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Circular 110 



On public 

 property. 



Notice to 

 owner of 

 private 

 property. 



Owner to 

 bear expense 

 of removal 

 of nuisance. 



to their attention which, in their opinion, are injurious to the 

 health of the inhabitants therein, and shall cause the same to 

 be removed and abated ; whenever such nuisance, noxious 

 odors, gases or vapors, water in which mosquito larvce breed, 

 or cause of ill health or disease shall be found on public prop- 

 erty or on a highway, notice shall be officially given by the 

 said board to the person in charge thereof officially, and such 

 persons shall be notified to remove and abate the same; and if 

 there be failure or neglect to comply with such notice, the 

 mode O'f procedure shall be the same as is hereinafter pro- 

 vided in case of private individuals. 



14. Where such nuisances, noxious gases or vapors, water 

 in which mosquito larvce breed, or cause of ill health or dis- 

 ease shall be found on private property, the said board shall 

 cause notice thereof to be given to the owner or owners to 

 remove and abate the same at his own expense, within such 

 time as the said board may deem proper ; a duplicate of the 

 notice so given shall be left with one or more of the tenants 

 or occupants of the premises ; if the owner resides out of the 

 State or cannot be reached with notice speedily, notice left 

 at the house or posted on the premises shall be deemed suf- 

 ficient, and if the owner or owners thus notified shall not com- 

 ply with such notification or order of the local board of 

 health within the time specified, the board shall proceed to 

 abate such nuisance and remove the cause of such foul and 

 noxious odors, gases or vapors, water in which mosquito larvce 

 breed, or other things detrimental to* the public health, and 

 such board shall have a right to recover by action of debt 

 the expenses incurred by such board in the abatement or re- 

 moval, from any person or persons who shall have caused or 

 allowed such nuisance, source or foulness, water in which mos- 

 quito larvce breed, or cause of sickness, hazardous to the pub- 

 lic health, and from any owner, tenant or occupant of the 

 premises who, after notice as aforesaid, shall have failed to 

 remove such nuisance, source of foulness, xwter in which mos- 

 quito larvce breed, or cause of sickness, hazardous to the pub- 

 lic health, within the time specified in such notice; and in 

 case such board of health shall fail to recover by such action 

 an amount sufficient to< defray such expenses, or if it shall 

 be deemed expedient to bring such suit, they may present a 

 bill, certified by such board, or a majority thereof, to the local 

 municipal authorities, and such bill shall be audited and paid 

 by .the city, borough, town, township or other local municipal 

 government in and for which such board is organized, in the 

 same manner as the bills for the ordinary current expenses for 

 such municipality are paid. 



2. This act shall take effect immediately. 



Approved March 28, 1904. 



