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Bye Laws.
Bye Laws of Local Board not to be in force till confirmed by Secretary of State.
Notice of Confirmation, &c.
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CXV. And be it enacted, That all Bye Laws made by the Local Board of Health under and for the Purposes of this Act shall be in Writing under their Seal, and the Signature of any Five or more of their Number, or (in the Case of a Corporate District) under the Common Seal; and the said Local Board may by any such Bye Laws impose upon Offenders against the same such reasonable Penalties as they shall think fit, not exceeding the Sum of Five Pounds for each Offence, and in the Case of a continuing Offence a further Penalty not exceeding he Sum of Forty Shillings for each Day after written Notice of the Offence from the said Local Board; and the said Local Board may alter or repeal any such Bye Law by any subsequent Bye Laws, sealed and signed or (in case of a Corporate District) sealed as last aforesaid: Provided always, that all such Bye Laws imposing any Penalty shall be so framed as to allow of the Recovery of any Sum less than the full Amount of the Penalty: Provided also, that no such Bye Laws shall be repugnant to the Laws of England or to the Provisions of this Act, and the same shall not be of any Force or Effect unless and until the same be submitted to and confirmed by One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, who is hereby empowered to allow or disallow the same, as he may think proper: Provided also, that no such Bye Laws shall be confirmed unless Notice of Intention to apply for Confirmation of the same shall have been given in One or more of the public Newspapers usually circulated within the District to which such Bye Laws relate One Month at least before the making of such Application; and for One Month at least before any such Application a Copy of the proposed Bye Laws shall be kept at the Office of the Local Board of Health, and be open during Office Hours thereat to the Inspection of the Rate-payers of the District to which such Bye Laws relate, without Fee or Reward; and the Clerk shall furnish every such Rate-payer who shall apply for the same with a Copy thereof or of any Part thereof, on Payment of Sixpence for every One hundred Words contained in such Copy.
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