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of the Act, which has to be carried out under my
direction.
The first section to he considered, is the 4th, by
which the Sewer authority may, at a meeting specially
called for that purpose, appoint a committee to which
it may delegate all or any of its powers. The Board
has appointed the committee nominated to carry out
the Orders in Council, to be the committee under this
section with the name of the "Sanitary Committee." The
Board also appointed the same committee to act under
the 5th section of the Nuisances Removal Act, as a
committee for the removal of nuisances. No question
therefore, can arise as to the power of the Sanitary
Committee to order proceedings in the Police Courts,
which might otherwise have occurred, in consequence
of the peculiar division of the duties between the Nuisances
and the Sewer authorities. The first section
which the Sewer authority has to enforce, is the 10th,
which provides for the efficient drainage of houses
which are either not drained at all, or are insufficiently
drained. A very few notices only have been served
under this section, as although it gives the power to do
the works necessary to remove the nuisance, and charge
the owner, should he neglect to do it himself, yet it
provides only for the drainage of the house and not of
the cesspools, when these are at a distance from the
house, which often occurs in this district.
Part 2 of the Sanitary Act, is incorporated with the.