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4.—The occupier shall not allow the slaughter house to be used for any purpose
other than that for -which it is licensed, nor any slaughtering to be conducted
within public view.
5.—The occupier shall provide and keep a sufficient number of tubs, boxes, or
vessels, formed out of proper non-absorbent materials, with tight and closefitting
covers thereto, for the purpose of receiving and conveying away all
manure, garbage, offal, and filth; and shall, in all cases, immediately after
the killing and dressing of any cattle, cause all such manure, garbage, offal,
and filth, to be placed in such tubs, boxes, and vessels; and shall cause all
the blood arising from the slaughtering of cattle to be put into separate
tubs or vessels formed with the like materials as above, with close-fitting
covers; and every such tub, box, and vessel, together with their contents, to
be removed from the premises within twenty-four hours.
6.—The occupier shall keep the inner walls of every slaughter house always
thoroughly clean and in good order and repair, and shall cause the internal
surface of the roof and upper portions of the walls to be thoroughly washed
with quicklime, at least once in every three months.
7.—The occupier shall cause the slaughter house to be thoroughly washed and
cleansed within three hours after the slaughtering is completed.
8.—The occupier shall keep every covered and other receptacle used in the slaughter
house at all times thoroughly cleansed and purified, so as to avoid any
offensive smell.
9.—The occupier shall cause the fat of any cattle slaughtered in a slaughter house
to be kept freely exposed to the air until the time of its removal from the
premises, and all such fat, as also all hides, skins, and tripes to be removed
from the premises within twenty-four hours after the slaughtering is
completed.
10.—The occupier shall remove, or cause to be removed, from the premises every
carcase, bone, hide, skin, and all meat fat, offal, blood, garbage, and other
articles before the same have become putrid or offensive.
11.—In case of any diseased cattle being brought to a slaughter house the occupier
shall forthwith give information thereof to the Board, and to the Cattle
Inspector for the district, with all particulars in his knowledge as to when,
from whom, and from what place it was received.
12.—The occupier shall allow every Member of the Board, in addition to all other
persons lawfully entitled to admission, to have free access to the premises
during the times of slaughter, and at all reasonable hours.
13.—The occupier, if he neglect or omit to observe or perform or shall in any way
break any one of the above Bye-laws, shall be subject to a penalty of the
sum of £3, and in the case of a continuing offence the sum of £1 for every
day during which such offence is continued after a conviction for the first
ofl'ence.