in the district, though not vested in them.

Markets and slaughter-houses.

Where an urban council are the council of a borough, and in other
cases with the consent of the owners and ratepayers of the district,
they may provide market accommodation for their district. They may
not, however, establish any market so as to interfere with any market
already established in the district under a franchise or charter. For
purposes of markets certain provisions of the Markets and Fairs
Clauses Act 1847 are incorporated with the Public Health Act. The only
one of these that need be noticed is that which provides that after
the market is opened for public use every person, other than a
licensed hawker, who shall sell or expose for sale in any place within
the district, except in his own dwelling-place or shop, any articles
in respect of which tolls are authorized to be taken shall be liable
to a penalty. The tolls which may be taken by an urban council must be
approved by the Local Government Board; and any by-laws which they
make for the regulation of the market must be confirmed by the same
body. An urban council may also provide slaughter-houses and make
by-laws with respect to the management and charges for the use of
them. Where they do not provide slaughter-houses, all previously
existing slaughter-houses have to be registered and new ones licensed;
and no person may lawfully use a slaughter-house which is not either
registered or licensed. Licences may be suspended by justices in the
event of their being used contrary to the provisions of the act or of
the by-laws, and on a second conviction the licence may be revoked. On
a conviction of selling or exposing for sale, or having in his
possession or on his premises unsound meat, the court may also revoke
the licence.

Hackney carriages, &c.

Certain police regulations contained in the Town Police Clauses Act
1847 are by virtue of the Public Health Act 1875 in force in all urban
districts. These relate to obstructions and nuisances in streets,
fires, places of public resort, hackney carriages and public bathing.
An urban council may also license proprietors, drivers and conductors
of horses, ponies, mules or asses standing for hiring in the district
in the same way as in the case of hackney carriages, and they may also
license pleasure boats and vessels, and the boatmen or persons in
charge