2150 ORDINANCES Nos. 17 AND 18 OF 1887.
Cattle Diseases, Slaughter- Houses, and Markets. Jury Consolidation .
4. No market building shall be let for any term exceeding 5 years without the
approval of the Governor.
5. All rents of market buildings shall be paid to the Registrar General in advance
within the first seven days of each month .
6. No lessee of any market building shall , without the lessor's consent in writing,
use such building for any purpose other than that for which it is let, nor shall he assign ,
underlet, or part with the possession of such building , nor in any way alter or add to
it, or suffer it to fall into disrepair.
7. Any breach of regulations 5 or 6 shall render the lessee liable to the forfeiture
of his lease.
Additional bye-law made by the Governor in Council under the provisions of section 15
of Ordinance No. 17 of 1887, the 21st May, and gazetted 7th June, 1890.
Bye-laws 1 , 2 , and 3 in schedule B to Ordinance No. 17 of 1887, are hereby revoked
and in lieu thereof, the following bye-law shall be substituted :
" No sheep or cattle shall be slaughtered for human food in any of the slaughter
" houses unless bearing an official mark showing their fitness for such purpose."
NOTE.- An order in Council was made on the 29th July, 1887, suspending the bye-laws
for slaughter-houses set forth in schedule B to the Ordinance : see Gazette 30th
July, 1887, but as the Ordinance did not come into force until the 7th July,
1888, it would appear to be invalid.
No. 18 of 1887.
An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the Law relating to
Jurors.
[ 1st June, 1887. ]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong , with the advice of the
BE
Legislative Council thereof, as follows :
Short title. 1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Jury Consolida
tion Ordinance, 1887.
Repeals. 2. The Ordinances or parts thercof mentioned in the schedule hereto
are hereby repealed , but such repeal shall not affect anything done or
suffered thereunder nor any past operation thereof.