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These bye-laws did not appear for some time, but I now lay them
before you, and you will sec that they practically prevent the renewal of
licenses that have lapsed, and the setting up of now ones:—
THE SLAUGHTER HOUSES, &c. (METROPOLIS) ACT, 1874,
37 and 38 Vic., c. 67.
Bye-La.ws for regulating the conduct of the business of a Slaughterer
of Cattle, i.e., a person whose business it is to kill any description of
cattle, including sheep, goats, or swine, killed for the purpose of its flesh
being used as butchers' meat, and the structure of the premises on which
such business is being carried on, and the mode in which application is to
be made for sanction to establish such business anew, within the limits of
of the Metropolis (except the City of London, and the liberties thereof.)
In pursuance of the above Act, by which the Metropolitan Board of Works is
constituted the Local Authority for the Metropolis (except the City of
London, and the liberties thereof), the said Metropolitan Board of Works
(for the purposes of these Bye-laws called the " Board") doth hereby make
the following Bye-laws; but it is to be understood that nothing in such
Bye-laws shall in any way lessen or otherwise affect the statutory authority
now vested in the Vestries and District Boards, or their officers, in relation
to slaughter houses. Throughout, and for the purposes of these Bye-laws,
"the premises" shall include the slaughter house and all the premises used
for the business of a "slaughterer of cattle;" and "slaughter house" shall
mean the portion of the premises used for the slaughtering and dressing of
cattle; "occupier" shall mean the occupier of premises where the business
of a slaughterer of cattle is carried on; and "slaughterer of cattle" shall
mean a person whose business it is to kill any description of cattle, including
sheep, goats, or swine, which is killed for the purpose of its flesh being used
as butchers' meat.
As to the conduct of the business of a Slaughterer of Cattle.
1.—The occupier of a slaughter house shall not keep, or permit to be kept, any
cattle in the premises, except for the time absolutely necessary previous to
slaughter; or permit to be slaughtered therein any animal that is not
intended or lit to be used for human food.
2.—The occupicr shall not keep, or permit to be kept, any fowl, pig, or other
animal used for human food (except cattle about to be slaughtered), in or
about the premises; nor shall keep, or permit to be kept, any dog thereon.
3.—The occupicr shall not allow any room situated over a slaughter house to be
inhabited under any pretext whatsoever.