The Stealth Ordinance has shown certain changes in the principal Ordinance to be necessary.
Sections 40 and 48, which relate to details respecting drainage, have been repealed as Bye-Laws have been drafted by Mr. Chadwick and approved by the Legislative Council dealing with this matter.
Section 47 has been amended to put into force the sections relating to overcrowding. Section 73 has been amended to provide for the making of Bye-Laws with regard to the licensing of Common Lodging Houses.
Authority has been given to the Board to delegate certain of its powers to the Sanitary Authority under the Public Health Act.
(Signed), E. I. Ackroyd, Acting Attorney General
Enclosure 4.
REPORT.
RECD 24 FEB 91
The Committee appointed on the 11th September last to consider and report as to the necessity and desirability of amending the drainage bye-laws have to report as follows:-
1. The first step taken was to issue an invitation to all the Architects and Civil Engineers in the Colony to favour the Committee with their views as to any amendments to the bye-laws which they deemed necessary to facilitate the working thereof. Replies have been received from Messrs. DANBY, LEIGH & ORANGE, Messrs. BIRD & PALMER, Mr. A. DENISON, and Mr. ST. JNO. HU. HANCOCK.
2. The principal building Contractors were asked to represent any difficulties they had experienced in carrying out drainage works in accordance with the bye-laws, but none of them have done so, and the presumption is that they have experienced none of any importance.
3. In response to an invitation from the Board, the Honourable O. CHADWICK, C.M.G., drew up a code of instructions, a copy of which is annexed. A copy was sent to each Architect in the Colony, and the principal firms have expressed themselves in favour of these instructions.
4. The Committee, after careful consideration, came to the conclusion that the bye-laws required many amendments, and they have accordingly amended them as per draft attached. In doing so, the Committee have been mainly guided by the skill and practical experience of Mr. CHADWICK. They have adopted and framed as bye-laws many of the rules formulated in his instructions. The others they have appended by way of footnotes to the different bye-laws.
5. It is therefore recommended that the existing bye-laws be repealed, the repeal to take effect from the 31st December, 1890, and that the bye-laws per draft attached be substituted therefor, and that the new bye-laws should come into force on the 1st January, 1891. And that they should be published with the observations and footnotes as now submitted.
6. The Committee drafted a bye-law to give effect to the resolution of the Board passed at a meeting held on the 11th September last regarding the connection of house-drains with the public sewers. It has been, since then, pointed out to them that Section 74 of the new Building Ordinance provides for the manner in which these connections are to be made, and consequently the proposed additional bye-law would be inoperative.
7. With reference to this subject, the Committee desire to draw attention to the circumstance that it is generally understood that the management of the public sewers of the Colony has been temporarily transferred from the Surveyor General to a special officer, but that the Board has received no intimation of such transfer, and it is recommended that a letter be addressed to the Colonial Secretary requesting to be officially informed how the matter stands.
8. It is desired to draw attention to Section 49 of the Health Ordinance, and it is recommended that a list of persons presumed to be capable of doing drainage works be drawn up as speedily as possible and submitted to the Board for consideration and approval. It is also recommended that this list be made as wide as possible in the first instance, and that it be clearly understood that the name of any person on the list will be removed therefrom should such person prove incapable or unwilling to perform satisfactory work.
9. The Committee desire to point out that Section 41 of the Health Ordinance lays down that every house-drain must be of adequate size, such size to...
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(Signed), E. I. Ackroyd.
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Enclosure 4.
REPORT.
RECO
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The Committee appointed on the 11th September last to consider and report
as to the necessity and desirability of amending the drainage bye-laws have to report as follows :-
1.-The first step taken was to issue an invitation to all the Architects and Civil Engineers in the Colony to favour the Committee with their views as to any amendments to the bye-laws which they deemed necessary to facilitate the working thereof Replies have been received from Messrs. DANBY, LEIGH & ORANGE, Messrs. BIRD & PALMER, Mr. A. DENISON and Mr. ST. JNO. HU. HANCOCK.
2.The principal building Contractors were asked to represent any difficulties they had experienced in carrying out drainage works in accordance with the bye- laws but none of them have done so and the presumption is that they have ex- perienced none of any importance.
3.In response to an invitation from the Board the Honourable O. CHADWICK, C.M.G., drew up a code of instructions a copy of which is annexed. A copy was sent to each Architect in the Colony and the principal firms have expressed them- selves in favour of these instructions.
4. The Committee after careful consideration came to the conclusion that the bye-laws required many amendments and they have accordingly amended them as per draft attached. In doing so the Committee have been mainly guided by the skill and practical experience of Mr. CHADWICK. They have adopted und framed as bye-laws many of the rules formulated in his instructions. The others they have appended by way of foot notes to the different bye-laws.
5. It is therefore recommended that the existing bye-laws be repealed the repeal to take effect from the 31st December, 1890, and that the bye-laws per draft attached be substituted therefor and that the new bye-laws should come into force on the 1st January, 1891. And that they should be published with the observations and foot notes as now submitted.
6. The Committee drafted a bye-law to give effect to the resolution of the Board passed at a meeting held on the 11th September last regarding the connection of house-drains with the public sewers. It has been, since then, pointed out to them that section 74 of the new Building Ordinance provides for the manner in which these connections are to be made and consequently the proposed additional bye- law would be inoperative.
7.-With reference to this subject the Committee desire to draw attention to the circumstance that it is generally understood that the management of the public sewers of the Colony has been temporarily transferred from the Surveyor General to a special officer but that the Board has received no intimation of such transfer and it is recommended that a letter be addressed to the Colonial Secretary request- ing to be officially informed how the matter stands.
8.-It is desired to draw attention to section 49 of the Health Ordinance and it is recommended that a list of persons presumed to be capable of doing drainage works be drawn up as speedily as possible and submitted to the Board for consi- deration and approval. It is also recommended that this list be made as wide as possible in the first instance and that it be clearly understood that the name of any person on the list will be removed therefrom should such person prove incapable or unwilling to perform satisfactory work.
9.-The Committee desire to point out that section 41 of the Health Or- dinance lays down, that every house-drain must be of adequate size, such size to
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