The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-08-09
opposite Demoran place.

0pp0SlJe DemOfan place.
Mover by Alderman Blaize, sec
onded by Alderman Starr, and car
ried, that the city attorney be and is
hereby employed to file suit or prose-
cute the case wherein Hancock county
has refused to pay certain ad valo-
rem taxes due the city; that the city
attorney is 20 receive contingent
fee of Twenty-Five {22) per cent. of
all amounts collected by him as re-
suit of the suit, for the year 1918 or
prior thereto, whether or not the
amounts are included in said suit
that in the event nothing is recover
ed as result of said suit the city
attorney is to receive nothing.
Moved by Alderman Starr, second
ed by Alderman Blaize, and carried,
the following ordinance was adopted
ORDINANCE NO. 80
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE BETTER
PROTECTION of the protection of the Pub
lie Health and in particular to prevent
the spread OF disease by providing for
the cutting, destruction or removal OF
n0Xious weeds or grass. or deleterious.
nrheaithful or noxious growths, on any
sidewalk or banquette or any lot ut,
place or area within the City of Bay St
Louis.
SECTION BE it ordained by the CITY
OF Bay st. Louis, that no person firm as
sociation corporation the tenant or oc-
cupant OF any leased or occupied lot or
place or area, shall permit any noxious
weeds? or grass, or deleterious, unhealt TIL
ful or noXious growths, over two feet IN
helSht, to grow or stand on any lot or
Sl.a(s Nf>
person, Jirm, association, or cor
poratlon, on any sidewalk or banquette
abutting any lot or place or area leased
or occupied by said person, firm, assoeia
tion corporation.
SECTION BE it further ordained that
no person, firm, association or corporation
the owner of any lot or place or area not
leased or occupied by another person, firm,
association or corporation. shall permit
any noxious weeds or grass or deIeterious
unheaithtul or noXious growth, over two
feet III height to grow or stand on any lot
or place or area owned by said person
firm, association or corporation.
SECTION 3.-'rhat for the purpose of en-
forcing the provisions of this ordinance a
corporation hall be deemed to be represeltl
ed by it's president. or, in his absence, by its
vice president, or in the absence OF both
by the officer Jr individual in charge of tn
affairs of the corporation, and such repre-.
sentative shall be held responsible and pun
of the pro visions of this ordinance.
SECTION f-That each of the members
of firm shall be held responsible and pun
ishable for any violation by the firm of the
provisions of this ordinance
SECTION 5-For every violation of the
provisions nf this ordinance the person
responsible shall, OH conviction, be pun
ished by a line of not less than One Dol
lar nor more than Twenty Five Dollars
SECTION 6-That in addition to thC
-iSin hnln M how f1.4dn hn ont
ing destruction or removal of weeds OF
grass or high growth, and notwithstand-
ing to penalties provided for in Section :
of this Ordinance the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen, through its Street Commits
sioner il hereby authorized to go upon tht
property and cut, destroy or remove any
noxious weeds or grass, or deleterious or
unhealthful or noxious growths, over two
feet in heighth, growing or standing on
any sidewalk or Banquette, or on any lot
or place or area with the City of Bag -
Louis. provided na such work shaii he uh-
deFtdken by said Commissioner until the
owner of the lot or place or area where
such weeds. growths or grass are TO be cut,
destroyed or removed, or the owner of the
property abutCing the sidewalk or ban
quette where such weeds, grass or grOwths
arc to be cut, destroyed or removed. as the
case may be. shall be, shall have an op-
portunity of doing the work himself within
at least ten days after previous notice has
been given him or in his or her absence to
the agent of leased or occupied premises,
or if not known to the occupant thereof,
or if not leased or occupied, by advertise
ment in the official journal of the city for
one week or by posting notice on the pro
perty for ten days.
SECTION THAT in the event of the
failure of the property owner, lessee, or
agent to have cut, destroyed or removed
the nOxious weeds or grass or deleterious,
unhealthfuI or noXiOus growths on any
sidewalk or banquette or on any lot or
place or area within the city and the City,
through their constituted authority, cut
destroy or remove said weeds, grass or
growth, after due notice is given under this
ordinance, the charge, cost or expense of