Section 6. If any person or persons shall own, occupy or keep any grounds or other premises in such condition as to be offensive, he or they shall be subject to all the penalties prescribed in section eleven of this act. Whenever any such nuisance shall be found on any premises within the city contrary to the provisions of this act, the bureau of health is hereby authorized to cause the same to be summarily abated, in such manner as it may direct, and at the expense of the person or persons so offending, and in cases where the owner, owners, agent, or agents of unoccupied property, upon which any offensive matter or substance exists, reside out of the said city or cannot be found after diligent search, to cause the same to be removed or abated, and the expense attending the removal or abatement of the same shall be recovered by the said bureau in the name of said cities before any court, police magistrate, alderman, or justice of the peace having jurisdiction of like cases. (Amended, 1899, Act No. 113, P. L. 164, Section 3)
Compiler's Note: Section 28 of Act 207 of 2004 provided that any and all references in any other law to a "district justice" or "justice of the peace" shall be deemed to be references to a magisterial district judge.