The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-07-15
By the Sanitation Committee


dirt and filth therefrom; regulating
vacant houses and premises; over
crowding dwellings and lodging hous-
es prohibited and the regulation OF
the same; providing for the posting
and proclaiming Of houses and build
ings; regulating factories shops and
other buildings and providing for san
itary and health conditions; to pro-
vide a penalty for a violation, and for
other purposes.
SECTION /. BE it ordained by the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city Of
Brunswick, Georgia, in council assem-
bled, that 1t shall be Illegal and I'M
lawful for any person, firm or corpo-
ration, for any owner, lessee or agent
of any building or any part thereof
to lease or let or hire out the same,
or allow the same to be occupied by
any person as place in which to
dwell or lodge. except when such
building or parts thereof are lighted
ventilated, provided and accommodate
ed and are in all respects in that
condition of cleanliness and whole
someness for which these regulations
or any laws OF the state provide, or
which they or either of them require
any such premises to be kept. No
building shall be leased, let or rented
which is equipped with plumbing or
drainage which has been condemned
as dangerous to health, nor shall any
owner or agent or lessee or person
in control, rent let or hire out, or al
low any part Of building to be used
as or for a place of residence the
floors of which are damp by reason OF
water from the ground, or which is
impregnated or penetrated by any Of
fensive gas smell or eXhalatlon pre-
judicial to health.
Section 2. BE 1t further ordained
that all occupants OF houses, and II
there be no occupants, then the owner
or agent thereof shall cause all dirt,
filth and rubbish TO be moved from
such houses and the cellars thereof,
and the same shall be thoroughly
cleaned, whenever and as often as the
Health Officer shall, in the interest of
health, require and give notice there
of All occupants, and II there be
no occupants then the owner or agent
of all stores, shops, warehouses and
other places within the city of Bruins
wick shall remove therefrom all fish,
meat, hides, or other matter, rubbish
or any material whatsoever. which
may be putrid or offensive to the
smell or foul or unwholesome or In
furious to health, and shall ventilate
such buildings and thoroughly clean
such premises and keep the same in
such condition.
SECTION 3. Be ii further ordained
that all vacant houses and buildings
of every kind within the city shall be
kept in a sanitary condition, located
within the city. they shall be securely
closed and barred against intruders
by the owners or persons in control
thereof. II shall be the duty of every
owner of a lot or premises within
the city of Brunswick, and of every
lessee or tenant or occupant of lot
or building in the city Of Brunswick
to cause said lot and all buildings on
said lot of every description whatsoev-
err to be left cleaned and in san
itary condition. All filth, dirt, or
refuse of every kind and description,
and sweepings from all buildings and
premises of every kind and nature
shall be placed In barrels boxes or
other suitable receptacles; or shall
be otherwise collected and disposed
of as may be required by the Board
of Health, under published rules and
regulations.
SECTION 4. Be 1t further ordained
ager or person in charge shall let,
lease. rent or permit to be occupied
any house or building or part thereof
ms boarding house, lodging house,
or tenement house which Is not prop
erly ventilated and in which there
shall not he In each sleeping room
thereof at least sixtyfour square feet
of floor space and four hundred Gu
bic feet of air space for each occupant
thereof, and no such owner, agent or
proprietor manager or person in
charge shall at any time permit any
sleeping room or other room used as
place in which 10 sleep under his
or her control to be occupied AS such
in violation of this section.
SECTION 8. BE 1t further ordained
that when, upon investigation and in
spection by the Health Officer, ii shall
be found that any building or part
thereof used as q dwelling or as a
place where food stufis of any kind
and description are stored. handled.
kept or exposed for sale, or as a
factory. office, or offices, warehouses,
shop or other place in which persons
engage in any occupation. or as Il
place of amusement, entertainment or
instruction where persons assemble
for such purpose, is kept or permit
ted to remain in an unsanitay or filthy
condition. or is not properly lighted
or ventilated, or in which the drain
age and plumbing are SO unsanitary
as to constitute menace to health.
or where the construction or condition
Of such places is such as 10 endanger
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