Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-10-06

s.,,,on !. BE il established and ordained
nv the Mayor. Counselor ana AIueEAusn, -, - -
the CITY Of Annapolis, Ihat 49,,
XXXVII Of the Revised City Soue' 80
ssSsntsf . be and the same is hereby anenu-
- ~ adding thereto fourteen new sections
~ follow Section T. and to be numbered SO
sors : o 10 IL. j. Is. IL, 10 16' IL II ~
~ ana u. and TO read as foiioWS 49,
s.ction s. on and after December i l'le,
st shall be unlawful for any person 20 U.s.
- maintain on his or her property any
80 ,rith{n the corporate limits OF Anhap-
ais unless the same be provided wlth W WN.et-
t5rbt receptacles for the reception OF hVluaN
excreta ana be kept in sanitary cShuLLo.''
Secttop Q. on and after April !, 19Ao' II
shall be unlawful for any person 10 IS -
nrivv within the corporate limits or Ahllap
elis q. TO maintain any privy within saia
citv unless the same be so constructed tnat
dies cannot gain access to the eXeFeta oe'
posted therein.
sect,on 10 1t shall be unlawful for any
nerson 70 dispose OF or permit the oispos"l
/ al human excreta on any property owned ot
1oase5 or occupied by him or them. on the
public streets of Annapolis, or on any ' othe1
property within the corporate limits IN an
/ insanitary manner. -;
/ section IL. After the passage of this ordl
rance it shall be unlawful Tor any peEsCn'
/ 6rrn or CORPORATION 10 construct or bullu
/ v-itI,in the corporate limits Of Annapois
I any privy without first applying IN Wrlt-
/ fnr- 10 the CITY Commissioner for permit
/ allowing the construction of said priYy ana
receiving said permit. said permit 70 ne IS
I sued free of charge.
4 section Is Al privies where permit Is
/ Granted bv the City Commissioner. shall b'
/ built or constructed according to speclhca-
tions to be furnished by the seid CITY Com
/ tmissioner. ,,.
section 1s. All priyies in existence wlthlu
the corporate limits of the city OF Ahhap
oils prior TO the adoption Of this ordinance
shall be remodeled on or before December
i1g15 under the supervision OF and accorolns
| to the specifications to be furnished py the
/ City Commissioner.
| section Il. Whenever the condition OF .
privy is such that It cannot be put in SAM
tary condition, the same is hereby declared
a public nuisance and the city Commission
er shall order the property owner to con
struct a new privy within thirty days atlei
notice in conformity with Section OF thi'
[ ordinance.
section IS. On and after the passage enc
adoption Of this ordinance, the city Com
missioner shall give written notice TO tu'
property owner or owners or his, her OF lt'
agent, or agents. On whose premises theI'
exist priyies which consist of holes or weli'
i'm the earth for the reception of human eN
creta, requiring them TO have the SAINT
cleaned out and filed IN with earth or sam'
I
1915, and requiring the same to conform e
those described In specifications TO be tur
nished by said City Commissioner.
section 10. It shall ne unlawful for an,
person. firm or corporation directly o
! through an agent or agents, TO rent or col
lect rents from any resident tenant unies
the premises of such tenant be provided
with a sanitary water closet or n sanitar.
section II. A public scavenger seryic
shall be opertated by the City Of Annapol
for the prOner removal and sanitary dis
posal Of the contents Of privles IN SAID Sity
Said removal and disposal to be made a
least once in each and every week from
every prlyy affected by this ordinance.
Section Is. The City Collector and Treas
urer IS hereby empowered and directed q
/ charge and collect $500 per annum payabl
in quarterly installments on the first day o
January, April, July and October of eacl
year Ior the scavening Of each privy within
the corporate limits OF Annapolis, the fee
so charged and collected to be used to de
I fray the expenses of scaveLing said privies
Section 10. The cost of such scaYeninj
| shall be Al the expense Of the prOpert
! owner, and said expense shall be certidc
TO the Chief of Police, whose duty it shal
be to notify the person, firm or corporation
{ owning the property of the amount due
I which shall be payable within thirty day
! next thereafter, and if the said prOperC
{ owners 90 HOT pay HalQ BlllS Wiiulu sue
time then the Chief of Police shall tur
over such bills to the City Counselor. VIII
| shall proceed by proper legal methods &
collect the amounts due.
I Section 20. Any person, firm or Corpor
alton violating or failing to comply wit
any OF the provisions of this ordinance
! shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor and shal
be subject to = penalty Of not less tina
I $500 nor more than $4,000 for each offeust
. and where any such violation is continuous
J / each week thereof shall constitute a sepa
rate offense.
Section 21. On the trial of any person
, firm or corporation charged with violatin
: any Of the requirements Of this ordinanc,
the opinion of the City Health officer, th
Deputy State Health Officer. or OF the Cit
! Commissioner who has inspected the prem
} ises in question, shall be prima facla evi
! dence of the sanitary condition Of sue
! premises.
Section ?. And be it established and on
dained by the authority aforesaid, That thi
! ordinance shall take effect from the date O
its passage
Approved September q, 1915.
(Signed) JAMES Il. STRANGE
Mayor
Attest phil. q PORTER. Clerk
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.