Harbour Island and Spanish Wells Commoners Rules (Cap. 152)

CH.152 – 4] COMMONAGE STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS [Original Service 2001] 7. These Rules shall apply to all commoners within the district of Tarpum Bay. HARBOUR ISLAND AND SPANISH WELLS COMMONERS RULES (SECTION 11) [Commencement 15th August, 1938] 1. These Rules may be cited as the Harbour Island and Spanish Wells Commoners Rules. 2. When a commoner is registered under these Rules he shall pay to the commissioner a fee of ten cents. 3. A register of commoners shall be formed and kept by the commissioner at Dunmore Town, Harbour Island. 4. Meetings of the commoners may be summoned at any time by the commissioner, or by the chairman, or by five or more commoners. Public notice of any such meeting shall be given twenty-four hours before such meeting by a crier in the streets of the respective settlements. 5. When a commoner, having felled land, fails within one year to cultivate the same, or having cultivated the same or any other piece or portion of land for a period of years, fails for three consecutive years to cultivate same, the land shall be considered abandoned and thereupon any other commoner may take possession of and cultivate such land. 6. No commoner shall cultivate any land within fifteen feet of the land of another commoner whether the same is under cultivation or not without the consent of the commoner who is in possession of the adjacent land. 7. No person shall enter upon the land of a commoner without his permission or other lawful excuse. 8. A commoner shall not fell more land than he is able to cultivate within a year. 9. Fire shall not be put to any land in possession of a commoner until reasonable notice has been given to the occupiers of the adjacent land: Application. G.N. 226/1938 5 of 1987 Short title. 5. of 1987, Sch. Fee Register. Meetings. Failure to cultivate land. Proximity of cultivation. Unlawful entry. Land cultivation. Setting fire. COMMONAGE [CH.152 – 5 [Original Service 2001] STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS Provided however, that such notice shall be unneces sary if the land under cultivation is more than one hundred feet away. 10. No person who is not a registered commoner shall be allowed to work in or cultivate any land of the commonage upon shares or at all. 11. A commoner shall have the right to enclose any land in his occupation. 12. Every commoner shall have free access to every natural watering place on the commonage. 13. In the event of a commoner becoming ill or being absent from the settlement any member of his family or other registered commoner whom he directs shall be allowed to continue his cultivation. ROCK SOUND COMMONERS RULES (SECTION 11) [Commencement 1st November, 1938] 1. These Rules may be cited as the Rock Sound Commoners Rules. 2. When a commoner is registered under these Rules he shall pay to the proper officer the registration fee of ten cents at the time of such registration as a commoner. 3. When a commoner having felled land fails within one year to plant the same or having cultivated a piece of land for a period of years fails for three consecutive years thereafter to cultivate it such land shall be considered abandoned and thereupon any other commoner may take possession of and cultivate such land. 4. No commoner shall cultivate any land within twelve feet of another commoner’s land, cultivated or not, without the consent of the commoner or commoners whose field or felled land is adjacent thereto. 5. No commoner shall burn any field within one hundred feet of another commoner’s land, cultivated or not, without first giving proper notice to the commoner or Employment on commonage. Enclosure. Watering places. Illness or absence. G.N. 266/1938 5 of 1987 Short title. Fee 5 of 1987, Sch. Failure to cultivate land. Proximity of cultivation. Setting fire.