The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-15


courts, passages, areas or alleys. connected
with, or belonging to the same, liable to
produce disease or leolardize public health.
The owner. manager or agent of any apart.
ment house, tenement house, lodging or
boa riding house. or any part thereof shall
so cleanse and repair all the rooms, halls.
stairs, doors, windows, doors. walls. cell
lngs, closets. cess pools aud drains thereof
Of such buildings or parts thereof. OF which
he is owner. agent or lessee, as TO msin-
tain the me in such con lition rs not to
be dangerous to life or limb or pretudictal
10 health. The owner Of avery apartment
house. tenement house, lodriug or boarding
house shall furnish suita9e covered re-
, ceptacles for garbage, ashes aud rubbish.
Section l636--152. The roofs OF every
apartment house. tenement, lodging or
repair and all rain waCr shall be 80
drained or conveyed theretrom as not 10
flow into courts or easements or cause
iampuess of living rooms
Section l636-153. 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
sta bled at least twen.g feet distant from
every building used for living purposes.
and only wien such stahling Is not detri-
mental to health In the opin on of any Of
the departments charged with the enforce
ment Of this act. No apartment. tenement,
thereof. shall he used for the handling,
keeping or storage of combnstihlp articles
or has become liable to procure disease
or detrimental to health.
Section 163S-15A. Any building or Dor
ton thereof used as a tenement lodging
or boarding house IN any city Of the first
second nr third classes TINT has become
dllapidated, decayed, impaired by age, FIRE.
or the elements, or dangeroue from any
cause. or has become infected with disease.
or has become liable to proiure disease
Of any kind by reason OF accumulation Of
9Th or other unsanitary condition. and Is
limb or preWdicial to the public health.
Is hereby declared a 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 any hnilt
ing or part thereof used an apartment
tenement. lodging or boarding house To-
Gated in snch city has become such 4
nuisance, he shan personally examine suco
building or part thereof and upon deter
mining that the sane constitutes such
nuisance he shall notify IN writing the
owner, occupant or agent thereof to ahate
ench nuisance within time TO be speci
fed In such notice. which notice shall fur
Their state the character of such nuisance
md the determination OF such officer II
the owner, occupant or agent So notified
shall fail neglect or refuse to comply with
such notice within the time provided there
by and the nuisance shall contioue un
ahated the said officer shall carse such
nuisance to be abatPd In any case, how
ever, N which tt shall be necessary to tear
down or destroy any such building or
part thereof In order TO ahate sarh nui-
sauce. such officer shall before demolishiuy
the same apply to tho circuit court Of the
county In which such city is situated, for
IN order declaring that such huldipg or
part thereof constitutes nuisance and
TINT the destruction thereof Is necessary TO
ahate the same Upon the Glinp OF any
such nnplicati such court shalt forth.
with issue and cause to he served upon
SlCh owner 0Tcnpnnt md
any other person known to be interested
In the matter an order Tint they or any
OF them show cause to the court at A time
and place therein fixed why such huilainy
or part thereof should not be declared and
adiudged q nuisance, and It's destruction
necessary to nbate the same. At the time
so fixed the court shall hear the proofs
Of the parties interested aud may examine
such building constitutes such nuisance and
whether the destruction thereof IL nnccs
sary IN order to Hbate the same II the
court shall determine that such nuisance
exists but that II may be abated other.
wise than by destruction ef the huildiug
or part thereof. he shall 50 order and al.
Judge and may make snch other order ar
Judgment as shall be just and equitable
If such building or port thereof Is 50
determined to be nuisance and such
owner occupant agent or other person IN
terestcd shall fall or refuse TO abate the
shuie forthwith or comply with such order
Il
building or part thereof to he destroyed
The actual necessary expense Of aratlng
any such Nuisance shall he paid by the
proner officers of the city In which snch
huldinc Is situate, ont Of the treasury
thereof but the owner or owners Of the
lot or parcel Of land upon which so "a build
ing or part Of n building Is situate shall
be indebted TO such city in the amount Of
such expense, and snch city shah have
lien upon such lot or parcel OF land there.
for, ana the amount thereof shall be as
scssed thereupon Ivy the proper officers
ana collected In the same manner provided
for the assessment and collection % other
assessments ana taxes thereon.
Section 1e"6--155. No room used as
sleeping room In any apartment house ten
ement, lodging or boarding house shall be
SO oVercrowdcd that there shall he afforded
less than four hundred cubic feet of air
age, and two hundred cubic feet of air
space TO each child under twelve years OF
age occupyirc such room
Section lG3G--156 Each and every
building within the cities of the drst. sec
ond and third classes, used ns an epart-
ment house, tenement lodging or boarding
house. shnl be furnished with suitable
privy vaults or water-closets, There shall
he Mt least one sllch closet or vault for
every two Apartments, provided that the
total number OF persons In such two apart
mepts does not exceed eight. Whore the
totai number Of persons exceeds eight,
II
each apartment, The vaults, privics or
watcr-ccsets In or belonging to any apart
ment house, tenement house, boarding
house or lodging house, located on line
OF any street or alley through which there
- public, private or dist riot erwer. or
other sewer with which connection mar be
had, etaIl be connected by the owners les
secs or agents of such property Herewith,
whenever required to be done 10y the order
Of the local health commissioner or any
one Of the state officers entrusted with tho
enforcement of this act.
Section 16@G--l57. Every apartment or
tenement house shall have water provldei
In sufficient quantity IN each apartment
provided such house ia located on a street
or alley supplied with city water pipes.
When such house IL not so s'tnatcd n
sufficient supply OF wholesome water shall
be provided on q part OF the lot whore Il
win not be contaminated from closets,
barns garbage or other sources OF I'm.
purity.
Section iGaG-15s. The provisions of
this net shall apply to and he In force
IN cities Of the 0rst, second and third
classes only In addition to the officers
now charged by Inv with the enforcement
Of the statutes It shall be the duty of
state factory inspectors and the commits.
sioner of health and building inspector IN
every such CITY to enforce the provisions
OF this act ana such officers are hereby
clothed with fun power and authority for
such purpose
Section iG26--l5o, Every person who
shall violate or assist IN violating or who
shnll fail TO Comply with any OF the pro-
visions Of this act, shall he guilty OF a
misdemeanor md upon conviction thereof
shall be subject to a fine Of not less than
five dollars, nor more than two hundred
dollars. or by imprisonment In the county
Jail, workhouse or house OF correction not
less than fifteen days nor more than sixty
days, or by both such fine and lrnprlson-
mcnt In the discretion of the court Every
person who shall continue TO violate or
assist In violating or who shall continue
70 fail. neglect or refuse to comfy With