The Brunswick news., 1912-08-14
COUNCIL MINUTES
Continues rom Page TWO,
A. j. MITCHELSON, chrm,
GEO. H. COOK,
G. T. CALNAN.
Reports of Officers.

AOAh W -. an, NACcSUA ACpOAb
of receipts for period ending July 81,
1912, and from N D. Russell, city
clerk, statement of expenditures for
same period. Ordered published and
filed.
From A. L. Owens, marshal, report
for month of July, 1912. Ordered
filed. vsN
From T. A. Mann city physician, re-
Fort for month of July, 1912, accom-
panied by an ordinance regulating sur
face water closets, for introduction at
the request of the board of health On
motion, the report and ordinance was
referred to the joint committees on
ordinances and sanitation.
Resolutions.
BY the Finance Committee.
Be it and it is hereby resolved 0y
the mayor and council of the city of
Brunswick in council assembled, that
the mayor be and he is hereby au-
| thorized to borrow on behalf of the
mayor and council the sum of five
thousand dollars, and to execute
note or notes to the lender or lenders
of such money such note or notes to
be payable within four months from
date or shorter period and to bear
interest at a rate not greater than s
per centum per annum.
Further resolved that the mayor be
authorized to renew said note or notes
for the whole or any part of said sum,
if the original be made for a shorter
period than four months from the date
of the original note or notes. Adopt
ed
| By the Finance Committee.
Be it and it is hereby resolved by
the mayor and council of the city of
Brunswick in council assembled. that
the mayor be authorized to execute
note to the light and water com
pany, at three months, for the amount
of the June bills in terms of the con-
tract. Adopted.
A resolution by Alderman Leo ap-
propriating 5000 for the purchase of
mule for the sanitary department
also one appropriating $3.50 for dredg-
ing at the foot of Monk street landing,
was read and under the rule, laid on
! the table until next regular meeting.
Ordinances.
The following ordinance was placed
on first reading and referred to the
! ordinance committee and the commit
tee on sanitation:
(By the Mayor.)
AN ORDINANCE providing for the
building and erection of privies or sur
face closets within the corporate linn
its of Brunswick; providing how the
same shall be maintained, kept and
regulated; providing punishment for
a violation of the ordinance, and for
other purposes:
Section 1. Be it ordained, by the
mayor and council of the city of
| Brunswick, in council assembled, and
it is hereby ordained by authority of
same, that from and after the passage
OF this ordinance every building in
said city used as a dwelling, store,
livery stable, tenement house, mill or
foundry, shall be provided by the
owner thereof with water closet, privy
or surface closet where said privy or
surface closet can be lawfully main
! tanned.
Sec 2. Be it further ordained, by
the authority aforesaid, that no privy
or surface closet shall be erected or
maintained on any premises in said
city to which a sewer and water line
is conveniently accessible, and no
priVy or surface closet shall be erect
ed in the city except under the di-
rection of the health officer, who shall
determine its location and describe
rules for the construction of all such
closets; and any one erecting or
maintaining a surface closet or privy
contrary to such rules, or the provis-
ions of this section, shall be subject
to trial in the police court, and upon
conviction shall be punished as pre-
scribed in section II of Johnson's
Code of the City of Brunswick.
Sec. 3. That all surface closets or
priyies in said city shall be thorough
ly cleansed and disinfected at least
once in every fifteen Q5) days.
Sec. A. That no person shall de-
posit any human fecal matter in any
place except in some properly con-
structed privy or water closet; nor
shall any person having removed the
contents or any part thereof of any
privy or surface closet in said city,
deposit, place or bury 1t anywhere
other than in dumping station erect
ed and maintained for that purpose
under the authority of said city.
Sec, 5. That no part Of the con-
tents of any priyy or surface closet in
said city, shall be transported through
or over any of the streets or high
ways, except as the same shall be
removed and transported by means of
some tight covered receptacle or ap-
paratus, pneumatic or other process,
so as to prevent the contents from
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