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Samoan Houses. 18. (1) Any person who shall erect or be concerned in erecting a Samoan hotise or other building in any village save in pursuance of and in accordance with the conditions laid down in a permit obtained from the District Council of the district in which such village is situated is liable to a fine not exceeding £2. (2) No such permit shall be issued except in pursuance of a plan approved by the District Council providing for a general scheme of construction or reconstruction of the whole village. Any person concerned in the issue of any permit otherwise than in accordance with this clause is liable to a fine not exceeding £5. 19. (1) No Samoan house shall be built on a land that is swampy until the site has been completely filled in, drained, or levelled to the satisfaction of the District Council. (2) No refuse shall be used in filling in the site of any Samoan house. (3) The foundation of every Samoan house shall be at least 1 ft. above level of the ground immediately surrounding such house. (4) Each Samoan dwellinghouse shall be provided with kitchen accommodation separate from the house, and built in accordance with the requirements of this clause for Samoan houses. (5) No Samoan dwellinghouse shall be constructed of less dimensions than 3 utupoto in length and 12 ft. in breadth, and no such dwelling shall be boarded or partly boarded in. (6) No Samoan house shall be erected at a less distance than 30 ft. from any other Samoan house. (7) The floor of every Samoan house shall be made either of cement or of a layer of coral or shingle, and the roof shall be constructed of thatch. (8) Any person who builds or is concerned in building any Samoan house as to which any of the provisions of this clause are not complied with is liable to a fine not exceeding £2. 20. If any Medical Officer of the Administration or any Resident Commissioner or the District Council of any district in which any Samoan house is situated is satisfied that such house is unfit for use, or is built otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of the preceding clause, or, being a cook-house, is so situated as to create a nuisance from smoke or a danger from fire to any other house, such officer, Commissioner, or Council may order such house to be taken down and removed within fourteen days of the date of the order. If the owner of such house fails to comply with such order he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £2, and such officer, Commissioner, or Council may cause such house to be taken down and removed at his expense. Cemeteries and Burials. 21. (1) Any person using or being concerned in using for burial purposes any land which has not been approved by the Chief Medical Officer as a cemetery-site is liable to a fine not exceeding £2. (2) Any person responsible for a burial who neglects to complete the same within twenty-four hours of death, or who uses a grave less than 4 ft. in depth, is liable to a fine not exceeding £2. Latrines. 22. Every District Council is hereby empowered to requiro for each village with its district the construction and maintenance of latrines to the number which such Council shall decide, or which the Chief Medical Officer shall specify. 23. Every matai who being required by a District Council to provide and maintain a latrine fails, without reasonable cause, to do so is liable to a fine not exceeding £2. 24. (1) Every pit privy shall be so constructed as to prevent the access of flies to the pit, and the aperture thereof shall be provided with a cover, which shall be kept in place when the privy is not in use. (2) No pit privy shall be constructed or allowed to remain within 20 yards of any Samoan house or other building, or within 50 yards of any well, stream, or spring of water used or likely to be used by man for drinking or domestic purposes, or otherwise in such a position as to render any such well, stream, or spring liable to pollution. (3) The pit of every pit privy shall be filled with clean earth before the fascal matter therein rises to within 12 in. of the surface of the ground, and the privy shall not thereafter be used, but shall be moved elsewhere. 25. Every person owning or occupying or having control over the persons owning or occupying any Samoan house— (а) For which sufficient privy accommodation is not provided either independently or in common with other houses ; or (б) The privy accommodation for which (if consisting of a pit privy) is constructed or maintained otherwise than as required by the last preceding clause— is liable to a fine not exceeding £2. 26. Any person who deposits faecal matter in any place other than a latrine provided for the purpose is liable to a fine not exceeding £2. Water -supplies. 27. (1) In any case in which the water-supply of a village is derived from a well or tank the Chief Medical Officer, or other officer authorized in that behalf, may require such well or tank to be covered or otherwise protected. (2) Any person who being required to carry out any work necessary to afford such cover or protection neglects without reasonable cause so to do is liable to a fine not exceeding £2. 28. (1) The Chief Medical Officer or other officer authorized in that behalf may, if he is of opinion that any well or other water-supply is liable to contamination, prohibit the use of the same. (2) Any person who without reasonable cause uses for drinking or domestic purposes, or who permits any person under his control so to use any well or water-supply the use of which has been prohibited as aforesaid, is liable to a fine not exceeding £2. 29. Where any structural work has been carried out for ensuring a wholesome water-supply to a village, the matais of such village are hereby required to keep such work in repair, and any such matai neglecting so to do is liable to a fine not exceeding £2. 30. Any person who installs or is concerned in installing or commences to install a. water-supply for any village under a scheme which has not been approved by the Administrator, or who, without the consent of the Administrator, alters, or is concerned in altering, or commences to alter, any village water-supply which has been installed with such approval is liable to a fine not exceeding £5. Keeping of Animals. 31. (1) Pigs shall bo confined in pens sufficiently fenced, no part of which shall, unless good cause is shown to the contrary, be within 200 yards of any Samoan house, and which shall not be so situated as to be liable to pollute any water-supply used for drinking or domestic purposes. (2) Any person who keeps or permits persons under his control to keep a pig or pigs otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this clause is liable to a fine not exceeding £2. 32. (1) The owner of any pig found at large upon any road or in the neighbourhood of any dwellinghouse is liable to a fine not exceeding £1, and the Pulenu'u of the village where any such pig is found, or any person authorized by him so to do, may, if he has good reason to believe that such pig is the property of a Samoan, destroy such pig, unless it has been previously brought into proper confinement by the owner.

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