Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-11-09
NUS ANCES


Sec. 81. ~ No privy, vault, cess
pool nor reservoir into which a priyy
water closet, stable or sink Is drained,
except 1t be water tight, shall be es-
tablished nor permitted within one
hundred feet of any we'll, spring or
other source of water used for drink
ing or culinary purposes.
W All privy vaults, reservoirs or
cesspools named In rule ! must be
cleaned out at least once each year;
and from the first day of May TO the
first day of November of each year
shall be thoroughly disinfected by
adding to the contents thereof twice
each month two pounds of copperas,
dissolved In pail of water, or the
contents to be thickly covered with
fresh lime.
(3) No privy vault nor cesspool
shall open into any stream or ditch,
nor into any drain except common
sewers.
az All sewer drains that pass with
In one hundred feet of any source of
water used for drinking or culinary
purposes shall be water tight.
~ No sewer drain shall empty in
to any lake or pond, nor into any
cesspOol or abandoned well.
(6) No offal or waste from any
creamery shall be thrown upon or in
to any stream, rayine, open ditch or
drain.
(7) No house offal or dead animal
shall be left upon any lot or land with
in this town unless the same be
buried. The carcass of all animals,
dead from an infectious or contagious
disease shall be Immediately burned.
All cellars and outbuildings must be
cleaned before the first day of May in
each year.
(S) Between the first day of May
and the first day of November no
hogs shall be kept within the limits
of this town except In pens with dry
floors, or pens free from all filth and
standing water. Cattle yards, barns
and stables must be kept free from
all filth and offensive odor.
Any person violating any of the
provisions of this section shall be
fined not less than Give, nor more
than fifty dollars, Cor be imprisoned
not less than two nor more than If
teen days, and the court shall order
the abatement of the nuisance at the
cost of the defendant 10 substantially
the manner provided In sections five
thousand and eighty-one to five thous-
and and eighty-fve, inclusive, of the
Code of Iowa.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 80 1t shall be the duty of
every police officer who has any
knowledge of, or has good reason to
believe, that any of the provisions
of this ordinance are being violated,
to make report of same through his
chief to the health officer of the local
board of health.
Sec. 80 Any citizen who has rea-
son to believe that any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance Is being vio-
lated may file an information under
oath, describing the person and the
offense charged, and 1t shall be the
duty of the attorney of the town
forthwith to prosecute the same be-
fore the proper court.
Sec. 40. If any person by himself,
or by his agent or employe, shall will
fully violate any of the provisions OF
this ordinance, where no other pen
atty Is provided, he shall be fined not
less than ten dollars, nor more than
one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned
not less than three days, nor more
than thirty days, in the discretion of
the court.
Sec. Al. This ordinance shall take
effect and be la force on and after its
public alton.
NOTES
Sec. AZ. All ordinances or parts o.
ordinances of this town In conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.