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PUBLIC HEAL'I H. [ 24 or 1887. ] 997

Bye -laws made by the Sanitary Board under section 13, sub-sections 13, 14
and 16 to give effect to section 30, and approved by the Legislative
Council the 20th und gazetted 23rd November, 1889.
1. Annual licences expiring on the 31st day of December of the year in
which they are granted shall be issued for the keeping of cattle, swine, sheep,
an goa
d ts .
2. Any person desirous of obtaining a licence to keep cattle, swine, sheep
or goats shall make application to the board by means of a properly filled -in
form , for which purpose blank forms can be obtained from the Secretary to
the board at his office.
3. No building in which cattle, swine, sleep and goats are housed shall be
situated nearer than six feet to any dwelling -house and shall not in any way
connect with a public or private sewer except with the special permission of
the Sanitary Board . Such building shall be lighted and ventilated to the
satisfaction of the board and the flooring thereof shall be of granite slabs
concrete or other impervious material and provided with water-tight channels
for draining all urine and fluid noxious matters into a water-tightcovered
su
sump or such other place as may be approved of by the board . The mp
shall be constructed to the satisfaction of the board and shall be emptied and
the contents thereof together with the solid manure in the building removed
daily.
4. Each cow shall have at least 24 square feet nett area of standing room
and 360 cubic feet of air-space ; but in no case shall the building be less than
12 feet in height.
5. Each sheep, goat and pig shall have at least 8 square feet of standing
room and 90 cubic feet of air -space.
6. The buildings shall be at all times kept in a cleanly condition and the
walls shall be scraped and lime-washed at least once every six months.
7. A building for which a licence is held to house cattle, swine, sheep or
goats shall not be used for any other purpose than the housing of such animals
except the storage of fodder, and the space occupied by such fodder shall not
be included in the cubic air -space laid down in Bye -Laws 4 and 5 .
8. Buildings in which cattle, sheep, goats and swine are house :l shall le
at all times open to inspection by members of the Sanitary board or any of
the board's officers .
9. Every licensee or in his absence the person in charge of the animals
shall, with all possible speed, report to the officer in charge of the nearest
Police Station any and every case of disease occurring amongst bis animals.
In the event of an animal dying the carcase shall not be removed or buiel
without an order in writing from an inspector of live stock or from some
person anthorized by him .
10. The Sanitary board may, in its discretion, cancel any licence to keep
animals on the holder of such licence being a second time convicted before a
Police Magistrate for a breach of these bye-laws.
11. In the calculation of cubic space under bye-la w 4, two calves — under
one year - shall be counted as one cow .
12. In the calculation of cubic space under bye -law 5 , two lambs, two
kids and two young pigs — under 4 months - shall be counted as one cleep,
one goat, and one pig respectively.
Gorernment Notification, (No. 109 ) given und gazetted 26th April, 1890.
Notice is hereby given that the Governor in Council has, under section 27 of
Ordinance No. 24 of 1887 , directed the Old Chinese Cemetery at Shaukiwan
to be closed from this date.