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Ruinous or dangerous buildings Ruinous or dangerous buildings

And with respect to ruinous or dangerous buildings, be it enacted as follows:

  1. 75Ruinous or dangerous buildings to be taken down or secured by owners, &c. If owner, &c. neglect to repair, commissioners may cause the same to be done, charging owner, &c. with the expences.
  2. 76The expences to be levied by distress on the owner.
  3. 77If owner cannot be found, commissioners may take the house or ground, making compensation provided by 7 & 8 Vict. c. 18.
  4. 78Commissioners may sell the materials, restoring to the owner the overplus arising from the sale.
  5. 79—83. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .