Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-11-05


NNXVIl II the City Code OF Annapolis.
title sinks" said new sections 60 be
known as sections s. y, 10. II, Il IL. Il
10. III. IL. Is. 10. 20 aud q.
section 1. Be Il established and ordained
by the Mayor Counselor ana Aldermen OF
the city of Annapolis That Article
NXNVII of the Revised city Code, utls
'Siaks." be and the same Is hereby amend
cd by adding thereto fourteen new sections
to follow Section Z, ana 10 be- numbered See
ions S. 0. 10. II, l. 13. II. 10, III, IL, Is. l9'
20 and n and TO read as follows:
section X. ON and after December l. 1910
IL shall be unlawful for any person To US
or maintain on his or her property any
privy within the corporate limits Of Anllap-
oils. unless the same be provided with water
tight receptaces for the reception Of human
eNcreta aud be Kept in sanitary condition.
Section o. ON and after April l, 1916, II
shall be unlawful for any person 10 use any
privy within the corporate limits of Aunap
ellis or to maintain any privy within said
city. unless the same be So constructed that
dies cannot gain access to the eNcreta de
posted therein.
section 10. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to dispose of or permit the disposal
of human eXcTeta on any property owned of
| leased or occupied by him or them, on the
public streets ui Annapolis, or on any other
property within the corporate limits in al
iHsdnitary manner.
section II. After the pnssuge of this ordi
/ rance IL shall be unlawful for any person
Grm or corporation tC construct or build
within the corporate limits of Annapolis
any privy without first applying In writ
ing TO the city Commissioner for a permit
allowing the construction Of said privy aus
| receiving said permit, said permit to be is
| sued free of charge.
| section IL. Al privies where permit IL
| granted by tie City Commissioner, shall b
| built or constructed according To speciiiCa
tiOus to be furnished by the said City Com
/ missioner.
| section IS. All privies In existence within
/ the corporate limits of the City of Annap
| oils prior to the adoption OF this ordinance
/ shall be remodeled on OF before December |
| 1919 under the supervision Of and accordlna
| to the Specifications TO be furnished by th,
1 City Commissioner.
| section "a. Whenever the condition of
1 privy is such that IL cannot he put IN saul
/ tary condition. the same is hereby declare,
/ a public nuisance and the City Commission
i er shall order the property owner to con
struct a new priyy within thirty days afte
/ notice. In conformity with Section of tbii
| ordinance.
| section Is. On ana after the passage ant
| adoption of this ordinance, the City Com
| missioner shall give written notice to tia
/ property owner or owners or his her or Ii;
! agent, or agents whose premises ther,
| exist privies wbieh consist of holes or wells
| ia the earth for the reception of human eX
! creta, requiring them 10 have the same
cleaned out and filled In with earth or som,
suitable material on or before December /
! 1915. and requiring the same TO conform u
/ those described IN specifications TO Ee fur
nished by said City Commissioner
section IA. Ii hhall ce unlawful for am
person, firm or corporation directly o
/ through an agent or agents, to rent or col
I gn rgnn les
! the premises Of such tenant be proYidet
/. with sanitary water closet or a sanitar!
privy.
Section II. A public scavenger seryiei
| shall be Opertated by the City of AnnapOlii
| for the proper removal and sanitary dis
posal of the contents of priyies In said City
Said removal aud disposal TO be made a
| least once i'm each and every week from
every privy affected by this ordinance.
Section Is. The city Collector and Treas
| urer is hereby empowered and directed [,
charge and collect $500 per annum payabi,
in quarterly installments on the first day o
January, April, July aud October of eacl
year lor the scayenlng of each priyy within
the corporate limits OF Annapolis, the fee
| so charged ana collected to be used to de
4 fray tie expenses Of scayeLtng said t5riyies
| section ~. The cost Of such scaveBiBi
l shall be at the expense of the propeTt!
| owner, ana said expense shall be certinet
| to the Chief of Police, whose duty ii shal
! be to notify the person, nrn or cOrporatioi
| owning the property OF the amount due
| which shall be payable within thirty day
next thereafter. aud If the said propertj
| owners do not pay said bills within sucl
! time, then the Chief of Police shall turl
| over such bills TO the City Counselor. VIII.
! shall proceed by proper legal methods t,
collect the amounts due
section 20. Any person. firm or corpor
alton violating or falling to comply Will
| any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be guilty of misdemean0r aud shat
be subject TO a penalty of not less thai
$500 u0r more than $1,000 for each onense
and where any such violation is continuous
| each week thereof shall constitute a sepa
rate offense
section Fl. On the trial of any person
hrm or corporation charged with viOlatin,
any Of the requirements Of this ordinance
/ the opinion Of the City Health Uiieer, til
| Deputy State Health Officer. or OF the Cit
| Commissioner, who has inspected the preln
tses IN question, shall be prima faeia eyi
Gence Of the sanitary condition Of sucl
premises.
Section 2. And be II established and or
dained by the authority aforesaid, That thi
ordinance shall take effect from the date o
its passage.
Approved September "a. 1915
tsignedl JAMES (. STRANGE,
Attest PORTER. Clerk.