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154 ORDINANCE No. 14 OF 1845 .


Good Order and Cleanliness.


ter whatsoever, on any of the roads , streets , ways , or public
passages , or into any well, stream, or watercourse, ford, or
reservoir for water, any of the drains or sewers made or to be
made within the said Colony ; or shall permit or suffer any
such noisome or offensive substance as aforesaid to remain ex

posed in any drain, sewer, or elsewhere, opposite to or withinthe

immediate neighbourhood of his house, or shall allow any ac
cummulation of filth or offensive substances within the pre
mises occupied by him , to the annoyance of the inhabitants or
passengers ; or shall in any manner defile or pollute any well ,
or stream, or watercourse, used by any of the inhabitants of

the town of Victoria, or for the supplying with water of ships
resorting to the harbour of the said Colony.


2. Every person who shall commit any nuisance in the neighbour
hood of any house or place of public passage.


3. Every person who shall set out or leave, or cause to be set out
or left, any scaffolding, bricks , lime, barrels, bales or cases of

merchandise, or any other matter or thing which shall or may
obstruct, incommode, or endanger any person or carriage in
any public road or thoroughfare.


4. Every person who shall expose anything for sale in or upon , or
so as to hang over any carriage- way or footway, or on the
outside of any house or shop, or who shall set up or continue
any pole, blind , awning , line , or any other projection from any
window, parapet, or other part of any house , shop , or other
building , so as to cause any annoyance or obstruction in any
thoroughfare.


[See Ord. No. 5. Every person who shall encroach on any public way or Crown
15 of 1889
88. 36 & 77. ] land by erecting any building, either on or projecting over the
same, or shall construct any spout which shall project the rain
water thereon .


6. Every occupier or owner of any house, building, or other erection

who shall neglect to repair or remove the same when in a
ruinous or unsafe state, and which shall or may endanger the
passengers in any thoroughfare .