Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-12-21
ORDINANCE NO. 7.

adopted and shall be enforced as
part OF the laws, rules and regula-
tons of said city and any and every
person refusing to conform hereto,
or who violates any OF the ProvlS-
ions herein, shall be deemed guilty
of a miSdemeanor and upon convic-
ton thereof shall be fined in any
sum not less than one dollar and
not more than one hundred dollars
and in addition TO such fine may be
imprisoned for any term not exceed
ing ten days.
Sec. /. Each owner, lessee or
occupant having the control OF any
lot. block or other parcel OF land
within the city limits shall forth
with clean up said lot, block or par.
/. eel OF ground by remaving there
from all decaying, unwholesome or
offensive matter AMI thereafter
keep the same clean, so that depoS-
its or accumulationS shall not be
offensive, or deleteTiouS 10 the
health OF the people.
Sec. ;. Each owner, lessee or
occupant or person having the pos
session, control or right 10 control
any suth lot or premises shall dis
infect and with earth fill up any
and every sink, cesSpool, closet,
priyv. or other place used as re-
p0Sitory for eXcrementS, filth and
waste on such premises and here
after no such eXcrementS, filth or
waste shall h placed or deposited
under or in the ground within the
city limits.
Sec. :. Each and every water.
closet, privy or other receptacle
used as such closet, pTlVy or place
Of deposit snail be provided by the
owner or user thereof with a water
tight box or drawer sufficiently
large AMI 50 arranged above ground
that the city scaveRge! can have
easy access thereto Tor emprying,
cleaning AMI replacing the same
And such owner. lessee and user OF
such closet or privy shall provide
and Keep on hand in or about the
same i sufficient quantity OF llme to
sprinkle and use therein, 1t least
one-half gallon thereof each week
that said closet continues in use.
SEC. !. Said box or drawer shall
be emptiei and cleaned not less ire
luently than once each thirty days
and a part Of such Cleaning snail
consist Of covering the bottom OF
said box with unslacked lime. And
it shall be an offense and Punlsha-
HE as herein provided TO permit
any closet or Privy TO become foul
or offensive TO an extent that such
offensive condition can BE- detected
from the outside thereof.
Sec. 5. The city scayenger shall
be permitted to collect fee OF not
over twenty five cents per month
from the owner or user OF any such
privy or closet at a private residence
10 compensate him for the cleaning
thereof. Aad for the cleaning OF
privies and closets at hotels, board
ing houses, wagon yards, Every
barns or other SUCH Ike places he
may charge a fee not exceeding
fifty cents for each Privy and tor
each cleaning and provided further
that privies in this class shall De
cleaned at least tH'ice per month.
1t is further ordained that the
city scavenger shall be deemed and
construed TO be the keeper OF each
and every such closet in the city
where the owner or user Thereon
aGd pays him to clean the
same as provided herein and saiI
scavenger shall, upon conviction,
suffer the penalty for a violation OF
this ordinance, and said scavenge:
shall be compelled and is hereby
required to attend 10 and clean each
and every closet and Priyy as here
IN provided whenever the owner,
lessee or user thereof pays or ten
ders TO him the lawful fees therefor.
And further, after the owners or
users of such closets shall have ar
ranged the same in substantial com
Dliance with this ordinance and
nave paid or rendered the lawful
fees to said scavenger such person
shalt be- held guiltless Of a violation
Of this ordinance. Provided fur
Their. that w. J. Simpson, the duly
city scaYengrf, IS hereby
appointed policeman OF Canyon
CITY with all the powers and duties
incident 10 such office and IS hereby
strictly charged with the obSerV-
ance and enforcement Of the fore
going sanitary regulations as well
as all other laws and ordinances of
Canyon City
Approved Dec. IL, 1900.
JASPER y. HANEY, Mayor
Attest: G L. Abbott. CITY see.