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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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authorised by the President of the Board and subject to such directions as the President may impose, may enter and inspect at any time any domestic building for the purpose of ascor- -taining whether such building or any part thereof is in an . That is at any time of the night ? overcrowded condition

At any time of the night.

162 9:- Do you see any good of that schedule if you have a section 1621

overriding it. It really comes to this that it in a dead

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letter, it is useless ?

Mr. Hooper refers to the whole Byelaw.

Shelton Hooper:- Nos 2 and 3 are a dead letter and night come out of the

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Ordinance ?

That is so at present. I have an explanation of that, that Ro3 was necessary before the alteration to section 24 by section 9 of Ordinance 25 of 1903. I am speaking from memory

Before that alteration I believe the "ection read that -

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any select Committee of the Board or any Officer specially authorised by the Board and therefore that is why these three sections appear. Before the alteration the Board could authoring anyone and under No 2 the Secretary could autho -rise up till twelve o'clock and by No 8 presumably in a

1 President could act for the Board and case of emergency

"uthorise an Inspector at anytima.

Was that the result of that alteration so that the rower 1613

was transferred frm the Board to the President of the

Board ?

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Mr Shelton Hooper:- Now with regard to the first Bymlaw, in which you give then

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ceneral authorisation in writing, is it stated in the

Byelaw that they must give reasonable notice ?

Am I can not may at ♪

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