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Foundations of Walls of Houses.
3. Floors in general.
4. Floors of outside Houscs.
5. Supports of floors
and roofs.
4 Days' Notice to be
default.
The Mongkong Government Tazette.
2. The Foundations of every Wall of a House shall be of the depth of not less than twice the thick- ness of the Wall at the lowest Story of the said Building; and the lowest course of every such Foundation shall be of not less than twice the thickness of the Wall at the said lowest Story; and the height and thickness of the upper courses (of such Foundation shall diminish gradually towards the upper surface thereof.
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3. The Floors of any one House shall not approach nearer than nine inches' length towards the Flours of any other House separated by a party Wall from the House first-mentioned; And the space intervening between the said two Floors shall be properly and substantially built up with Bricks or Stones as the case may be.
4. In the case of two or more Houses separated from each other, or others, by one or more party Walls, the external ends of the Floors of the first and last of the said Houses shall be carried to and terminate at the Space of not less than nine inches from the Outside of the external Walls of the said first and last Houses respectively.
5. The floors and roofs of houses or verandahs shall in all cases abut upon and rest against at least nine inches of solid brick or stone work, as the case may be.
III. It shall not be lawful for any person to commence or (in the case of any works, the progress given before commence whereof shall have been for a period exceeding three months suspended) to resume any works, until four days ing or (in the case of
written notice of the intention to commence or resume the same shall have been given unto the Surveyor works suspended for abore 3 mouths) re- General at his Office by the person by or for whom such works are intended to be commenced, or resumed, suming works.
and every such notice shall specify the material particulars of the said intended Works, and any person con mencing or resuming any works without having first given such notice as aforesaid to the Surveyor General, or Penalty for every before the expiration of four days from the giving thereof, shall for every such default forfeit and pay to Her Except in case of Majesty a sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars nor less than Ten Dollars; except where any inevitable accident inevitable necessity. or emergency shall have occurred to make it necessary to commence or resume any works immediately, in In which case notice which case only it shall be lawful to commence or resume the same, yet so as that written notice to be given within Two
thereof and of the material particulars of such works shall within Two Days after commencing or resuming Days after commen- cing or resuming the the same be given by the person by or for whom the same were so commenced or resumed unto the said
Surveyor General at his Office aforesaid.
IV. In cases where any penalty shall have been incurred under the provisions of the Section next in certain cases to be immediately preceding, or where the Surveyor General shall be refused admittance to any tenement for the purpose of surveying or inspecting any works thereon or therein commenced, resumed, or in progress, the said works shall be liable to be abated as a Nuisance.
works.
Works to be liable
abated as a Nuisance.
Contracts to be made
V. All contracts hereafter to be made for works contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance shall be or-executed to the con- null and void, and it shall not be lawful to execute in contravention of the said Provisions any contracts trary of this Ordinance.
heretofore made for works and in force at the passing of this Ordinance, unless the same have heretofore received the sanction of the Surveyor General.
Double Police Rates
VI. Over and above all other penalties and liabilities by this Ordinance imposed, the owner of every to be paid for Buildings Building constructed, reconstructed, or altered in contravention of this Ordinance shall pay in respect of illegally constructed, the same a periodical Police Rate of double the amount to which, but for such contravention he would have &c., until abatement.
been liable in respect of the said Building, yet so as that if the same shall be abated, diminished, or removed under the provisions of this Ordinance, the said owner shall cease to be liable to pay any such Police Rate in respect thereof.
Saving of Crown re- medlies.
Every House to have a Cooking Place and Privy.
Penalty.
The Surveyor Gen-
VII. No remedies for breaches of contract committed by Crown lessees or others now vested in the Crown or its officers shall be prejudiced by this Ordinance.
VIII. It shall not be lawful to construct, reconstruct, or (if now in the course of construction or re- construction) to complete any House without a sufficient and safe Place for lighting of fires and cooking of Food; and also a sufficient Watercloset or Privy, and a sufficient Ashpit furnished with proper Doors and Coverings; All which shall be provided to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General, and from time to time emptied and cleansed, at such periods as the Surveyor General may direct; and every Person offending against any of the enactments in this Section contained shall for every such offence forfeit and pay to the Crown a penalty not exceeding Fifty Dollars nor less than Ten Dollars."
IX. The Surveyor General shall in case any House whether now existing or hereafter to be constructed eral shall require the or reconstructed shall not be provided or shall be imperfectly provided with any of the works in the last owner or occupier of immediately preceding section specified, or with one or more proper drain or drains to the said House of at any House to make good all deficiencies in least six inches in diameter, give written notice of every such deficiency to the owner or occupier of the works of that kind and said House, thereby requiring him to provide for and make good the said deficiency forthwith or within cause them to be made some specified and reasonable term to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General: and in case the said owner good.
or occupier shall not obey or comply with the said requirement, the said Surveyor General shall cause the said works to be executed, and may recover the charges and expenses thereof together with his costs of procedure by summary application to a Stipendiary Magistrate, or any two Justices, who shall, in case of default in payment thereof, levy the amount so recovered by warrant of distress and sale upon the goods and chattels of such owner or occupier, without prejudice to the right of either party to recover over, retain, or deduct against the other the amount so paid or recovered.
Public and common X. The Surveyor General may provide and maintain in proper and suitable situations common Waterclosets, privies, sewage places, Privies, Urinals, and other like conveniencies for public accommodation; and also proper Buildings, Pits, Places, etc., may be provided. Boxes or other conveniencies for the temporary reception and collection of Sewage, Dung, Soil, Filth, Dust,
Ashes, and Rubbish, yet so as not to occasion annoyance or nuisance; And all such matters so re- ceived or collected therein shall be vested in and may be disposed of at the discretion of and by the Sur- veyor General; And all the proceeds (if any) of such as shall in any wise be so disposed of shall be Works contravening paid into the Colonial Treasury on account of the Crown.
this Ordinance to be
deemed a Nuisance. tion
Ruinous Buildings to
be deemed Nuisances.
XI. Every work whatsoever hereafter to be commenced, resumed, prosecuted, or finished in contraven- of this Ordinance shall be deemed a Nuisance.
XII. Every Building, or Part of a Building, being in a ruinous or dangerous condition, shall be deemed
Buildings erected of a Nuisance.
inflammable Materials
XIII. Every Building erected or to be hereafter erected of any inflammable material, in such wise as to to be deemed Nui- endanger any neighbouring Building, shall be deemed a Nuisance."
Bances.
Deposits or accumu.
XIV. Every deposit or accumulation of decaying, noisome, noxious, or offensive matter, in, on, or under lations of decaying mat- any tenement, Crown land, or way, or water, or Drain or Sewer, whereby the health of the Queen's ter, &c., to be deemed Subjects may be endangered, shall be deemed a Nuisance. Nuisances.
XV. Every projection from or over any Building which shall cause annoyance or obstruction to any Projections from Buildings to be deemed way or to the Passengers thereon, and every encroachment on, over, or under any way or any Crown land
Nuisances.
shall be deemed a Nuisance.
Nuisances by the Law XVI. Every Work which would be deemed a Nuisance in England if begun, conducted, or completed
there, shall within this Colony be deemed a Nuisance.
of England shall be dee- med Nuisances here.
Summary proceed-
ing in cases of Nui-
sance.
XVII. The Surveyor General shall summon every person guilty of any of the Nuisances hereinbefore enumerated before a Stipendiary Magistrate, or any two Justices of the Peace who shall thereupon proceed in a summary way to enquire into and adjudicate upon the premises after the manner of other summary
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