BERMUDA, Alias Somers Islands,
By His Excellency
L.S.M. George Bunbury
McAndrew, Lieuten-
G.B. McAndrew ant Colonel, Officer
Lieut.-Colonel Administering the
Officer Adminis- Government and
tering the Gov- Commander-in-Chief
ernment &c., &c., &c.
A Proclamation !
WHEREAS a state of War exists between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Germany.
NOW, therefore, I, the Officer Administering the Government and Commander-in-Chief aforesaid, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM that on and after this date Martial Law shall prevail within the limits of this Colony.
And I, the Officer Administering the Government and Commander-in-Chief aforesaid, by virtue of the powers and authority in me vested, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM that from and after the date of this Proclomation the following regulations shall be in force in these Islands until otherwise ordered, of which all persons in these Islands are hereby requiredd to take notice and to govern themselves accordingly:-
MARTIAL LAW REGULATIONS
1. Martial Law, when proclaimed, shall apply to all persons within the limits of the area or district in which such law is brought into force and any such person who shall comit an offence against Martial Law shall be punishable by a special tribunal to be appointed by public notification for that purpose by the Governor. One member of each such tribunal shall be an officer of His Majesty's forces.
2. Any declaration made by the Governor under section 189 of the Army Act shall be deemed to apply to every military force raised in the colony.
3. The governor may order any person to quit the Colony, or any part of, or place in the Colony to be specified in such order, or may restrict any person from travelling in the Colony , or may order any person to remain in a certain locality, town or district; and if any person shall refuse to obey any such order, the Governor may cause him to be arrested and removed from the Colony, or from such part thereof, or place therein, and for that purpose to be placed on board any ship or boat.
4. The Governor may make any regulations or orders respecting any port or harbour in the Colony, and the movement or location of ships and boats therein, or in any waters of the Colony, and any provision of any law of the Colony which may be inconsistent with any regulation or order made by the Governor under this section shall be suspended and of no effect during the continuance of such regulation or order.
5. The Governor may require any person to do any work or render any personal service which the Governor may think necessary to order in aid of or in connection with naval and military measures for the protection of the Colony.
6. The Governor may require any person to supply any animals, vehicles, ships, boats, or other personal property belonging to or under the control of such person to the Government, if such property be required in aid of or in connection with naval and military measures for the protection of the Colony, and in default of the person supplying the same, may seize and take possession of and retain any such animals, vehicles, boats, or other personal property for such purposes.
7. The Governor may take and retain for such period as he may think necessary possession for public purposes any land or building or other property, including gas-works, and works for the supply of electricity, water-works, wells and springs of water, tanks, and other receptacles of rain water, and may, if he thinks it necessary for the purpose of the defence of the Colony, cause any building to be pulled down and removed and any property to be removed from one place to another or to be destroyed.
8. The Governor may direct that all the resources of any railway in the Colony shall be placed at his disposal for any purpose which he considers necessary in aid of or in connection with naval and military measures for the protection of the Colony, and no liability whatever shall be incurred on account of any interference with the regular traffic which may thus be occasioned.
9. The Governormay seize and take possession of any grain, article of food, coal, or other fuel and mineral oils within the limits of the Colony, and may sell any grain, article of food, coals, fuels and oils so seized and taken at such prices as may be determined by the Board hereinafter mentioned, and the money to be received for such sales shall be payed into the Treasury of the Colony
10. The Governor may seize and take possession of any arms and warlike stores, and may use the same for such purposes as he may determine in aid of, or in connection with, naval and military measures for the protection of the Colony.
All persons having in their possession, custody or control,
(a) Any fire-arms, whether rifles, shot guns, revolvers, pistols, or otherwise;
(b) Any ammunition of any description; or
(c) Any dynamite or similar explosives, shall report the fact to the civil authorities.
11. The Governor may, by Proclomation, prescribe the maximum price for which any article of food may be sold by retail, and any person who after such Proclomation, and until it shall have been revoked, shall sell any article of food at a higher price than the price so prescribed, shall be deemed guilty of an offence against this order, and shall on conviction thereof, be liable to a fine not exceeding �5. or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month.
12. The Governor may take any steps he may consider necessary in the interests of the defence of the Colony for controlling the trade in beer, wine, or spirits.
13. The Governor shall, out of the public funds of the Colony, pay to every person who shall be required to do any personal service by virtue of these Regulations such remuneration, and to every person whose property shall be taken, including any grain, article of food, coals, or other fuel taken by virtue of section 9 of these Regulations or any arms or warlike stores taken under section 10 of these Regulations, or temporarily taken possession of or removed or destroyed by virtue of these Regulations, such compensation as shall be agreed on between the Governor and such person, and in default of agreement such remuneration or compensation as shall be awarded by the Board hereinafter mentioned, whose award shall be final.
.14. For the purpose of determining the amount of any renumeration [sic] or compensation payable under these Regulations, and the price at which any grain, article of food, coal or other fuel or any arms or warlike stores taken under sections 9 and 10 of these Regulations may be sold to the inhabitants, the Governor shall appoint a Board consisting of five persons of whom one shall be a Judge or Stipendiary Magistrate, two shall be officers either in the service of the civil government of the Colony or in His Majesty�s naval or military service, and the other two shall be inhabitants of the Colony. All questions referred to the said Board shall, in case of a difference of opinion, be decided by the votes of the majority of the members. The Judge or Stipendiary Magistrate shall be the chairman of the Board.
NEXT