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Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892

Great Britain Parliament

[55 & 56 Victoria c. 55] An Act for Regulating the Police and Sanitary Administration of Towns and Populous Places, and for Facilitating the Union of Police and Municipal Administration in Burghs in Scotland

[1892-Jun-28] "An Act for Regulating the Police and Sanitary Administration of Towns and Populous Places, and for Facilitating the Union of Police and Municipal Administration in Burghs in Scotland," in vol. 29 of The Public General Statutes Passed in the Fifty-Fifth and Fifty Sixth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria 1892 (London, 1892; Google Books: Online Library of Free eBooks) 390-570.

281. [Commissioners may make Byelaws for regulation of slaughter-houses, &c.] The Commissioners shall from Time to Time make byelaws to be confirmed in the manner herein provided, for the licensing, registering, regulation, and inspection of slaughter-houses, and preventing cruelty in slaughter-houses, and for keeping the same in a cleanly and proper state, and fro removing filth at least once in every twenty-four hours, and for having them properly floored, drained, and provided with a sufficient supply of water, and they may impose pecuniary penalties on persons breaking such byelaws; provided that no such penalty exceed for any one offence the sum of five pounds, and in the case of a continuous violation of such byelaws, the sum of ten shillings for every day during which such nuisance shall be continued after the conviction for the first offense.