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Wastes fenced in 21 days after notice by 5 commissioners,
or done by their order at party’s expence.
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XVIII. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all landlords, or owners, tenants, or occupiers of any waste or vacant piece of ground, or seite of any house or tenement, lying in or adjoining to any of the streets, lanes, or places in the said five divisions, and said two divisions hereby added, which shall lie open to and unfenced from the fame, or where the fence shall be in a ruinous condition or out of repair, shall within twenty one days after notice delivered to him, her, or them, or any or either of them, by order of the said commissioners, or any five or more of them, well and sufficiently fence in the premisses mentioned in such notice, or cause the old fence (if any) to be well and sufficiently repaired within the time aforesaid; and in case such work shall not be completely finished within the time aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said commissioners, or any five or more of them, to order and cause the same to be done, compleated, and finished, and the tenant or occupier thereof, or other person in possession thereof, or seized thereof, to whom such notice as aforesaid shall be given, shall pay the expence thereof, upon demand of the person authorized by the find commissioners, or any five or more of them, to receive the same; and in case of refusal or neglect to pay the same it shall and may be lawful for such person or persons, as the said commissioners, or any five or more of them, shall authorize, appoint, order, or direct for that purpose, to bring, commence, and prosecute one or more actions or suits for the recovery of such expence, together with costs of suit, from the person or persons so neglecting or refusing to pay as aforesaid.
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