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Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847

Great Britian Parliament

10 & 11 Victoria c. 34] An Act for Consolidating in One Act Certain Provisions Usually Contained in acts for Paving, Draining, Cleansing, Lighting and Improving Towns

[1847-Jun-21] "An Act for Consolidating in One Act Certain Provisions Usually Contained in acts for Paving, Draining, Cleansing, Lighting and Improving Towns," 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) 371-429.

CXXVIII. [Commissioners may make Bye Laws for Regulation of Slaughter-houses, &c.] The Commissioners shall from Time to Time, by Bye Laws to be made and confirmed in the Manner herein after provided, make Regulation for the licensing, registering and Inspection of the said Slaughter-houses and Knackers Yards, and preventing Cruelty therein, and for keeping the same in a cleanly and proper State, and for removing Filth at least once in every Twenty-four Hours, and requiring them to be provided with a sufficient Supply of Water, and they may impose pecuniary Penalties on Persons breaking such Bye Laws; provided that no such Penalty exceed for any One Offence the Sum of Five Pounds, and in the case of a continuing Nuisance the Sum of Ten Shillings for every Day during which such Nuisance shall be continued after the Conviction of the first Offence.