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Inspector to give Notice of Inquiry, and report to General Board the Result of the same.
Upon such Report General Board may, if they think fit, cause Inspector to make further Inquiries respecting Boundaries, and present a further Report, which shall be published, &c.
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IX. And be it enacted, That before proceeding upon such Inquiry the said Inspector shall give Fourteen Days Notice of his Intention to make the same, and of a Time and Place at which he will be prepared to hear all Persons desirous of being heard before him upon the Subject of such Inquiry, by Advertisement in some One or more of the public Newspapers usually circulated in the Parts to which the Inquiry will relate, and by causing such Notice to be affixed on the Doors of the principal Churches, Chapels, public Buildings, and Places where public Notices are usually affixed within such Parts, and in such other Manner as may appear to the said Inspector to be necessary; and so soon as can be after the Completion of such Inquiry he shall report in Writing to the General Board of Health, in such Manner as they may direct, upon the several Matters with respect to which he has been directed to inquire as aforesaid, and upon any other Matters with respect to which he may deem it expedient to report for the Purposes of this Act; and if upon such Report it appear to the said General Board that the Boundaries which may be most advantageously adopted for the Purposes of this Act are not the same as those of the City, Town, Borough, Parish, or Place with respect to which Inquiry has been made, they shall cause the same or some other Super-intending Inspector to visit the Parts within the Boundaries proposed to be adopted for the Purposes of this Act, and, after having given such Notice as is herein-before prescribed, to hear all Persons desirous of being heard before him upon the Subject of the said Report, and to make such further Inquiry and Report to the said Board as they may direct; and upon the Presentation of such Report or further Report the said Board shall cause Copies thereof respectively to be published in the Parts to which such Report or further Report respectively relate, in such Manner as they may direct, and shall also cause other Copies thereof respectively to be deposited with the Town Clerk of any Corporate Borough affected thereby, and with the Clerk to the Commissioners or Trustees acting under any Local Act of Parliament in force within such Parts for lighting, paving, cleansing, watching, regulating, supplying with Water, or improving such Parts, or any of them, or in anywise relating the Purposes of this Act, and with the Clerk to the Justices acting for any Petty Sessional Division in which such Parts may be, and with the Clerk of the Board of Guardians of the Union or Parish the whole or Part of which may be affected thereby; and it such Report or further Report relate to Parts not being within any Corporate Borough the said Board shall cause other Copies of the same to be deposited with the Churchwardens or Overseers of the Poor of any Parish in which such Parts or any of them may be; and the Copies so published or deposited shall be accompanied by a Notice stating that within a certain Time, not being less than One Month from the Time of such Publication and Deposit, written Statements may be forwarded to the said Board with respect to any Matter contained in or omitted from the said Report or further Report, or any Amendment proposed to be made therein; and all such Statements shall be deposited with such Town Clerk, Clerk to Justices, Clerk to the Board of Guardians, and with such Churchwardens or Overseers respectively, in like Manner as the said Copies, and shall, together with such Copies, be open to public Inspection from the Hour of Eleven in the Forenoon till the Hour of Three in the Afternoon every Day during the Time specified in the last-mentioned Notice, Sundays, Christmas Days, Good Fridays, and Days appointed for General Fasts or Thanksgivings only excepted; and any Town Clerk, Clerk to Justices, Clerk to the Board of Guardians, Churchwardens, or Overseers who shall refuse to receive any Document or Copy of any Document directed to be deposited with him or them as aforesaid, or to allow such Inspection, shall be liable for every such Offence to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds; and after the Expiration of such last-mentioned Notice the said Board may, if they think fit, direct such further Inquiry and Report as to them may seem necessary and proper.
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