The Little River news., 1918-01-05
ORDINANCE NO. o3G.


 An ordinance empowering and author.
 izing the Board of Health of the town of Askdown, Arkansas, to order Pro.
 perty owners to make sewer con.
 nections, and to authorize said Board
 of Health to construct and install
 said sewer Connections fin the event
 of the failure of property owners to
 co so, and for o!her Purposes,
 Be it ordained by the City Counci! of the town of AshdOwn, Arkansas: Section !. Whenever 3ny sewer t.r branch sewer shall have been ccm- INpleted within Sewer District Nc. 1, in Ashdown, Arkansas, it shall thereafter be lawful and the Board of Health of said town it hereby authorized. when over in their opinion the public health will be promoted thereby, to order any one or mere of the property owners, rear or adjacent to any sewer, to con- ;truct upon tieir property, sewers eading from some point or place on Il said Improvement District, for the pur- pose of conducting any excretions that may be at or about such premi- ses. and filth of every nature ckaract- CT and description, in.o the sewers be- l'lcnging to said town and said Im- IL kovement District. Safd Board of Hollth shall have authority to issue all necessary orders in regard to the constructien of said sewers, and to designate the time within which the same shall be completed, and the na- ture and character of the materials 10 be used in the construction thereof, and the place of tapping O. said sewers and the manner of doing the same which said order shall be in conformi- ty with the ordinances heretofore oc hereafter passed by said town, govern ing and regulating the construction and maintenance of sewers.
 Section ,. If the owner of said pro- perty shall fail. neglect or refuse to make the connection with the sewer ordered. and within the time ordered , by said Board,-unless further time be granted by said Board for the con- pletion of the same. it is hereby made the duty of the Board of Health to cause such sewer to be constructed by contractor or otherwise, in an econom- ic and substantial manner; and for that purpose the Board Of Health is hereby authorized to enter upon. by its agents, contractors and employees. any property upon which they may order a sewer to be constructed, doing as little damage as possible; and when the same shall become completed. and the cost ascertained, the same shall become a charge and lien upon said property. and said Board is authorized and empowered to institute suit in any court having competent jurisdic- ton to enforce said lien against said property. together with penalties as prescribed by the laws of this state.
 Section !. Whenever said Board of Health shall make an order directing the construction and connection of any sewer with the sewers of said town and district. and any person. firm or corporation. after nesice hay ing been given by said Board. shall fail. refuse or neglect to construct said sewer within the time prescribed in sai! order and notice. said person. firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. and upon conviction. fined in any sum not less chan Ten Dollars tsi0.00 nor more than Twenty-Five Dollars ls25.o0). It being necessary for the immediate preservation os the public peace. health and safety. an emergency Is hereby declared. and this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after this date. | Passed and approved on this the 1st day c. January. 1918.
 NJ M DRAPER, Mayor. lAttest c. E. May. Acting Recorder. ---o---