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[59 & 60 Vict.] South Shields Corporation Act, 1896. [Ch. l.]
(2.) If any change be made in the sky sign or any part thereof ;
(3.) If the sky sign or any part thereof fall either through accident decay or any other cause ;
(4.) If any addition or alteration be made to or in the house building or structure on over or to which any sky sign is placed or attached if such addition or alteration involves the disturbance of the sky sign or any part thereof ;
(5.) If the house building or structure over on or to which the sky sign is placed or attached become unoccupied or be demolished or destroyed :
Provided also that if any sky sign be erected or retained contrary to the provisions of this Act or after the licence for the erection maintenance or retention thereof for any period shall have expired or become void it shall be lawful for the Corporation and for the surveyor or in his absence any other duly qualified surveyor to take proceedings for the taking down and removal of the sky sign in the same manner with the same consequence as to recovery of expenses and otherwise in all respects as if it were a dangerous building within the meaning of section 75 of the Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847.
It shall not be lawful in any street in the borough to use any vehicle exclusively or principally for the purpose of displaying advertisements without the consent of the Corporation which consent shall be in writing and may be for such time and contain such terms and conditions as the Corporation think fit.
Any person acting in contravention of any of the provisions of this section or of the terms and conditions (if any) of any approval licence or consent under this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds and to a daily penalty not exceeding twenty shillings.
131. (1.) Every hoard or similar structure to be used either partly or wholly for advertising purposes in or abutting on or adjoining any street shall be securely erected to the satisfaction of the Corporation.
(2.) It shall not be lawful after the passing of this Act to erect any hoard or similar structure to be used either wholly or partly for advertising purposes in or abutting on or adjoining any street without the consent of the Corporation and such consent may be
given subject to such conditions as to the submission of a plan and elevation and as to the dimensions and. maintenance of such hoard as the Corporation may determine.
(3.) The owner or other person using any hoard wall or other structure for advertising purposes whether erected before or after
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