Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-30

this State, which is not fly.tipht "a
shall also find on said premises tbo 1 ,.'
ease of cholera, typhoid or tvnbps g.
hookworm, dysentery or parasitic 81
of the bowels, then such premises SUI.
privy, privy-pit, water-eloset or Coz
as the case may be, shall be deeno5
state of nuisance and liable IN s,,,,..
abatement by the State Board of H.,
106B. Before proceeding 70 81.
mary abatement of any nuisance ~ -
scribed in Section l06A, the STATE ~,
of Health, its officers and agents st.H
cause to be served an order on tbo ..''
er of the premises, where such n,,;s-.
exists, or if such owner cannot he 50
then on the occupant or tenant ~ -
premises be unoeeupied and the o,,r.-
cannot be found, then said order - ~
attached to the property, reouiripe d..
abatement of said nuisance With,
less than twenty-four hours nor moro d.
five days from the date and hour NJ ~.
service of said order, and in sueb 49,
the State Board of Health. its on.
and agents, shall set forth that WORK mo
terials and things shall be necessary =.
abate such nuisance
106C. If the said nuisance is not .h..
ed, or if it is only partially abated in ..
eordance with the order of the S,a.,
Board of Health, its officers or agen+s
within the time specified in said no,;s,
then the State Board of Health. lis ,#
GERS and agents, are authorized and n.
rected to enter upon such premises in this
State and abate the nuisance at the ,ost
and expense of the owner. oceupier or tom.
ant Of the premises; and they shall b,,.
power to do such work, and TO use spcb
materials and things as may be necessary
to effectually abate the same; provided
however, that in each and every ease. the
cost of abating such nuisance shall NOT
exceed the sum of fifty dollars.
106D. If the cost and expense of abat
ing any such nuisance is not paid to the
State Board of Health by the person lis.
bic therefor within sixty days C6O) after
the abatement thereof, then the State
Board of Health shall file a suit. in its
name, before a Justice of the Peace in
the County where the nuisance was abat.
ed, or before the People s Court of Balt
more City, as the case may be. against the
owner, occupier or tenant of the property
and premises where said nuisance existed.
and said Court shall have authority TO
proceed to judgment, either upon trial
had after service of the writ, or ex pafte.
after the return of two non ests, as the
case may be.
106E. After final judgment in favor
of the State Board of Health, it shall file
certified copy of the same with the
County Commissioners in the County
where such judgment is obtained. or with
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
City, as the case nay be, which judgment
shall be lien upon the property of the
defendant, to be collected by the said
County Commissioners, or the said Mayor
and City Council, az the ease may be, in
the same way as taxes on real property
are now collected; tho said lien TO bear
interest at the rate Of six per eentum
from the date of Judgment and Ia include
the costs of the trial, and it shall not be
subject to discount or abatement Of any
kind, nor shall said Commissioners or the
Mayor and City Council Of Baltimore City
so collecting the same be entitled to make
any charge for such collection.
106F. The County Commissioners Of
any County of the State, or the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, as the
case may be, shall pay over to the State
Board of Health all Judgments cost and
interest which they may collect by virtue
Of the powers conferred by this Act. and
the State Board of Health of Maryland,
upon payment to ii of any judgment, in
terest and costs shall pay said costs 10
the Justice of the Peace or other Court Of
Record, as the case may be, and such
judgment, interest and costs shall be en-
tered "satisfed.
106G. All judgments and interest on
the same paid to the State Board Of
Health by virtue of this Act, shall be
paid to the State Treasurer for the use
of the State.
106H. Any owner of property. o. any
occupant of property, when the owner
cannot be found, upon whom any order
of the State Board of Health shall be
served by virtue of the powers, conferred
under this Act, who shall fail or neglect
to abate the nuisance in the manner and
within the time required by the order Of
the State Board of Health, shah in add
tion to the other obligation imposed upon
him hereunder, be deemed guilty Of
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not less than FIVE dollars
nor more than fifty dollars for sneh Of
Tense.
1907. Any person who shah interfere
with the State Board Of Health, its Off
GERS and agents, in the abatement of any
nuisance, as provided for in this Act, or
shall in any manner attempt to prevent
said Board, its officers or agents, from do
ing any work necessary for the abatement
of said nuisance, or shall refuse entrance