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RETURN of all MUNICIPALITIES. LOCAL
N a m e of Dody and
Authority
und>;r
which c-t.ll/.i-h-l.
Pijwcrs
ami
Diuics.
Municipal Limirs
NICOSIA
DISTRICT.
Municipal Commission.
Xicosia.
The High
Com–
missioner in Council
under
-'The
Mimiciual
Councils'
Law,
1S8.5."'*
Municipal Commission
Morphou. The High Com–
missioner in Council
under " The Municipal
Councils' La-w. 1885."
Tho Municipal Councils (uf Com–
missions, ix- die
ay be) are charged .
with die •_*•.
-nil
superintendence a:r.l 0*11-
trol (excepting
Police supervision)
of
che
Town.
Vii!.:•_'.' or area deiiued as the Muni–
cipal Ii::;::.-. in manner regulated by
varii-u.- enactments.—
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Their duties include :—
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The Construction and maintenance;
of streets, '.'pen spaces, Public gardens j
and plantations, sewers
aud
drains, Public
fountains,
privies aud urinals.
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The lighting- of the Municipal area, j
The cleaning of all streets aud open j
spaces, and tiie removal of night soil and I
refuse of houses.
j
Tiie provisioti of a good and sufficient,
supply of water for the use of persons J
dwelling wichin the Municipal limits. !
T h e provision of slaughter houses and
the regulation of the
slaughter
of animals !
for food.
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The establishment and regulation of j
markets, and the regulation of the sale
of perishable goods and inflammable and j
explosive substauces.
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T h e inspection of food offered for sale j
and the destruction of such as is unfit for
consumption.
T h e supervision of weights and
measures and the provision of Public
weighers and measurers.
T h e prevention of noxious and offen–
sive trades and the abatement of nuisances.
T h e regulation of the construction of
buildings and the demolition of buildings
unfit for
habitation
or in a dangerous con–
dition.
Tlie provision of storage accommoda–
tion for ir.Sammable and explosive sub–
stauces.
A n d generally the doiug of such acts
as will promote the health, comfort and
convenience of the people residing within
the Municipal limits.
For these purposes the Municipalities
have power, with the approval of the
Higli Commissioner, to impose rates and
otiier fees and charges as set out under
"Sources of Revenue" and to m a k e Bye-
Laws for regulating the various
matters
coming within the scope of their functions.
do.
A circle drawn at a
dis–
tance
of
oOO yards
beyond
the sulie at angles of the
bastions of
the
fortifica–
tions (ci,!,-
Order
of
High
Commissioner iu Council
Xo. 2.5 of 24th Jun-.-. 1SS2.
published in Gnz-t.'r-
Xo. 88
;
of 2(kh Juue,
1
•-'-'"-' >.
The T o w n of Morphou
(vide Order of High Com–
missioner inCouucilXo. 128
of 26th October, 1838, in
Gazette Xo. 271 of 2nd
November, 188S).
Municipal
Commission
Lefka. The High Com–
missioner in Council
nnder"
5
' Tlic Muuicipal
Councils' Law. 188.5."
do.
| The T o w n of Lefka (includ-
| ing Apliji) and the lands j
i attached chereto except such .
| as are wichin 200 yards of j
• the seashore.
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Sources of
lie venue.
Rates on property
within t:.e Municipal
limits,
hut,
except iu
rare
instances,
such a
rate
has
not been im–
posed,
fees on the
slaughtering of ani–
mals, tolls
and stal–
lages
in markets,
rates
ou trades and profes–
sions, weighing and
measuring fees, fees
for storage of inflam–
mable aud explosive
substances, fees for
building permits and
legalization of con-
tracts, rents of Muni–
cipal properties and
fines and penalties
from prosecutions
under the Municipal
Laws.
do.
do.