New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws

LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 NEW AMSTERDAM (MARKETS) BY-LAWS ARRANGEMENT OF BY-LAWS BY-LAW 1. Short Title. 2. Interpretation. 3. Markets. 4. Offence. 5. Hours of opening. 6. Offence. 7. (1) Lights. (2) Offence. 8. Stalls. 9. Rental of stall which becomes vacant. 10. Tenancies of stall. 11. Removal of property. 12. Sub-letting. 13. Name of tenant to be shown on stall. 14. Stalls to be occupied. 15. Transfers of tenancies. 16. Stall to be kept clean. 17. Obligation of tenant to see windows and doors of shop properly shut and fastened. 18. Printed matter not to be affixed on any part of a market compound. 19. Stalls to be kept clean before closing of markets. 20. Markets fees. Schedule. 21. Lists of fees to be exhibited. 22. Vessel bringing goods to markets. 23. Goods brought to the market. 24. Penalty for refusal to pay fees. 25. Power of Clerk of Markets. 26. Uncooked fresh meat not to be brought into markets. 27. Sale of fresh meat in markets. 28. Market fees. 29. Cleanliness. 30. Table, etc., to be washed daily. Municipal and District Councils 460 LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 By-laws 2/1954 Citation. 31. Short weight. 32. Meat to be minced by machine 33. Removal of fresh meat. 34. Fresh meat in markets to be passed by the Meat and Food Inspector. 35. (1) Special provision as to sale of mutton. (2) Penalty. 36. Removal of fresh meat to cold stores prohibited. 37. Articles to be sold from stalls. 38. Conditions of sale prohibited. 39. Unwholesome food to be destroyed. 40. Record of seizures. 41. Mode of preserving fish. 42. Penalty for erecting stalls, etc. in contravention of these by-laws. 43. Miscellaneous offences. 44. Removal of obstructions. 45. Fires. 46. Stray dogs. 47. Bottles to be labelled. 48. Power of search. 49. Inspection of stalls and vessels. 50. Penalty for obstruction. 51. Expulsion of offenders51. 52. By-laws to be exhibited. 53. Stellings, etc., to be deemed to be a part of the market. 54. Master of vessel to comply with instructions. NEW AMSTERDAM (MARKETS) BY-LAWS made under section 199, deemed to have been made under section 321 of this Act 1. These By-laws may be cited as the New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws, 1954. 461 Municipal and District Councils LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 Interpretation. Markets. 2. In these By-laws— "Clerk of Markets" includes the Assistant Clerk and the Officer of the Council for the time being in charge of any market; "cold stores" means premises or place used for keeping and preserving by a refrigerating process any fresh meat, game, fish, fruit, vegetables or other articles intended for human consumption; "fees", include tolls, rates, dues, rents, and other imposts in relation to any market; "fresh meat" includes unsalted beef, veal, mutton, lamb, pork, tripe and turtle, and any other meat used for human consumption, frozen meat and what is locally known as and called "corned meat"; "market" means any market and the premises used therewith mentioned in or established under by-law 3 of these By laws; "master" includes any person in charge of a vessel; "Medical Officer of Health" and "Meat and Food Inspector" include any persons appointed for the time being to carry out the duties of these officers; "stall" includes any counter, bench, stand or other erection, and any space set apart for the reception of any articles for sale; "vessel" includes every kind of navigable craft, in whatever way propelled. 3. (1) The New Amsterdam Market and such other market as shall from time to time be established shall be Municipal and District Councils 462 LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 Offence. Hours of opening. under the control and supervision of the Clerk of Markets subject to the direction of the Council. (2) The Clerk of Markets shall keep a correct account of all fees and revenues accruing to the markets and shall, at such times as the Council may direct, pay over the moneys received by him to the Town Clerk. (3) It shall be lawful for the Clerk of the Markets to demand and take from every person occupying or using any stall in, or bringing into, any such markets any marketable commodity or any other article or thing which the Council may permit to be sold therein, or using any weighing machine, kept in any such market, such fees, rents, tolls, and charges as the Council shall from time to time by resolution appoint and fix. 4. (1) No member of the Council, officer or servant employed by the Council, shall be in any manner interested directly or indirectly in the sale of anything offered for sale in the markets, or shall receive directly or indirectly any emolument of any kind or description from the markets or from the sale of anything therein. (2) Any person committing a breach of this by-law shall be liable to a fine of one hundred and fifty dollars and, in case of any officer or servant of the Council, to dismissal. (3) No person shall be deemed to have committed a breach of this by-law by reason only of the fact that he is a proprietor or shareholder in any joint stock company or association doing business in any market. 5. (1) The days on which and the hours between which the markets shall be opened and kept open shall be as follows— Week-days other than Public Holidays... 6.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. 463 Municipal and District Councils LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 Offence. Lights. Offence. Stalls. Public Holidays… … … … 6.30 a.m. to 9 a.m. except that— (a) during the Christmas period the hours shall be— (i) for the first seven working days of the period … … … … … … 6.30 am to 5.pm (ii) for the second seven working days of the period … … … … 6.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. (iii) on Christmas Eve and on the Saturday preceding Christmas Eve when the latter falls on a Sunday… … … 6.30 a.m. to 8 p.m. (2) The markets shall be opened on Sundays from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. for the sale of fresh meat, fish, bread, vegetables, fruit, ice and drugs. (3) In this by-law "Christmas period" means the fifteen working days immediately preceding Christmas Eve. 6. Any unauthorised person found in a market during prohibited hours may be arrested without warrant by any police or town con- stable, and shall in addition to any punishment to which he may be subject in respect of any other offence be liable to a fine of forty dollars. 7. (1) Every person having occasion to use lights in any market shall use for such lights the electric power provided by the Council on such terms and at such rates as may from time to time be fixed by the Council. (2) Every person who commits a breach of this by law shall be liable to a fine of fifteen dollars. 8. (1) The Clerk of Markets shall from time to time direct what articles may be exposed for sale on the stalls in different parts of the markets. (2) The Clerk of Markets shall cause all the market Municipal and District Councils 464 LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 Rental of stall which becomes vacant. Tenancies of stalls. Removal of property. Sub-letting. stalls to be numbered in plain and legible characters and to be registered in a book to be kept for that purpose. (3) Such book shall also contain the name of every tenant of a stall, the date when each tenancy commenced, the amount of rent, the date when each tenancy ceased and the cause of its ceasing. 9. When any stall becomes vacant the Clerk of Markets may let the same to any approved person at such rent as shall from time to time be fixed by the Council. 10. The tenancy of every stall shall be by the day, week or month, and the rent shall in all cases be payable in advance. In default of payment, the tenant, if in possession, shall be forthwith ejected by the Clerk of Markets, who may in addition to any other remedy for the recovery of the rent, seize and sell any goods in such stall sufficient for the payment thereof. 11. If the tenant of any stall, on giving up possession, or being ejected does not forthwith remove all goods belonging to him therein, such goods shall be removed by the Clerk of Markets and sold at the expiration of seven days from the date of such removal, unless claimed within that period and all expenses incurred reimbursed to the Clerk of Markets; but any perishable article so removed may be sold at once. 12. (1) No tenant of a stall shall sub-let such stall to any other person. (2) Where any tenant sub-lets a stall in contravention of this by-law, his tenancy shall be deemed to have been terminated, and the person in occupation of the stall, upon being requested by the Clerk of Markets so to do, vacate the stall and remove therefrom all goods belonging to him. 465 Municipal and District Councils LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 Name of tenant to be shown on stall. Stalls to be occupied. Transfers of tenancies of stalls. Stall to be kept clean. (3) Where any such person fails to vacate his stall and remove therefrom his goods when requested so to do, the Clerk of Markets may eject such person and cause such goods to be removed from the market. 13. (1) The tenant of a stall shall, on the day of taking possession, place and keep exposed to public view in such part of the front of his stall, as the Clerk of Markets shall point out, his name, in such plain and legible characters and in such manner and form as the Clerk of Markets shall direct. (2) No tenant shall be allowed to open and use any such stall until he has complied with this by-law. 14. (1) Subject to the provisions of this by-law and of by-law 5 of these by-laws every tenant shall keep open, or occupy or use his stall at all times. (2) Any tenant who fails to keep open, or occupy or use his stall for more than six successive days without the consent of the Clerk of Markets in writing, shall be deemed to have terminated his tenancy, and where any rent is owing, the Clerk of Markets may seize and sell any goods in the stall sufficient for the payment thereof. 15. The tenant of a stall may, with the consent of the Clerk of Markets in writing, transfer his tenancy to another person upon payment to the Clerk of Markets of such fees as may be prescribed by the Council. 16. (1) Every tenant of a stall shall at all times keep such stall and the front, rear, sides and roof thereof perfectly clean and free from all offal, filth, and dirt of every kind. (2) Where any tenant refuses or neglects so to do, the Clerk of Markets shall cause such stalls to be cleaned and the expenses incurred in so doing may be recovered by the Municipal and District Councils 466 LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 Obligation of tenant to see windows and doors of shop properly shut and fastened. Printed matter not to be affixed on any part of a market compound. Stalls to be kept clean before closing of markets. Market fees Schedule. Clerk of Markets from such tenant by seizure and sale at auction by the Clerk of Markets of any goods in such stall sufficient for the payment thereof, and such tenant shall in addition be liable on summary conviction to a fine of fifteen dollars for every such refusal or neglect. 17. It shall be the duty of every tenant of every shop in the market to see that all the windows and doors of his shop are properly shut and fastened before leaving the market, and if any such window or door is found open after the closing of the market, such tenant shall be liable to a fine of five dollars. 18. It shall not be lawful for any person to affix any poster, advertisement, advertising matter or any printed matter whatever on any part of a market or market compound except with the written permission of the Clerk of Markets. 19. The Clerk of Markets shall see that all the market stalls are properly cleaned every day before the closing of the markets. 20. (1) The fees specified in the Schedule to these by laws or such fees as shall from time to time be fixed by the Council shall be paid on goods landed at any market or brought into any market for sale. (2) Every person who demands or receives a greater fee than herein authorised shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of forty dollars. (3) Every person who evades or attempts to evade, or assists in evading the payment of any fee, or on whose stall is found any article liable to a fee which has not been paid, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of forty dollars: Provided, however, that the Clerk of Markets may in his 467 Municipal and District Councils LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 Lists of fees to be exhibited. Vessel bringing goods to market. Goods brought to the market. Penalty for refusal to pay fees. Power of Clerk of Markets. discretion allow such person to pay treble the value of such fee. (4) Packages shipped from the market stelling shall be charged for at a rate not exceeding eight cents per package at the discretion of the Clerk of Markets. 21. Printed lists of the fees from time to time payable shall be exhibited in such parts of the several markets as the Council shall direct. 22. (1) The master of every vessel, other than an open boat, bringing goods for any market shall, before breaking bulk furnish the Clerk of Markets at his office with a written statement of the description and quantity of all such goods and pay the fees thereon and shall not commence to unload without a permit in writing from the Clerk of Markets so to do. (2) Every person committing a breach of this by law shall be liable to a fine of one hundred and fifty dollars. 23. All provisions or other articles brought in any corial, boat, punt or vessel to the market stelling shall pay the same fees as if the articles were entered by the gate and shall be subject to the same restrictions. 24. All goods or livestock taken from any vessel lying alongside of any market stelling and landed at any other stelling or place within the town shall pay market fees, if they have not already been paid at the entry of the vessel; and any person refusing to pay the fees for goods or livestock so landed shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of forty dollars. 25. Every market fee leviable and made payable under these By- laws shall be demanded and received by the Clerk of Markets and his receipt shall be a sufficient acquittance and discharge for the same. In default of the payment of any such fee the Clerk of Markets may seize and sell at auction any goods for which such fee is payable sufficient for the Municipal and District Councils 468 LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 Uncooked fresh meat not to be brought into markets. Sale of fresh meat in markets. Market fees. payment of such fee. 26. (1) It shall not be lawful for any person to bring without the permission of the Council uncooked fresh meat into any market or into the town for sale or for any other purpose whatsoever: Provided, however, that this by-law shall not apply to the bringing into any market of uncooked fresh meat by means of any ship, vessel or boat arriving from any place outside of the limits of Guyana. (2) No prosecution under this by-law shall be instituted without the consent in writing first had and obtained of the Mayor. (3) Any person who contravenes the provisions of this by-law shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of forty dollars. 27. (1) No person shall sell or offer for sale in any market any fresh meat except at a stall set aside and appropriated for that purpose. (2) Any person who sells or exposes for sale any fresh meat in contravention of this by-law shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of twenty-five dollars. (3) In this by-law "fresh meat" includes turtle and plucked poultry. 28. (1) Every person who, not being a tenant or occupier of any stall therein resorts to any market for the purpose of selling poultry, vegetables, fruits, fish, turtle or other articles of any description whatsoever, shall pay before he is permitted to expose any such article for sale, such fees 469 Municipal and District Councils LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 Cleanliness. Table, etc., to be washed daily. Short weight. Meat to be minced by machine. as may from time to time by resolution be fixed by the Council. (2) A town constable may search any package brought into any market for the purpose of seeing that the proper fee is paid on any goods therein. 29. (1) Every person who sells meat in a market shall while so doing, wear a clean apron or overall, and the stall shall be equipped with a clean dresser, table or shambles. (2) Any person who contravenes this by-law shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of twenty-five dollars. 30. (1) Every person who sells meat in a market shall, at the close of business each day, scrape and wash the table or shambles and chopping block, and thoroughly cleanse the scale and weights which have been used by him. (2) Any person who fails to comply with this by law shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of fifteen dollars. 31. (1) No person who sells meat in a market shall impose or attempt to impose short weight or unwholesome meat upon any purchaser. (2) Any person who contravenes this by-law shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of forty dollars. 32. (1) No person shall sell or offer for sale any minced meat unless such meat has been minced by a machine kept in his stall for that purpose. (2) Every such machine shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition and in good order. (3) The Medical Officer of Health, the Meat and Municipal and District Councils 470 LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 Removal of fresh meat. Food Inspector, the Clerk of Markets or any sanitary inspector may inspect such machine at any time to ascertain whether it is clean and in good order. (4) Any meat minced and offered for sale in contravention of the provisions of this by-law may be seized by the Medical Officer, the Meat and Food Inspector, the Clerk of Markets or a sanitary inspector and destroyed. (5) Any person who contravenes this by-law, or obstructs the Medical Officer of Health, the Meat and Food Inspector, the Clerk of Markets or a sanitary inspector from inspecting any machine under the provisions of this by-law shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of forty dollars. 33. (1) No person shall remove, or cause or suffer to be removed from any market any fresh meat for the purpose of sale except in a container provided by the owner of such fresh meat and approved by the Meat and Food Inspector or the Clerk of Markets. (2) The Meat and Food Inspector or the Clerk of Markets may at any time inspect and examine any such container in order to ascertain whether it is kept in a clean condition and is provided with such appliances as he may deem requisite to protect the contents thereof from contamination. (3) When any such container is at any time not approved by the Meat and Food Inspector or the Clerk of Markets, he shall immediately notify the owner thereof and thereafter no person shall use or permit any other person to use such container until it has been approved of by the Meat and Food Inspector or the Clerk of Markets. (4) Any person who contravenes this by-law shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of forty dollars. 471 Municipal and District Councils LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 Fresh meat in markets to be passed by the Meat and Food Inspector. Special provision as to sale of mutton. Penalty. Removal of fresh meat to cold stores prohibited. Articles to be sold from stalls. Conditions of sale prohibited. 34. (1) No person shall bring into any market any fresh meat unless such fresh meat has been passed by the Meat and Food Inspector as fit for human consumption and marked by him in by the Meat manner approved of by the Medical Officer of Health or the Chief Sanitary Inspector. (2) Any meat brought into any market in contravention of this by-law may be seized by the Medical Officer of Health, the Meat and Food Inspector, or the Clerk of Markets and destroyed. 35. (1) All mutton exposed for sale in any market, the feet and tail of the carcase of which have been cut off, shall be considered and taken to be goat mutton, and shall be sold as such. (2) Every person who sells or offers for sale any such mutton as sheep mutton, shall be liable to a fine of fifteen dollars. 36. No person shall remove any fresh meat from any market to any cold stores and no person shall in any market sell or offer or expose for sale any fresh meat which has been exposed for sale on a previous day. 37. No person shall sell any article in any market except at some stall rented or occupied by him, nor shall any sale at auction or by public outcry in any market be allowed except a sale at auction for which the Mayor has given special permission or as otherwise provided in these by-laws. Every person committing a breach of this by-law may be summarily ejected by, or by the direction of the Clerk of Markets, and shall be liable in addition to a fine of forty dollars. 38. (1) No vendor shall refuse to sell any meat, poultry or any foodstuff whatsoever or any other commodity in such Municipal and District Councils 472 LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 Unwholesome food to be destroyed. Record of seizures. Mode of preserving fish. Penalty for erecting stalls, etc., in contravention of these by laws. quantities as a purchaser may require (except where there is a shortage of such foodstuff or commodity), or impose any condition on the sale of any meat, poultry, foodstuff or commodity as aforesaid. (2) Any person who contravenes this by-law shall be liable to a fine of fifteen dollars. 39. All meat or fish, fresh or salted, poultry, vegetables, fruit and other articles solid or liquid intended for the food of man offered or exposed for sale in any market or found in any market or in any stall therein which, in the opinion of either or any of the officers of the Council, to wit, the Clerk of Markets, the Medical Officer of Health, the Meat and Food Inspector, a sanitary inspector, are of a bad or unwholesome quality may be seized by any of them and de stroyed and the person offering or exposing the same for sale or the tenant or person in charge of the stall in which the same is found shall be liable to a fine of forty dollars. 40. The Clerk of Markets, the Meat and Food Inspector or a sanitary inspector as the case may be shall enter in a book to be kept for that purpose particulars of any article so seized. 41. (1) No person shall, within a market, preserve fresh fish by any other means than ice, but fresh fish may be corned with salt and sent out of the market within twenty four hours thereafter. (2) Any person who contravenes this by-law shall be liable to a fine of forty dollars. 42. If any person erects or places any stall, or any goods, wares, or merchandise, or any other matter or thing whatsoever contrary to these by-laws, or shall place the same or any part thereof at an earlier hour or time, or shall suffer or permit the same to stand or remain to a later hour or time, 473 Municipal and District Councils LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 Miscellaneous offences. than the Council shall from time to time appoint or limit in that behalf, every such person so offending, or causing the same to be done or committed, or the owner or part owner or the person using or having the care of any such stall, goods, wares or merchandise, or other matter or thing, shall be liable to a fine of fifteen dollars, and it shall be lawful for the Council or their officers or their servants or any of them or any police or town constable or other person aiding and assisting therein, when such offence shall have been committed, done or suffered, immediately to pull down, displace, remove, and carry away such stall, goods, wares and merchandise or other matter or thing whatsoever. 43. Any person who, in or around any market— (a) expectorates; or (b) sits on any table, shambles or stall; or (c) sharpens any hatchet, knife or other implement whatsoever on the steps, stalls, walls of any brick or concrete structure or floor; or (d) rides any cycle or drives or leads any vehicle other than a hand-propelled vehicle; or (e) urinates or defecates or deposits any urine, filth or offensive matter; or (f) deposits any refuse on the floor; or (g) propels any hand-truck, wheel-barrow or other vehicle recklessly or negligently; or (h) breaks or damages any stall, structure or fence; or (i) plays any games, Municipal and District Councils 474 LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 Removal of obstructions. Fires. Stray dogs. Bottle to be labeled. Power of search. shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of forty dollars. 44. It shall be lawful for the Clerk of Markets or anyone acting under his direction, to remove all obstructions to, and all persons obstructing any of the paths or passages of the markets and in the event of any obstruction being caused by any goods, wares, or merchandise, or any other article whatsoever, to seize and take possession of the same until the penalty thereby imposed, and the expenses of removal shall be paid. If not claimed within 24 hours, the goods so seized may be sold by the Clerk of Markets, and the proceeds paid over to the Town Clerk in aid of the town funds. Every person who commits a breach of this by-law, and every person resisting the removal of any obstruction, shall be liable to a fine of forty dollars. 45. Any person using or kindling fire in any coal-pot, or other receptacle, in any shop, stall, or shed, in or in any other part of any market other than the public kitchen thereof, except with the special permission of the Clerk of Markets in writing, shall be liable to a fine of ten dollars for the first offence, and forty dollars for each succeeding offence. 46. Any dog found within any market, if not claimed and a penalty of one dollar paid to the Clerk of Markets within 48 hours, may be destroyed or sold. 47. Bottles containing any article for sale in any market shall be labelled with the name of the contents, and in default may be seized and forfeited. 48. Any town constable or other person authorised by the Clerk of Markets may search any package brought into any market for the purpose of seeing that the proper fee is paid on any goods therein. 475 Municipal and District Councils LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 Inspection of stalls and vessels. Penalty for obstruction. Expulsion of offenders. By-laws to be exhibited. Stellings, etc, to be deemed to be a part of the 49. The Clerk of Markets or any person authorised by him, the Meat and Food Inspector, a sanitary inspector or any town constable may at all times enter and inspect any stall, stand or space in any market or any vessel lying alongside the stelling or river frontage of any market for the purpose of seeing whether these by-laws are being observed and of enforcing the same. 50. Every person who assaults or obstructs any person authorised to collect fees, or to inspect or seize any marketable commodity, or to remove any obstruction, or to extinguish any fire, or to inspect any part, portion, or tenancy, within the market, or to remove any disorderly person, or to perform any other duty under these by-laws, in the execution of such duty, shall be liable to a fine of forty dollars. 51. Every tenant or occupier of any stall persisting in acting in any way contrary to any of these by-laws may, over and above any penalty to which he may be liable for any particular offence, be expelled from the market by order of the Clerk of Markets, and he shall be liable to be treated as a trespasser if he enters therein again, without the permission of the Clerk of Markets in writing, except for the purpose of purchasing. 52. (1) A printed copy of these by-laws shall be exhibited in some conspicuous place in every market. (2) Copies of these by-laws may also be obtained on application to the Clerk of Markets at his office in the New Amsterdam market or to the Town Clerk at the Town Hall upon payment of such sum for each copy as may from time to time be fixed by the Council. 53. All stellings and landing-places on the river frontage of any market having a frontage to the river, and the whole line of such river frontage shall be deemed to be part Municipal and District Councils 476 LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 market. Master of vessel to comply with instructions. . of such market. 54. (1) The master of every vessel landing or embarking goods or passengers at any market having a frontage to the river shall obey the instructions of the Clerk of Markets as to placing his vessel or moving the same as circumstances may require. (2) No vessel shall come alongside any part of the river frontage of any market or municipal stelling or make fast to any part of such river frontage except for the purpose of landings, or embarking goods or passengers, and then only for such time as in the opinion of the Clerk of Markets is necessary for that purpose. (3) Every master of a vessel who commits a breach of this by-law shall be liable to a fine of forty dollars. SCHEDULE Poultry Turkeys and Geese… … … 6c. each Fowls… … … … … … 2c. each Ducks… … … … … … 2c. each Guinea Bird … … … 1c. each Parrots … … … … … 24c. per dozen Vegetables Breadfruits and Breadnuts … 1c. each Pumpkins … … … … … 2c. each Plantains … … … … … 3c. per bunch Yams, Eddoes, Tannias Potatoes (Sweet), Cassava and all other edible roots 12c. per bag or barrel not exceeding 150lbs. Fruit Apples … … … … … … 24c. per bag or barrel 477 Municipal and District Councils LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 not exceeding 150lbs. Bananas … … … … … 4c. per bunch Mangoes … … … … … 12c. per barrel not exceeding 150lbs. Water Melons … … … … 2c. each Oranges and Grapefruits … 1lbs.2c. per basket not exceeding 150 Pineapples … … … … … 1c. each Pears … … … … … … 6c. per dozen Soursops … … … … … 12c. per dozen Starapples … … … … … 16c. per bag not exceeding 150lbs Miscellaneous Boulangers … … … … … 16c. per bag Tomatoes … … … … … 36c. per box not exceeding 50lbs Miscellaneous (Lettuce, etc.) … 12c. per basket Coconuts … … … … … 24c. per bag not exceeding 200bs. Eggs … … … … … … 4c. per dozen Cofee and Cocoa … … … 1/2c. per lb Edible Oil … … … … 6c. each or part thereof Coconut Oil … … … … 6c. per drum or part thereof Goblets & Flower Pots … … 1c. each Washing Tubs … … … … 12c. each Corn on Cob … … … … 16c. each Ear Corn … … … … … 24c. each Shelled Corn … … … … 24c. per bag or barrel. not exceeding 180 lbs Padi … … … … … … 4c. per bag Rice … … … … … … … 8c. per bag Fish Scaled Fish… … … … … … 1c. per lb Unsealed Fish… … … … … 1c. per lb Sherigas and Crabs… … … … … … ½ c. per lb Turtle … … … … … … … … … 1c. each Municipal and District Councils 478 LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 Shrimps… … … … … … … … … ½ c. per lb Sea Cow or Manatee… … … … … … $2.00 each Lumber… … … … … … … 24c. per 100ft. B.M. Timber … … … … … … … … … 3c. per cu. ft Telephone Poles … … … … … … 8c. each Electric Poles … … … … … … … … 8c. each Paling Posts … … … … … … … … 36c. per 100 Paling Staves … … … … … … … 10c. per 100 Vat Staves … … … … … … … … 12c. per 100 Shingles … … … … … … … … 2c. per bundle Firewood… … … … … … … … 10c. per 100 Split and Short Wood… … … … … …12c. per 100 Coals … … … … … …… … … 6c. per bag Shell… … … … … … … … … 2c. per barrel Sand … … … … … … … … 4c. per barrel Bricks (Whole) … … … … … … $1.00 per 1,000 Bricks (Broken) … … … … … … 4c. per barrel Padi (Passing through Stelling) … … … … 4c. per bag Rice (Passing through Stelling) … … … … 3c. per bag Ice … … … … … … … … … … 6c. per block Drums (Empty) … … … … … … … 4c. each Drums (Filled) … … … … … … … 12c. each Cattle… … … … … …… … … 50c. per head Pigs … … … … … … … … 12c. per head Sheep and Goats… … … … … … …12c. per head Flour … … … … … … … … … 2c. per bag Cement … … … … … … … 8c. per drum Cement … … … … … … … … 2c. per sack tone … … … … … …… … … 12c. per ton Articles contained in smaller or larger packages shall be charged at proportionate rates. Articles not enumerated shall be charged at the rate to be determined by the Clerk of Markets and not exceeding one cent per pound or eight cents per barrel as the case may be. 479 Municipal and District Councils LAWS OF GUYANA Cap. 28:01 [Subsidiary] New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws L.R.O. 1/2012 By-laws 4/1967 Citation. Interpretation. Cap. 161 1953 Ed. Establishment of markets. Arrest of offender and seizure of article. NEW AMSTERDAM (MARKETS) BY-LAWS 1. These by-laws may be cited as the New Amsterdam (Markets) By-laws. 2. In these By-laws— "market" means any assembly or concourse of buyers and of sellers whereat marketable commodities are sold or exposed for sale but does not include any market within the meaning assigned thereto by section 2 of the New Amsterdam Town Council Ordinance or any market established with the prior approval in writing of the Council; "marketable commodities" includes meat, fish, shrimps, ground provisions, vegetables, fruit, greens and sweetmeats or any of them. 3. (1) No market shall be established or held within the town. (2) Every person who contravenes the provisions of paragraph (1) of this by-law or permits such provisions to be contravened on or in premises owned or occupied by him, or who sells or exhibits, or exposes or otherwise offers for sale, or trades in any marketable commodity at a market, shall be liable upon conviction to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, and in the case of a continuing offence to a further penalty not exceeding ten dollars for each day after written notice of the offence has been served by the Council. 4. A person found committing a breach of any of the provisions of the preceding by-law may be arrested by any member of the police force or town or other constable and any marketable commodity in relation to which a breach of that Municipal and District Councils 480 LAWS OF GUYANA [Subsidiary] L.R.O. 1/2012 By-laws Gaz. 23/6/1917 3/5/1921 Citation. Interpretation. Registration. Shops to be kept clean. Water closets, privies, etc. by-law has been or is being committed may be seized by such member of the police force or town or other constable and thereafter forfeited. PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND BAKERIES BY-LAWS approved of by the Governor on 10th January, 1914, and published as Notice No. 676 of 1917 in the Gazette of the 23rd June, 1917, and amended on the 3rd May, 1921, deemed to have been made under section 321 of this Act 1. These By-laws may be cited as the Prevention of Tuberculosis in Factories, Workshops and Bakeries By-laws. 2. In these By-laws— "bakery" is any place in which are baked bread, biscuits, cake or confectionery with a view to making profit; "provision shop" is any place in which food and foodstuffs are stored, prepared or sold. 3. It shall not be lawful for any person to carry on the business of a bakery or provision shop unless the bakery or provision shop is registered at the office of the Local Authority. 4. Every owner or representative of the owner of a bakery or provision shop shall cause his bakery or provision shop to be kept in a cleanly state and free from any effluvia arising from any drain, water-closet, earth-closet, privy, urinal or other nuisance. 5. It shall not be lawful for any owner or the representative of any owner of a bakery or provision shop to Prevention of Tuberculosis in Factories, Workshops and Bakeries By-laws Municipal and District Councils Cap. 28:01 481