Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-08

| mutation OF G-1I- Iltl. garbage other
/ matter in or on the same or in the vafsls
| courts passages. areas OF alleys connected
| with, or beloLg ing to the same liable TO
produce disease or jeopardze public health.
The owner manager or agent OF any apart
ment house. tenement house, lodging or
. boarding house, or any part thereof Shall
/ SO cleanse ana repair all the rooms. halls
+ stairs floors. windows. doors walls cell
! frgs closets cessp0ois and ORA ns thereof
/ Of such buildings or parts thereof. OF which
/ he is owner. agent or lessee, as to main
tain the same In such condition as not 30
: be dangerous TO life or limb or prejudictal
TO health TIE owner Of every apartment
. house. tenement house, lodging or boarding
! house shall furnish suitable covered re-
! ceptacles for carriage, ashes and rubbish.
Section lG36-152. The roofs Of every
{ apartment house. tenement, lodging or
! boarding house shall be maintained in good
repair and ali rain water shall be so
! drained or conveyed therefrom as not TO
| flow into courts or Easements or cause
! dampness Of living rooms.
| Section 16@6-153, No horse, COW, calf,
/ swine, poultry, sheep or goat shall be kept
/ in tenement houses or lodging houses. nor
! on the lot or premises thereof unless
! stabbed at least twenty feet distant from
| every building used for living purposes,
| and only when such stabling Is not detrt-
| mental to health IN the opinion Of any OF
the departments charged with the enforce
| ment Of this act. No apartment, tenement,
. lodging or boarding house or any part
! thereof, shall be used for the handling,
! keeping or storage Of combusttb!e articles
!
| or detrimental to health.
Section 1636-154. ANY building or por-
! ton thereof used as a tenement lodging
| or boarding house In any city Of the first
! second or third classes that has become
| dilapidated, decayed, impaired by age. dre,
! or the elements, or dangerous from any
! cause. has become infected with disease,
! or has become liable TO procure disease
| of any kind by reason Of accumulation Of
! filth or other unsanitary condition and Is
/ on account thereof dangerous to life or
| yEr4cT
| IS hereby declared nuisance. When the
! health commissioner of any city OF the
| first. second or third classes or any officer
| charged with the enforcement of this act,
shall receive information That anv build
! Ing or part thereof used az an apartment,
| tenement, lodging or boarding house, To-
| Gated In such city. has become such
! nuisance, he shall personally examine such
! building or part thereof and upon deter,
I mining that the same constitutes such
| nuisance he shall notify in writing the
! owner occupant or agent thereof to abRte
| such nuisance within q time to be speci,
| fed IN such notice, which notice shall fur
| Their state the character Of such nuisance
! and the determination Of such officer. II
| the owner, occupant agent so notified
! shall fail, neglect Or refuse 10 comply with
| such notice within the time provided there.
! by and the nuisance shall continue IN
! hated the said officer shall cause such
| nuisance to be abated. In any case, how
| ever, In which IT shall be necessary to tear
! down or destroy any such Btiidfng or
!
! sance, such officer shall before deDolishing
| the same apply to the circuit court OF the
| county IN which such city Ia situated, for
al order declaring that such building or
| part thereof constitutes a nuisance and
| that the destruction thereof is necessary TO
| 6bate the same. Upon the fling OF any
| such application such court shall forth
| with issue and cause to be served upon
| such owner, occupant or agent and upon
| any other person known to be interested
! in the matter, an order that they or any
ne &LNw1 r(,,%y to t1n k4T~a
| ond place therein fixed why such building
! or part thereof should not be declared and
| adjudged a nuisance, ard its destruction
! necessary to abate the same. At the time
! so fixed the court shall hear the proofs
| of the parties interested and may examine
| such building and shall determine whether
| such building constitutes such nuisance and
| whether the destruction thereof Ia neces-
| Bary in order to abats the same. r the
| court shall determine that such nuisance
| exists but that it may be abated other
! wise than by destruction of the building
| or part thereof, he shall so order and ad-
| judge and may make such other order or
! judgment as shall be Just and equitable.
If such building or part thereof is so
/ determined to be q nuisance and such
| owner. occupant, agent or other person in
! tcrested shall fail or refuse to abate the
! same forthwith or comply with such order
| Of the court, such officer shall cause such
! building or part thereof TO be destroyed.
The actual necessary expense of abating
| any such nuisance shall be paid by the
building Is situate out Of the treasury
! thereof, but the owner or owners Of the
| lot or parcel Of land upon which said build
/ ing or part of a building Is situate shall
! be Indebted to such city in the amount Of
! such expense, end such city shall have
i lien upon such lot OF parcel OF land there
! for, and the amount thereof shall be as
EeSSed thereupon by the proper officers
and collected n the same manner provided
( for the assessment and collection Of other
assessments and taxes thereon.
Section I636-155. No room used as
sleeping room in any apartment house, ten
emcnt, lodging or boarding house shall be
| SO OverCrowded that there shall be afforded
| less than four hundred cubic feet of air
| age, and two hundred cubic feet of sir
| space to each child under twelve yearn of
! age, occupying such room.
Section 1636-158 Each and every
building within the cities of the first sec
| ond and third classes, used as an apart
ment house. tenement. lodging or boarding
! house, shall be furnished with suitable
| priVy vaults or water-closets. There shall
! be at least one such closet or vault FOR
! every two apartments, provided that the
| total number OF persons in such two apart
ments does not exceed eight. Where the
! total number of persons exceeds eight,
! there shall be separate closet or vault for
| each apartment, The vaults. priVies or
| water-ClOsets in or belonging to any apart
! ment house, tenement house, boarding
| house or lodging house, located on q line
/ OF any street or alley through which there
| other sewer with which connection may be
had, shall be connected BY the owners, les
| sees, or agents Of such property Herewith,
! whenever required to be done by the order
| Of the local health commissioner or any
! one of the state officers entrusted with the
| enforcement Of this act
Section 1636-157. Every apartment or
| tenement house shall have water provided
| IN sufficient quantity IN each apartment,
! provided such house is located on a street
| or alley supplied with city water pipes.
| When such house is not so situated a
| sufficient supply OF wholesome water shall
| be provided on part of the lot where it
| will not be contaminated from closets,
| barns garbage or other sources of i'm
| purity.
Section 1636-I5s The provisions of
! this act shall apply to and be in force
| in cities Of the first. second and third
| classes only. In addition to the officers
| now charged by law with the enforcement
| Of the statutes, It shall be the duty OF
! state factory inspectors and the corn,ais-
sioner of health and building inspector IN
! every such city to enforce the provisions
! Of this act and such officers are hereby
| clothed with full power and authority for
such purpose.
| Section 1636-159. Every person who
| shall violate or assist in violnEing or who
shall fail TO comply with any of the pro-
! visions of this act, shall be guilty OF
| misdemeanOr and upon conviction thereof
shall he subject to q fine Of not less than
! five dollars, nor more than two hundred
| dollars. or by imprisonment IN the county
/ fail. vOrkhOuse or house OF correction not
! less than fifteen days nor more than sixty
} DAYS. or bv both such fine and iplDriSdr-
! ment in the discretion Of the court Every
/ person who shall continue to violate or
! assist IN violating or who shall continue
! 20 fail, neglect, or refuse to comply with
anv Of the provisions Of this act after hav-
Ing been so convicted for violating assist
/ Ing in violating or falling TO comply there
/ with, shall be guilty Of a nisdemeanor