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Notice of building and rebuilding, with respect to Levels of Houses, Situation of Privies, &c.
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LIII. And be it enacted, That, Fourteen Days at the least before beginning to dig or lay out the Foundations of or for any new House, or to rebuild any House pulled down to the Extent aforesaid, the Person intending so to build or rebuild shall give to the Local Board of Health written Notice thereof, together with the Level or intended Level of the Cellars or lowest Floor, and the Situation and Construction of the Privies and Cesspools to be built, constructed, or used in connexion with such House; and it shall not be lawful to begin to build or rebuild any such House, or to build or construct any such Privy or Cesspool, until the Particulars so required to be stated have been approved by the said Local Board; and in default of such Notice, or if any such House, Privy, or Cesspool be built, rebuilt, or constructed as aforesaid without such Approval, or in any respect contrary to the Provisions of this Act, the Offender shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Fifty Pounds; and the said Local Board may, if they shall think fit, cause such House, Privy, or Cesspool to be altered, pulled down, or otherwise dealt with as the Case may require, and the Expenses incurred by them in so doing shall be repaid by the Offender, and be recoverable from him in the summary Manner herein-after provided: Provided always, that if the said Local Board fail to signify their Approval or Disapproval of the said Particulars for the Space of Fourteen Days after receiving such Notice it shall be lawful to proceed according to such Notice if the same be otherwise in accordance with the Provisions of this Act.
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