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Market and Fairs Clauses Act 1847

Great Britian Parliament

[10 & 11 Victoria c. 14] An Act for Consolidating in One Act Certain Provisions Usually Contained in Acts for Constructing or Regulating Markets and Fairs

[1847 ] "An Act for Consolidating in One Act Certain Provisions Usually Contained in Acts for Constructing or Regulating Markets and Fairs," in A Collection of the Public General Statutes Passed in the Tenth and Eleventh Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1847 (London, 1847;Google Books: Online Library of Free eBooks) 156-71.

XLII. [Bye Laws may be made for all or any of the Purposes herein named.] The Undertakers may from time to Time make such Bye Laws as they think fit for all or any of the following Purposes; (that is to say,)…For Inspection of the Slaughter-houses, and for keeping the same in a cleanly and proper State, and for removing Filth and Refuse at least once in every Twenty-four Hours, and for requiring that they be provided with a sufficient Supply of Water, and preventing the Exercise of Cruelty therein;…