ORDINANCE No. 4 OF 1847.
Markets.
said Colony for the sale of meat, flesh, fish, fowl, corn, grain, vegetables, provisions, or any other articles of trade which are usually exposed for sale in markets, without first having obtained the permission and licence of His Excellency the Governor, shall be liable to the penalty hereinafter provided, and the said market or buildings so erected, built, or established without such permission, shall be pulled down and removed by the Police as a public nuisance.
2. And be it further enacted and ordained, that all markets or buildings in which markets are now held, already erected, built, and established in the said Colony of Hongkong, shall be licensed, and the owners or proprietors of such markets or buildings are hereby required to take out such licence within fifteen days after the passing of this Ordinance, under the penalty hereinafter mentioned for each and every day that such markets or buildings in which markets are held as aforesaid shall be opened for the sale of provisions and other articles as hereinbefore mentioned; and that the rent payable monthly to Government for such markets shall be any sum not exceeding four hundred dollars, according to the size and position of such markets or buildings.
3. And be it further enacted and ordained, that all markets or buildings in which markets are held shall be under the immediate superintendence of the Chief Magistrate of Police, who is hereby required to take all requisite measures to prevent disorders and to preserve peace and tranquillity therein.
4. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every market or building for the holding of markets, hereafter to be built, erected, or established, shall be erected, built, and established of stone or brick, according to a plan to be approved of by the Surveyor General.
5. And be it further enacted and ordained, that whenever the markets or buildings wherein markets are now held, already erected, built, or established, shall become dilapidated, in want of extensive repairs, or shall require to be re-built, such markets or buildings shall be re-built of stone or brick according to a plan to be approved of by the Surveyor General: Provided always that if the repairs required to be done shall not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars on any one house or building, then and in that case the Surveyor General, upon being furnished with proper estimates of the costs of such repairs, and having verified the same, may grant permission for the repairs to be carried into effect.
6. Whereas certain person or persons have encroached upon Crown lands and the sea-shores, and have erected thereon divers buildings of wood, matting, and other inflammable materials, to the great danger and peril of the town of Victoria and the inhabitants thereof; and whereas also the said buildings so erected as aforesaid, are inhabited by persons of ill-fame and reputation, and afford shelter to rogues and vagabonds: It is hereby enacted and ordained, that it shall be lawful for any Magistrate of Police to order such buildings to be pulled down and removed by warrant to be issued on the information of the Surveyor General.
7. And be it further enacted and ordained, that any person or persons who shall offend against the provisions and enactments hereinbefore contained shall, for every
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Market shall be licensed.
Licence, how taken out.
Markets to be under the superintendence of the Chief Magistrate of Police, &c.
Markets to be built of stone, &c., after an approved plan.
Markets built of wood and requiring repairs to be re-built of stone, &c.
Provided the repairs required shall not exceed $100.
Buildings of wood and mat on sea-shores to be removed by Police.
Penalty against offenders.