The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-08-19


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| Sec. 3. Any person who shall ride,
drive or feed, or cause TO be ridden,
driven or fed, any stock upon the
sidewalks or any streets of the town,
or suffer any stock to Craze within
the corporate limits of the town, un-
/ less held by person (no person shall
hold any stock of any kind on any
sidewalk of said town., shall be gull
ty of misdemeanor. Any person
who shall violate any portion Of this
section shall be fined two dollars for
every offence.
ARTICLE V.
Sec. l. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person or persons to permit any
nuisance or anything that emits an
offensive smell or that has tendency
to injure the public health to remain
on his premises after being notified
by the constable of the existence of
the same. Any person or persons so
offending shall be fined five dollars
for each and every offense.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person or persons to keep any
swine, or hogs, whether penned or
not, within the corporate limits of
the town of Scotland Neck between
the line of Fifth street and the line
of Fifteenth street and west of the
railroad as per map Of said town.
Any one violating this section
shall be fined one dollar for each and
every day he shall keep any swine, or
hogs, in said town within the above
named limits.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person or persons to erect or
build a privy or horse stables within
sixty feet of any we'll not on his own
premises, or build or allow to remain,
after being notified to remove same,
any privy already built over or on
any ditch in said town, or to throw
any excrement, garbarge or obstruc-
ton of any kind in any ditch or drain
in town. Any person violating any
portion of this section shall be fined
| five dollars for each violation.
ARTICLE vi.
Sec. l. Any person who shall med
die or tamper with the fire apparatus
of the town, or remove any bucket,
ladder or axe, or any part of the out
fit, or any electric light wire, pole or
lights, except under the direction of
the chief or foreman, or when it shall
be necessary to use the same in case
of fire, shall be fined five dollars for
every offence.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person or corporation to build or
cause to be built in the town within
two hundred feet of Main street in
any part of the territory lying be-
tween Ninth and Twelfth streets, any
frame or wooden building or to cover
such building with wooden roof, or to
join to any wooden building already
erected within one hundred feet of
Main street within such territory of
Ninth and Twelfth streets of the
town. Nor shall they replace any
roof on any building already erected
within the above territory mentioned
with wooden roof. Any person vio-
lating this section shall be fined
twenty-five dollars and twenty dol
lars day for each day such roof
NAV be permitted to remain. Pro
vided, this shall not prevent any one
from building a metal building not
nearer than one hundred feet to
Main street.
ARTICLE VII.
Sec. 1. All persons owning prlvles
within the corporate limits of the
town shall pay an annual tax of one
dollar on each and every privy they
may own. Provided, that no person
shall be required to pay tax for more
than one for each lot or house own
ed and all persons are required tC
list such privies along with their
other taxable property, the Town
Constable to collect such tax as he
would other taxes. The Town Com.
missioners will have all privies clean
ed and lined at the expense of the
town once each week from May LIST
to October 1st, and once every two
weeks from October 1st to May 1st
Any one who shall refuse to have his
privies so cleaned, or obstruct any
one in the performance of such duty
: shall pay fine of one dollar fol
each offense, and shall be required
= to clean such privy at his own ex
l pense and to have the excremen
carried outside Of the corporate
limits of the town, and upon failure
! to do so, after being notified by tn
Constable in writing, shall be fine6
, ten dollars and one dollar for eacl
and every day such privy remain
$ uncleaned.
Sec. 2. There shall be at leas
+ one privy to each dwelling house
, not having a water closet, and an;
owner of said dwelling who shal
\ fail to provide privy for the eH
: elusive use of its occupants Wlthl
one month after being notified SO t.
do by the Chief of Police of the town
shall be fined five dollars.
Sec. 8. Each owner of store o
+ other place of business in town, no
: having a privy. or water closet az
II commodations for the exclusive use
II it's inmates, shall erect such prlvy O
e provide such water closet accommt
: dations when so required to do b
i the Health Officer of the town. An
L person, firm or corporation fallln
to erect such privy or provide sue
!, water closet accommodations for tn
q space of one month after being not
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