Report of the Select Committee on the Pass Laws of the Colony; ordered by the House of Assembly to be printed - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...Act, are favourable to the adoption of a system of what is termed ticket passes, containing provisions and restrictions of the same nature as those required by Act 22 of 1867. 254. If I understood you aright, Mr. Innes, you are still in favour of something like that recommended by the Commission--that natives roaming about the country should have passes?--I certainly think a Pass Law is necessary, and there are other reasons besides those I have already stated, Echo' In m opimon-Pass Laws would appear to be necessary, '---'-' 'because if you refer to the Vagrancy Act of 1879, though Aug. 7, 1883. repeal the 11th section of Act 22 of 1867, you will find that it contains other requirements of a nature that are much more calculated to give ground for grievance and irritation than Act 22 of 1867; and a person going about with his Pass, escapes the inconvenience to which he is subject under the Vagrant Act of 1879, and that is another reason why I think that, so far from looking upon the issue of passes as to a nuisance or grievance, it would really prevent a great deal of inconvenience under the present Vagrancy Act if a pass system was in existence, for it would liberate the pass-holder from interference under the Vagrant Act. I produce a letter from the Eesident Magistrate of Seymour, dated the 29th September, 1877, because in consequence of that letter a Government Notice was issued by the then Secretary for Native Affairs, dated the 23rd January, 1878. Letter and Notice put in and read. I produce, too, a letter from the Secretary of Native Affairs, dated 12th April, 1881, to the Chief Magistrate of the Transkei and the Chief Magistrate of Griqualand East. Letter put in and read. 255. Mr. Irvine." Was there not another circular?--Yes, one to the effect ...
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