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Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 33, 25 February 1875, Page 2

after the service of iucb notice to effect such cleaning and repair- shall forfeit a sum not exceeding forty shillings far every day during wbjch he sh,all fail to effect the same. (2.) NAMING STREETS AND NUMBERING. HOUSES, Names of streets. 8. It shall be lawful for the council of the borough from time to time to, cause to be painted or affixed an a conspicuous part of some house or building at or near each end corner or entrance of every street and in tbe direction of the Kne of such street the name of suph street in legible characters not exceeding three inches in length and proportionately broad and near to each other and the council may where more than one street in -the-borough is -called by -the^ same name alter the name of any or all. of such streets save one (to be described- in the order-altering the.same) to any other name which to the council may seem fit and before any name is given to any new street notice of the intended name shall be given to the council and if there be any street in the borough called or about to be caUed by tbe same name the council may by notice stating that there ia already a street in the borough called or about to be called by the same . name and describing the locality thereof given to, the person by wheun notice of suph intended name was given to them at any time within fourteen days of the i-eceipt of.such last-mentioned notice object to. such, intended name and it shall hot be lawful to set up any name to. any street in the borough until the expiration of fourteen days after notice thereof has been given as aforesaid to the council or to set up any name objected to as aforesaid. Numbering &c. of houses. :.:,., 9. The owners or occupiers of houses or buildings in the several streets of the borough shall mark such houses or. buildings with such numbers and names for the purpose of distinguishing the same .as the council shall direct or approve and shall renew the numbers or names of such houses or buildings as often as they are obliterated or defaced and if any occupier of an,y , such house or building neglect for one week after notice from the council to mark such house or building with such number or name as the council may 'direct or approve out*, ta- renew the number .or name thereof as aforesaid h,e shall forfeit a sum not exceeding forty shillings; and the; council may cau,se such name to be so marked or renewed and recover the expense thereof from the owner of such house or building before any justice. Malicious injury to name or number. 10. If any person wilfully and maliciously destroy s pulls, down, obliterates or defaces, the name ol" any street in any borough or the name or number of any house or building in any such street -or. paints .affixes or sets up any name to any street or any name or number to any house or building contrary to this subdivision he shall for every such offence forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds and- it shall Ye "lawful for the council to cause such name or number so unlawfully painted affixed or set up to be obliterated or destroyed. Register of alterations. 11. The council of the borough shall cause to be kept a register of all alterations made by them in the names of streets and such register shall be kept in such form as to show the state of every such alteration and the name of such street previous to such alteration and the new name thereof. (3.) SPOUTS AND DRAINS FROM HOUSES, &o. <Bsouts Pc. — grains. 12. The owner or occupier of every house or building in adjoining or near to any street within seven days next after service of a notice by the council for that purpose shall put up a shoot or trough of the whole length of such house or building and shall , connect the same either with a similar shoot on $he adjoining house or building or with a pipe or pipe to be fixed to the front or side of such first-mentioned ' house or building from the roof to the ground to carry the water from roof there in such manner that the water from such house or the shoot or trunk fixed thereto or from any protico or projection therefrom shall not fall upon the persons passing along the street or flow over the footway but so that no such pipe or trunk shall be obstruction to the safe and convenient passage along the footway and shall construct or lay from and in continuation of such pipe or trunk to the water channel or gutter herein called ohannel at the outer edge of the footway and through under and transversely to the footway such covered drain or trunk for carrying such water to such channel as shall be authorized or directed by some regulation in that behalf and shall thereafter keep in good condition every such shoot trough pipe drain and trunk and every such drain or trunk shall be constructed laid and repaired subject to the inspection of such officer fts the council shall have appoined in that bebalf and in default of compliance with any such notice within the period aforesaid or with the provisions of this section such owner or occupier shall forfeit a sum not exoeeding forty shillings for every day that he shall so make default. W rains, for tlt» discharge-, ef surface water from land. 13. Every owner or occupier of land in adjoining to or near any street if such land shall be so situated that surface or storm water from or upon the same overflows or tends naturally if not otherwise discharged to overflow any footway of such street shall within seven-, days next after the service of notice .by the council for that purpose construct and lay from such point upon such land being hear, to th,e foot way, as shall be specified in such notice by plan appended or otherwise and higher, in level than the bottom of the channel at the outer edge of the footway to the said channel and through under and transversely to the footway and keep in good condition such covered drain or trunk as and subject to the like inspection as in the last preceding section rr. entioned respectively and in default of compliance with any such notice within the period aforesaid or with the provisions of this, .section such owner or occupier shall forfeit a sum not exceeding forty shillings for every day during which he shall make default. . ' . Regulations. 14. It shall be lawful for the counoil to make regulations for all or any of the purposes following (that is to say) — > , ' ,-'A- . . For regulating the materials and the siae, the level and the fall of any drain or trunk to, be laid or constructed ui-jder any foqtway either absolutely or with relation to" the or fall, of the footway or, r channel r or - .-,< •> otherwise in like niahnp^and ki s6 ir iritney fjlease ...that suchvsizey^e .variable imits prescribed in tjhe^reguiaiion according to the discretion -of such^ofceiM" as the council shall thereby direct,