QGe ANTIMOSQUITO LAWS 



warning has been given in writing to such pubHc body or 

 corporation, and no action has within rcasona])le delay, 

 not to be less than 24 hours, been taken by them. In such 

 cases the expendituie incurred sliall be borne by such 

 public body or corporation. 

 {d) Any owner or occupier who shall object to pools and 

 collections of water on his premises being dealt with as 

 above provided shall within 24 hours submit his reasons to 

 the Sanitary Authority, \\ho, after inquiry, shall order such 

 action to be taken as he shall consider necessary to meet 

 the provisions of this Ordinance. Should the objections 

 be rejected the measures originally ordered shall })e carried 

 out at the expense of the said owner or occupier. 



4. It shall not be lawful for any owner or occupier to allow 

 moscjuitos to breed on his premises or to allow the presence on 

 such premises of any receptacles in Avhich water is kept or may 

 collect unless such receptacles are properly protected from access 

 of mosquitos, or unless the water they may contain is treated in 

 such a way as to prevent the breeding therein of mosquitos, nor 

 shall such owner or occupier allow on his premises any conditions 

 which may, in any way, be favourable to the breeding of mosquitos. 



5. Trees on all premises shall be at all times kept freely 

 lopped to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Authority by the owner 

 or occupier, and no trees shall be allowed to grow within ten feet 

 from any dwelling-house. The Sanitary Authority may, in 

 writing, direct the said owner or occupier to carry out the above 

 provision within a reasonable delay, not to be less than 48 hours, 

 and, in case of non-compliance, the trees shall be lopped or cut 

 down at the expense of the owner or occupier.^ 



6. It shall be lawful for the Director of the Health Department 

 to make such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the 

 provisions of this Ordinance. 



7. It shall be lawful for the Director of the Health Depart- 

 ment, in any case when the owner or occupier of any premises is 

 liable for the expense of any measures carried out on his premises, 

 to relieve such owner or occupier from the said expense, if, after 

 inquiry, the Director is satisfied that such owner or occupier is not 

 in a position to incur such expense. In such cases the expendi- 

 ture shall be borne by Government. 



8. Any person acting in breach of Articles 4 and 5, or of the 



' Some specific provision ou^ht to be made to enalde the Sanitary 

 Authority to fill up Avitli concrete, or otlienvise to treat, holes and hollows 

 in trees vvliioh breeds or are likely to breed^ mosiiuitos; ; and also to compel 

 owners to cut insanitary undergrowth (see particulai'ly addendum 3). 



R. Ross. 



