Manawatu County Council By-laws




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Offensive Matter to be removed.
10. All blood, offal, or other offensive matter shall be re-
moved from such licensed premises at least once in every
twenty-four hours.

Only Licensee or his Servant to slaughter Animals.
11. No person except the licensee or his servant bonâ fide
shall slaughter any animal in such licensed premises, and
any person not complying with, or permitting or suffering
any breach of, this by-law shall be held to be unlicensed
notwithstanding that he may be possessed of a license.

Cattle not to be kept longer than Three Days.
12. It shall not be lawful to keep within or upon any
licensed premises for a period longer than three days any
cattle intended for slaughter.

Licensee to keep a Register.
13. Every licensee shall keep a register-book of all cattle
slaughtered at his licensed premises in the proper form as
per Schedule A, and send, not later than the first of each
month, a return of full particulars of large and small cattle
slaughtered at his licensed slaughterhouse during the past
month, with fees of d. per head for small cattle and 3d.
per head for great cattle.

Animals unfit for Human Food.
14. There shall not be admitted into any licensed premises
an animal which, from injury or other cause, would not,
when killed, be fit for human food; nor shall there be so
admitted the carcase of any animal unfit for human food.

Licensee to give Notice of any Diseased Animal.
15. Every licensee shall give immediate notice in writing
to the County Clerk and to the Inspector of any diseased
animal being brought to such licensed slaughterhouse for
slaughter.

Cattle to be properly watered and fed.
16. All cattle received into pens, stalls, or yards belonging
to any licensed slaughterhouse shall be properly watered and
fed once at least in every twenty-four hours.

Certain Persons to be admitted to Licensed Premises.
17. Every licensee shall admit to his licensed premises at
any hour of the day or night any Justice of the Peace, con-
stable, Inspector, or other officer of the Council.

Power to revoke License.
18. The County Council may at any time revoke a
slaughterhouse license for any breach of this by-law, or of
any other by-law to be made for the keeping of slaughter-
houses.
19. No slaughterhouse erected after the date at which this
by-law shall have come into force shall be licensed if within
half a mile of a borough, or within 10 chains of any main
road.

Penalties.
20. Any person guilty of any offence of omission or com-
mission against this by-law shall forfeit and pay a sum not
exceeding £5, to be recovered in a summary way before any
two or more Justices of the Peace in the manner provided by
"The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882," and any Acts amend-
ing the same.

SCHEDULE A.
Form of Book to be kept by Licensed Butchers in the County
of Manawatu, and of Monthly Return to be rendered to
the Council for the Month of ,188

Date of Slaughter. No. of Head killed. Description of Animal. Age. Colour. Brand. From whom purchased. Fees payable. Remarks.
£ s. d.

(Signature of Licensed Butcher.)

SCHEDULE B.
License for slaughtering.
of , is hereby licensed to slaughter
cattle in his , situated and being in Riding,
Manawatu County.
This license shall remain in force from the day of
now next until the thirty-first day of December, one
thousand eight hundred and , this day of
Given under my hand at , 188
Registered by A.B.,
Clerk of County Council.

I certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of By-law
No. 2 of the Manawatu County Council.

ERNEST S. THYNNE,
Chairman.

The seal of the Manawatu County Council was affixed
hereto in the presence of Ernest S. Thynne and Thos. F.
Gibson, Councillors of the County Council of Manawatu,
on the 12th day of October, 1883.

It is hereby notified and proclaimed that the foregoing
By-law No. 2 of the Manawatu County Council has been
duly made by the said Council, and the common seal of the
body corporate has been affixed thereto; that a copy thereof
has been sent to the Colonial Secretary.
By order of the Council.

ERNEST S. THYNNE,
Chairman of the County Council.

BY-LAW No. III.
PEDLARS AND HAWKERS.

In pursuance of the powers vested in them under "The
Counties Act, 1876," the Council of the Manawatu County
ordain as follows:-

Pedlars and Hawkers to be licensed.

  1. From and after the commencement and coming into
    operation of this by-law it shall not be lawful for any
    person to carry on the business of a pedlar or hawker in any
    place whatsoever within the Manawatu County without
    having previously obtained a license as hereinafter directed;
    and if any person shall, without having first obtained such
    license, carry on such business within any part of the said
    county, he shall forfeit and pay, on conviction by any Resi-
    dent Magistrate or any two or more Justices of the Peace, a
    sum not exceeding £5.

Burden of Proof of being licensed.
2. Every person carrying on such business as aforesaid
shall be deemed and taken to be unlicensed unless he shall
prove to the contrary by the production of his license or
otherwise.

Two Sorts of Pedlers' and Hawkers' Licenses.
3. There shall be two descriptions of pedlars' and hawkers'
licenses: the one being in the form in the Schedule annexed
to this by-law, marked A, authorizing the holder thereof to
carry on his own person his wares and merchandise for the
purpose of sale; and the other in the form in the Schedule
annexed to this by-law, marked B, authorizing the holder
thereof to carry his wares and merchandise for the purpose
of sale by pack-horse or other animal, or by cart or other
vehicle, or by a boat, vessel, or craft; and such licenses shall
be signed by the Chairman for the time being of the Mana-
watu County Council.

Application to be made to the County Clerk.
4. Every person desirous of obtaining a pedlar's and
hawker's license shall deliver to the County Clerk a notice in
writing applying for the same, which notice, if the appli-
cation be for a license authorizing the holder to carry on his
own person his wares and merchandise for the purposes of
sale, shall be in the form to the Schedule annexed to this
by-law, and marked A2 or similar thereto, or, if the appli-
cation be for a license authorizing the holder to carry his
wares and merchandise for the purpose of sale by pack-horse
or other animal, or by cart or other vehicle, or by a boat,
vessel, or craft, such notice shall be in the form in the said
Schedule hereunto annexed, marked B2 or similar thereto;
and in either case such application shall not be considered
by the Council until the required notice shall have been de-
livered to and lodged with the County Clerk three clear days
at least before the day fixed for an ordinary meeting of the
Council.

Applicant for License to lodge Certificates of Good Character.
5. With the notice of application there shall be delivered
to the County Clerk a certificate of the good character of the
applicant, signed by at least three householders resident in
the county.

County Council may grant or refuse Applications in their
Discretion.
6. The County Council may, in their discretion, grant or
refuse such application.

Fee for Personal License and for License to hawk with a
Vehicle.
7. Every person applying for a license in the Manawatu
County shall, before the same is granted, pay to the County
Treasurer the fees following, that is to say, a fee of £1 in
the case of a license in the said Form A, and a fee of £5 in
case of a license in the said Form B.

Period of License.
8. Every license granted under the provisions of this by-



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🏘️ By-law No. 2 regarding slaughterhouses in Manawatu County

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🏘️ Schedule A: Form of Book to be kept by Licensed Butchers in the County of Manawatu

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🏘️ Schedule B: License for slaughtering

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🏘️ Certification of By-law No. 2 of the Manawatu County Council

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12 October 1883
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  • ERNEST S. THYNNE, Chairman
  • Ernest S. Thynne
  • Thos. F. Gibson

🏘️ By-law No. III: Pedlars and Hawkers in Manawatu County

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