a sanitary condition and free also from any articles which may retain
water so as to become a breeding-place for mosquitoes.

Any person who neglects a duty cast on him by this clause is
liable to a fine not exceeding £2.

16. Any person who deposits any dead animal, decaying food, or
    refuse of any kind on any road or path, or in the neighbourhood of
    any house or village, or in any latrine, or on any beach, or in any
    place where it is calculated to contaminate a water-supply is liable
    to a fine not exceeding £2.

17. Any person who allows any decaying bread-fruit, fallen from
    a tree of which he uses or is entitled to use the fruit, to remain rotting
    on the ground in the vicinity of any dwelling is liable to a fine not
    exceeding £2.

SAMOAN HOUSES.

18. (1.) Any person who shall erect or be concerned in erecting
    a Samoan house or other building in any village, save in pursuance of
    and in accordance with the conditions laid down in a permit obtained
    from the District Council of the district in which such village is
    situated is liable to a fine not exceeding £2.

(2.) No such permit shall be issued except in pursuance of a plan
approved by the District Council providing for a general scheme of
construction or reconstruction of the whole village. Any person con-
cerned in the issue of any permit otherwise than in accordance with
this clause is liable to a fine not exceeding £5.

19. (1.) No Samoan house shall be built on a land that is swampy
    until the site has been completely filled in, drained, or levelled to the
    satisfaction of the District Council.

(2.) No refuse shall be used in filling in the site of any Samoan
house.

(3.) The foundation of every Samoan house shall be at least 1 ft.
above level of the ground immediately surrounding such house.

(4.) Each Samoan dwelling-house shall be provided with kitchen
accommodation separate from the house and built in accordance with
the requirements of this clause for Samoan houses.

(5.) No Samoan dwelling-house shall be constructed of less dimen-
sions than 3 utupoto in length and 12 ft. in breadth, and no such
dwelling shall be boarded or partly boarded in.

(6.) No Samoan house shall be erected at a less distance than
30 ft. from any other Samoan house.

(7.) The floor of every Samoan house shall be made either of
cement or of a layer of coral or shingle, and the roof shall be constructed
of thatch.

(8.) Any person who builds or is concerned in building any
Samoan house as to which any of the provisions of this clause are not
complied with is liable to a fine not exceeding £2.

20. If any Medical Officer of the Administration or any Resident
    Commissioner or the District Council of any district in which any
    Samoan house is situated is satisfied that such house is unfit for use
    or is built otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of the
    preceding clause, or, being a cook-house, is so situated as to create a
    nuisance from smoke or a danger from fire to any other house, such
    officer, Commissioner, or Council may order such house to be taken
    down and removed within fourteen days of the date of the order. If
    the owner of such house fails to comply with such order, he shall be
    liable to a fine not exceeding £2, and such officer, Commissioner, or
    Council may cause such house to be taken down and removed at his
    expense.

CEMETERIES AND BURIALS.

21. (1.) Any person using or being concerned in using for burial
    purposes any land which has not been approved by the Chief Medical
    Officer as a cemetery-site is liable to a fine not exceeding £2.