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going Bye-laws, shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty
of forty shillings,and in the case of a continuing offence to a further
penalty of forty shillings for each day after written notice of the
offence from the Sanitary Authority).
Provided, nevertheless, that the justices or court before whom
any complaint may be made, or any proceedings may be taken in
respect of any such offence, may, if they think fit, adjudge the payment
as a penalty of any sum less than the full amount of the penalty
imposed by this Bye-law.
Bye-Laws fur the Prevention of Nuisances.
Interpretation of Terms.
1.—Throughout these Bye-laws the expression "the Sanitary
Authority" means the Vestry of the Parish of St. James, Westminster,
in the County of London.
For the Prevention of Nuisances arising from any Snow, Ice,
Salt, Dust, Ashes, Bullish, Offal, Carrion, Fish, or Filth
or other Matter or Thing in any Street.
2.—The occupier of any premises fronting, adjoining, or
abutting on any street not repairable by the inhabitants at large
shall, as soon as conveniently may be after the cessation of any fall
of snow, remove or cause to be removed from the footways and
pavements adjoining such premises and forming part of such street
all snow fallen or accumulated on such footways and pavements in
such a manner and with such precautions as will prevent any
undue accumulation in any channel or carriageway or upon any
paved crossing.
The person in occupation of or having the charge, management,
or control of the premises, or it there is no such person, then
any person in occupation of or having the charge, management, or
control of any part of the premises, and in the case of any premises
the whole of which is let in tenements or to lodgers, the person
receiving or entitled or claiming to be entitled to receive the rent
payable by the tenants or lodgers, either on his own account or as
the agent of another person, shall for the purposes of this bye-law
be deemed to be the occupier.