From the Tewkesbury Yearly Magazine of 1840.
BYE LAWS.
Made by the Council of the Borough of Tewkesbury, pursuant to the Act 5 and 6 Will.IV.c.76, "For the Regualtion of Municipal Corporations," and entered by the Council to be printed, Dec.3,1839. |
That if any person shall suffer any ferocious dog to be at large unmuzzled within the said borough, or if after public notice given by the Mayor or two Justices of the Peace, directing dogs to be confined on suspicion of canine madness, any person shall suffer any dog to go at large within the said borough, evey person so offending shall for evey such offence forfeit and pay for the first offence the sum of two shillings and sixpence; for the second offence the sum of five shillings; and for the third and every subsequent offence, any sum not exceeding forty shillings. That every person who shall offer for sale within the said borough any unsound, putrid, or unwholesome meat, fish, or other provisions, unfit for the food of man, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay, for the first offence the sum of ten shillings; for the second offence, any some not exceeding forty shillings; and for the third and every subsequent offence, any sum not exceeding five pouds. That if any person riding any horse or beast, or driving any sort of carriage, shall ride or drive the same furiuously, so as to endanger the life or limb of any person or property; or if any person shall lead or drive any vicious beast through, or suffer the same to remain in, any of the public streets or thoroughfares of the said borough, without the same being fettered in such a manner as to prevent danger to the life or limb of any person; every person, in either of the cases aforesaid, upon being convicted by any two Justices of the Peace, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding five pounds. |
There was one additional bye law in the same article but this was about council officials and did not register on the QQ (quirky or quaint) scale.