Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-07-13
AN ACT
l AN ACT To provide Sanitary Regulations for
 Towns and Villages.

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 Towns and Villages.
 Be it Enacted by the Legistative Assem- bty of the Territory of Arizona:
 SECTION 1. Each unincorporated town and village of the several coun- ties of the territory of Arizona, within the limits of which there shall reside qualified electors to the number of fifty and upwards, shall constitute ! Sanitary District.
 SEC. g. The duly elected or ap- pointed and qualified Constable resid- ing within the limits of any Sanitary District shall be the Sanitary Inspect or thereof, and upon the expiration of the office of any such Constable he shall cease to perform any of the du- ties of Sanitary Inspector.
 SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the Sanitary Inspector of each Sanitary District created under the provisions ] of this act, to make an inspection once each week, and oftener, if he shall deem such inspection necessary, of the premises surrounding or adjoin- ing the dwelling house, place of busi- ness, or other structure, owned, used, or occupied by each inhabitant within said district, and in all cases where he shall find upon such premises any filth, garbage, or other matter, injuri- ous to the public health or likely to produce sickness and disease, he shall serve a written or printed notice upon the owner, occupant, or person using such premises, requiring him forthwith to remove from such premises the filth, | garbage or other matter deemed by such Inspector injurious to the public health or likely to produce sickness or disease, and upon the service of such notice, it shall be the duty of such owner, occupant, or person using said premises, to cause the said filth, garbage or other matter referred to in such notice, to be removed within six hours from the time of receiving said notice, to some place which shall be at least one mile beyond the limits of such Sanitary District, and upon the failure of such owner, occupant, or person using such premises, to make such removal within the time speci- fled in such notice, such owner, occu- pant, or person using such premises, shall be deemed guilty of misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined the sum of ten dollars together with the cost of prosecution which shall include the costs of the complaint and all proceedings in rela. tion thereto. The payment of such fine and cost may be enforced by exc cutiOn in the same manner as in exc cutions issued upon judgment in civ il actions in Justices Courts.
 SEC. 4. The continuance of the said filth, garbage, or other matter complained of, upon the premises o any person charged with misde meanor, as in the preceding sectior provided, for the period of six hours after the expiration of the first six hours following the notice requiring the removal of the matter referred tC in such notice, shall constitute a mis demeanor, and each additional si2 hours that the matter complained O. is not removed from the premises O the person complained of, shall consti tute a separate misdemeanor, fo
 which separate fine may be imposed and the payment thereof enforced a
 provided in the first instance.
 SEC. ). It shall be the duty of tn,
 Boards of Supervisors of the respectiv, counties of the territory to prescrib,
 and define the limits of Sanitary Dis
 tricts within their respective counties
 SEC. 6. Any Justice of the Peac
 residing within the Sanitary Distric
 where a misdemeanor is alleged t
 have been committed in violation o the provisions of this act, shall hav jurisdiction to issue warrant for tn . arrest of any person charged by com plaint with the commission thereot and to hear and determine all matter l in relation thereto. The proceeding
 in relation thereto shall be the sam as in trials of criminal action in Jus
 tices' Courts.
 SEC. '. All fines collected unde this act shall be paid by the Justice (
 the Peace receiving the same to tn County Treasurer of the county at tn } end of each month, and by said Tres
 urer shall be paid to the county. l SEC. s. Any Constable who sha l perform the duties of Sanitary Inspet , tor shall receive for his services tn
 sum of four dollars per day for eac day actually occupied by him in nal , ing the inspection provided by thi act. And his account of said service : verified by his oath, shall be submi : ted by him to the Justice of the Peac residing in said Sanitary District fc his approval and audit, and when S 7 approved and audited shall be a coul , ty charge and shall be paid by tf Board of Supervisors by warrant draw . upon the general fund of the county . provided, that no more than four do . lars shall be allowed for each an 5 every week during his term of office. 2 Nothing contained in this act sha = exclude the Board of Supervisors fro = the right of determining the validit 5 of said audited accounts.
 - SEC. 9. This act shall take effe ! and be in force thirty days from ar :. after its passage.
 Ia Approved March 13, 1889.