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BYE-LAWS
Made by the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan
Borough of Hampstead, as to the paving of yards and open
spaces in connection with dwelling-houses in the said Borough.
1.—Throughout these bye-laws the expression "the Council"
means the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan
Borough of Hampstead.
2.—The following buildings shall be exempt from the operation of
these bye-laws:—
(а) Any building in His Majesty's possession, or employed or
intended to be employed for His Majesty's use or service :
(b) Any county or borough lunatic asylum, and any building or
part of a building belonging to the council of any county,
city or borough, and used or intended to be used for the
detention of any prisoners :
(c) Any gaol, house of correction, bridewell, penitentiary, or
other prison, and any building occupied or intended to be
occupied by any prison officer for the use of such prison
and contiguous thereto:
(d) Any building erected or to be erected according to plans
previously approved by the Land Commissioners for
England, or the Board of Agriculture, or the Board of
Agriculture and Fisheries under the Improvement of Land
Act, 1864, or other Act or Acts for the improvement of land :
(e) Any building which may not be exempt by the operation of
any of the preceding clauses of this bye-law, and which
may be erected or may be intended to be erected in accordance
with such plan and in such manner as may be approved
or directed in pursuance of any statutory provision in that
behalf by one of .His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State:
(f) Any building erected or intended to be erected for use
solely as a temporary hospital for the reception and treatment
of persons suffering from any dangerous infectious
disorder.
3.—Subject to the provision hereinafter specified, the Owner of
every dwelling-house in connection with which there is any
yard or open space shall, where it is necessary for the prevention
or remedy of insanitary conditions that all or part of such
yard or open space shall be paved, forthwith cause the same to
be properly paved with a hard, durable, and impervious pavement,
evenly and closely laid upon a bed of good concrete not
Jess than four inches thick, or other equally suitable foundation,