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Notice to be given to Local Board before laying out new Streets, who shall fix the Levels and Widths thereof.
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LXXII. And be it enacted, That One Month at the least before any Street is newly laid out as aforesaid written Notice shall be given to the Local Board of Health, showing the intended Level and Width thereof; and the Level and Width of every such Street shall be fixed by the said Local Board, and it shall not be lawful to lay out, make, or build upon any such Street otherwise than in accordance with the Level and Width so fixed, unless, upon Disapproval by the said Local Board of the Level or Width specified in such Notice, the General Board of Health shall otherwise direct; and whosoever shall lay out, make, or build upon any such Street otherwise than in accordance with the Level and Width fixed by the said Local Board, or approved by the said General Board, shall be liable for every such Offence to a Penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds for every Day during which he shall permit or suffer such Street to continue to be so improperly laid out, made, or built upon; and the said Local Board may, if they shall think fit, cause any such Street laid out or made at a Level or Width otherwise than in accordance with the Level and Width so fixed or approved as aforesaid, or any Building built in any such Street otherwise than in accordance with such Level and Width, to be altered in such Manner as the Case may require, and the Expenses incurred by them in so doing shall be repaid to them by the Offender, and be recoverable from him in a summary Manner: Provided always, that if no such Level or Width be fixed, and no Approval or Disapproval of the Level or Width proposed be signified by the said Local Board within One Month from the last-mentioned Notice, the intended Street may be laid out and made upon the Level and of the Width specified in such Notice, if the same be otherwise in accordance with the other Provisions of this Act.
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