Servants to give notice of intention to quit. Sec. 2. Every Domestic, Servant, Journeyman, or Labourer, engaged for a fixed period, by the month or for a longer space of time, and not by the piece or job, who shall intend to quit the service in which he or she shall be during that time engaged, shall give, or cause to be given, notice of such intention at least fifteen days before the expiration of such agreement, to his or her master or masters, mistress or mistresses, employer or employers. And if any of the said persons quit the service of his or her said master or masters, mistress or mistresses, employer or employers, without giving such notice, (although the time thereof be expired,) he or she shall be considered as having deserted from the said service, Masters also to and be punished accordingly; and every master, mistress, or employer shall give to his or her Servants, Journeymen or Labourers like notice of his or her intention no longer to keep or employ them, after the expiration of their time of service. Provided always, that every Domestic Servant, Journeyman and Labourer engaged for a time, may be discharged by his or her master, mistress or employer at or before the expiration of his or her engagement, without notice, upon full payment of the wages which he or she would have received for all the time of his or her service. If the time shall be expired, the person so discharged without notice shall be entitled to fifteen days' additional wages, to wit, for the period of time that he or she was entitled to have received notice. give notice. Proviso. Servants deserting service sub Sec. 3. Any and every Domestic, Servant, Journeyman, ject to penalty. or Labourer, engaged as aforesaid by the month, or longer space of time, or by the piece or job, who shall desert or abandon the service for which he, she or they shall have been engaged before the time agreed upon shall have expired, and without having given fifteen days' notice as aforesaid, or who shall desert or abandon the said job before the completion thereof, shall for each and every offence be liable to a Fine or Penalty not exceeding Twenty Dollars, and to an Imprisonment not exceeding Thirty Days. Penalty for enticing servants to quit their employ, &c. Sec. 4. Any and all persons designedly harbouring, or concealing, or enticing, any Apprentice or Servant engaged by written act or agreement, or otherwise, who shall have abandoned the service of his or her master or mistress, or instigating or engaging any Apprentice or Servant to abandon such service, shall be liable to a Fine or Penalty not exceeding Twenty dollars, and to an Imprisonment not exceeding Thirty Days for each and every offence. vant against treatment, &c. Sec. 5. Any Apprentice, Domestic, Servant, or Journey- Recourse of serman, bound or engaged as aforesaid, having any just cause master for illof complaint against his or her master, or mistress, or employer, for any mis-usage, defect or insufficiency of wholesome provisions or food, or for cruelty or ill-treatment of any kind, may cause such master or mistress to be summoned and to appear before the said Recorder's Court, to answer the complaint to be preferred against him, her or them, by the said Appren tice, Domestic, Servant, or Journeyman; and any and every master or mistress convicted upon such complaint, of any offence aforesaid, towards his, her or their Apprentice, Domestic, Servant, or Journeyman, shall upon each and every conviction be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Twenty dollars, or to an Imprisonment not exceeding Thirty Days. BE CHAPTER XXI. By-Law concerning Nuisances. E it ordained and enacted by the Council of the City of be enclosed. Sec. 1. Every lot of land whereon no building is erected, Vacant lots to on the line of any public street or lane in this City, shall be, on the line of such street, enclosed with a stone or brick wall, or with a wooden fence, at least six feet, French measure, in height, above the level and on the line of such street, as fixed and determined by the City Surveyor, with posts properly put up, so that the said fence shall not lean over or encroach upon the said street or lane. After fifteen days notice. Penalty. City Surveyor . Sec. 2. Every proprietor of such vacant lot of land, or his agent, or the person having or assuming the care of such lot of land, or any occupant thereof, shall be bound to make and erect, or cause to be made and erected, such wall or fence within fifteen days after such proprietor, agent or occupant shall have been notified so to do by the City Surveyor or his Deputy. Sec. 3. Every proprietor or his agent, or person having the charge of, or the occupant of any such lot of land, who shall neglect or refuse to make and erect, or cause to be made and erected, such wall or fence within the delay aforesaid, shall incur and pay a Fine not exceeding Twenty Dollars, or shall be subject to an Imprisonment not exceeding Thirty Days for such refusal or neglect, and shall moreover be liable to another Fine not exceeding Twenty Dollars, or to another Imprisonment not exceeding Thirty Days, for each and every day during which the said lot shall remain, after the aforesaid delay, without being enclosed as hereinabove ordered. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the City Surveyor, if in certain cases such lot of land be not enclosed, as above stated, within the to fence in lots Lots having stagnant water, &c., to be drained. Penalty. delay hereinbefore fixed, or in case the proprietor thereof can not be found, to cause the said lot to be enclosed with a wooden fence at the costs and charges of the proprietor or the person having or assuming the care thereof. Sec. 5. Whenever there shall be on any lot of land in the said City of Montreal stagnant or putrid water, or any filthy, infected or putrid matter, or the said lot shall be offensive or dangerous to the public health, it shall be the duty as well of the occupant as of the proprietor of the said lot, or the agent of the proprietor thereof, or of any person having or assuming the charge thereof, to fill up, level or drain the same, as the case may be, or to remove the offensive, infected or putrid matters thereon, without the necessity of a notice to that effect; and any such proprietor, agent, occupant or person having the charge of the said lot, who shall neglect during two days to remove and abate such nuisance shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Twenty Dollars currency for each and every day of delay in draining, filling up or levelling the said lot, or in removing the said offensive, infected or putrid matter. duty if nuisance Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the City Surveyor after City Surveyor's the expiration of the delay prescribed for the removal or be not abated. abatement of such nuisance, to cause to be done on the said lot of land, at the cost and charge of the proprietor, or the person having or assuming the charge of the said lot, whatever may be necessary for removing or otherwise abating the said nuisance, either by causing drains to be made thereon or by filling up the said lot, or by removing or otherwise abating the offensive, infected or putrid matters. positing Sec. 7. No person shall, in any manner, carry, convey, Penalty for dedeposit or place, or cause to be carried, conveyed, deposited nuisances. or placed into, or upon, any premises, or lot of land, in this City, or into, or upon, any public square, street, lane or other place whatsoever in this City, any dead carcass, ordure, filth, dirt, dust, or any offensive matter or substance whatever; and no person shall commit any nuisance, or cause or permit any such to be committed, into, or upon, any such premises or lot of land, public square, street, lane, or other place whatsoever in this City, under a Penalty not exceeding Twenty Dollars, or an Imprisonment not exceeding Thirty Days, or both, for each and every offence: Provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent the deposit of dust, rubbish, and the sweepings of streets and yards in those places within the said City, specially set apart by the Council for that purpose. none to be street. Sec. 8. In carting, carrying, or conveying any ordure, In carting filth. filth, dirt, dust, or any offensive matter or substance whatso- dropped in ever, through any public square, street or lane, no part thereof shall be allowed to drop or fall from the vehicle carting, carrying or conveying the same; and for every offence against the provisions hereof, the owner of the said vehicle, as well as the driver or person in charge thereof, shall be liable to a Fine not exceeding Twenty Dollars, or to an Imprisonment not exceeding Thirty Days, or both. TT Offensive premises. l'enalty. Putrid substances. Penalty. Soap factories, tallow chandleries, &c. Yards to be kept clean. Privies. Privies not allowed to be Sec. 9. If any person shall own, occupy or keep any lot of ground or other premises in such bad and filthy condition as to be offensive and a nuisance to the neighborhood or to any person or family, such person shall be subject to a Fine not exceeding Twenty Dollars, and to like fine for every day such nuisance shall continue after notice to abate the same. Sec. 10. Any soap boiler, tallow chandler, butcher, or other person who shall keep, or collect, or cause to be kept or collected, any stale, putrid or stinking fat, grease or other matter shall be subject to a Penalty not exceeding Twenty Dollars for each offence. Sec 11. Any owner or occupant of any tallow chandler's shop, soap factory, tannery, slaughter house, stable, or grocery, who shall suffer such establishments or premises to become nauseous, foul or offensive, shall incur a Fine not exceeding Twenty Dollars, or be subject to an Imprisonment not exceeding Thirty Days, for each offence. Sec. 12. Every occupant of a house in the said City, shall keep the yard or premises therewith connected, in a clean state, and free from filth or offensive substances, and shall collect in one place, in such yard or yards, all the house dirt or offal, under a Penalty not exceeding Five Dollars for each offence: Provided that when the accumulation of such dirt or offal shall be equal to a load, or become offensive, it shall be removed, under a like Penalty. Sec. 13. Every lot or premises in the said City on which may be erected a dwelling house, shall have connected therewith a privy or privies, with sufficient vaults sunk in the ground; and the owner of any such lot or premises, who shall neglect or refuse to cause such privy or privies to be constructed thereon, within two weeks after such owner or owners shall have been notified so to do, by any Police Officer, shall incur and pay a Fine or Penalty not exceeding Twenty Dollars for each offence. Sec. 14. Whenever any Privy in the said City shall come offensive. become offensive, or the contents thereof shall reach within twelve inches of the surface of the earth, the proprietor or |