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RETURN of all MUNICIPALITIES, LOCAL
Name of £odj aad
Authority
under which established.
Powers and Duties.
NICOSIA
DISTRICT.
Municipal Commission,'
Nicosia. The High Com-'
missioner in Council
:
under ** The Municipal
(
Councils' Law, 1SS5."
Mnnicipal Commission *
Morphou. The High Com-'
missioner in
under " The Municipal
Councils' Law, 16S-5." !
Municipal Limits.
Sources
of ReTenae
The Municipal Councils (or Com–
missions, as the case m a y be) are charged
with the general superintendence and con–
trol (excepting PoUce supervision) of the
Town, Tillage or area denned as the Muni–
cipal limits, iu manner regulated by
various enactments.—
Their duties include:—
The construction aud maintenance
of streets, open space?, Public gardens
and plantations, sewers and drains, Public
fountains, privies aud urinals.
The.lighting of the Municipal area.
The cleaning of all streets and open
spaces, and the removal of nigh-; soil aud
refuse of houses.
The provision of a good aud sufficient
supply of water for the use of persons
dwelling within the Municipal limits.
The provision of slaughter houses and
the regulation of the slaughter of animals
for food.
The establishment aud regulation of
markets, and the regulation of the sale
of perishable goods and inflammable aud
explosive substances.
The inspection of food offered for sale
and the destruction of such as is nnfit for
consumption.
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Tlie supervision of weights and '•
measures and the provision of Public
weighers and nieasurers.-
The prevention of noxious and offen–
sive trades and the abatement of nuisances.
The regulation of the construction of
buildings aud the demolition of buildings
unfit for habitation or in a dangerous con–
dition.
The provision of storage accommoda–
tion for inflammable and explosive sub–
stances.
A n d generally the doing of such acts
as will promote the health, comfort aud
convenience of the people residing within
the Municipal limits.
For these purposes the Municipalities
have power, with the approval of the
High Commissioner, to impose rates and
other fees and charges as set out under
"Sources of Revenue'" and to make Bye-
Laws for regulating the various matters
coming within the scope of their functions.
do.
A circle drawn at a dis- j
tance of 500 yards beyond !
the salient angles of the j
bastions of the fortifica-
tions (vide Order of High j
Commissioner in Council:
Xo. 25 of 2-ith June, 1S82,,
published in Gazette N o . 88 :
of 26th June, 13S2).
Eates on propertv
within the Mnnicipal
limits, but, excepc in
rare instances, such a
rate has not been ioi-
posed, fees on the
slaughtering of ani–
mals, tolls and stal–
lages in markets, rates
on trades and profes–
sions, weighing and
measuring fees, fees
for storage of inflam–
mable and explosive
substances, fees for
building permits and
legalization of con–
tracts, rents of Muni–
cipal properties and
fines ana penalties
from prosecutions
under the Municipal
Law3.
The T o w n of Morphou •
(ride Order of Hish Com-1
missioner inCouncHXo. 128
of 26th October. 1833, in ;
Gazette So. 271 of 2nd;
Xovember, 18SS).
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Municipal Commission
Lefka. The High Com–
missioner in Conncil
under" The Municipal
Councils' Law. 1SS5."
dc.
The T o w n of Lefka (includ–
ing Apliji) and the lands
attached thereto except such
as are within 200 yards of
the seashore.
do.
do.