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Will in Redingsy

GOVERNOR.

BYE-LAWS

Made under section 18 of Ordinance 15 of 1894.

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1. The expressions "building," domestic building" and "street" as used in these bye-laws, or in any bye-law amending, or substituted for, or added to the same, shall, unless inconsistent with the context, have and include the meanings respectively set against them in section 2 of Ordinance 15 of 1894.

The expressions "householder," "occupier," ** owner" and "vessel," as used in these bye-laws, or in any bye-law amending, or substituted for, or added to the same, shall, unless inconsistent with the context, lave and include the meanings respectively set against them in section 3 of Ordi- nance 24 of 1887.

2. The material to be used for covering the ground surface of all domestic buildings shall be good line or cement concrete at least 6 inches thick, finished off smouth to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Board. Provided always that the said Bourd may in its discretion exempt the own- ers of existing domestic buildings, the flours of which have a space between the ground floor and the ground surface, from carrying out the requirements of this bye-law,

3. The material to be used for covering the ground surface of every cook-house, latrine, Tack-yard, court-yard or other space on which slops may be thrown, shall be good line or cement concrete or other impervious material to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Board at least 6 inches thick and in addition such material shall he finished off smooth with not less than 2 inches of cement concrete of the proportion of one part of cement to four parts of fine broken stone, or with granite slabs bedded and jointed in cement mortar or with hard burnt bricks or tiles bedded and jointed in cement mortar, or with such other material as shall be approved of by the said Board.

4. The ground surtice of every took-house, latrine, back-yard, court-yard, or other space on which stops may be thrown shall have a fall of not less than 4 inch to J foot from the walls of the building towards the surface channel or other outlet for the drainage of such surface.