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38. Sufficient flush sanitary apparatus and wash basins with hot and cold water shall be supplied to the satisfaction of the Council.. An adequate supply of clean towels shall be available at all times.

39. Employees shall wear clean washable overalls of white or the colour customary to the trade concerned.

40. No person shall be employed in handling uncovered goods until he has been passed "free from infectious disease" by a Health Officer. Such specimens and information as the Health Officer may require to reach his decision shall be supplied by the employee.

41. All fittings, utensils and implements of the trade shall be of polished impervious material and of a design approved by the Council except in the case of a special fitting, utensil or implement approved by the Council.

42. Refrigerated or gas storage for perishable goods must be of a design approved by the Council.

43. The licensee shall report immediately to the Chairman of the Council any case of sickness among his employees.

Markets.

1. In these by-laws 'Public Market' means a market which has been declared a market by any Public Authority or which may hereafter be declared a market by the Council.

2. All public markets established at the commencement of this Ordinance shall be continued and shall be subject to these by-laws, but it shall be lawful for the Council to close any of them and also to establish or close any new market. No market shall be opened or kept open except under the provisions of these by-laws.

3. No buildings shall be erected or maintained in any market except stalls and quarters for market officers, police and porters. Such buildings shall be of stone, brick or other approved impervious material.

4. The stalls in any market building shall be constructed of materials and according to designs approved by the Council.

5. No alteration in or addition to any market building or any fittings thereof shall be made or commenced except with the sanction in writing of the Council.

6. All market stalls shall be let by the Council in the manner following and upon the following conditions:-

(1) They shall be let without fine or premium, from quarter to quarter, for the highest rent obtainable, such rent to be ascertained by sealed tenders. In case of equal tenders the tenant in possession, if any, shall have the preference.

(2) A quarter's notice of the discontinuance of any letting shall be given by either the Council or the lessee as the case may be.

(3) If the lessee dies, his son or sons or other near relative may be allowed by the Council to take the lease and continue it: Provided that the person or persons so succeeding shall be bound in all respects by these by-laws as if he or they were the original lessees of the stall.

(4) All rents of market stalls shall be paid to the Council quarterly in advance within the first two weeks of the quarter. If a stall be let from a date which is not the beginning of a quarter, any period greater than half a month shall be charged as one month, and any period less than half a month shall be neglected in payment.

(5) The Council may order the forfeiture of any lease of a market stall if it is proved to its satisfaction that the lessee has used such stall for any other purpose than those pertaining to the business of a market, or if such lessee. has been convicted of a contravention of any of these by-laws.

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