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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 39

pointed by the Manawatu County Council to inspect such slaughterhouses; the words “great cattle” shall mean horned cattle or neat cattle; and the words “small cattle” shall mean and include sheep, goats, and swine.

Buildings or Premises to be licensed.

2. No building or premises within the Manawatu County shall be used as a place for the slaughtering of cattle unless the same be licensed as hereinafter mentioned; nor shall any building or premises, unless so licensed, be used for the slaughtering of cattle after notice has been served upon such owner or occupiers, or left for him on such premises, requiring such owner to discontinue such uses, or to take out a license under this by-law for such building and premises.

Slaughtering.

3. Every person applying to the Manawatu County Council for a slaughtering license shall advertise his intention to apply for such license, and notify in one of the county papers, once in each week for four weeks, in such advertisement the site of such slaughterhouse; and such site shall be approved by the Inspector before any license is granted.

License Fee.

4. The fee for such new license shall be £6 per annum or any fraction thereof, and must be paid to the Clerk or Treasurer of the Council, with the application, before such application is entertained, to be returned if license is not granted; and no license shall be transferred without the consent of the Council, and on any such transfer a fee of £1 shall be paid.

Applications for Renewal.

5. All applications for renewal must be made, and a fee of £5 paid, to the Clerk of the Council, on or before the last Tuesday in November in each year, or the applicant will be charged as for a new license.

Fees to be paid Monthly.

6. All fees under clause 34 of “The Slaughterhouses Act, 1877,” for inspection and killing shall be paid to the Council monthly.

Duration of License.

7. Every such license shall remain in force from the date thereof until the 31st day of December then next ensuing, and no longer.

Skims to be kept and produced.

8. Every licensed person shall keep the skins of all cattle slaughtered by him for fourteen days, which shall be produced on demand at the place of slaughter to the said Inspector.

Slaughterhouses to be kept clean.

9. Every licensed slaughterhouse shall be kept clean, and the buildings shall be scraped, whitewashed, and purified to the satisfaction of the Inspector aforesaid.

Offensive Matter to be removed.

10. All blood, offal, or other offensive matter shall be removed 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 ½d. 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 any 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, constable, 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 slaughterhouses.

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 ten chains of any main road.

Penalties.

20. Any person guilty of any offence of omission or commission 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 amending the same.

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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 , 18 .

(Signature of Licensed Butcher.)

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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 .

Given under my hand at , this day of , 18 .

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.

(L.S.)

ERNEST S. THYNNE,
Chairman.

The seal of the Manawatu County Council was affixed hereto in the presence of—Ernest S. Thynne and Thomas 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.

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BY-LAW No. III.

PEDLARS AND HAWKERS.

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 Resident 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.