cesspool, or ashpit which is a nuisance or injurious to health]: And whereas the said C. D. has been summoned to answer the said complaint, and has not shown sufficient cause against the same, and it appears to me that [describe the act or works in be done] is necessary for the purpose of enabling the said 4. B. to obey and carry into effect the provisions of the said Act, do hereby order that the said C. D. do permit the said .4. B. [describe the act or works to be done] in the manner required by the said Act. Given under my hand and seal this day of in the FORM (H.) Summons for Nonpayment of Costs, Expenses, or Penalties. To Sect. 20. [describe the person from whom the costs, expenses, and penalties are due]. County of borough of district of wit. or to } in the or You are required to appear before two of Her Majesty's justices of the peace [or one of the magistrates of the police courts of the metropolis, or the stipendiary magistrates] of the county [or other jurisdiction] of —, at the petty sessions [or court] holden at, on the day of next, at the hour of noon, to answer the complaint this day made to me by [or by, on behalf of] [naming the local authority], that the sum of- pounds, being costs and expenses incurred by you under and in relation to a certain complaint touching [describe the nuisance], and an order of [describe the person making the order] duly made in pursuance of the Nuisances Removal Act for England, 1855, [if penalties are due, add, and also the sum of, being the amount of penalties payable by you for disobedience of the said order,] remains unpaid and due from you. Given under the hand of me J. P., esquire, one of Her Majesty's justices of the peace acting in and for the [jurisdiction stated in the margin] [or one of the magistrates of the police courts of the metropolis, or stipendiary magis. trate of the day of, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and FORM (I.) Order for Payment of Costs, Expenses, and Penalties. To County, &c. Whereas complaint has been made before us [or to wit. me] for that [recite cause of complaint]: And whereas the said [naming the person against whom the complaint is made] has this day appeared before us the said justices [or before me the said magistrate of the police courts of the metropolis, or as the case may be,] to answer this matter of the said complaint: [or in case the party charged do not appear, say,] [name the person on whom the order is made]. · for And whereas it has been this day satisfactorily proved to us [or me] that a true copy of the summons requiring the said [naming person charged] to appear before us [or me] this day hath been duly served according to the said Act: Now, having heard the matter of the said complaint, we [or I] do adjudge the said [naming the person charged] to pay forthwith [or by instalments of payable respectively on or before the] to the said [naming the person or local authority to whom the costs adjudged are payable], the sum of for costs in this behalf, and to [naming the person or authority to whom the expenses are payable,] the sum of for expenses in this behalf, [if penalties are due, add, and the sum of penalties incurred in relation to the premises,] together with the sum of being the charges attending the application for this order and proceedings thereon; and if the said several sums, amounting in the whole to [or if any one of the said instalments] be not paid within fourteen days after the same is due as aforesaid, we [or I] hereby order that the same be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the said and in default of sufficient distress in that behalf, adjudge the said to be imprisoned in the common gaol [or house of correction, as the case may be,] at in the said county [or as the case may be] for the space of such time, not exceeding three calendar months, as the justices may think fit, unless the said several sums [or sum], and all costs and charges of the said distress [and of the commitment and carrying of the said to the said house of correction or common gaol, or as the case may be,] shall be sooner paid. Given under our [or my] hands, this day of the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and at in the [county, or as the case may be,] aforesaid. in FORM (K.) Warrant of Distress. Sect. 20. To the constable of, and to all other peace officers in the said county [or as the case may be]. and Whereas on last past complaint was made before the undersigned, two of Her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county of [or as the case may be] [or a magistrate of the police courts of the metropolis or stipendiary magistrate, as the case may be] for that [&c. as in the order]; and thereupon having considered the matter of the said complaint, we [or I] adjudged the said [set out from Form K. the adjudication of payment, and the order for distress and for imprisonment in default of distress]: And whereas the time in and by the said order appointed for the payment of the said several sums of hath elapsed, but the said bath not paid the same or any part thereof within fourteen days after the date fixed by the order for such payment, but therein hath made default: These are therefore to command you in Her Majesty's name forthwith to make distress of the goods and chattels of the said A. B., and if within the space of days after the making of such distress the last-mentioned sums, together with the reasonable charges of taking and keeping the said distress, shall not be paid, that then you do sell the said goods and chattels so by you distrained, and do pay the money arising from such sale over to the clerk of the justices of the peace for the division of — in the said [county, or as the case may be], that he may pay and apply the same as by law directed, and may render the overplus, if any, on demand, to the saidand if no such distress can be found, then that you certify the same unto me, to the end that such proceedings may be had therein as to the law doth appertain. Given under our [or my] hands and seals, this day of in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hun- at (1.. s.) A. B. FORM (L.) Return of Proceedings under Nuisances Removal Act, 1855, by From 25th March, 1855, to 25th March, 1856. Dated this 26th day of March 1856. [To be signed by the 23 & 24 VICT. CAP. 77. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ACTS FOR THE REMOVAL OF NUISANCES AND THE PREVENTION OF DISEASES. 6TH AUGUST, 1860. 18 & 19 Vict. ce. 121 and 116. Sections 3, 6, 7, and 9 of 18 & 19 Vict. c. 121, repealed. Local authority to execute the Nuisances Removal Act. WHEREAS the provisions of "The Nuisances Removal Act for England, 1855," and "The Diseases Prevention Act, 1855," concerning the local authority for the execution of the said Acts are defective, and it is expedient that the said Acts should be amended as hereinafter mentioned: Be it enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Nuisances Removal. I. Section three, section six, section seven, and section nine of the said "Nuisances Removal Act for England, 1855," shall be repealed: Provided always, that such repeal as aforesaid shall not extend to any charges or expenses already incurred, but the same may be defrayed and recovered, and all proceedings commenced or taken under the said Act, and not yet completed, may be proceeded with, and all contracts under the said Act shall continue and be as effectual, as if this Act had not been passed. II. The following bodies shall respectively be the local authority to execute the said Nuisances Removal Act in the districts hereunder stated in England: In any place within which the Public Health Act is or shall be in force, the local board of health: |