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14.—Every Court of Summary Jurisdiction as defined by the Slaughter Houses,
&c., (Metropolis) Act, 1874, having Jurisdiction to hear and dccidc complaints
of the breach of these Bye-laws, may, by Summary Order, suspend or
deprive any occupier of a slaughter house altogether of tbe right of carrying
on any such business, as a penalty for the breach of any one of these
Bye-laws.
As to the structure of the premises in which the business of a Slaughterer of Cattle
is carried on.
15.—Every person occupying a slaughter house shall cause it to be provided with
an adequate tank or other proper receptacle for water and water supply, and
so placed that the bottom thereof shall not be less than six feet above the
floor level; and the slaughter house to be well and thoroughly ventilated.
1G.—Every person occupying a slaughter house shall cause it to be well paved with
asphalte or flag stone set in cement, and to be laid with proper slope and
channel towards a gully, and to be effectually drained by an adequate drain
of glazed pipes or in other sufficient manner communicating with the public
sewer, and the gully to be trapped by an appropriate trap, and to be covered
with a grating, the bars of which shall not be more than three-eighths of an
inch apart.
17.—Every person occupying a slaughter house shall cause every inner wall to be
covered with hard, smooth, impervious material, to the height of four feet at
the least, and to be always kept thoroughly clean and in good order and repair.
18.—Every person occupying a slaughter house shall cause all needful works and
repairs to the premises to be forthwith done and executed as and when the
same shall become requisite; and shall not allow any alteration whatsoever
to be made in .respect of the paving, drainage, ventilation, or water supply to
or in the premises which have been licensed, without the consent of the Board.
19.—Every person occupying a slaughter house shall not allow any water closet,
privy, cesspool, urinal, or stable, to be within, or to communicate directly
with the slaughter house.
20.—In the case of any slaughter house now existing, or to be erected hereafter,
neither the owner, nor the occupier, shall albw any room or loft to be built
over it.
21.—The occupier, if he neglects or omit to observe or perform, or shall in any way
break any one of the Bye-laws, numbered 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, shall
be subject to a penalty of the sum of £5, 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 offence.