Section 30, The Freetown Improvement Short title

If such owner cannot be found within the city, or sufficientdistress of his goods and chattels cannot be made, the Director of Public Works, after giving twenty-eight days' notice of his intention to do so by posting a printed or written notice in a conspicuous place on such building, or on the land whereon such building stood, rna y take such building or land, provided that such expenses be not paid or tendered to him within the said twenty-eight days, making compensation to the owner of such building or land in the manner provided by the Public Lands Ordinance, in the case of lands taken otherwise than with the consent of the owners and occupiers thereof, and the Director of Public Works shall be entitled to deduct out of such compensation the amount of the expenses aforesaid, and thereupon to sell or otherwise dispose of the said building or land. Freetown Improvement [Cap. 66 641 -------31 If any building or any part of the same be taken down or Salte o[ 1 b • . f h .c d b h' 0 d' rna ena 3 y olished by virtue o t e powers con1erre y t Is r mance, Director of delllD. ctor of Public Works may sell the materials thereof or Publi~ Works the 1re . ' restormg to much of the same as shall be taken down or demohshed, and owner overso ly the proceeds of such ~al~ in payment .of the expens~s f}~~ a:~~!~g ~p~rred in respect of such buildmg, and the Director of Pubhc we rks shall restore any overplus arising from such sale to the · ~ er of such building, on demand; nevertheless the Director 0 rpublic Works, although he sell such m~terials for the p_urposes 0 foresaid, shall have the same remedies for compellmg the a went of so much of the said expenses as may remain due P:fer the application of the proceeds of such sale, as are herein- ~~fore given to him for compelling the payment of the whole of the said expenses. 32 It shall be lawful for the Director of Public Works to Recovery of • . expenses require the payme;nt of any expenses, ~hich ~he owner of any from. premises may be hable to pay under thiS Ordmance, from any occupier. person who then, or at any time thereafter, occupies such premises; and the owner shall allow every such occupier to deduct all sums of money, which he so pays or which are levied by distress, out of the rent from time to time becoming due in respect of the said premises, as if the same had been actually paid to such owner as part of such rent: Provided always that no such occupier shall be required to pay any further sum than the amount of rent for the time being due from him or which, after such demand of such expenses from such occupier, and after notice not to pay the owner any rent without first deducting the amount of such expenses, ~ecomes payable by such occupier, unless he refuse, on applicatiOn made to him for that purpose by, or on behalf of, the Director of Public Works, truly to disclose the amount of his rent and the name and address of the person to whom such rent is payable; but the burden of proof that the sum demanded from a.ny such occupier is greater than the rent due by him at the time of such notice, or which has since accrued, shall lie upon such occupier. PART IV.-RooFING OF BuiLDINGs. rl3. The provisions of this Part of the Ordinance shall have ~ e~ subject to such Orders as may be made by the Governor ., t' ouncil in accordance with the powers conferred by ~Sec Ion 63. Part IV to have effect subject to Orders of Governor in Council. of inflammable roofs. Liability of owner. Liability of occupier.