The Removal and Disposal of Town Refuse |
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Page 37 - In case any scavenger be required by the owner or occupier of any house or land to remove the refuse of any trade, manufacture, or business, or of any building materials...
Page 9 - ... and the proceeds thereof shall be applied in payment of the expenses incurred by them in the execution of this section ; and the surplus (if any) shall be paid on demand to the owner of the matter removed.
Page 6 - ... with, the urban authority may, if they think fit, execute the works mentioned or referred to therein ; and may recover in a summary manner the expenses incurred by them in so doing from the owners in default, according to the frontage of their respective premises, and in such proportion as is settled by the surveyor of the urban authority, or (in case of dispute) by arbitration in manner provided by this Act ; or the urban authority may by order declare the expenses so incurred to be private...
Page 6 - The expenses thereby incurred shall be apportioned between the occupiers of the buildings situated in the court or to the back of which the passage leads, in such shares as may be determined by the surveyor of the Urban Authority, or, in case of dispute, by a court of summary jurisdiction, and in default of payment, any share so apportioned may be recovered summarily from the occupier on whom it is apportioned.
Page 8 - ... (2) If any dispute or difference of opinion arises between the owner or occupier and the sanitary authority as to what is to be considered as trade refuse...
Page 14 - It is further provided that any premises used by a sanitary authority for the treatment or disposal of any street refuse or house refuse as distinct from the removal thereof which are a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health shall be a nuisance liable to be dealt with summarily under...
Page 5 - An urban authority may also make byelaws for the prevention of nuisances arising from snow filth dust ashes and rubbish, and for the prevention of the keeping of animals on any premises so as to be injurious to health.
Page 183 - ... square root of the temperature, it follows that there is a temperature at which the weight of gas delivered is a maximum. This is about 550° above, the surrounding air.
Page 4 - Board otherwise direct) be sold at the best price that can be gotten for the same, and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied towards discharge, by means of a sinking fund or otherwise, of any principal moneys which have been borrowed by such authority on the security of the fund or rate applicable by them for the general purposes of this Act, or if no such principal moneys are outstanding shall be carried to the account of such fund or rate.
Page 4 - Every local authority may, and when required by order of the Local Government Board shall, themselves undertake or contract for— " The removal of house refuse from premises ; " The cleansing of earthclosets, privies, ashpits, and cesspools ; either for the whole or any part of their district...