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RETURN of all MUNICIPALITIES. LOCAL
N a m e of Body and
Authority
under which established.
NICOSIA
DISTRICT.
Municipal Council, Nico–
sia. Elected under the
Municipalities A m e n d –
ment Law, 1907.
Powers and Duties.
Municipal Council, Mor–
phou. Elected under che
Municipalities Amend–
ment Law, 1907.
The Municipal Councils (or Com–
missions, as the case may be) are charged
with the general superintendence and con–
trol (excepting Pohce supervision) of the
Town, Village or area denned as the Muni–
cipal limits, in manner regulated by
various enactments.—
Their duties include:—
The construction and maintenance of
streets, open spaces, Public gardens and
plantations, sewers and drains, Public
fountains, privies and uriuals. The light–
ing of the Municipal area. The cleaning
of all streets and open spaces, and the re–
moval of night soil and refuse of houses.
The provision of a good and sufficient sup–
ply 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 and regulation of markets,
and che regulation of the sale of perishable
goods and inflammable and explosive sub–
stances. The inspection of food offered for
sale and the destruction of such as is unfit
for consumption. The supervision of
weights and measures and the provision of
Public weighers and measurers. The pre-
ventiou of noxious and offensive trades and
the abatement of u -usances. The regulation
of the construction of buildings and the
demolition of buildings unfit for habitation
or in a dangerous condition. T h e provisiou
of storage accommodation for inflammable
and explosive substauces. A n d generally
the doing of such acts as will promote thu
health, comfort aud convenience of the
people residiug within the Municipal limits.
For these purposes the Municipalities have
power, with the approval of the Hi-trh
Commissioner, to impose rates and other
fees and charges as set out under " Sources
of Reveuue" and to make Bye-Laws for
regulating- the various matters coming
within the scope of their functions.
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Municipal Council, Lefka.
Elected under the Muni–
cipalities A m e n d m e n t
Law, 1907.
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Municipal Limits.
A circle drawn at a dis–
tance of 500 yards beyond
the salient angles of the
bastions, of the fortifica–
tions (vide Order of High
Commissioner in Council
No. 25 of 24th June, 1882,
published in Gazette N o . 88
of 26th June, 1882), as
defined by boundary stones
set up in accordance with
the provisions of Order of
High Commissioner in
Council N o . 466 of 18th
December, 1908, published
in the Cyprus Gazette No.
936 of 24th December,
1908.
T h e T o w n of Morphou
(vide Order of High Com–
missioner inCouncii No. 128
of 26th October, 1888, in
Gazette No. 271 of 2nd
November, 1888).
Municipal Council, Ky-
thraea. Elected under tin-
Municipalities Amend–
ment Law,. 1907.
The T o w n of Lefka (includ–
ing Apliki) and the lands
. attached thereto except such
i as are within 200 yards of
the seashore.
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Sources ot Rartnoa. It rata,
state amonnt, and on vhtt
olaus of proparty (tno*aMi«*
immorabit).
The five quarters of J
Kythrrea and the village of
Kiirvsida.
r Eates on property
V within the Municipi
jlimits, but, except in
\ rare instances, such t
Irate has not beeu ini-
Lnoged^r fees on the
shtughtering of ani–
mals, tolls and (tal–
lages in markets,^
on, tradoe*-and-ft9fe*-
sjnns, weighing and
measuring fees, feet
for storage of inflam–
mable and explosivi
substances, fees for
building pennits and
legalization of con–
tracts, rents of Muni–
cipal properties and
fines and penalties
from prosecution.
under the Municipal
Laws.'
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