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stables, &c., "the occupiers of which signify their consent in
writing to such removal," which would have to be done at
the cost of the said authority. The necessary consent would
be forthcoming probably, in most cases, once it came to be
known that, otherwise, the requirements of the law would be
enforced, in case of neglect on the part of the owner to
comply with the regulations. In many, if not in the majority
of cases, money is now paid by the owners for the removal
of the refuse, and I see no reason why they should not be
required to pay to the Local Authority a suitable fee for the
service. Probably many persons would be willing to do so,
and thus relieve themselves of an anxious responsibility. At
the same time, it is not improbable lhat the large amount of
refuse produced in some 180 mews in this parish, would have
an aggregate value sufficient to pay the cost of a wellorganized
system of collection and removal to the country.
Section 35 authorises a sanitary inspector to serve a notice on
the owner of any accumulation of manure or other obnoxious
matter, requiring him to remove it, and if the notice is not
complied with within forty-eight (the BUI read 24) hours
from the service thereof, the "matter" becomes the property
of the Sanitary Authority, and ma)' be remoyed and disposed
of by them at the cost of the former owner. This provision
is not likely in practice to supersede enforcement of the
regulations by proceedings for recovery of penalties. A better
prospect of success in the way of abatement, or rather
prevention, of nuisance from stable manure, is held out bysection
39, which requires the County Council to make byelaws
"with respect to receptacles for dung, and the
proper accessories thereof," which, as I said above, will
probably have the effect of abolishing sunken dung-pits. It
will be remembered, moreover, that by section 2, any dung-pit
so foul, or in such a state as to be a nuisance, or injurious or
dangerous to health, is a nuisance liable to be dealt with
summarily under the Act. Thus, in one way or another, it
may be hoped that we shall be enabled to do something to
control a very offensive form of nuisance.
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