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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2560, 21 March 1877, Page 4

County Council

THAMES COUNTY

BY-LAWS.

nPHE undermentioned By-Laws of the •*- Thames County Council are hereby published by order of the Council, and Notice is hereby given that the said By-Laws respectively will come into force on the 31st day of March, 1877. E. W. Hollis, County Clerk. Thames, March 12th, 1877,

BY-LAW No. 1

By-Law of the Thames County Council, made under special order of (be Baid Council, dated the 30th day of January, 1877. confirmed the 28th day of February, 1877, and sealed with the common seal of the said Council the.sth day of March. 1877. . '•-■'■. In pursuance' of the powers vested in them under " The Counties Act. 1876," the Council of the County of Thames ordain as follows, that is to say—The word " Slaughter-house " shall, for the purpose of this By-Law, mean and include the Buildings, Yard's, and Premises in respect of which any license maybe grantedunder such By-Law. (1). No .Building or Premises within the County shall be used as a place for the Slaughtering of Sheep or Cattle not the property : oi the owner, of the Building or Premises, except licensed as hereinafter mentioned ; nor shall any Building or Premises, . unless licensed as afor'esnid. be used'for the Slaughtering of Sheep, Swine, or Cattle the property of the owner after notice served upon such owner, or left for him on such Premises, requiring such owner ip discontinue such user, or 'to" take out a license under this By-Law for such Buildings and Piemises. . .. , (2). Any owner or occupier of Premises may apply to the Council fora licence to use the same as a Maughter-house, such application to be in writing in the form set out in Schedule No. 1 hereto affixed, and to be lodged with the County Clerk. (3;. For each such license there shall l>e paid by the licensee to the County Fund a fee of not less than £5, or exceeding £25 ; and each license shall remain in force * nntil the 31st day of December following the date of such license. (4). Every licensed Slaughter-house ; shall be kept clean, and the Buildings scraped, lime-washed, and purified, so that no noxious or injurious effects may accrue to the public from such Slaughterhouse. (5). Every licensee shall keep at all times, legibly written with ink, a Register in a form to be obtained from the County Clerk, of all Sfieep and Cattle slaughtered at his licensed Premises, with the. brand or mark on each Sheep or Head of Cattle, and shall, if so directed by the Council, transmit to the County Clerk a copy of the entries made in such llegister during the then previous seven days. (6). There shall not bo admitted into any licensed Premises any animal which, from injury or other cau>e, would not. wheD killed, be fit for human food; ndr shall ' ■ there be so admitted the carcase of any animal unfit; for human feod. ; (7). Every licensee shall give immediate notice in writing to the County Clerk, and to the Inspec-. tor of Slaughter-houses, of any diseased animal being brought to such licensed Slaughter-house for slaughter. (8). All animals received into pens, ptnlls,' or yards belonging to licensed Slaughter-houses".'''shall be properly watered and fed. \ (9). No animal shall, in such licensed Premises, be subjected to any pain not neeossarily consequent upon or entailed by the act of 'slaughter. (10), Every licensee shall admit to the licensed Premises, at any hour of . the day or night, any Officer of the Council or of the Armed Constabujary. • (11) Any person guilty of any offence of omission or commission; against this By-Law, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding £5.

Schedule No. 1. We. .... . ■ ........ . . . - day of 18 . To the Council, or the County of ■Thames.- :•-• • •. V I, :', . of beinß the owner of Premises situated at . within: the County of Thames, make application for a license to use such Premises as a Slaughter-house day of ,18 . . I do hereby certify that I hare examined the Premises described in the above application of Mr and that they are suitable for. the purpose for which they are asked to be licensed. Officer of the Council of the . County of Thames. J3Y.LAW No. i. By-Law of the Thames Coukty Council, made by special order of the said Council, dated the 30th day of January, 1377 ; confirmed the .28ili day of February, 1877, and sealed with the common seal of the said Council the sth day of March, 1877. ::.'-^ ■■>■. In pursuance of the powers vested in them under "The Counties Act, 1876," the Thames County Council ordain as follows, that is to say :r~ . (1). The word •• Pedlar" or " Hawker " XnOR CHEAPNESS —2s TEA — JD ; McGOWA^'S. .