The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-04-10
AN ORDINANCE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
TOWN OF NEWBERRY,

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TOWN OF NEWBERRY,
BE 1T ORDAINED by the Mayor
and Aldermen of the Town of New
berry, in Council assembled:
/. That the rules adopted by the
Baard of Health of the Town of New
berry on April 3rd, 1917, in reference
to- keeping, maintaining, or permit
ting closets or toilets in the Town OF
Newberry and connecting same with
the sewer line be, and the same are
hereby approved and are declared to
have the effect of an ordinance OF
the Town of Newberry; said rules be-
ing as follows, to wit:
Rule l. 'That in order to safeguard
the health of the citizens of the Town
of Newberry and to make the Town
more sanitary, it is necessary, With
in certain areas, to require all clos
cts or toilets connected with the
sewer of said Town wherever such
sewer is available and to require all
surface closets or toilets that are
allowed under these rules to be prop
erly screened in accordance with
plans and specifications to be furnish
ed by the Board of Health"
Rule 2. THAT no owner Of any
land in the Town of Newberry with
in the following limits, beginning at
a point 800 feet down the railroad
from Higgins o: Boundary Street
and running thence on parallel
line with Higgins or Boundary Street
to 500 feet beyond where the unnam-
ed street coming into Higgins OF
Boundary Street, near the residence
of George Mower, would if extend
ed intersect such line, thence alone
a line parallel with said unnamed
street to within 800 feet of Johnstone
Street, thence along line parallel
to tombstone Street to point 300
feet beyond where Amelia Street II
extended would intersect such line,
thence along a line parallel with
Amelia Street to point 800 feet
beyond Main Street, thence along
line parallel to Main Street to with
in 800 feet of Calhoun Street, thence
along a line parallel to Calhoun
Street to a point 800 feet beyond the
north prong of SCOTS Creek, thence
along line parallel to SCOTS Creek
to the railroad, thence down the rail-
road to the point of commencing,
shall construct, maintain, permit or
allow any surface closet or toilet Oh
his. her or its land within three hun
dred feet of any sewer line OF the
said Town of Newberry, but all own
ers of land within the above limits
desiring to construct, maintain, per-
nit or allow any closet or toilet with
in three hundred feet of any sewer
line of the said Town shall connect
same with such sewer line and sup
plv suitable fixtures for the use Of
the people residing or employed Oh
said premises, such connection with
said sewer line to be made, and suit
able fixtures supplied within f1ve
months after the approval hereof by
the Town Council of the Town OF
Newberry; and ali owners of land
within the Town of Newberry con-
structing, maintaining, permitting or
allowing any surface toilets or clos
cts anywhere in the Town of New
berry, including those that are al
lowed in the above restricted area
bv not being within three hundred
feet of a sewer line, shall have same
properly screened within five months
after the approval hereof by the
Town Council, and keep the same 50
screened in accordance with plans
and specifications to be furnished by
the Board of Health. Any owner or
owners of land failing and refusing
to comply with any of the terms OF
these rules shall be subject, upon
conviction thereof before the Record
er, to whatever fine or Imprisonment
that may be fixed by the ordinance
of the town approving these rules,
and every day of twenty-four hours
shall be deemed separate violation
of the provisions hereof; Provided,
that if the owner of the property
shall be a nonresident or a person
not responsible in law, then the agent
of such owner or the person having
charge of said property shall become
liable to the said fine or imprison-
ment for failure to comply with the
provisions hereof
II. That any person, firm or cor
poration violating any of the provls-
ions of the foregoing rules shall.
upon conviction thereof before the
Recorder of the Town of Newberry,
be sentenced 10 pay fine OF not
more than One Hundred (s1O0.00) Dol
lars or be imprisoned for not more