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Penalty for making unauthorized Sewers, and building over Sewers and under Streets.
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XLVII. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful to cause any Sewer or Drain to communicate with or to be emptied into any Sewer of the Local Board of Health, nor to cause any Building to be newly erected over any such last-mentioned Sewer, nor to cause any Vault, Arch, or Cellar to be newly built or constructed under the Carriageway of any Street, without the written Consent of the said Local Board first had and obtained; and whosoever offends against this Enactment shall forfeit to the said Local Board the Sum of Five Pounds, and a further Penalty of Forty Shillings for every Day during which the Offence is continued after Notice in Writing from them in this Behalf; and if any Sewer, Drain, Building, Vault, Arch, or Cellar be made, erected, or constructed contrary to this Enactment the said Local Board may cause the same to be altered, pulled down, or otherwise dealt with as they may think fit, and the Expenses incurred by them in so doing shall be repaid to them by the Offender, and be recoverable from him in the summary Manner herein-after provided.
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