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The Commissioner may, without notice, cause to be removed— (a) any wall, fence, rail, post, step, booth or other structure or fixture which may be erected or set up in or upon any street, footpath or upon or over any open channel, drain, well or tank contrary to the provisions of this Act; (b) any stall, chair, bench, box, ladder, bale, board or shelf, or any other thing whatsoever placed, deposited, projected, attached or suspended in, upon, from or to any place in contravention of the provisions of this Act; (c) any article whatsoever hawked or exposed for sale in any public place or in any public street or footpath in contravention of the provisions of this Act and any vehicle, package, box, board, shelf or any other thing in or on which sucn at iicic is placed or kept for the purpose of sale, display, or otherwise. Functions of the Commis- sioner in respect of public streets. Power to make new public streets, etc. Power of Corporation to remove or alter verandah, etc. or fixtures attached to buildings which project, etc., over public street. Power to move anything erected, deposited or hawked in contraven- tion of this Act. 339 The Howrah Municipal Corporation Act, 1980. [West Ben. Act (Part V.—Civic Services.—Chapter XL—Streets and public places.—Sections 165-167.) Prohibition of tethering of animals and milking of cattle. Power of Corporation to specify building line and street- alignment. Power of the Commis- sioner to authorise temporary construction or temporary closure of parts of public streets.