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trades; but I would most respectfully observe that, should the
Board require a Report from me upon every nuisance arising from
these trades, without previously using my private endeavours to
get them removed, I shall be ready at all times to comply with such
instructions.
IMPROPER FOOD.
During my tenure of office I have on many occasions visited
the markets and other places, with a view of detecting any unwholesome
food that might be exposed for sale.
We have now arrived at that season of the year when decay
goes on very rapidly, and it would be desirable that a more strict
inspection of the meat, fish, and vegetables, should be carried out.
Under the Act 19 and 20 Vict., c. 131, any two Justices of
the Peace have the power to authorize any person or persons to act
as Sanitary Inspector or Inspectors, for the purpose of inspecting
the markets and other places, and of empowering them to seize all
unwholesome food.
By this Act, it is lawful " for any Clerk or Inspector, or other
"officer of any fair or market, or for any Constable or Policeman,
"or for any other person, authorized by the Mayor or by any
"two Justices of the Peace having jurisdiction in the place, or
"for any person authorized by Her Majesty in Council, to seize
"all sheep affected with Small-pox." And, "if any meat unfit
"for human food be exposed or offered for sale, in any market,
"fair, or other open or public place, it shall be lawful for such
"Clerks, Inspectors, Constables, Policemen, or other persons
"authorized as aforesaid, (o seize the same, and to report such
"seizure to the Mayor or Justice." The Mayor or Justice
may order the thing seized to be restored; and in this case, if there
were probable cause of seizure, the officer seizing cannot be made
to pay more than 2d. damages, or be fined more than 1s.; on the
other hand, should the Justice condemn the meat, it is to be
destroyed, and the person offering it to be fined £20.
It would be very advisable that the Inspectors of Nuisances
for this District should receive such authority; and I would