Slaughterhouses Act 1840 (SA)

ANNO QUARTO

No. 5.

An Act to Regulate the Xlmgfiteril\q, and prevent the Xtealing qf

Cattle.

HEREAS it is expedient to make provision for regulating the Preamble.

Slaughtering and preventing the Stealing of Cattlc within

this Province:

Be it therefore Enactcd by His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel George Gawler Knight of the Royal 13anoverian Guelphic Order Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Province of South Australia by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof' as follows :-

from time to time direct and declare that one or more slaughter- Adelaide.	the Governor in Council whcn and so often as he shall think Kt k${::sf"E2hter-
house or slaughter-houscs within Adelaide or near thereto $hill be a public slaughter-house or slaughter-houses for such period as he shall in that behalf appoint and by such order in Council to direct that all cattle slaughtered in Adelaide or within three milcs from the

I. That from and after the first day of January in the year of our ~laughter-houses to

Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one no person shall be liceneed for cattle,

keep a slaughter-house or place for slaughtering cattle intended for

sale barter shipping or exportation without its being duly licensed:

And if thereafter any person shall slaughter or cause to be

slaughtered any cattle as aforesaid in any house or place not licensed

as directed by this Act such person shall forfeit and pay the sum of S 1 0 penalty.

Ten Pounds for each and every head of cattle so slaughtered. -

11. And be it Enacted That it shall be lawful for His Excellency Governor in Council

the exterior boundary of the Park Lands thcreof for the purpose of sale barter shipping or exportation shall be slaughtered at such slaughter-house or slaughter-houses only and that after such ordcr in Council shall have been made and published any person w h ~ shall slaughter or cause to be slaughtered any cattle as aforesaid in any

-lt~forslau$hbr-	house or place in Adelaide or within three miles of the exterior
inp elsewhere S 10 per
head	boundary of the Park Lands thereof such person shall forfeit and pay the sum of Ten Pounds for each and every head of cattle so slaughtered: Provided always, that until such order or orders in Council shall have been made and published slaughter-houses in Adelaide and its vicinity may be licensed as is by this Act directed.
h c h o f Magistrates

Gmncm+ 111. And be it Enacted That any person who shall be desirous of obtaining a licence for a slaughter-house or place for slaughtering cattle shall ten days before any annual or quarterly meeting of the Bench of Magistrates nearest to his usual place of residence give to the Clerk of such Bench of Justices in writing a notice of his inten- tion to apply to the said Bench for such licence and he shall describe in such notice the house or place intended to be licensed and such Bench of Justices so assembled as aforesaid two or more being present shall consider such application and if they be satisfied that the applicant is a person of unexceptionable character and that the place proposed to be licensed as a slaughter-house is in a convenient and desirable situation they shall issue and deliver to the person so applying a licence under the hands of any two of them in the manner and form hereinafter set forth in such liceiicc to be in force for one year and the person so licensed shall pay to the Clerk of the Bench of Justices the sum of Two Shillings and Sixpence for every such licence.

Colonial secretary to	IV. And whereas it may bc necessary in the case of stock arriving overland or otherwise that; temporary licences should be procurable to be in force in the intervai between respective quarterly meetings of Magistrates: Be it therefore Enacted That the ~oloniai Secretary
particular cases.
application of any person in charge of cattle arriving in any district of the Province shall have power and he is hereby authorized on the
or part of the Province or otherwise desirous of obtaining such temporary licence as aforesaid to grant and issue licences for slaughter-houses under the provisions of this Act which shall be valid and effectual until the next quarterly meeting of Magistrates authorized to grant annual licences under this Act and no longer.

grant licenoes in

p e m a at a disttmcw V. And whereas it is expedient and necessary that provision	~ o v e ~ o ~ ~ a p ~ o i n t
to licence 81sugbbr- should be made for licensing slaughter-houses at distant places
hou~es. within this Province: Be it therefore Enacted 'l hat it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to nominate and appoint any one or more person or persons at distant places within this Province to issue licences for slaughter-houses under the provisions of this Act and that such licences so issued by such person shall be as valid and effectual to all intents and purposes as if the same were issued

tllat evcry person to w l l~ rn such a licenrr hl1all 11r so grantccl as afore- said sllall in all respects comply with and be subject h n d liable to thc same rules regulations penalties and disabilities and shall do and perform all things which persons licensed under this Act are required to do or to which such persons are made subject and liable.

VI. And be i t Enacted That i t shall be lawful for His Excellency Governor to appoint

Inspectors of slaugh-

the Governor from time to time to appoint within such towns or dis- ter.houBee ,,f bran&

tricts or parts of districts as to him shall seem fit by a noticc to be and~kins.

published in the Government Guzette Inspectors of slaughter-houses

and of brands and of the skins of shughtered cattle and every i

person who shall be so appointed shall and he is hereby required and	.,, .
directed to rcpair without delay to the placc within his town or district or part of a district at which he shall lmve infortnation of any cattle having been slaughtered or of any cattle being intended to be slaugh-

tered and also in ill cases in which notice shall have been given to ~ ~ ~ Inspec- ; e B ~ ~ ~

him or left at his place of residence of thc intention to slaughter any cattle and every such Iiispector shall examine the said cattle so slaughtered or so intended to bc slaughtered in his town district or part of a district and shall take a particular description thereof with the color mark or marks brand or brands scx and apparent age together with the name of the owner thereof and of the time and place of slaughter which particulars he shall carefully enter or cause to be entered in a book to be kept by him for that purpose and which book such Inspector shall produce for examination to the P O O ~ to be inspected

quar-

Justices assembled at every annual or quarterly meeting in his said : :$

town dietrict or part of a district and for the information of any

Justice within the said tomn or district or part of a district whenever Weeklv return to the

hc shall be so required and such 1nspecto; shall also make a weekly ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ f ~ ! $ d; ~

return to the Bench of Justices of the district of the uumber of	cattle
so slaughtcrcd as aforesaid,

VII. And be it Enacted That evcry person intending to slaughter Notice to be given of

any cattlc in any town or district in which an Inqcctor shall be	be a ~ ~ b h -
appointed as aforesaid shall first give twelve hours' notice in writing
fying the placc and time under the penalty of Five Pounds for each	to such Irlspector of the cattle intending to be so slaughtered speci-
and every head of cattle which shall be so slaughtered without such notice having been given hcreof as last mentioned unless it shall be made to appear to the Justices before whom such fine shall be sought to be recovered that such notice could not have been given and that owing to some unforeseen accident it was necessary that such cattle should have been immediately slaughtered and in all cases in which any cattle should have been slaughtered within any such town or dis- trict without having been previously inspected as aforesaid notice thereof shall bc immediately given to the said Inspector and the skins of such cattle shall be kept or preserved for seven days and Penalty.

be produced upon demand at the place of slaughter to the Inspector Skina to h,, preaerred

for the tomn or district or part of a district wherein such cattle shall seven days.

have been slaughtered under the penalty of Five Pounds for every

skin so neglected to be preserved and produced. Penalty.

VIII, And

Licensed keeper of n

slaughter-house out of	VIII. And be it Enacted That every kreprr of a licensed house or place for slaughtering cattle excepting in any of thc towus or dis- tricts or parts of districts for which Inspectors shall be appointed as aforesaid shall keep a book in which he or they shall enter a parti- cular account and2escription of all cattle slaughtered in such house or place specifying the color mark or marks brand or brands sex and apparent age of such cattle and if purchased containing the name of the person from whom the same shall have been so purchased and
r, district of an In~pec-
tor to keep a book.

Bepd Dba writ

monthly to the Bench the time of slaughter and shall transmit a report of all cattle slaugh- of Justices. tered with the particulars above stated monthly in writing under the

hand of such keeper of each such slaughter-house to the Bench of Justices of the District and if any such keeper of such slaughter- house shall neglect to keep such book or record or shall make a false entry therein or shall fail or refuse to make such monthly report to

the Bench of Justices of the district or to produce such book or

penalty for fdse	record ,when so requircd by any Justice he sl~all for every such
record.	offence forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding Five Pounds.
Persons allowed to

daughter their own IX. And be it Enacted That nothing hereinbefore contained shall

crrttlefordomeaticuee. extend to any person or persons slaughtering at his own residence

or farm cattle for his own domestic consumption or for the co r~ump

tion of his servants or laborers.

3naticea the pew X. And be it Enacted That it shall and map be lawful for any

r~z~:",+;~	ah	Justice of the Peace to demand the skins of any cattle whatsoever
cIiqosal.	that may have been slaughtered within one month previous to the date of such demand or a full and satisfactory account to whom the skins have been sold or in what manner disposed of and any person who upon such demand shall refuse or neglect to produce the slci~is
of any cattle that have been slaughtered or in case the same cannot be produced to givc a full and satisfactory account of how and in what manner the skins have been disposed of shall on conviction of
Penalty.	every such offence forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding Ten Pounds.

Defecinga brand 610	XI. And be it Enacted That evcry person who shall cut or burn the brand shall have been cut or burnt or otherwise destroyed or
pcnrlty.	or otherwise destroy or deface any brand which shall have been upon any skin or shall be in possession of such skin from which defaced without being able to give a satisfactory account thereof shall upon conviction of every such offence forfeit and pay a fine of Ten Pounds: Provided always that nothing in this Act contained shall prevent the proprietor of any cattle from superinducing a can-

lowed. inch broad horizontally across the brands of previous proprietors in CanceJing mark al- celling mark in the form of a bar six inches long and a quarter of an

such manner always as that such previous brand shall not be more

than necessarily defaced or rendered unintelligible.

Tanner pltmhnBing XII. And be it Enacted That every tanner or other person pur- chasing a raw hide or skin from which any brand shall have beell cut or burnt out or dcstroyed or otherwise defaced unless in the manner authorized by this Act as a cancelli~~g brand on all but the

with

brand penalty E1 0.

brmd

brand of the he t proprietor slid1 upon ~ ~ " ~ i c t i o n of every such

ofhce forfeit and pay 3. fine of Ten Pounds.

Inspector may onbr

XIII. And be it 'Enacted That it shall and may be lawful from and after the first day of January next for any Justice of the	any licensed sleugh-
ter-house day or night.
Peace or in spec to^ to entcr at any time of the day or night any house or place licensed as aforesaid where there shall be good cause to suspect that stolen cattle have been slaughtered and to make such scarch and inquiry therein as shall seem necessary for the discovery of the offence and of the offender.
XIV. And be it Enacted That if there shall Fe my obstruction or hindrance given to ally Justice of the Pcace or Inspector so as	Prevention of ontrp a
misdemeanor.
to prevent him or them from entering any pre~nises licensed as aforesaid for the purpose of examining any cattle or slriils the person or persons so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be dealt with accordingly as in the case of a misdemeanor at common law.
Inspector to demand
XIV. And be it Enacted That it shall be lawful for any such Inspector appointed or to he appointed as aforesaid to ask demand	3d. for every head of
cattle inspected.
and receive the sum of Threepence for cach and every head of cattle or skin inspected by him under the authority of this Act to be paid
by the keeper of such licensed house or place and to be recovered
before any one or more Justice or Justices.

XV1. And be it Enacted That for the preserving cleanliness in Justice Constable Inspector authorized or

towns and the health of pcrsons residing therein it shall be lawful may examine the for any Justice of the Peace and for any Inspector of Slaughter- cleanlincss*f but-

houses ancl for any Constable authorized and deputed by any writing licensed slaughter- chers' shambles and

under the hand of any Justice from time to time when and so often house.

as he or either of them shall see occasion to visit and inspect any

butcher's shamble or licensed slaughter-house which may be situate ,

within the reputed boundaries of any town and to give such

directions coiicerning the cleansing of any such slmmhle or slaughter- Andghedirectionsfor

house both within and without as to him shall seem needful and any 'leansings

butcher and the owner or occupier of any such shamble or slaughter- house who shall obstruct or molest such Justice Inspector or Con- stable ic the inspection thereof or who shall refuse or neglect to comply with such directions within a reasonable time shall upon the view of such Justice or on conviction on the complaint of any such Constable forfeit aud pay for such offence a sum not exceeding Two Puunds: And it shall not be lawful to slaughter cattle at any such slaughter-house or other place situated in or near my town except on working days and at the hours follovving vie.--during the sum-

mer months from November to March inclusive between the hours

of five and eight o'clock of the morning or evening and during the Houn for slaughter

winter months from April to October inclusive betwecn the hours of six and nine o'clock of the morning and between the houw of thrce and six o'clock of the evening: And any person who shall slaughter cattle at any such slaughter-housc or other place situated

in or near any tow11 at any other hour than is hereby permitted

Penelty.

shall on convi'ction of every such offencc forfeit a d pay n fine of not

less than Twenty Shillings nor more than Five Pouncts.

Onim rtation of XVII. And be it Enacted That the Inspectors appointed under

C h k b c t o r to

,,. a ,oti, rqui, this .4 ct aforesaid shall so soon as conveniently may be after the

$tE;a~!~~~;r

importation or arrival of any herd of cattle within their

districts or parts of districts serve a notice upon the awn

person having charge of such herd requiring him to furnish forth-

& with a return of the brands descriptions and, number of the cattle in such herd and the brand or brands s e ' a n d apparent age of each L L

~On-c",qliance&h- of such cattle and that any per~pw,6eglecting to comply ,lyvhll such

in l4 day~ penalty notice far the space of foP&&n"days aftcr he shall have been served S10 to $50.

with the same shall W e i t and pay a penalty of not less than Ten

b'&>n Fifty Pounds and service of the said notice

in charge of the station at which the said cattle

deemed good service thereof for the purposes of

And be it Enacted That all stray cattle found at large

e age of twelve months which shall not be marked with any

brand shall be and be held to be the property of the Colonial

s h y CBttlB not

brand& tobethe pro- Government and all persons finding such cattle shall forthwith give

perty of the Govern-

ment.	information to the nearest Inspector: And any person so finding such unbranded stray cattle and taking the same into his possession without so informing the nearest Inspector of Brands within fourteen days after the same shall have becn found shall for every such offence or omission forfeit and pay a penalty of Ten Pounds for every
such head of cattle besidcs forfeiture of the animal so found and
taken: And every person giving up such stray unbranded cattle or causing the same to be delivered to the Inspector shall receive for every head of such cattle so delivered a reward uf Twenty Shillings to be paid by the Colonial Treasurer on the order of the Colonial Secretary for the time being.

Cattle RegistryOffice. XVIIT. And be it Enacted there shall be established at

Adelaide and at each of st~ch as the Governor by notice

in the Government Gazette of shall from time to time

appoint and direct a public	be called the Cattlc Itcgistry
Office " and the said office S	nder the superintendence of an

Inspector of Brands appoin resaid and the said Inspector is

hereby required to assign ar brand to every person re-

igned' quiring the same and to reg e satne brand in a book to be kept

for that purpose in the said o publish in the Government

I I

Gazette as soon as conveniently b a y be tile said brand and the name

of the person to whom the sam$ has been assigned and any other person making use of the sai nd after the said assignment and

POoalty for using

another brand.	publication thereof shall for	d pay a penalty of not less than
Twenty-five Pounds nor mo	Two Hundred Pounds and every
person to whom such bran	e assigned shall pay at the said
Feo 2s. 6d.	kegistry Office a fee of 'I*	gs and Sixpence in addition to
the actual cost of the bran	if provided by the Inspector.

i

1 t XIX. And

XIX. And be it Enacted That evcry pcrson within the Province Return to be made by

owning or having in his possession otl tlie first day of December and tho cattle-holder half

, Re,Cts

first day of June respectively iu dny year any number of cattle Office specifying brands and particu-

whatsoever shall a t least once in et-ery balf-year on or before the first day of January and the first day of' July respectively transmit to the Cattle Registry Office as slfor4said a correct list or return of W "

the cattle so owned or possessed by h& with a particdar description thereof specifying the brand 9r brand~f sex and apparent age of each of such cattle together with the date %when the same came respec. tively into his possession and shall certify the correctness of such list or return by afixing his signature thereto and if any person shall possess any bead or i~umber of cattle without SO transmitting such

return he shall for every such offence forfeit and pay a penalty p e n W for not t m e - mitting return.

accorcling to the number of cattle so owned or possessed by him as

follows namely if under five head the shm of Ten Shillings if under

ten head the sum of One Pound if under fifty head the sum of Two

Pounds if under one h~zndred head tlic urn of Five Pounds and if

under five huildrcd l~end the sun1 of Thirty Pounds: Provided

always that the Inspector of Brands at Adelaide or for the district of

the Province in which such person ownbg or possessing such cattle

as aforesaid slid1 be resident shall cause to be inserted at least once

in the Government Gazette and each of the Adelaide newspapers

published at least n month before each of the first day of January \: .

and first day of July a notice intimating that the returns hereby

T

required will then be due and calling upon all parties concerned to

furnish such returns in terms of this Act.

may be after the certified lists or returns of cattle by this Act re- be entered in a book. XX. And be it Enacted That the Inspector as soon as conveniently Return of cattle to

quircd shall be lodged, shall cause to be entered i11 a book to be kept for that purpose, correct copies of the same for public inspection, the said entries to be made in alphabetical order, according to the first letter in the surname of tlie party owning or possessing such

cattle, and shall file and carefully keep the originals and prodnce	the same or the copies thereof whenever required by any party having
interest, upcn payment of a fee of Two Shillings and Sixpcnce.

XXI. 9 n d be it Enacted That the Cattle Registry Office esta- Office to be kept open

blished under the provisions of this Act shall be kept open at such $ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ l ; ~ ~ ~

hours as the Governor by public notice in the Gazette shall appoint, point.

and that during those hours all persons paying a fee of Onc Shilling F,, ,f 1,. for inspec-

shall be at liberty to inspect the books in which the registry of tion.

brands are entered.

XXII. And in order to prevent as far as possible the resort of $vernor to declare dlstricta in tho in-

cattle-stealers and lawless persons in the interior: Be it Enacted terior.

That it shall be lawful fbr His F:xcellcncy thc Governor in Council when and so often as he shall think fit to declare and appoint dis- tricts extending to certain distances or bounded by certain limits, within which cattle or home stations may be formed without restriction and from time to time to alter the boundaries of the said

districts

districts in such manner as nln	required in consequence of tllc
increase of settlcmeiits and ijf	ed territory and from and after

Persona forming a thirty days after such districts eclnred every person intendinq

,M . shti0n i. tkom to form or having already fo cattle or lioine station beyond

&istr i~b$tb +*Y the boundaries of the said priv[lcgcd districts sllall give notice in

d a y 8 to pve notice in

writing. writing to the ncwest Inspector &f Brands of such intention before

the fokation of such cattle stn	ns or such cattle stations haviug
been formed and such notice sh	contain an accurate dcscrintion v :4

to be taken to such

of the cattle which he purposes & take to such station or whi'ch a t

ntation.

the time of giving such notice ar4 upon the runs near such station 3 with the brand or brands sex apd apparent ztgc of each of such .:

cattle and shall certify the corrc$tness of the same by affixing his .I signature thereto and if an fter the said thirty days fornling 3

such cattle st3tion as is	cified or having already formed
such station shall not comply	the provision herein contained

Pendtyfiom	P1800.	to	he shall forfeit and pay a penalty	not less than Fifty Pounds nor
more than Five Huudred Pounds

Adation of cattle to a

atation to be reported XXIII. And be it Enacted Thai when and so often as cattlc shall by such notice as is by this Act kequired the proprietor or person to whom such station belongs within fourteen davs after such stack s11all have been p&ured or purchased forw;rd to the In- spector of Brands a f~wther written notice giving sucll description

ta the ~ ~ . ~ be added to any station already re$orted to thc Inspector of Brands ~ t ~ ~ .

Do*ri~tion given.

as is by this Act required of all caiikle added to such station and the

places and proprietors from which Luch have been procured certified by the signature of the person to whom the station belongs nad if any such proprietor or person shall {omit or neglect to forward such

Penalty h E20 to further notice, he shall for every such offence forfeit and pay a

g 100,

penalty of not less than Twenty Pounds nor more than One I-Iun-

&ed pounds.

PmpfiewtOkdepa

book to register hie

XXIV. And be it Enacted That the proprietor of every such in legible characters such description as is by this Act rcqui&d of

cattle.

station shall keep at such station a book in which he shall register

all the cattle at such station according to tlie notice which shall

have been forwarded to the inspector of Brands and such proprietor or his agent or overseer present at such station shall produce on demand such registry for the inspection of avy Commissioner Super- intendent or Inspector of Police or arly other person empowered by warrant from the Governor to demand inspection thereof and every such proprietor or other person neglecting to keep such register

Penalty for negleoting book or refusing to produce the same as aforesaid shall for every to keep or not to pro- such offence forfeit arid pay a penalty of not less than Twenty

dule $20 to ~ 1 0 0.	Pounds nor more than One Hundred Pounds.
bk eattle on demand

Proprietor to muster XXV. And be it Enacted That such proprietor or his agent or

of an authorized er- overseer present at such station shall moreover on demand by any

pan and d u c e pis. Commissioner Superintendent OY lmpector of Police or by any

m&by {wk. person producing warrant from the Governor for that purpose muster all the cattle at such station for examination and such Com-

missioner

nlissioner Superintendent or o	erson as aforesaid is hereby
required after so examiriirig thc	ttle according to the book of g
registry at such station to cer	such registry to what extent f

he is satisfied with thc correc	the same and every such
proprietor or other person negl	refusing so to muster cattle
as aforesaid shall for every suc	forfeit and pay a penalty Penalty for neglecting

of not less than Olle Hundu%l ~ o u k d s nor more than Five Hundred from to $600.

Pounds. 1

XXVI. And be it 4hactecl That all offences committed against Modeof obtaining payment of penalties.

this Acf; for which the penalty to be r~ro~rerecl shall exceed the sum of Fifty Pounds shall bc tried ancl determined before the Supreme Court a t the suit of the Advocate-General or of any other person authorized by the Governor: And in all cases in whicli the penalty shall not cxccecl the said sum it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Pence to issue his suinmons coinnlandirig the person against whom information has been girctl to appcnr before himself or any Justicc or Justices any of wllorr~ are hereby authorized to hear and determine the case in a summary way and on conviction thereof to order and direct the o.ffmdcr or offcndcrs to forfeit and pay such sun1 as hc or they in his or their discretion shall think proper according to the limitations and provisions of this i4ct respectively ancl in case such sum adjudgcd to bc paid by such offendcr or offenders h(: not paid within three days it shall ancl may be lawful for such Justice or Justices or either of them to issuc his or their warrant to levy the satne by distress of the offender's goods or effects and in default of such goods or effects to commit the offencler or uffendei~s to the xicarcst common gaol within the said Proviiwp for n term not exceeding three months and if any person coirvicted as aforesaid shall hold a licence uncler this -4ct such liccnce shall be null a r ~ d void from ancl after the date of such con- viction.

XXVlI. Ancl be it Enacted 'That no convirtion before any Justice TlJo c:nviction by cr

OF Justices undcr this Act sllall be yuasliecl for want of form or he f,, ,v,,,t ,f f,,,,. J u s t m to be quashed

rcmoved by writ of certiorcxri or otherwise into the Supreme Court and no ~varrant of conmitnzent shall be held T-oirl by rcason of any defect therein providcd it bc thcrerein alleged that the party has been convicted and that there be a good and valid conviction to sustain the samc.

XXVIII. And be i t Nnnctcd That a11 fines and forfeitures levied Fines and forfeitmeu

or paid undcr or by virtue of tliis Act shall together v i t h such the

sums as may bc r ~ c ~ i v e d for licences under this Act be paid and Govenlruent.

appropriated to the use of Her Majesty Hcr Hcirs and Successors for the public uses of this Province and the support of thc Govern-

men t thereof.

XSIX. And be i t Enacted That all fines pcnaltics and forf~itures Fines. n l a ~ be

nntted by the Gorer-

imposed bp this Act inny be reiiiitted i11 tllc \vholc or iv part by ,=,,.

the Governor.

XXX. And

Constn~ction.

XXX. And be it Fnacted That throughout this -4ct unless where such construction is evidently excluded by the context every word in the singular number shall be construed to include the plural and every word in the masculine gender to include thc femininc and

vice versu and the terlrl Governor shall be construed and deemed to

mean the officer for the time being lawfully administering the

Government.

GEOKGE GAWLER.

Passed i.n. Council t?& cgqhth cJcy

of Decem b e y, 1840,

GEORGE HALL,

Clerk of Council.

SCHEDULE REFERRED TO.

Form of Licence.

LICEXCE FOR SLAUGHTERING CAT'l'1,E.

We the undersigned being of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the

Province of South Australia do certify that by virtue of thc authority ~ e s t c d in 11s by an Act of tlw Governor and Council passed in the fourth year of' thc rcigii of Her Majesty Queen Victoria No. 5 intituled '' An Act to regulate the Slaughtering and prel-ent the Stealing of Cattlc " Mr. is hereby licensed to slaughter

cattle in his situate and being in and that

this licence is to renlain in force from the date hereof until the day one thousand eight hnndred and

Given under our hands and seals at this d a y

of one thousand eight hundred and

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Adelaide: By authority, W. C. Cox, Guveriuuc~lt Printcr, North-torlace.