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286 ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1854.


Markets.


Markets to be 2. That all markets already established shall be licensed and their owners are
licensed.
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
Licences to be markets shall continue open and unlicensed , and that each of such markets shall be let
sold by tender or
public auction. to the highest bidder for the tenancy thereof, and that such letting shall be by tender
or by public auction before the Chief Magistrate of Police, as shall be deemed best by
the Colonial Secretary and that each of such markets shall be let for a term of years.
Proviso as to not exceeding three years. Provided always that the party or parties renting each of
regulations for
holding. such markets shall hold the same subject to such regulations for the conduct mainten
ance and repairs thereof as shall from time to time be officially published by the Officer
Administering the Government of this Colony.
Markets to be 3. And be it further enacted and ordained, that all markets or buildings in which
under the
superintendence markets are held shall be under the immediate superintendence of the Chief Magistrate
ofthe Chief
Magistrate of
Police, &c. of Police, who is hereby required to take all requisite measures to prevent disorders
and to preserve peace and tranquillity therein.
Markets to be 4. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every market or building for the
built of stone,
&c., after an holding of markets, hereafter to be built, erected, or established , shall be erected ,
approved plan.
built, and established of stone or brick, according to a plan to be approved of by the
Surveyor General.
Markets built of 5. And be it further enacted and ordained, that whenever the markets or buildings
wood and
requiring wherein markets are now held, already erected , built, or established, shall become
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
Provided the the Surveyor General : Provided always that if the repairs required to be done shall
repairs required
shall not exceed not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars on any one house or building , then and in
$100.
that case the Surveyor General, upon being furnished with proper estimates of the
cost of such repairs, and having verified the same, may grant permission for the repairs
to be carried into effect.
Buildings of 6. Whereas certain person or persons in the neighbourhood of markets and
wood and mat
on sea-shores to
be removed by elsewhere have encroached upon Crown lands and the sea - shores , and have erected
Police.
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 regues 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 as a public nuisance by warrant to be issued on the
information of the Surveyor General, and the materials thereupon to be condemned,
sold by public auction, and the proceeds paid into the Colonial Treasury.
Penalty against 7. And be it further enacted and ordained, that any person or persons, who shall
offenders.
offend against the provisions and enactments hereinbefore contained, shall for every
Penalty, how offence forfeit a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, to be recovered in the same
recovered, &c.
manner as penalties are made recoverable by Ordinance No. 10 of 1844 : Provided