THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD OCTOBER, 1868.
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XLV. All Cook-houses shall be paved with Stone on Ground Floors and Two As to construction of courses of Square Tiles on Upper Floors and shall be provided with properly constructed Cook Houses. Brick Fire places with Smoke Flues carried up above the Roof.
shall require the
Works of that kind
made good..
XLVI. The Surveyor General shall in case any House whether now existing or The Surveyor General hereafter to be constructed or reconstructed shall not be provided or shall be imperfectly Owner or Occupier of provided with any of the Works in the last two immediately preceding Sections specified, any House to make or with one or more proper drain or drains to the said House of at least Six Inches in good all deficiencies in diameter, give written Notice of every such deficiency to the Owner or Occupier of the and cause them to be said House, thereby requiring him to provide for and make good the said 'deficiency forthwith or within some specifred and reasonable term to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General: and in case the said Owner or Occupier shall not obey or comply with the said requirement, the said Surveyor General shall cause the said Works to be executed, and may recover the charges and expenses thereof together with his costs of procedure by summary application to a Stipendiary Magistrate, or any Two Justices, who shall, in case of default in payment thereof, levy the amount so recovered by Warrant of Distress and Sale upon the Goods and Chattels of such Owner or Occupier, without prejudice to the right of either party to recover over, retain, or deduct against the other the amount so paid or recovered.
XLVII. Every Work whatsoever hereafter to be commenced, resumed, prosecuted, Works contravening or finished in contravention of this Ordinance shall be deemed a Nuisance.
this Ordinance to be deemed a Nuisance.
XLVIII. Every Building, or Part of a Building, being in a ruinous or dangerous Ruinous Buildings to condition, shall be deemed a Nuisance.
be deemed Nuisances.
XLIX. All Earthworks, Masonry Works, Brickworks or other Works whatsoever As to Earthworks, &c.
It shall be being in a ruinous or dangerous condition shall he deemed a Nuisance. sufficient for this purpose if the Surveyor General shall certify as to the dangerous. condition of Works.
any
inflammable Materials
L. Every Building erected or to be hereafter erected of any inflammable Buildings erected of Material, in such wise as to endanger any neighbouring Building, shall be deemed a to be deemed Nuisance.
Nuisances.
LI. The accumulation or Storage of Wood or other inflammable material in Chinese As to accumulation of
Wood, &c. Houses used as Dwellings shall be deemed a Nuisance.
lations of decaying matter, &c., to be
LII. Every deposit or accumulation of decaying, noisome, noxious, or offensive Deposits or accumu- matter, in, on, or under any Tenement, Crown Land, or in any Way, Water, Drain or Sewer, whereby the health of the Queen's Subjects may be endangered, shall be deemed deemed Nuisances. a Nuisance.
Buildings to be
LIII. Every projection from or over any Building which shall cause annoyance Projections from or obstruction to any Way or to the Passengers thereon, and every encroachment on, deemed Nuisances. over, or under any Way or any Crown Land shall be deemed a Nuisance.
Stone for Buildings. `
LIV. The dressing of Stone required in the erection of Buildings, within the As to dressing of Districts of Victoria except so far as is absolutely necessary shall be deemed a Nuisance. The Surveyor General shall in each case determine how far it is necessary that the Stone should be dressed on the Spot.
of neighbours disal- lowed on Sundays.
LV. No Buildings or Works of any description shall be allowed on Sundays to Works to annoyance the annoyance of Residents within the Districts of Victoria without special permission in writing from the Surveyor General.
LVI. Every Work which would be deemed a Nuisance in England if begun, Nuisances by the Law conducted, or completed there, shall within this Colony be deemed a Nuisance.
of England shall be deemed Nuisances here.
in cases of Nuisance.
LVII. The Surveyor General shall summon every Person guilty of any of the Summary proceeding Nuisances hereinbefore enumerated before a Stipendiary Magistrate, or any two Justices of the Peace who shall thereupon proceed in a summary way to enquire into and adjudicate upon the premises after the manner of other summary proceedings before Justices of the Peace; And where he or they shall adjudicate any one Person to have been guilty of any of the said Nuisances, he or they or any other Justice of the Peace shall, upon the application of the Surveyor General, order him or any other proper Officer to abate, demolish, or remove the said Nuisance, and to sell and dispose of the Materials thereof (if any) and out of the Monies arising by such Sale or Disposition (if any) to retain or pay the Charges and Expenses of or incident to such abatement, demolition, or removal; And the said Magistrate, Justices, or Justice shall order and