The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-08-28
An Ordinance
To Compel Sewer Connections.

Be it ordained by the Mayor and Al
dermen of the City Of kingStree now
met and sitting in Council and by the
authority Of the same:
Section |. That all closets or prlvles
now situated within three hundred feet
of any sewer line now laid within the
limits of the city of kingstree be and
the same are hereby declared nuisances
and detrimental to the public health.
Also all open wells of less than thirty
feet depth are hereby declarednuisances.
Section 2. Every person, firm or cor
poration within the town limits, and
within the distance limit named in Sec
ton l, shall. by the 1st of January, A d
1914, erect and, from said date, keep in
repair suitable water closet connected
with the sewerage system of Ithe town
for every separate residence or business
lot owned or controlled by any person,
firm or corporation: provided, that for
convenience and mutual advantage of
adjoining owners. as many closets as
may be practicable may be placed on
one line; provided, further, that no such
line shall exceed the length of one
town block or square.
Section 3. That any person, firm or
corporation owning or in control OF lots
named in Section 2 who shall fail or re-
fuse to erect such closets and in such
manner as described in Section , by the
first day Of January, 1914, shall be guilty
of misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall pay fine of not less than S.. OC
for each lot not provided for, or be con-
fined in the town guard-house not less
than days.
section 4. That any person, firm or
corporation convicted and sentenced un.
der Section 3 shall, upon payment of
fine or service of sentence, have thirty
days to comply with Section and upon
failure to erect said closets, as is pro-
vided for in said section, shall, upon
such second conviction, pay a fine Of not
less than $500 or be confined in the
guard-house not less than Is days. Pro-
vided. that upon the second trial of any
person. firm or corporation for failure
to comply with the terms of Section 2,
they shall have the right to show, under
proper evidence. that they have made
and are making every reasonable effort
to complete the work; and the Mayor,
upon such showing, shall have the right
to grant such person, firm or corpora
ton thirty days, and no more, in which
to comply. and upon failure at the ex-
piration of such time, shall pay the fine
or serve the sentence provided for in
Section 4.
Section 5. Every person, firm or cor
poration owningor controlinglots in Sec
tions ofthe town of Kingstree not now
open for sewer connection under the dis
tance clause in Section shall have sixty
days from the completion of new sewer
lines in which to erect closets and make
connections and shall then be subject to
the same penalties for failure as pro-
vided for on lines now laid.
Section 6. That for each and every
failure by any person, firm or corpora
tion to comply with Section 2 after Sec
ond conviction and the granting of the
time by the Mayor, be liable to the fine
or Imprisonment prescribed in Section
4 for every thirty days to comply.
Passed and ratified in Council assem-
bled this, the 18th day of March, A D
1918. L P KINDER,
Mayor of Kingstree, S c.
Attest: NJ Ii JACOBS,
1t Clerk and Treasurer.