An Act for the more speedy removal of certain nuisances, and to enable the Privy Council to make regulations for the prevention of contagious and epidemic diseases until the thirty-first day of August ... [1847].

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[1846?]
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Credit: An Act for the more speedy removal of certain nuisances, and to enable the Privy Council to make regulations for the prevention of contagious and epidemic diseases until the thirty-first day of August ... [1847]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    us, B.C. and E.F., Two of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace acting, §c. that the said X. F., the Owner [or Occupier] of the said Premises in the said Certificate mentioned, could not be found, and that a true Copy of a Summons requiring the said X. Y. to appear this Day before us to answer the said Complaint was left on the said Premises.] Now we, the said Justices, having heard the said Complaint, and examined the Fact and all proper Witnesses upon Oath, and the Existence of the Nuisance in the said Certificate described having been proved on Oath to our Satisfaction, do hereby, in pursuance of the Statute in that Case made and provided, order the said X. F., the Owner [or Occupier, as the Case may be,\ of the said Dwelling House [or of the said Peice of Land, or of the said Premises occupied by F.Z.], within Hours from the Service of this our Order, or a true Copy there- of, on the said X. F., or if service cannot be forthwith effected upon him then within Hours from the Period when this our Order, or a true Copy thereof, shall have been affixed upon some Part of the said Premises, to white- wash, cleanse, and purify the said Dwelling House, [or to re- move or abate the said Accumulation of offensive or noxious Matter, Refuse, Dung, and Offal from the said unoccupied Piece of Land, or to cleanse the said foul and offensive Drain, Privy, or Cesspool,] and if Default shall be made by the said X.Y. in obeying this our Order, then we, the said Justices, authorize and require, order, and direct you, the said [Town Council, §c. or Guardians of the Poor,] to enter upon the said Premises, and to cleanse, whitewash, and purify the said Dwelling House, [or to remove or abate the said Accumula- tion of offensive or noxious Matter, Refuse, Dung, and Offal from the said Piece of Land, or to cleanse the said foul and offensive Drain, Privy, or Cesspool.] And for your so doing this shall be your sufficient Warrant and Authority. Given under our Hands and Seals this Day of One thousand eight hundred and B.C. (l.s.) E.F. (l.s.) Printed’by ThoVas (Constable, 1 ],‘Thistle Street, Edinburgh, ViJftrreeii’s Krinter, appointed bv Her Majesty. A