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The duties of this committee include the making up of all private streets,
which, until they are completed in accordance with the requirements of this
committee, remain reparable by the owner of the property abutting on the
streets. As soon as they are made the corporation takes the responsibility
of keeping them in repair. The laying of all sewers is under the supervision
of this committee, as is also the duty of approving plans for all new buildings
erected in the borough. No new dwelling house can be occupied until the Borough
Surveyor has certified it to be fit for human habitation. This committee is
empowered to deal with dangerous buildings, and on the failure of the owner
to render them safe, can give instructions for the necessary work to be done
and the cost recovered from the owner in default
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