Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-10-02

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Ssetien /. Be Il established and ordained
hv the Mayor Counselor and Aldermen OF
the City of Annapolis. That Article
NXXVII Of the Revised City Code title
sinks be and the same is hereby amend
cd by adding thereto fourteen new sections
10 follow Section Z, and TO be numbered Sec
ions 5. 3 10. il, L.. 1S IA, u, is, i, Is ls'
20 and II and 70 read as follows
section 5. on and after December 1. 1919
II shall be unlawful for any person 70 use
or maintain on his or her property any
privv within the corporate limits Of Annap-
oils unless the same be provided with water
tight receptacles for the reception OF human
excreta and be kept in sanitary condition
section g. ON and after April !, 1916. IL
shall be unlawful for any person 10 use any
privy within the corporate limits of Annap-
oils or to maintain any privy within said
city. unless the same be SO constructed that
flies cannot gain access 10 the eNcreta de
posted therein.
section 10. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person 20 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
insanitary manner
section II. After the passage of this ordi-
nance il shall be unlawful fer amy person,
firm or corporation 70 construct or build
within the corporate limits Of Annapolis
any nrivv without first applying in writ
ing to the City Commissioner for permit
allowing the construction of said privy and
receiving said permit, said permit to bc is
sued free of charge.
section IL. Al privies where permit is
granted by the City Commissioner shall be
built or constructed according TO specihca-
tions TO be furnished by the seid 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 or before December 1.
1918 under the supervision of aud according
10 the specifications to be furnished by the
City Commissioner
section II. Whenever the condition of a
prlvy is such that 10 cannot be put In sani-
tary condition. the same is hereby declared
a public nuisance ana the City Commission
struct a new privy within thirty days after
notice in conformity with Section Of this
ordinance.
section rs. on and after the passage ANA
adoption OF this ordinance, the City Com
missioner shall give written notice TO the
property owner or owners or his her or it's
agent. or agents on whose premises there
exist priyies which consist Of holes or wells
in the earth for the reception of human eN-
cleaned out and filed in with earth or some
suitable material on or before December !
1915. and requiring the same To conform 10
those described IN specifications 10 be fur
nished by said City Commissioner.
section 16, 1t shall ne unlawful for ans
person firm or corporation directly or
through an agent or agents. TO rent or col
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the premises of such tenant be provided
with a sanitary water closet or a sanitary
privy.
Section Il. 4 public seavenger service
shall be opertatcd by the city of Annapolis
for the proper removal aud sanitary dis
posal of the contents of privies in said City.
Said removal ana disposal to be made at
least once in each and every week from
every priVy affected by this ordinance.
section 1s. The city Collector and Treas
urer is hereby empowered and directed Ia
charge ana collect $500 per annm payable
in quarterly installments on the first day OF
January, April, July and October Of each
year Ior the scavening OF each privy within
the corporate limits of Annapolis, the fees
SO charged and collected to be used to de
fray the expenses of scavering said privies
section 10. Tho cost of such scaveuing
shall be at the expense of the property
owner, aud said expense shall be certified
TO the Chief Of Police. whose duty IL 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 to
collect the amounts due.
Section 20. Any person. firm or corpor-
alton violating or failing TO comply with
any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor aud shaI.
be subject to a penalty of not less than
$500 nor more than 5000 for each offensc
and where any such violation is continuous
each week thereof shall constitute "a sepa-
rate offense
Section 81. 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
Commissioner. who has inspected the prem
ises in question, shall be prima facia evi
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 p. 1915.
tSigned) JAMES F. STRANGE.
Mayor.