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[59 & 60 Vict.] South Shields Corporation Act, 1896. [Ch. l.]
exceeding forty shillings. The Corporation shall pay to the person furnishing any such list as aforesaid for such list the sum of sixpence and after the rate of sixpence for every twenty-five pupils named therein.
112. It shall not be lawful to blow or inflate the carcase or any part of the carcase of any animal slaughtered within or brought into the borough and any person offending against this enactment or exposing or depositing for sale within the borough a carcase so blown or inflated or any part thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty shillings.
113. Any person who sends or deposits or permits to be sent or deposited for the purpose of sale or of preparation for sale any food intended for the use of man which is to his knowledge diseased or unfit for the food of man shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.
114. Where it is shown that any animal or article liable to be seized under section 116 of the Public Health Act 1875 and found in the possession of any person was purchased by him from another person for the food of man and when so purchased was in such a condition as to be liable to be so seized and to be condemned under section 117 of the Public Health Act 1875 the person who so sold the same shall be liable to the same fine as that imposed for an offence under the said section 117 of the Public Health Act 1875 unless he proves that at the time he sold the said article he did not know and had no reason to believe that it was in such condition.
115, Whenever the medical officer of health or surveyor has reasonable grounds for believing that the drains connected with any building are defective so as to cause risk to health he may after twenty-four hours' notice and with the consent (except in the case of houses let in separate dwellings) of the owner or occupier of such building or in the event of objection by any such owner or occupier after' obtaining the order of a court of summary jurisdiction apply the smoke test to such drains for the purpose of discovering any defects therein Any owner or occupier who refuses notwithstanding such order to allow such test to be made or to give all reasonable facilities for making such test shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings and to a daily penalty not exceeding twenty shillings If the drains be found defective the owner of the premises shall be bound (subject to the terms of any lease or other contract) on receiving notice from the Corporation to that effect specifying generally the nature of the defect to carry out all necessary operations for remedying the same within a reasonable time to be
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