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ORDINANCE No. 9 of 1858. 423

Markets.


19. Dangerous explosive or combustible substances, in a larger quantity that one Dangerous sub
stances.
catty in all, shall not be kept within any market by any such lessee or tenant .

20. His said Excellency in Council is further empowered to grant unto any person Erection or adap
tation of slaught
or persons in such manner, for such consideration or rent, upon such conditions, and er-houses.

for such period not being less than one twelvemonth, as shall be from time to time
ascertained and fixed by such of the said bye-laws as shall relate thereunto, the sole
privilege of slaughtering cattle, within such slaughter-houses as shall be from time to
time provided or appointed for the said purpose, for the supply of the said markets, or
for the supply of any person residing in the said district of Victoria . [ Repealed by Or
dinance No. 5 of 1867.]

21. No person shall within the said district of Victoria slaughter any cattle or Slaughtering
elsewhere prohi
dress any carcass for sale as food for man, except within the said slaughter-houses. bited.

22. Every grantee of the said privilege shall at all times during such period of Tariff of tolls for
the use of
the day or night, as shall be from time to time determined by such bye-laws as afore slaughtering
houses.
said, allow any person (who shall first pay or tender unto him such toll as in that be
half is provided by a tariff of tolls to be from time to time in like manner determined)
to slaughter any cattle or dress any carcass for sale within the said slaughter-houses as
food for man .

23. No person shall keep , sell, or expose for sale anywhere, or bring into this Keeping or sell
ing food, or
Colony or any market or slaughter- house, any article of food for man which shall be in slaughtering
cattle, in an un
wholesome con
an unwholesome condition or unfit for such food ; or bring, lead , carry, or drive into, dition.
or keep or slaughter in this Colony or any slaughter-house, or permit to be so brought ,
led, carried , or driven thereto , or kept or slaughtered therein, any cattle which shall be
unfit for slaughter.

24. It is also forbidden to any person to keep, sell, or expose for sale in, or bring Keeping, selling
&c., unwhole
into this Colony or any market or slaughter-house, any fodder for beasts which shall some fodder.
be in an unwholesome condition , or unfit for such fodder, or to give, or allow to be
given, any such fodder to any beasts.

25. No person shall act as porter in any market, without being thereunto licensed Licensed porters.
in writing by the Superintendent of Police .

26. For the performance of the several duties of the Police Force in enforcing Superintendent
of Police and his
officers to have
this Ordinance, the Superintendent of Police and his officers, and the other members free access.
of the said Force, together or singly, shall have at all times free access to every part of
every market, and of every stall and building therein, and of every slaughter-house,
and may abide therein at the pleasure of the said Superintendent ; and noue shall pre
sume to impede, obstruct, or resist him, them, or any of them, in the performance of
their said duties respectively .

27. Except where otherwise by this Ordinance provided , it shall be unlawful for Exaction of other
fees, &c., than as
any person soever to demand or receive any chattel, money, or other valuable thing, as, provided under
this Ordinance,
to be extortion.
or for, or under pretence of a fee, fine, toll, rent , stallage, or otherwise, for access or