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PUBLIC HEALTH (IRELAND) ACT 1878 - SECT 26

Power of district council to require houses to be drained into new sewers.

26. Where any house within the district of a [district council] has a drain
communicating with any sewer, which drain, though sufficient for the effectual
drainage of the house, is not adapted to the general sewerage system of the
district, or is in the opinion of the [district council] otherwise
objectionable, the [district council] may, on condition of providing a drain
or drains as effectual for the drainage of the house, and communicating with
such other sewer as they think fit, close such first-mentioned drain, and may
do any works necessary for that purpose; and the expenses of those works, and
of the construction of any drain or drains provided by them, under this
section, shall be deemed to be expenses properly incurred by them in the
execution of this Act.

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