Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-10-07

section 1. Be it established and ordained
| nv the Mayor, Counselor and Aldermen en-. %
| thn CITY of Annapolis, That Afuele
/ vS-NrxSIf NJ the Revised City Code, title
| ssSInks-" be and the same is hereby amend
4 81 nv adding thereto fourteen new sections
- follow Section Z, and TO be numbered Sec
ions s. 9. 10. II, u 1S IA, 10, TO- IL Ae' 10
/ 20 and II. and TO read as IolloWs' .-
/ section g. on and after December J. 1910,
!. sbsu he unlawful for any person TO use
1 or maintain on his or her properly AZ!
1 ,vi,-,r within the corporate limits OF Ahlap-
oils unless the same be provided Win water
4 tfcht receptacles for the reception OF human
Rexcreta and be kept in sanitary e"Au, 1o1s 49,
| section Q. ON aud after April /, 1915 II
shall be unlawful for any person 10 use any
/ priyv within the corporate limits or AAnap
/ elis or 10 maintain any privy within said
1 citv. unless the same be so constructed thaN
aies cannot gain access to the e1ere'a oe
posted therein.
section 10. Ii shall be unlawful for any
1 nerson to dispose of or permit the disposal
1 of human excreta on any property owned OF
/ leased or occupied by him or them, on the
/ public streets Of Annapolis, or on any othef
/ Droperty within the corporate limits IN an
tinsanitary manner.
section IL. After the passage OF this ordl'
lance il shall be unlawful fer any person,
firm or corporation 70 construct OF ouliu
within the corporate limits Of Annapolis
any privy without first applying IN writ
ling to the City Commissioner Tor a permit
allowing the construction OF said pFlNy ana
receiving said permit, said permit TO De IS
sued free of charge.
section I2 Al privies where permit is
granted by the City Commissioner, shall Os
ibu!lt or constructed according 10 speclhca-
tions TO be furnished by the seid City Com q
missioner. ,
section Is. All prlvies in existence within
the corporate limits of the City OF Annap-
oils prior TO the adoption Of this ordinance
shall be remodeled on or before December l.
l1915. under the supervision of and according
4 to the Specifications 10 be Iurlsneu pS 'Ho
City Commissioner.
/ Section IA. Whenever the condition or a
| priyy is such that it cannot be put in sani-
tary condition, the same is hereby declared
| a public nuisance and the City Commission
er shall order the property owner TO con con
! struct a new privy within thirty days after
notice in conformity with Section . OF this
/ ordinance.
Section To- on and after the passage and
adoption Of this ordinance, the city Conn
| missioner shall give written notice to the
| property owner or owners or his, her or its
agent, or agents. on whose premises there
! exist privies which consist Of holes or wells
| in the earth for the reception of human eN-
/ creta, requiring them TO have the same
| cleaned out and filed in with earth or some
suitable material on or before December l.
4
! those described I'm specifications TO be tur-
nished by said City Commissioner.
section I6. 1t shall ne unlawful for any
| person firm or corporation directly oE
| through an agent or agents, to rent or col
lect rents from any resident tenant, unless
the premises OF such tenant be provided
with a sanitary water closet or sanitary
privy.
section Il. A public scavenger service
shall be opertated by the City Of Annapolis
for the proper removal and sanitary dis
posal Of the contents of priYies in said City.
| Said removal and disposal to be made at
least once in each and every week from
! every priyy affected by this ordinance.
I Section 49, The City Collector and Treas
urer is hereby empowered and directed tu
/ charge and collect $500 per annum payable
in quarterly installments on the first day OF
/ January, April, July and October of each
l year iOr the scavening Of each prlyy within
the corporate limits of Annapolis, the fees
! so charged and collected TO be used to de-
fray the expenses of scaveLing said privies
Section 10. The cost of such scavenine
shall be at the expense Of the property
! owner, and said expense shall be certified
| to the Chief of Police, whose duty it shall
be to notify the person, firm or corporation
/ owning the property of the amount due
which shall be payable within thirty days
next thereafter, and If the said property
owners do not pay said bills within such
time, then the Chief of Police shall turn
over such bills to the City Counselor. who
shall proceed by proper legal methods tC
collect the amounts due.
1 Section 20. Any person, firm cOrpor-
alton violating or failing to comply witt
any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be guilty Of a misdemeanOr and shall
be subject to a penalty of not less than
$500 nor more than $4,000 for each offense
and where any such violation is continuous
each week thereof shall constitute a sepa-
rate offense.
Section 21. On the trial of any person
/ firm or corporation charged with violating
any of the requirements of this ordinance
the opinion Of the City Health officer, tho
1 Deputy State Health Officer. or of the City
| Commissioner, who has inspected the prem.
ises IN question, shall be prima facia eyi
dence of the sanitary condition of such
/ premises.
Section 2. And be It established and or
dained by the authority aforesaid, That this
ordinance shall take effect from the date OF
its passage.
Approved September q, 1915.
(Signed) JAMES L. STRANGE.
Mayor
Attest phil. Il PORTER. Clerk.