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ORDINA7CP NO. 6443K .
AN ORDINA1,1JCE amending Ordinance ljo. 619 of the Ordinances
of the City of Fort Worth, providing for the disposal of
human excreta; declaring insanitary privies a nuisance;
providing for the method of installing sanitary privies;
providing for the construction, use and maintenance of
the samel fixing oh&.rges :for scavenger service; fixing
a penalty for violation of the provisions thereof, and
repealing other ordinances, or parts of ordinances in
conflict thereto,. LLdcpted by the Board of Comn issioners
of the City of Fort V-.orth at a regular session of said
Board held Tuesday May 7th, A. D. 1918, by amending
Section 7 of said Ordinance, and adding thereto Section
13-A and Section 13-8.
BE IT ORDAITTFD BY THE BOARD OF C0147oISSIONERS OF TFE CITY OF
FORT T'-ORTH:
Section 1- That Section 7 of Crdinance No. 619 of the
Ordinances of the City of Fort Worth entitled an Ordinance providing
for the disposal of human excreta, etc, as set out in the caption
to this Ordinance, be and is hereby amended sc as to be and read
hereafter as follows, to wit:
Section 7: That the city authorities shall provide for
the operation of an adequate scavenger service to secure a sanitary
collection, removal and disposal of the conten-us of all privy
receptacles, at least once each week. For the operation of such
scavenger service the following charges shall be made: For cleaning
each privy, Sevens -five (.75) Cents--------- - - - - -- a month, payable
monthly in advance, provided that all privies containing more than
one receptacle a charge of Fifty (-50) Cents extra per can per
z month shall be made for each additional receptacle, payable monthly
in advance. The charges set out in this section shall be paid by
the owner of the premises on which the privy or privies are located,
to the City of Fort Worth, at the office of the City Health Officer
in the City Hall in said City.
Section 2: That there is hereby added to said Ordinance
No. 619, Sections 13-A and 13-13, as follows, -to rjit..
Section 13-A: Po,,er and authority is hereby vested in,
and',given to the City Health Officer to determine whether or not
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the owner of any premises in the City of Fort Worth shall put in,
build or construct a sanitary water closet or a sanitary privy,
taking into consideration the proximity of a sewer line, the health
of the immediate community adjacent to such g,reodses, and it shall
be the duty of the owner of such premises to comply with the order
of the City Health Officer and put in either a sanitary water closet,
or a sanitary privy as he may direct.
Section 13-B: Should any section or part of section of
this ordinance be declared to ba invalid by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such judgment or decree of such court shall not
affect the other sections or parts of sections of this ordinance,
but the same shall remain in full force and effect.
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Section 3:- That any person, or persons, firm or core-.oration,
or the agent of any such p,,:rson or persons, firm or cornoration, who
neglects, fails or refuses tc comply with any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be deer,ed guilty of a misdemeanor, and when con-
victed, shall be fined in the sui.,i of not less than ten dollars ($10.00)
nor wore than one hun'red del-Ilars (+ "100.00), and each time such person
or persons, firm or cor,loration, or the agent of any such person or
persons, firm or corporation fails or refuses to comply with
any of,the provisions of this. Ordinance, shall be deemed LL separate
offense and punished as herein provided.
Section 4:- This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
Prow and after its passage and 1),iblication as required by law.
I hereby certify that tl,.e all-ove and foregoing Ordinance was duly
Presented and unanimously -passed and adopted by the Board of
Commi-ssionersof the City of Fort ;;,forth, Texas, at a regular
session of said Board held Thursday December 5 th,A.D.1918.
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