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REMOVAL OF REFUSE.
Under this heading are included enactments of very
serious gravity, which it will be the duty of the Sanitary
Authority to enforce and obey (Sections 29 to 36).
It will be no longer the duty of occupiers or owners of
premises to cause the footways and watercourses adjoining
their premises to be swept and cleansed.
On the other hand it is rendered imperative on the
Sanitary Authority to keep all streets (exclusive of new
streets not yet taken over), together with the footways,
properly swept and cleansed, and to collect and remove
therefrom all street refuse (inclusive of snow); and in
default the Sanitary Authority will be liable to a fine not
exceeding twenty pounds.
By Section (31) it is made the duty of the Sanitary
Authority not only to secure the due removal of house
refuse, and the due cleansing out and emptying of ash-pits,
but also to secure the due removal of the contents of
earth-closets, privies, and cesspools, and to give sufficient
notice of the times appointed for such proceedings; and, on
receiving written complaint that any default in reference
to any of the above matters has been made, to comply with
the notice served on them within 48 hours after service
(exclusive of Sundays and public holidays).
If the Sanitary Authority fail to comply with this
Section they will be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty
pounds.
Further, if any one in the employ of the Authority, or