Power to require owners to keep drains, etc., in proper order; or to demolish or clbse a privy or cesspool.

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(1) All drains, privies, water-closets, house-gullies, gutters and cesspools and drainage works of every desckiption within a municipal area shall, unlese constructed at the cost of the Council, be altered, repaired and kept in proper order at the cost and charge of the owners of the lahds or buildings to which they belong, or for the use of which they have been constructed or continued; and the Chief Officer, subject to the control of the Council, may by written notice require any such owner to alter, repair, and put the same in good order in such manner as he may think fit. (2) It ahall Be the duty of every such owner of land or building Lo get ouch drains, privies, water-closets, house-gullies, gutters and cesspools cleansed either by the municipal agency or such other agency as the Chief Officer may approve and at such intervals as the Chief Officer reay require. (3) Subject to the controi of the Council, the Chief Officer may by written notice require the owner to demolish or close any privy or cesspool, wheCRer constructed before or after the appointed day, Nhich in the opinion of the Chief Officer i s la nuisance, or ia so constructed as to be inaccessible for the pnr- pose of scavenging or incapable of being properly cleaned or kept in good order.

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