The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-06-07
DUBLTC LOCAL LAW.
SANITARY REGULATIONS FOR WOODBER
RY, TOWSONTOWN, WAVERLY, CAN
TON, CLIFTON AND CHARLES
STREET EXTENDED.
CHATTER I'D

AN ACT, To provide better sanitary regulations
for Woodbury., Towsontown, Waverly, Canton,
Clifton and Charles Street extended and their
respective vicinities.
SECTION l. Be IL Enacted Jg the General Assem-
JLy of MARYLAND, That the County Commissioners
of Baltimore county, be and they are hereby auth
orized to provide sufficient force of men and
carts for the removal of garbage, ashes and all
other offal from such parts of Woodbury., Tow
sontown, Waverly, Canton, Clifton and Charles
Street and their vcinities as may be necessary in
the Judgment of the Sanitary Officers to employ,
and that the said Sanitary Officers shall be and
they are hereby authorized and empowered to
have control of this force and to report any fail
ure delinquency on the part of said force to the
said County Commissioners.
SEC 2. And be II enacted, That all residents of
such parts of Woodbury., Towsontown, Waverly,
Canton and Clifton and Charles Street and their
vicinities as may be supplied with force for the
collection of garbage, ashes and other Ofal shall
be required to collect all ofa accommodating their
premises into suitable receptaces and put them in
places convenient to the collectors of garbage and
other offal and that any resident who shall allow
such offal to accumulate on his or her premises
without So collecting and so placing it shall be
subject to a fine of not less than one dollar, nor
more than five dollars, and said fine and costs to
be collected as other fines and costs are collected.
SEC ). And De 70 enacted, Ti4at any pCIsO4.
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offal of any kind into any alley, byway, roadway,
or upon any vacant lot in Woodbury., Towsontown,
Wayerly. Canton and Clifton and Charles Street
extended and their vicinities shall be subject to
fine of not less than one nor more than five dollars.
SEC A. And be it enacted, That every owner of
lots in Woodberry, Towsontown, Waverly, Canton,
Clifton and Charles Street extended and their vi
entity which are supplied with water from wells
and springs, or other property having tenants,
shall be required to place in such and every privy,
water closet or out house a water tight box for
the reception of all urinary and fecae matters
under penalty of five dollars fine for refusing or
neglecting to supply the same, and that such box
shall be emptied by the occupant, and it shall be
the duty of the party occupying said premises to
empty the same whenever it may be full, or sooner
on notice of said Sanitary Officers as made and
provided for the Section second of the act of 1882,
with like penalties therein prescribed for failure
or neglect.
SEC. 5. And be 1t enacted, That the earth pits
now in use for privies water closets shall be
filed up with dirt and that the said boxes shall
rest on or and above the earth surface; shall
be easy of access shall be in their construction,
location and situation inject to the inspection OF
the Sanitary officers, and if found by the said of
in Or s'9a
Sanitary Officers shall be made, and on the neglect
or refusal of said property owners to have placed
such boxes or to have them made and located as
in the judgment of the Sanitary Inspectors seems
best, in either case fine of five dollars shall be
imposed as in manner prescribed in Section of
Act of 1882 provided, that this and the perceed
ing Section 9th and 5th) shall be intended to ap
ply to earth privies and other defective water
closets, and shall not be construed so as to pre-
clude any other kind of privy vaults built on cor
rect sanitary principles.
SEC 6. And be IL enacted, That it shall be unlaw-
full to bury the contents of privies other oal
or deposit the same within half mile of the limits
of any town or within reasonable distance from
any dwelling house outside of town limits in the
districts over which this Act gives jurisdiction
under a penalty of fine of five dollars.
SEC. Z. And be ii enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the Sanitary Officers on the prepayment
of reasonable sum, not exceeding fifty cents per
box to direct the garbage force to remove contents
of privies, such money to be applied by the Coun-
ty Commissioners to the Sanitary fund.
Sec s. And belt enacted, That the said Sanitary
Officers shall have full power to examine into all
alleys, byways and highways in their respective
districts and that upon the report of said Sanitary
Officers of the condition of any alley, byway
highway, being prejudical to the health of the
ua;rh hnrhnaa shall 10 49, nf said Ttnrrtv
Commissioners to examine the same ana nave
made such repairs in the grading, paving and
draining of such alley or byway as may be neces-
sary, taxing the property binding such alley one
half the cost of said Improvements
SEC g. And be 1t enacted, That il shall be un-
lawful for any person to keep hog pen or pig
pen within fifty feet of any dwelling house, well
or spring, the water Of which may be used for
drinking and cooking purposes in the said Wood
berry, Towsontown, Waverly, Canton, Clifton and
Charles Street extended and their vicinity under
penalty of not less than ten dollars, and the said
Sanitary Officers shall Immediately remove the
same.
SEC. 10. And be 1t enacted, That all fines and
penalties under the provisions of this act shall be
collected before Justice of the Peace Of Balti-
more county in manner prescribed by section 2,
of act of 1882.
SEC. IL. And be it enacted That all acts or
parts of acts inconsistent herewith be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Sec. IL. And be 1t enacted, That this act shall
take effect from its passage.
Approved April Sth, 1854.
ROBERT NJ. McLANE,
Governor eff Maryland.
HENRY LLOYD,
President of the Senate.
]. PEMBOKE TH0M,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify, That the aforegoing is
correct COPY of any Act of the General Assembly
THoS. II. MOORE,
Chief Clerk Of the House of Delegates.
JIM. MILLER,
Secretary of the Senate.