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A.-It did not arise in this case, that I have submitted.
Q.-But I take it, it did arise in a general case, not in a specific case?
A. Yes, but there was a specific case.
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Q.-Then it did not apply in a case like this?
A.-I should think it would.
Q. If it applied in a case like this, and you had passed those plans without any drainage shewn, do you think the owner could have occupied them without holling a certi- ficate from the Sanitary Board?
A.-They were old houses.
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Q-But you do not pass the drainage plan. You had no power, and the Sanitary Surveyor is not a subordinate of yours, and you have no jurisdiction over him?
A.--No.
Q.-Then what is the meaning of that injunction at the bottom of the notice, that those plans must be approved by the Building Authority? It does not carry it far enough.
A.--Not absolutely. No.
Q. We see that, without getting crainage plans-
A. Yes.
Q. Dont you consider your work was done,- that you had complied with the law by examining those plans, so far as that part of the Ordinance is concerned, over which you have jurisdiction and authority, without any reference to drains? Where does it tell interfere with drains, or send out to somebody else?
you to
A. No specific reference of that kind, simply a general instruction that all plans are to be submitted to the Medical Officer of Health. It was he who sent it to the Surveyor.
Q.-But I am speaking of your branch of it.
directions?
A.-No.
The owner did not comply with your
Q.-But you did direct him. You sent it to the Sanitary Surveyor.
A. No, I sent it to the Medicial Officer of Health and he passed it to the Sanitary Surveyor. I know nothing about the Sanitary Surveyor.
Q.-Then, so far as you were concerned, when the plans were sent from your office, did not know if they complied with the building regulations required by the Building Authority, or not?
you
A. No, they are always sent to the Medical Officer of Health.
Q. I am coming to that.
A. Of course, personally, they dont come to me at all,
The Chairman.--They go to your Deputy?
A.--Yes.
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