The Laws of British Guiana Vol. 1 of 5: A New and Revised Edition; Prepared Under the Authority of the Statute Laws (Revised Edition) Ordinance 1904; Resolutions of the States-General A. D. 1774 to Ordinance No; 5 of 1883 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Laws of British Guiana Vol. 1 of 5: A New and Revised Edition; Prepared Under the Authority of the Statute Laws (Revised Edition) Ordinance 1904; Resolutions of the States-General A. D. 1774 to Ordinance No; 5 of 1883<br><br>This new and revised edition of the Statute Laws of the Colony has been prepared and printed under the authority of the Statute Laws (revised Edition) Ordinance 1904. It is based on the edition prepared in 1894 by Mr. (now Sir John) Carrington then attorney-general of the Colony under the authority of an Ordinance similar to that under which the present edition has been prepared. Though the edition of 1894 was the first edition of the Statute Law of the Colony issued by the authority of the Government it was not the first compilation of it that was published and a brief account of the various editions which have been issued may be of interest.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.