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Definition of nuisance."
ORDINANCE No. 13 of 1901.
Public Health.
food found therein which he shall have reason to believe is intended to be used as human food, and, in case any such food appear to such member or officer to be unfit for such use, he may seize the same, and the Board may order it to be destroyed or to be so disposed of as to prevent it from being used as human food.
(2.) Any person in whose possession there shall be found any food liable to seizure under this section, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars,
Obstruction of Officers, etc.
22. Whoever assaults, obstructs, molests, or hinders
any member or officer of the Board in the execution of the duties or exercise of the powers imposed or conferred upon him by this Ordinance, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.
Nuisances.
"nuisances" liable to be dealt with summarily in the manner provided by this Ordinance :-
1. Any failure to supply, or any inadequate or defective provision of drain, drain-trap, ventilating-pipe, subsoil-drainage, or cess-pool accommodation, or any building or part of a building so dark or ill-ventilated as to be dangerous or prejudicial to the health
of the inmates.
2. Any street or row, or any part thereof, or any water-course, nullah, ditch, gutter, side-channel, drain, ash-pit, sewer, privy, urinal, or cess-pool so foul as to be noxious, or noisome, or unhealthy.
3. Any water-course, well, tank, pool, pond, canal, conduit, or cistern, the water of which, from any cause, is so tainted with impurities, or so wholesome as to be injurious to the health of persons living near, or using such water, or which is likely
to promote or aggravate epidemic disease.
4. Any stable, cow-house, pig-sty, or other premises for the use of animals, which is in such a condition as to be injurious to health.
5. Any accumulation, or deposit of stagnant water, sullage-water, manure, dirt, house-refuse, or other matter, wherever situated, which is unhealthy.
6. Any noxious matter, or waste waters, flowing or discharged from any premises, wherever situated, into any public street, road, or into the gutter or side-channel of any street, or road, or into any nullah, or water-course, or the bed thereof.
ORDINANCE No. 13 of 1901.
Public Health.
7. Any manufacture, trade, or business of a noxious,
noisome, or unhealthy nature.
8. Any cemetery, or place of burial, so situated, or so
conducted, as to be unhealthy.
9. Any chimney (not being the chimney of a private
dwelling house) sending forth black smoke in such quantity as to be a nuisance.
10. Any act, omission, or thing which is, or may be, dangerous to life, or injurious to health or property.
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nuisances,
24.-1.) It shall be lawful for the Board, on reasonable presumption of the existence of a nuisance on any premises, inspect by an order in writing, to authorize any officer, with an assistant or assistants, to enter such premises, at any time between six in the morning and six in the evening, and to inspect the same.
(2) The inspecting officer shall produce and show the Notice of order to any person being, or claiming to be, the occupier of such entry such premises: Provided that the inspecting officer shall not enter any house, or upon any land which may be occupied
at the time, unless with the consent of the occupier thereof, without previously giving the said occupier six hours' notice in writing of his intention to do so.
25. Any person refusing admittance to the said inspecting Penalty. officer, after such notice has been given, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
26. On the receipt of any information respecting the Sanitary existence of a nuisance, the Board shall, if satisfied of the Board to existence of a nuisance, serve a notice on the person by serve notice whose act, default, or sufferance, the nuisance arises, or abatement of
requiring continues, or, if such person cannot be found, on the owner, nuisance.
or occupier, of the premises on which the nuisance arises, requiring him to abate the same, within a time to be specified in the notice, and to execute such works, and do such things as may be necessary for that purpose: Provided-
Firstly-That, where the nuisance arises from the want, or defective construction, of any structural convenience, or, where there is no occupier of the premises, notice under this section shall be served on the owner;
Secondly-That, where the person causing the nuisance cannot be found, and it is clear that the nuisance does not arise, or continue, by the act, default, or sufferance of the owner, or occupier, of the premises, the Board may themselves abate the same
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without further order