THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH SEPTEMBER. 1898.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 403.
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The following is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th September, 1898.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
That this Council approves of the repeal by the Sanitary Board of the present. Bye-laws approved by this Council on the 16th day of August, 1895, and the substitution therefor of the Bye-laws made by the Sanitary Board on the 25th day of August, 1898.
Hongkong, 12th September, 1898.
Enclosure to Resolution.
BYE-LAWS
Made under sub-section 23 of section. 13 of Ordinance 24 of 1887 for the regulation of Public Laundries.
1. Every public laundry shall be registered at the Office of the Sanitary Board, and every applica- tion for registration shall be made in the form of the schedule attached to these bye-laws.
2. Every public laundry shall be situated in a building which is lighted, ventilated, drained and paved in accordance with the requirements of Ordinances 24 of 1887 and 15 of 1891 and the bye-laws made thereunder.
3. Every public laundry shall be at all times kept in a cleanly condition and the inside surfaces of the walls thereof shall be lime-washed at least once every year,
4. Any room used as a public laundry shall not be used either as a dwelling or as a bed-room, or for any purpose other than that of a laundry.
5. No persons, other than a caretaker, shall pass the night in a public lauudry, except such persons be actively engaged in carrying on the work of the laundry.
6. Every public laundry shall be at all times open to inspection by the Members of the Sanitary Board or any of its Officers, who may be directed to make such inspections.
Made by the Sanitary Board, this 1st day of August, 1395.
Approved by the Legislative Council, this 16th day of August, 1895.
HUGH MCCALLUM, Secretary.
J. G. T. BUCKLE, Acting Clerk of Councils.
SCHEDULE.
I, the undersigned, hereby notify the Sanitary Board that I propose to carry on the business of a public laundry on the premises known as No.
Street.
floor, and to request that the said premises be duly registered as a
public laundry.
Victoria, Hongkong,
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Revoked by the Board, August 25, 1898.
Signature of Applicant.