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PORT, CONSULAR, CUSTOMS, AND HARBOUR REGULATIONS, &c.
consent of his national authority, to conform to the terms of the lease granted by Her Britannic Majesty, and to obey all regulations made or sanctioned, or which hereafter may be made or sanctioned, by Her Britannic Ministy's Minister, for the peace, good order, and government of the said settlement.
BYE-LAWS ANNEXED TO THE LAND REGULATIONS FOR THE
FOREIGN SETTLEMENT, SHAMEEN.
1.-The entire control and management of the Bridges, all public Buildings, Sewers, and Drains within the limits of these Regulations, and all Sewers and Drains in and under the Roads, and all the works and materials thereunto belonging whether made at the time of the passing of these Regulations, or at any time thereafter, and whether made at the cost of the Council or otherwise, shall vest in and belong to the Council.
2. No Sewer or Drain shall be made, or any Building be erected over any Sewer belonging to the Council, neither shall any Branch Drain be carried into any of the Sewers or Drains above vested in the Council, without the consent of the Council first obtained in writing. And if after the passing of the Land Regulations any Sewer or Drain be made, or any Building be erected, contrary to the provisions herein contained, the Council may demolish the same, and the expenses incurred thereby shall be paid by the person so offending, and shall be recoverable as damages.
3.-All Sewers and Drains within the limits of these Regulations, whether public or private, shall be provided by the Council, or other persons to whom they severally belong, with proper traps or other coverings, or means of ventilation, so as to prevent stench.
4. The expense of maintaining and cleansing all Sewers not herein before provided for, shall be defrayed out of the rates and taxes, to be levied under Article I. of the Land Regulations.
5.-It shall not be lawful to erect any house in the Settlement, or to re-build any house in the Settlement without at the same time constructing a covered Drain or Drains of such size and materials and at such level and with such fall, as to the Council shall appear necessary and sufficient for the proper and effectual drainage of the same and its appurtenances, in terms of Bye-Laws Nos. 1 and 2: the Drain or Drains so to be constructed shall communicate with such Sewers as the Council may direct. And whosoever erects or re-builds any houses or other building, or constructs any Drains contrary to this Bye-Law, shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars.
6. No person shall be allowed to erect a Matshed on the settlement, without the permission of the Municipal Council, and any person erecting such Buildings shall be liable to a fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars.
7. The Council and none other, shall be surveyor of all Highways within the limits of the aforesaid Regulations, and within those limits shall have all such powers and authorities as any surveyors of highways are invested with in England.
8. The management of the Streets, Bunding, and Jetties, and the laying out and repairing thereof, shall be vested in the Council; and all materials, implements, and other things provided for laying out and repairing said Streets, Bunding, and Jetties, shall belong to the Council.
9.-The Council may stop up any Streets and prevent all persons from passing along and using the same during the construction, alteration, repair, or demolition, of any Sewer or Drain in or under such Street, but must allow access to houses.
10.-Every person who wilfully displaces, takes up, or makes any alteration in the pavement, flags, or other materials of any Street, Bunding and Jetties, under the management of the Council, without their consent in writing, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Dollars Twenty-five.
11. When any Building materials or other things are laid, or any hole made in any of the Roads, whether the same be done by order of the Council or not, the person or persons causing such hole to be made, shall, at his own expense, cause a
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