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ORDINANCE No. 4 OF 1847. 223


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 Market shall be
licensed.
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 Licence, how
taken out.
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 to be
under the
markets are held shall be under the immediate superintendence of the Chief Magistrate superintendence
of the Chief
of Police, who is hereby required to take all requisite measures to prevent disorders and Magistrate of
Police, &c.
to preserve peace and tranquillity therein.
4. And be it further enacted and ordained , that every market or building for the Markets to be
built of stone,
holding of markets , hereafter to be built, erected , or established, shall be erected, built, & c., after an
approved plan.
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 Markets built of
wood and
wherein markets are now held, already erected , built, or established , shall become requiring repairs
to be re-built of
stone, &c.
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 Provided the
repairs required
shall not exceed
exceed the sum of one hundred dollars on any one house or building, then and in that $100.
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 Buildings ofwood
and mat on
sea-shores, and have erected thereon divers buildings of wood, matting, and other sea-shores to be
removed by
inflammable materials, to the great danger and peril of the town of Victoria and the Police.

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 vaga
bonds : 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 Penalty against
offenders.
offend against the provisions and enactments hereinbefore contained shall, for every