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Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act 1850

Great Britian Parliament

[13 & 14 Victoria c. 33] An Act to Make More Effectual Provision for Regulating the Police of Towns and Populous Places in Scotland, and for Paving, Draining, Cleansing, Lighting, and Improving the Same

[1850-Jul-15] "An Act to Make More Effectual Provision for Regulating the Police of Towns and Populous Places in Scotland, and for Paving, Draining, Cleansing, Lighting, and Improving the Same," A Collection of the Public General Statutes Passed in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria 1850 (London, 1850; Google Books: Online Library of Free eBooks) 178-89.

CLXXVI. [Commissioners may make Bye Laws for Regulation of Slaughter-houses, &c.] That the Commissioners shall from Time to Time, by Bye Laws, to be made and confirmed in the Manner herein-after provided, make Regulations for the licensing, registering, and Inspection of Slaughter-houses, and preventing Cruelty therein, and from 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 shall be continued after the Conviction for the first Offence.