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CH.26 – 16] PUBLIC WORKS Penalty.

5 of 1987.

G.N.

14/1930 5 of 1987 Citation.

Duke Street Wharf.

Only small boats to be tied to wharves.

Removal of shells, etc., from wharves.

roadways, as aforesaid, within forty-eight hours after notice of such obstructions or nuisances shall be given to such proprietors or tenants, as aforesaid, by or under the authority of the Minister for Works.

10.
10.

Every person committing a breach of any of the above Rules shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten dollars.

MINISTRY OF WORKS (RAGGED ISLAND) RULES (SECTION 6) [Commencement 25th January, 1930] 1.

These Rules may be cited as the Ministry of Works (Ragged Island) Rules.

2.

Duke Street Wharf, in front of the warehouse, shall be used for Revenue purposes only, and no boats (except customs boats) shall be tied there.
The two wings on the north and south of the warehouse shall be for the public use.

3.

No boats other than dinghy boats shall be tied to the public wharves, and no boat shall be so tied as to obstruct the front steps of such wharves.

4.

No person shall deposit or place or cause or procure to be deposited or placed, except for removal within twenty-four hours, on any public wharf, any wood, stones, conch shells, etc.
and any person who allows any such material or shells to remain on any such wharf for more than twenty-four hours, or who neglects to make clean any such wharf immediately after the removal of such material or shells shall be guilty of an offence against these Rules.

No sand on wharves used for salt deposits.

5.

No person shall deposit or place or cause or procure to be deposited or placed any sand on wharves which are used for salt deposits.

Disposal of rubbish.

6.


No person shall deposit, sweep or throw or cause or procure to be deposited, swept or thrown, any filth, rubbish or other like substances whatsoever into the sea.

STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS [Original Service 2001] PUBLIC WORKS [CH.26 – 17 7.

Any person who commits a breach of these Rules shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars.

MINISTRY OF WORKS (SPANISH WELLS) RULES Penalty.

5 of 1987.

G.N.

172/1956 5 of 1987 (SECTION 6) [Commencement 8th September, 1956] 1.
These Rules may be cited as the Ministry of Works Citation.

(Spanish Wells) Rules.

2.

No person shall discharge or deposit in or on any public road, street, sidewalk, wharf or public ground any fruit skins, sugar cane peelings or refuse, stones, earth, weeds, sweepings of any kind, paper, rags, rubbish, filth, or other substance or liquid.

No fruit skins, etc., to be left in public roads.

3.
3.

No person shall injure, destroy, or interfere with any tree, shrub or plant, growing in any public street, square or ground.

Injury to trees.

Obstruction of roads.

4.
Whenever any public road, street or lane shall be obstructed, encroached upon, or rendered inconvenient to passengers by reason of fallen or partly fallen buildings, walls or fences of any kind, or by fallen trees or parts of trees or by the overhanging of branches of trees, bushes, or vines, or creeping plants, or other substances of any kind, all such obstructions and nuisances shall be removed by the proprietors or tenants of the soil from which such buildings, walls, fences, or trees shall have fallen, or from which such branches, vines, or other creeping plants, or other substances shall so overhang the roadways as aforesaid within forty-eight hours after notice of such obstructions or nuisances shall be given to such proprietors or tenants as aforesaid by or under the authority of the Minister.
5.

There shall be appointed a scavenger at Spanish Wells whose salary shall be determined by the Minister.

Scavenger.

6.

The duties of the scavenger shall be as follows — (a) to remove garbage on days to be determined by the Minister; Duties of scavenger.

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