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Water conveyed from roofs by trunks,
at landlord’s expence where tenant yearly, or at will, or under 7 years, signs and shewboards fixed close on front, not to project into streets,
not altered after 14 days notice, 105.
to the workhouse.
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XII. Whereas the streets, lanes, and other passages in the said city of Cork and the suburbs thereof are greatly annoyed and incommoded by water spouting from the roofs of houses and other buildings, and by sign boards, sign posts, and sign irons projecting into the said streets, lanes, and passages: therefore be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the water from the roofs of all houses within the said city of Cork, and the suburbs thereof, shall be conveyed unto or near the ground by pipes or trunks, to be fixed on the walls of the said houses at the expence of the respective landlords where the tenant is a yearly tenant or tenant at will, or where the lease in being is for a shorter continuance than seven years, and at the expence of the tenant of such premises where the lease is for a longer continuance; and that all signs and shew boards shall be placed or fixed on the fronts of and close to the houses, shops, warehouses, or buildings, whereunto they shall respectively belong, in the said city and the suburbs thereof; and that no signs, shew boards, posts, or signs, shall project from the houses or buildings into any of the streets, lanes, or passages in the said city or the suburbs thereof; and in case any such person or persons shall neglect or refuse to alter any of the said annoyances for the space of fourteen days after he, she, or they shall have received notice in writing from the mayor to alter or remove the same, such person or persons shall for every such refusal or neglect forfeit the sum of ten shillings, to be recovered before the mayor or any of the aldermen of the ward of the said city according to the summary method herein before mentioned, such penalties to go to the use of the work-house of said city.
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