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ment.

101. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until commence- such date as the Governor shall notify by Proclamation as the commencement of this Ordinance.

SCHEDULE A.

(s. 5 (2).]

BY-LAWS.

Basements.

which must

be fulfilled before a basement

1. The conditions under which alone it shall be lawful to live in, Conditions occupy or use for habitation, or to let or sub-let or to suffer or permit to be used for habitation, any basement shall be that such basement is pro- vided with one window at least opening into the external air, and that the total area, clear of any obstruction to the light, of such window or windows is at least one-tenth of the floor area of such basement: Provided always that the Council may, if it thinks fit, grant permission in writing to obstruct or cover such area in any manner which may be previously approved by the Council.

can be

occupied as

a habitation.

can be

2. (1) The conditions under which alone it shall be lawful to Conditions occupy or use, or to let or sub-let, or to suffer or permit to be used under which for occupation as a shop, workshop or factory, any basement shall be a basement that such basement complies with the provisions of the preceding occupied as by-law and is lit, ventilated and maintained in a sanitary condition a shop,

workshop to the satisfaction of the Council.

or factory.

(2) Such shop, workshop or factory may not be used for habita- tion except by such number of persons as the Council may authorise in writing, and in every case in which the Council authorises any person or persons to use for habitation any such shop, workshop or factory, sleeping accommodation shall be provided by the erection of a cockloft or bunks which shall have a clear space of at least 4 feet between it or them and such side or sides of the basement as abuts or abut against the earth or soil.

Cattle, Swine, etc.

1. Annual licences expiring on the 31st December of the year in Licences which they are granted may be issued for the keeping of cattle, swine, expire in sheep and goats.

December.

2. Any person desirous of obtaining a licence to keep cattle, Application swine, sheep or goats shall make application to the Council by means for licence. of a properly filled in form, for which purpose blank forms can be obtained from the Secretary at his office.

houses.

3. No building in which cattle, swine, sheep or goats are housed Regulations shall be situated nearer than six feet to any dwelling house nor shall as to animal such building in any way connect with a public or private sewer except with the special permission of the Council. Such building shall be built of brick or stone or other material to be approved by the Council and shall be lighted and ventilated to the satisfaction of the Council, and the flooring thereof shall be of granite slabs, concrete, or other impervious material and provided with watertight channels for draining all urine and fluid noxious matters into a watertight covered sump or such other place as may be approved by the Council. shall be constructed to the satisfaction of the Council and shall be emptied and the contents thereof together with the solid manure in the building removed daily. The Council may, however, waive any of these conditions, provided that in the opinion of the Council such can be done without danger to the public health.

The sump

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