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SECTION 7.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
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OTHER LOCAL BODIES
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
The Councils of Municipal Corporations arc charged with the general superintendence and control
(excepting Police supervision) of the town, village or area defined as the Municipal limits, in manner regulated
by the Municipal Corporations Law, 1930, and byft-laws made thereunder.
Their dutie* include :—
The prevention of accumulation in any public place of auy tilth or refuse so as to be dangerous to the public hea
the abatement of nuisances, the supervision and inspection of bakeries and of food, the provision of a good and sufficient
suppl}* of water, the keeping of suitable municipal stores for storing any explosive substance or petroleum, the grant
of licences and permits, the control of buildings and hotels, the regulation of traffic and generally the conservancy of
the town, the preservation of public health therein aud of the safety thereof. The Councils also contribute towards
tho cost of the maintenance of public hospitals, and of infant welfare centres established with the authority of the
Social Hygiene Council within municipal limits.
Their powers include :—
Borrowing money, with the consent of the Governor in Council, for the purpose of carrying out works of public
utility, etc., making bye-laws (including power to provide for payment of fees), granting, with the approval of the
Governor, gratuities and pensions to Municipal employees, acquiring laud or buildings required for the construction
i.r improvement of • tf-ets, ••stablishing municipal markets, markets for perishable goods and parks or other places
of recreation.
Sources of revenue include :—
Town rate** ' *t present not levied) assessed on the annual value of immovable property within municipal limits,
fee** for trade or profe--.ional licences, for hawking, for theatre licences, for dog licences, for weighing, measurintz and
taring goods within municipal limits, fees collected under bye-laws made by the Municipal Corporations, and fees
received by the *own clerk in respect of the inspection or giving copies uf documents in his possession. Also tines,
penalties and eo.-.ts recovered under the Municipal Corporations Law, 1930, and tolls on certain foreign goods.
THE CYPRUS CHAMBER Or COMMERCE.
Object, anil duties : —
To watch over and protect the general interests of commerce and industry in Cyprus, and to collect information
from foreign manufacturers and traders which may assist the development of commerce and industry ; to establish
mean:- whreby tV.-j transaction of commercial business may be facilitated ; to encourage and promote new commercial,
agricultural and industrial enterprise in Cyprus ; to intervene, is au advisory body, with the local Government in all
matters affecting the general interests of Cyprus in commerce and industry ; when requested, to undertake by arbitration
and conciliation "he settlement of commercial disputes ; to place local merchants in touch with British and foreign
manufacturers and merchants and vice verm ; to coi-espond with foreign Chambers of Commerce and similar bodies
and pri-Mfe linns for the purpose of obtaining and giving information on the standing and reliability of merchants ;
when requested, to deal with all claims, applications, suggestions, petitions, etc., addressed to the Government on
subjects of a commercial or industrial nature, whether of general or personal interest; and to issue certificates of origin
for article- prodia-ed or manufactured in Cyprus, cortiaci-t-p-- of membership of the Chamber, certificate? •*>f commercial
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, and any other certificates required by traders.
The Cham.-"!" .if Commerce has appointed from among ic- members a Trade Development Committee with the
sole object of initiating proposals for the development of trade in Cyprus andreconcilingconflicting interests between
industrial concerns, exporters and producers.
Sources of Revenue :—
Subscriptions of members, annual subsidies granted by Municipal Corporations, and fees for the issue of various
certificates and in respect of applications for commercial information. The Chamber received in 1930 a Government
grant of .1.100 -nward- tlie expenses of the Trade Development Committee.