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(1) Where it appears to lhe Municipal Commissioner lhat any Removal or block of buildings is in an unhealthy condition by reason of the manner buildings, in which llie buildings are crowded together or the narrowness, closeness, or faulty arrangement of streets or the want of proper drainage and ventilation or Lhe imprac lie ability of cleansing the buildings or any other similar cause, he shall cause lhe block Lo be inspected by lhe Chief Municipal Health Officer and lhe Municipal Engineer-in-Chief who shall make a report in writing lo him regarding lhe sanitary condition of the block. (2) ir, upon receipt or such report, Lhc Municipal Commissioner considers Lhat Lhe sanilary condition of the block is likely to cause risk of disease lo the inhabitants of the buildings or the neighbourhood or otherwise endanger the Community health, he shall with the approval of the Mayor-in-Council, select the buildings which in his opinion should wholly or in part be removed in order to abate the unhealthy condition of the block, and may thereupon by nolice in writing require the owners of such buildings to remove them within such period as may be specified in the no Lice: Provided thai before issuing Lhc notice a reasonable opportunity should be afforded to the owner to show cause why the buildings should not be removed: Provided farther thai the Municipal Commissioner shall make compensation to the owner for any building so removed which may have been erected under proper authority. (3) If a notice under sub-seclion (2) requiring any owner or a building Lo remove il is not complied with, then, after the expiration of Lhc time spcified in the notice, the Municipal Commissioner may himself remove Lhe building required to be removed by the nolice and recover from Lhe owner of lhe building Lhe expenses of such removal as an arrear of tax under this Acl.