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Inspection.

Ond. 24 of 18975-){ Common

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Ond.24 18 1887 5.23. the frending

Ond.34 155s s. 3

kitchen not

to be used as

a sleeping

rein.

in case

ORDINANCE No. 13 or 1901.

Public Health,

(3.) On the hearing of the said matter, the Magistrate may make such order for the inspection, at any hour of the night or day, of the suid house, as the circumstances of the case may require. Such order to continue in force for a period not excceding one month.

78. Any room of a renement-house used as a common kitchen shall not be used as a sleeping room, and the house- holder, or teunut thereof, shall be responsible that such eomnion kitchen is not so used, nor shall any passage, fohly, or other place, partitioned off from any sleeping room to the height of the ceiling, be included in the calculation of the cubic empacity for human habitation.

Calculation________79. In the calculation of cubic space, for the purposes of cublespace of this Ordinance, two children ten years, or under ter years of age, shall be counted as one person, and every person over ten years of age shall be considered as al adult.

of children.

Limit of fittings for siceping Reconumoda- tion.

Ond, 24 of 18875.73

Common lodging-

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fan't.

reation which is

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Other 4 of 18955.

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Ond. 24 of 18875.82 Penalty for

Ord. 24 of 1887

5.69

falso state- ments.

Access to

Common

Lodging-

houses,

80 No room fitted with bunks or beils shall be so fitted as thereby to provide sleeping accommodation for a greater number of persons than are by law permitted to orenpy de

Yoon.

Common Lodging-houses.

81. No person shall open, or keep open, a comar lodging-house, unless the honse is registered and the keeper thereof is licensed by the Registrar General. It any per son, who opens or keeps open any common lodging-base contrary to the provisions of this Ordfimice, can be found, or if the keeper of any common lodging-Lowe which is opened or kept open contrary to the provisions aforesaid is absent from the Colony, the householder as defined by this Ordinance shall be deemed to be the perso who opens or keeps open snel house and shall be liable accordingly.

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82. Any person who shall, in making application for the registratii or licensing of a common lodging house, kunas ingly make any false statement regarding any of the par ticulars required to be stated in such application, shall, Hit liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.

83. The keeper of a common lodging-house, and every other person acting in the care or management thereof, shall, at all times, when required by any officer of the Hoard, give bim free access to such house, or any part thereof, and any such keeper, or person, who refuses such access shail by liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.

on conviction

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ORDINANCE No. 13 of 1901.

Public Health.

Approval of Domestic Buildings.

Ond. 24 of ran?

be approved. S. 74

(coords underlined

84. No person who shall erect a domestic building shall Domestic allow the same or any portion thereof to be occupied, until buildings to sach building shall have been previously examined by au officer of the Board, duly authorized by the Board, and certified by such officer as having been built in compliance with the entire provisions of this Ordinance.

Such ex- amination shall be made without necessary delay.

Private Streets.

الربيع

كورة

85. Every street on private hand, in the rear of domestic Maintence Ol, 34 diy rang Imildings, shall be and shall be kept ensieretel, elunnelled, and lighting and drained, and may, if the Director of Public Works thinks back streets.

th, be provided with lighting apparatus, by the Government,

at the expense of the owners of the land abutting on such street, and the several owners of such land shall bear the cost of such concreting, channelling, draining and providing with such apparatus, iu proportion to the width of their re- spective land at the place where it abuts on such street, ami the Government may recover such proportionate cost, to- gether with interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent. per annum from the date of demand for payinent of such proportiouate cost made by the Director of Public Works from any such owner, by a suit in the unme of the Director of Public Works in the Summary Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The cost of the illumination of such street shall, however, be borne by the Goverument.

All household refuse shall be regularly removed by the Government from every such street.

of private

86. Every street ou private land, npon which domestic Private buildings frane shall, if it does not full within the provisions streets and of the immediately preceding section of this Ordinance, be and laves, be kept surfaced, channelled, and drained, and may, if the Di rector of Public Works thinks it, be provided with lighting apparatus, by the Government, at the expense of the owners of the land abutting on such street, and the several owners of sich land shall bear the cost of such surfacing, channelling, draining, and providing with lighting apparatus. iu propor tion to the width of their respective land at the place where it abuts on such street, and the Government may iocover such proportionate cost, together with interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent. per annum from the date of demand for yment of such proportionate cost made by the Director of Public Works, from any such owner by a suit in the Hame of the Director of Public Works in the Summary Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The cost of the illu- ination of euch street shall, however, be borne by the Government.

9.

Ibid, 8, 10