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2180 ORDINANCE No. 24 OF 1887 .


Public Health.


Householder. --
9. Householder. For the purposes of this Ordinance , the actual
tenant or occupier of any building, or in cases where there.
shall be no such person , then the immediate landlord of

such building, and , in the case of corporations, companies,
and associations , the secretary or manager thereof shall be
deemed the householder, and shall be liable under this
Ordinance.

Keeper of a 10. Keeper of a common lodging-house. -Any person licensed to
common
lodging keep a common lodging-house.
house.
New build 11. New building. -Any structure begun after the commence
ing.
ment of this Ordinance or of which the enclosing walls
have not been carried higher than the footings, or such old
buildings as shall for the purposes of reconstruction be
taken down to an extent exceeding one half, such half to
be measured in cubic feet.

Occupier. 12. Occupier. The person in actual occupation of any premises .
Owner. -
13. Owner . Any house-owner, or the person for the time being

receiving the rent of any premises , solely or as joint -tenant ,
or tenant in common with others , or receiving the rent of
any premises whether on his own behalf or that of any
other person , or, where the owner cannot be found or
ascertained , the occupier ; and for the purposes of this
Ordinance every mortgagee in possession shall be deemed
an owner.

Person. 14. Person (and words applied in this Ordinance to any in
dividual ).-- Corporations , companies , and associations.
Premises. 15. Premises .--Any land , building, or structure of any kind ,
footway, yard, alley, court, garden , stream , nullah, pond,
pool , paddy -field, marsh, drain , ditch , or place open,
covered , or enclosed , cesspool or foreshore , also any vessel

or boat lying within the waters of the Colony.
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Secretary. 16. Secretary. The Secretary to the Sanitary Board duly
appointed under the provisions of section 6 of this Ordi
nance.

Tenant. 17. Tenant. - Any person who leases direct from any house
holder the whole of any floor or floors of any building or
tenement-house.