tagious character and all other parts of the. city, as

shall be prompt and efl'ectual.
g 561. iChttptHr4io, Uwa of 18S2.)— The Said board shall KtguiatiDg
have full power and authority to make and pass ^o^^^ cellars,
such by-laws and ordinances as they shall, from e"^
time to time, deem necessary and proper for the
tilling up, draining, and regulating of any grounds,



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of premises-



yards, or cellars, within the said city, that may be
smikeo, damp, or unwholesome or which they
may deem proper to fill up, drain, raise, lower, or
regulate ; and also, for causing all such lots of
ground in the said city adjoining to Hudson's
river, or to the East river or sound, as they may
from time to time think proper, to be filled up with
wholesome earth or other solid materials, so far
into the said rivers respectively as they shall from
time to time deem expedient for promoting the health
of the said city ; and for filling up or altering or
amending all sinks and privies within the said city,
and for directing the mode of constructing them in
future, and for causing subterraneous drains to be
made from the same, where they may think it neces-
sary.
