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" notice of the times appointed for such removal, cleansing out,
" and emptying, and where the house refuse is not removed from
'• any premises in the district at the ordinary period, or any
" ashpit, earth-closet, privy, or cesspool, in or under any building
" in the district, is not cleansed out or emptied at the ordinary
" period, and the occupier of the premises serves on the Authority
" a written notice requiring the removal of such refuse, or the
" cleansing out and emptying of the ashpit, earth-closet, privy, or
" cesspool, as the case may be, to comply with such notice within
" forty-eight hours after that service, exclusive of Sundays and
" public holidays. .
" If a Sanitary Authority fail without reasonable cause to comply
" with this section, they shall be liable to a fine not exceeding
" twenty pounds.
" If any person in the employ of the Sanitary Authority, or of
" any contractor with the Sanitary Authority, demands from an
" occupier or his servant any fee or gratuity for removing any
" house refuse from any premises, he shall be liable to a fine not
" exceeding twenty shillings."
Sec. 35 : " Where it appears to a Sanitary Inspector that any
" accumulation of any obnoxious matter, whether manure, dung,
" soil, filth, or other matter, ought to be removed, and it is not the
" duty of the Sanitary Authority to remove the same, he shall
" serve notice on the owner thereof, or on the occupier of the
" premises on which it exists, requiring him to remove the same,
" and if the notice is not complied with within forty-eight hours
" from the service thereof, exclusive of Sundays and public holi"
days, the matter referred to shall be the property of the Sanitary
" Authority, and be removed and disposed of by them, and the
" proceeds (if any) of such disposal shall be applied in payment of
" the expenses incurred with reference to the matter removed, and
" the surplus (if any) shall be paid on demand to the former owner
" of the matter.
" The expenses of such renewal and disposal, so far as not
" covered by sych proceeds, may be recovered by the Sanitary
" Authority in a summary manner from the former owner of the
" matter removed, or from the occupier, or, where there is no
" occupier, the owner of the premises."