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London, except during the period commencing at sunrise and
ending at sunset in any day.
This Bye-law shall not apply to any person removing or
carrying manure consisting only of horse dung, with a suitable
proportion of straw, and shall not apply to any person removing
or carrying in a suitable vessel, as aforesaid, manure consisting of
horse dung and litter other than straw.
The Bye-law at present in force is as follows:—
1. —Every person who shall remove or carry, by road or
water, in or through London, any faecal or offensive or noxious
matter or liquid, whether such matter or liquid shall be in course
of removal or carriage from within or without or through London,
shall not remove or carry such matter or liquid in or through
London except between the hours of 4 o'clock and 10 o'clock in
the forenoon during the months of March, April, May, June,
July, August, September, and October, and except between the
hours of 6 o'clock in the forenoon and 12 o'clock at noon during
the months of November, December, January, and February.
Such person shall use a suitable carriage or vessel properly constructed
and furnished with a sufficient covering, so as to prevent
the escape of any such matter or liquid therefrom, and so as to
prevent any nuisance arising therefrom.
Provided that this Bye-law shall not apply to the carriage of
horse dung manure.
The Vestry had already resolved (in December,
1895) that the removal of "fish offal, etc.," ought to
be allowed at times other than those prescribed by
the existing Bye-law, and (in July, 1898) that it was
desirable that the removal of peat manure should be
regulated under Bye-laws pursuant to Sec. 16 (1)
of the Act. It was, therefore, agreed to endorse
the proposed amendment of the Bye-law subject to
the omission of the words "and shall not apply