The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-02-20
MEET DEMANDS OF STATUTE
Every City on the Lake Shore Expect
ed to Send Delegates to Big Meeting
to be Held in Racine in March, at
Which Vital Question Will Come up.

The annual meeting of the Lake
Michigan Sanitary Association, which
comprises four states, Wisconsin, Iii
nois, Indiana and Michigan, will be
held in Racine on March 10, possibly
At the Elks' hall.
DIR. Evans, former health commits
sioner Of Chicago, and president of the
association; DIR. Young, present health
commissioner Of Chicago, and official
Of the association; Mayor Bading Of
Milwaukee, another of1iees Of the as
ISOLATION, will all take al active part
IL the subjects which are to como up
for discussion.
Also there will be present at the I'M
portant gathering health commissions
ers and expert sanitary engineers from
the, four states. Anti-pollution of
lake water and the prevention of sew
age of cities along the shores of Lake
Michigan being run into the body Of
water, will be the important dis
cussions.
This subject is receiving the attention
of congress at present. Congressman
Lyden Evans Of Chicago, having intro.
duced bill, which makes it punish
able offense for city to dump sewage
into Lake Michigan. The bill, of
great interest to every person in Ke-
nosha and also other cities of WiscoI-
sin, Illinois, Michigan and Indiapa.
reads as follows:
:" 1t shall not be lawful to throw,
discharge or deposit or to suffer or
procure to be thrown, discharged or
deposited any refuse matter Of any
kind or description, liquid or solid in
to Lake Michigan, provided, however,
that the provisions of this act shall
not apply to work in connection with
protecting the shores of Lake Michi
gan from erosion OF waste or with the
construction, repair and protection Of
breakwaters or any other structures
built in aid of navigation in the pro
lection or building of harbors or for
the purpose of obtaining a water
supply.
Any person, firm OF corporation,
municipal or otherwise violating the
provisions of this act shall be. guilty
of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be fined for the first of
Tense not less than $500 and not ex-
cecding $1,000 and for ever succeed
ing offense not less than twice the
minimum amount nor more than
twice the maximum amounts of the
fine for the next previous offense.
"Courts of equity shall have iuris-
diction by injunction or otherwise to
restrain any municipal, corporation or
other public agency, of nature whatso-
ever from violating the provisions Of
this act, or from instituting any pub
tic or other work, the effect of which
would be to violate the provisions of
his act, at the suit Of the attorney
general of the United States or the
district attorney of any district abut-
ling on Lake Michigan or on relation
Of any taxpayer in any municipality
bordering on Lake Michigan in which
municipality obtains a water supply
for drinking purposes from Lake
Michigan.
City officials of Kenosha have been
personally identified with this associa-
tion for the past four or Eve years.
Milwaukee officials are having at
The present time considerable discus.
sion on account of Mayor Badings eff.
Forts in a plan for caring for the Nil.
waukee sewage by building system
of intercepting sewers.
1t is the opinion of officials in all
cities that the present proposed legis-
lation is something that has been
needed for years and it will in all
probability have the support of every
city adjacent to the lake. 1t is the
opinion that within five or six years
Milwaukee, Kenosha, Chicago and
other cities should be ready to STOP
dumping sewage into the lake.