Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-10-04


Is. I6. Il, IS, 10. 20 and p.
section !. Re 1t established and ordained
hv the Mayor Counselor and Aldermen OF
the city of Annapolis, That Article
NNNvII Of the Revised City Ccde' ute
sinks" be and the same is hereby amend
cd by adding thereto fourteen new sections
- follow Section Z and to be numbered Sec
ions S. .. 10. IL, l.. is. Il 70, JIG, Il, Is H.
20 and Il. and 70 read as follows;
section s. on ard after December !, 1873
il shall be unlawful for any person 10 use
or maintain on his or her property any
privy within tha corporate limits OF Annap-
oils unless the same be provided Win water
tight receptacles for the reception OF human
excreta and be kept in sanitary condition
sectson Q. on and after April /, 1916 It
shall be unlawful for any person 10 use any
nrivy within the corporate limits Of Annap-
ellis or TO maintain any privy within SAID
city. unless the same be SO constructed that
flies cannot gain access 70 the eNereta de
posted therein.
section 10. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to dispose of or permit the disposal
Of human excreta on any property owned or
leased or occupied by him or them, on the
public streets Of Annapolis or on any other
property within the corporate limits in an
linsanitary manner.
Section IL After the passage of this ordt
nance ft shall be unlawful fer any person,
firm or corporation to construct or build
within the corporate limits Of Annapolis
any privy without first applying in writ
ing 20 the City Commissioner for a permit
allowing the construction OF said privy and
receiving said permit, said permit 70 be is
sued free of charge.
Section 10. Al privies where permit is
granted by the City Commissioner, shall be
built or constructed according TO speelhca-
Hal "a
missioner.
section Is. All privies in existence within
the corporate limits of the City Of Annap-
oils prior to the adoption of this slordinanee
Il shall be remodeled ON or before December l.
1915. under the supervision of and according
70 the specifications TO be furnished by the
/ City Commissioner.
Section IA. Whenever the condition of n
privy is such that it cannot be put in sani-
tary condition, the same is hereby declared
public nuisance and the City Commission
er shall order the property owner TO con-
I struct new priyy within thirty days after
notice in conformity with Section of this
| ordinance.
Section Is. on and after the passage and
L adoption OF this ordinance, the City Com
L missioner shall give written notice to the
property owner or owners or his her or It's
agent, or agents on whose premises there
1 exist privies which consist of holes or wells
4 in the earth for the reception of human eN-
creta, requiring them to have the same
i cleaned out and filed in with earth or some
suitable material on or before December ]
l 1915 and requiring the same to conform 70
those described in specifications to be fur
1 nished by said City Commissioner.
/ section I6. 1t shall he unlawful for any
person firm or corporation directly OF
through an agent or agents, to rent or col
lect rents from any resident tenant, unless
L the premises Of such tenant be provided
with n sanitary water closet or a sanitary
privy.
Section IL. A public scavenger service
| shall be opertated by the City Of Annapolis
I for the proper removal and sanitary dis
pOsal of the contents of privies I'm said City,
Said removal and disposal to be made at
( least once in each and every week from
every priyy affected by this ordinance
Section IS. The City Collector and Treas
l urer is hereby empowered and directed e
charge and collect $500 per annum payable
in quarterly instaIlments on the first day OF
l January, April, July and october of eacl
1 year Tor the scavening of each privy within
1 the corporate limits Of Annapolis, the fees
1 so charged and collected to be used to de
fray the expenses of scayening said privies
Section 10. The cost of such scavenine
| shall be at the expense of the property
1 owner and said expense shall be certified
4 70 LAt Ntliel u biACts Wuh5I uuAN IL shdt
I be to notify the person, firm or corporation
/ owning the property of the amount due
Il which shall be payable within thirty days
l next thereafter, and If the said property
owners do not pay said bills within sucl
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.
Section 90. Any person, firm or corpor
] alton violating or failing to comply with
1 any of the provisions of this ordinance
| shall be guilty of a misdemeanOr and shal
be subject to a penalty Of not less than
$500 nor more than $1,000 for each offense
and where any such violation is continuous
each week thereof shall constitute a sepa-
rate offense.
Section 2f. 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, the
Deputy State Health Officer. or of the City
4 Commissioner, who has inspected the prem
Uses in question. shall be prima facia evi
dence Of the sanitary condition of suct
premises.
Section 2. And be it established and or.
dained by the authority aforesaid, That thi.
1 ordinance shall take effect from the date OF
its passage.
Approved September 27 1915.
fsigned) JAMES T. STRANGE,
Mayor
Attest phil. e PORTER, Clerk.