HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 218 ORD 117ANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE BURIAL OF DEAD
BODIES OF HUMAN BEINGS IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH
WITHIN LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED YARDS OF ANY RESI-
DENCE OR +BUSINESS HOUSE OR PUBLIC BUILDING EX-
CEPT WITHIN THE LIMITS OF EXISTING CEMETERINS,
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH SAME,
AND FIXING PE14ALTIES POR ITS VIOLATION.
BE IT ORDA117ED BY THE BOARD OF COIN&ISSIONERS OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, TFff.AS o
section 1. That it shall. hereafter be unlawful for any
person to bury or cause to be buried or to, in any manner, aid or
aa3siet in the burial of the dead body of a human being at any place
within the corporate limits of said City of Fort Worth, less than one
hundred yards distant by the most direct route from any residence
or business house or any public building, except within the limits
of established cemeteries as such limits .now exist.
Section 2. Any person violating any of the provisions
of section 1 of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction be fined in any sup not exceeding
One Hundred Dollars.
Section 3. All ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 4 This ordinance shall take effect and be
in force from and after :its passage and publication as required
by law.
I , hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinance was duly
presented and unanimously gassed and adopted by the Board of Com-
missioners bf .the City of Fort Worth, at a session of said Board
held April 19th, 1911.
4C, jSecretary'