except in the said cases of special per-
mission, granted as aforesaid) be carefully extinguished at the
hour of six o'clock in the evening, eight o'clock at night, or
nine o'clock at night, as the case may be, thereby respectively
appointed for that purpose; and for preventing mistakes, or
alleged mistakes, in this respect, a bell will always be rung at
each Dock at six o'clock in the morning, six o'clock in the
evening, eight o'clock at night (while necessary), and nine
o'clock at night, by the dock officer on duty, and the penalties
will, in Al cases, be strictly enforced.

6th—That the preceding Rule;;: Orders, 12.gulatioes, and
Bye-Laws, shall commence and take effect on and from the 9th
day of October:, 1851.

By order of the Committee for the Affairs of the Estate
of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks,
CHARLES TURNER, Chairman.
—The Penalty for using Fires or Lights on board Vessels
in any of the Docks o Basins of the Trustees, not set
apart or appointed by them for that purpose, is any
sum not exceeding £100; and the Penalty for the
breach of any other of the preceding Bye-Laws is not
exceeding £2O (see Sections 38 and 41 of the Act of
Parliament) ; and none of the foregoing Bye-Laws or
Regulations are to be considered as relaxing the pro-
visions in the Dock Laws prokibitiv .Cmoking in or
about the Docks, or the Vessels therein, under a Penalty
not exceeding £5, such rrovisions not having been
altered by the recent Act of Parliament.

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL,

Pursuant to the provisions of "The Liverpool Dock Act,
1851," I, Jon N SMITH MANSFIELD, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law,
the Stipendiary Magistrate of Liverpool, have perused and in-
quired into the aforegoing Rules, Orders, Regulations, and
Bye-Laws, on their being tendered to me for that purpose, and
do hereby approve of and allow the same. As witness my hand
this second day of October, 1851.

J. S. MANSFIELD

N. 8.—1 shall be ready to deliver, as by the said Act I am
directed, Printed Copies of the foregoing Rules, Orders, Regu-
lations, and Bye-Laws, to all persons interested therein, who
shall apply for the same at my Office, on or after the 7th Octo-
ber instant. JOHN NORTH,
Solicitor of the said Trustees.
Dock Office, 3rd October, 1851.

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