Oxford eagle., 1902-06-19
Sewerage Ordinance.


putting in, maintenance and regu-
lating water closets in the town oi
oxford and to enforce and regulate
the sewerage system of the town
and to provide penalty tor failure
to comply with the said ordinance
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
town of Oxford, Mississippi: That
every building when occupied in the
town of Oxford, Miss, situated on any
public or private street, alley, cour'
or passageway in which there is pub
lie sewer, and every building or parl
OF a building used for separate busi-
ness, connected with or contiguous to
a public sewer used as dwelling
house, tenement house, lodging house
or store where persons usually stay OF
reside, shall have one or more water
closets for each separate business OF
family, connected with the public sew
ers of said town and said water closets
shall be provided with hydrant by
which it can be flushed, which
hydrant shall have supply of water
connected there with at all times and
any owner and any occupant of a
house such as above described who
shall fail or refuse to provide such
water closet, with such hydrant OF
who shall fail to have such hydrant
connected with such supply of water,
or who shall fail or refuse to build such
closet and to connect with the sewer
main of the town within four months
from the passage of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a violation
of this ordinance and on conviction,
shall be fined not over one hundred
dollars nor less than five dollars for
every such offense and for each days
failure or refusal there after shall be
fined one dollar per day and if said
fine and cost shall not be paid i'm
mediately, the said person or persons
SO convicted shall stand committed
until the fine and all costs shall be paid
Sec. 2. That hereafter it shall be
unlawful for any person to flush er
wash out any OF the town sewers or
any of its connect ons with water OBJ
tanned from any other source than the
town water works and it shall be un-
lawful for any persons to use the5town
sewer or in any manner deposit or dis
charge excrement, garbage or other
sewerage into the town sewers unless
such person be duly authorized 80 to
do by the proper authority and before
such authority shall be given the per-
son desiring to use such sewers must
first show to the Superintendent of
the water works of the town that he
or she has paid to the town tax col
lector the regular charges as may be
due under the rules and rates estab-
lished for the service required and
any person whose connection has once
been properly made who shall be de-
linquent for water tax for a longer
period THANH l0idays shall be- held guilty
ola violation of this section of this
ordinance and shall be held to be dis
connected and no longer. entitled to
use the public sewers and all persons
found guilty of such violation shall be
fined not less than five dollars or more
than one hundred dollars for each Of
fense and shall pay all costs and for
each days failure thereafter shall be
fined not less than one dollar per day,
if such fine and cost are not paid, the
person convicted shall stand commit
ted until the fine and all cost are paid
Sec. 8. No one shall place, or cause
to be placed or knowingly permit any
one to place in any sewer any swili,
garbage, sweepings, ashes, sand, clay,
cotton, wool, rags, wearing apparel,
rubbish, or any other solid matter that
may not be promptly dissolved by the
sewerage, or that may form deposits,
or distractions, in the sewers, or in
any OF their accessories or fixtures
Due care and cleanliness shall be ex-
ercised in the use of all fixtures.
Sec. 4. No private sewer, nor con.
duit discharging sewerage elsewhere
than into the sewer mains of the towr
nor any cess pool shall be constructed
Or allowed exesPDti ct Eifeg Etifeg tha Mayor enas' ans
Board of Aldermen. No other con
duit shall be laid parallel to or within
five feet of any sewer main. No on,
except competent and skilled me-
! chanic acting under the direction O
the town Engineer, shall make an,
opening into, or any connection witt
any sewer main of the town,
Sec. 5. Every separate buildin.
winch is used as dwelling, place o
business, or is otherwise occupied b,
one or more persons, and every liver,
stable, hotel or private boarding hous,
which fronts on a street wherein
sewer main has been constructed, O
which Is nearer to such street than tt
any other, shall be independent,
connected with the sewer within fou
months from the passage of this ordi
nance; and every building hereafte
erected within said limit shall b,
similarly connected before it is occu
l hylIll
shall be provided with at least on,
closet and each such building used a.
dwelling or place where cooking i
done shall be provided with at leas
| one kitchen sink. When several small
houses are on the same lot and owned
by the same person, they may, if ap
| proved by the Inspector of the town
| have their separate sewer fixtures
| connected with one main house drair
| from the sewer or be served by th,
same water fixtures in common. An,
one violating the provisions of thi
| ordinance shall subject the owner o
the building, upon conviction. to ;
tine of not less than five dollars MOI
| more than one hundred dollars and al
costs and the owner of such building
shall forfeit and pay to the town one
dollar per day for each days failure te
comply with this ordinance, to be col.
leeted by the Mayor as other fines ars
collected.
Sec. 6. No privy or urinal, not con.
nected with the sewer, shall be allow
ed on any lot abutting on street in
which a sewer has been constructed
nor on any lots nearer to such street
than another. On other streets and
lots, every privy constructed is to be
well ventilated and provided with re-
movable water tight boxes of tubs
easily accessible, or otherwise con-
structed SO as to be approved by the
Sanitary Inspector.
Sec. z. If two or more urinals are
connected, they shall be provided
with an automatic flush tank and with
door slab of nom absorbent material
each urinal to be separately trapped
Yard siop sinks may be constructed
and nished with cement mortar. ac-
cording to plans furnished by the
engineer. Wooden sinks and wash
trays or tubs as fixtures shall not be
allowed, they shall be of non absorb
ent material.
Sec. 5. No bath tub or other fix