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such projection or obstruction continues after the expiration of fourteen days from the time when he may be convicted of any such offence contrary to the provisions of this section.

6.—If before the coming into operation of this sub-division in the Borough any portico shall have been erected or placed without violation of any bye-law for the time being lawfully in force against or in front of any building and upon or across any public footway laid out as such hereunder or otherwise and such portico shall not be in conformity with some regulation for the time being in force hereunder or if any such projection or obstruction as in the last preceding section mentioned which has been placed or made against or in front of any building before such coming into operation as aforesaid shall be an annoyance as in the said section mentioned it shall be lawful for the council to cause such portico to be removed or altered so as to conform to such regulation or (as the case may be) such projection or obstruction to be removed or altered as they see fit. Provided that the council shall give notice of every such intended removal or alteration to the owner or occupier against or in front of whose building such portico projection or obstruction may be seven days before such removal or alteration shall be commenced and shall make reasonable compensation to be ascertained and ordered if the parties differ by two justices to every person who shall incur any loss or damage by such removal or alteration except in cases where the portico projection or obstruction shall have been erected placed or made without lawful right or against the law or may be removable under some other Act or law in which case no compensation shall be made.

7.—Every owner or occupier of any building against or in front of which there shall be the Repair, &c. of any portico shall keep the same clean and in good repair and it shall be lawful for the council to porticos. give notice to any such owner or occupier to clean or repair such portico if and as the same may require and every owner or occupier who shall neglect or refuse within seven days after the service of such notice to effect such cleaning and repair shall forfeit a sum not exceeding forty shillings for every day during which he shall fail to effect the same.

2.—Naming Streets and Numbering Houses.

8.—It shall be lawful for the council of the borough from time to time to cause to be Names of painted or affixed on a conspicuous part of some house or building at or near each end corner streets. or entrance of every street and in the direction of the line of such street the name of such street in legible characters not exceeding three in length and proportionately broad and near to each other and the council may where more than one street in the borough is called by the same name alter the name of any or all of such streets save one (to be described in the order altering the same) to any other name which to the council may seem fit and before any name is given to any new street notice of the intended name shall be given to the council and if there be any street in the borough called or about to be called by the same name the council may by notice stating that there is already a street in the borough called or about to be called by the same name and describing the locality thereof given to the person by whom notice of such intended name was given to them at any time within fourteen days of the receipt of such last-mentioned notice object to such intended name and it shall not be lawful to set up any name to any street in the borough until the expiration of fourteen days after notice thereof has been given as aforesaid to the council or to set up any name objected to as aforesaid.

9.—The owners or occupiers of houses or buildings in the several streets of the borough Numbering &c shall mark such houses or buildings with such numbers and names for the purpose of dis- of houses tinguishing the same as the council shall direct or approve and shall renew the numbers or names of such houses or buildings as often as they are obliterated or defaced and if any occupier of any such house or building neglect for one week after notice from the council to mark such house or building with such number or name as the council may direct or approve or to renew the number or name thereof as aforesaid he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding forty shillings and the council may cause such name to be so marked or renewed and recover the expense thereof from the owner of such house or building before any justice.

10.—If any person wilfully and maliciously destroys pulls down obliterates or defaces the Malicious in- name of any street in any borough or the name or number of any house or building in any such jury to name street or paints affixes or sets up any name to any street or any name or number to any house or or number. building contrary to this sub-division he shall for every such offence forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds and it shall be lawful for the council to cause such name or number so unlawfully painted affixed or set up to be obliterated or destroyed.

11.—The council of the borough shall cause to be kept a register of all the alterations made Register of by them in the names of streets and such register shall be kept in such form as to show the state alterations. of every such alteration and the name of such street previous to such alteration and the new name thereof.

3.—Spouts and Drains from Houses, &c.

12.—The owner or occupier of every house or building in adjoining or near to any street Spouts, &c. within seven days next after service of a notice by the council for that purpose shall put up a spout or trough of the whole length of such house or building and shall connect the same either with a similar spout on the adjoining house or building or with a pipe or trunk to be fixed to the front or side of such first-mentioned house or building from the roof to the ground to carry the water from the roof thereof in such manner that the water from such house or the spout or trunk fixed thereto or from any portico or projection therefrom shall not fall upon the persons