ORDINANCE No. 42
An Ordinance entitled “An Or
dinance to Regulate the Con
struction, Location and Re
moval of the Contents of Priv
ies, Water Closets and Cess
pools.”
Be it Ordained by the Common
Council of the Incorporated Town
of McCrory: -
Section 1. That it shall be the
duty of, and it is hereby required
of, every person, firm or corpor
ation owning or maintaining a
place of residence or a place of
business wdthin the corporate
limits of the Incorporated Town !
of McCrory to provide at every
such place a privy, water closet
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provisions of this Ordinance fori
the sanitary keeping or deposit- j
ing of human bowel and bladder!
discharges, and no human excre
ment shall be deposited at any
place within the corporate limits
of the Town of McCrory except
in the receptacles in such said
privies, water closets or cesspools
as hereinafter provided for.
Sec. 2. That hereafter no
privy or water closet shall be
constructed or maintained on any
lot or premises unless the same
shall be provided with a water
tight and fly-proof receptacle
which shall be approved bv the
Health Officer or Mayor, and all
existing privies or water closets
shall be so made or reconstructed
as to comply with this Section
within thirty days after the pas
sage of this Ordinance.
Sec. 3. No privy, water closet
or cesspool shall be cleaned or
emptied except by scavengers
who, before performing such
work, shall have first-obtained
from the Town a license to en
gage in and carry on the busi
ness of cleaning privies, water
closets and cesspools, and no
person shall clean or empty any
privy, water-closet or cesspool
without first obtaining such li
cense.
Sec. 4. Application for license !
under this Ordinance shall be
made to the Recorder, and upon
the applicant paying to him the
sum of five dollars as license fee,
the Recorder shall issue a receipt j
therefor. The applicant shall i
then take said receipt to the;
Mayor, who shall issue to said j
applicant a license to engage in
said scavenger work. That every
such license shall continue in
force and be valid not longer
than May 1st following date of
issue, and that same may be re
voked by the Mayor or Health
umcer at any time upon taiiure
of the scavenger so licensed to
comply with the provisions of
this Ordinance.
Sec. 5. That all apparatus,
means, appliances and vehicles!
or conveyances to be used in said
scavenger work shall be furnish
ed by the person to whom license i
is granted, and that all licensed
scavengers shall make a report |
in writing at each regular month-1
ly meeting of the Council, stating
therein all privies, water-closets ;
or cesspools cleaned or emptied,
the names of the owners, those j
who have paid, those who have!
not paid, and the names of all
persons owning privies, water
closets or cesspools that have
not been cleaned or emptied, and
that none shall be reported as
having been cleaned or emptied
unless the work has actually been
performed.
Sec. 6. Any scavenger who
shall commence to clean or empty
any privy, water-closet or cess
pool shall, without interruption
or delay, proceed with the work
until it is completed and the filth
carried away to the regular
dumping ground belonging to the
Town; that the work shall be
performed between the hours of
10:00 p. m and 4:00 a. m.; that
the filth shall be removed in
tight vessels, barrels or boxes,
each of which shall be provided
with a suitable cover. When not
in use, all vehicles, tools and ap
paratus connected with work of
the above kind shall be cleaned
or disinfected and kept in some
place away from any habitation
or public highway, where neither
private individual nor the public
can be annoyed by objectionable
oaors arising tnereirom.
Sec. 7. That the following
charge shall be made of the own
er or occupant of each premises
or lot wherein a privy, water
closet or cesspool may be used or
in use, which charge shall cover
the expense of said scavenger
work, to-wit: For cleaning each
receptacle in each privy or water
closet, 1212 cents; for each cess
pool, $5.00. The fees or charges
set out in this Section shall be
paid to the scavenger not later
than five days after said work
has been performed.
Sec. 8. That all privies or
water closets shall be cleaned
and disinfected not less than
twice each month, and all cess
pools ^hall be cleaned and emp
tied when ordered by the Health
Officer or Mayor.
Sec. 9. That any person or
persons, firm or corporation, ex
ercising the privilege of main
taining said privies, water-closets
or cesspools, who shall fail, neg
lect or refuse to pay the fees or
charges hereinbefore provided
for in Section Seven, or who shall
order any licensed scavenger to
not clean or empty his privy,
water closet or cesspool, or who
shall refuse admittance of said
scavenger to his lot or premises,
or who shall order the scavenger
to stay off or away from same
when calling for the purpose of
cleaning any privy, water-closet or
npecnanl eVmll Ha orniltv nf a mic.
demeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in any sum
not less than $10.00 and not more
than $50.00, and in default of the
payment of the fine and all costs
may be imprisoned for not less
than one day nor more than
thirty days.
Sec. 10. That no privy vault,
sink or cesspool shall hereafter
be built in the Town of McCrory
unless the same be constructed
so as to be fly proof; that all
privies or water-closets shall be
built, located and maintained on
the line of some alley and shall
at all times be convenient for the
scavenger to get to for the pur
pose of cleaning or emptying
same, and no other building,
fence, gate or other obstacle
shall be so placed or allowed to
remain or be constructed so as to
prevent the privy, water-closet
or cesspool from being easily ac
cessible to for cleaning or empty
ing. Provided, that where there
is no alley adjoining the lots or
premises, or if theCouncil may so
direct, a privy, water closet or
cesspool may be located, with
their permission signed in writ
ing by the Mayor and Recorder,
under the order of the Council,
on some street; but this condi
tion shall not prevail nor permis
sion be given unless absolutely
necessary, and where this per
mission is not given no privy,
water closet or cesspool shall be
built or maintained within twenty
feet of any street.
Sec. 11. No privy, water
closet or cesspool shall be con
structed, built or maintained
within three feet of any party
line, or fence, of the adjacent
property, or within thirty feet of
any window or door of any resi
dence without written permis
sion from the council or Health
Officer.
Sec. 12. That the owner,
agent, tenant, lessee or occupant
or person in charge of any prem
isps or Int in flip Tnwn nf Mp.
Crory who shall fail or refuse to
comply with, or violates or of
fends against, any of the pro
visions of this Ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof be
fore the Mayor shall be fined in
any sum not less than $10.00 and
not more than $50.00, and in de
fault of the payment of the fine
and all costs may be imprisoned
for not less than one day nor
more than thirty days.
Sec. 13. That should any sec
tion or part of this Ordinance be
held invalid by any court, it shall
not effect or invalidate the other
sections or parts of the same.
Sec. 14. That all laws and
parts of laws in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed and this Or
dinance shall take effect and be
in full force and effect ten days
after its passage and adoption.
Adopted July 2, 1917.
Approved July 2, 1917.
Walter W. Raney, Mayor.
Attest:
W. N. Dunehew, Recorder.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
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Phone Number 2,
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CONVEYANCES
G. W. BARBER
NOTARY PUBLIC
AND INSURANCE
COMMISSOINER page
GIVES TIMELY WARNING
Little Rock, July 3,- The peach
season is now opening up and the
importance of canning and dry
ing fruit must not be overlooked
If you haven’t a home canning
outfit, try and get one, even if
you have to make it yourself
which is not hard to do. All the
surplus fruit and vegetables
should be canned or dried this
year to insure food for winter
use. Unfortunately the people
do not seem to fully realize that
we are in war, and what it
means to us. Of course, they
will realize it in less than a year,
when the hardships of war come
to us, but in the meantime many
opportunities will pass us un
heeded. Most likely the Govern
ment will take over the wheat
crop, and then we will get flour
only by apportionment.
Our meat supply is getting
low, and Will be lower and prices
higher. Keep the hogs. Milk
and butter, chickens, ducks, tur
keys, geese, sweet potatoes, tur
nips, onions, canned goods and
dried fruits will play an impor
tant part in our food supply next
year, and next year will soon be
here. We must produce and keep
the supplies if we would have
them. To buy some of these
things may be impossible before
this lime next year. We must
not depend upon others, but upon
ourselves. Keep the milk cows,
the hens and the brood sows.
Make plenty of hay. Do not
neglect the pea crop, but pick
and save them all. Prepare for
winter oats and a wheat crop.
Arkansas must make her own
wheat next year. Begin your
arrangements now. Push your
corn crop and get the best you
can out of it. Cultivate it as
long as you can without damag
ing it. It will pay you.
Let's not be decieved by the
apparent high price of cotton. Re
member that we can’t eat cotton.
High priced cotton will do us no
good if we have to spend all we
get for it for food stun tor out
stock. By all means plant plenty
of late potatoes. They will keep
and will be a good price.
John H. Page,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Feed, Lumber, Coal
Shingles, Doors, Rubber
Roofing, Paints, Brick and
Lime.
Corn, Oats, Chops, Hulls
and Meal.
H. D. SWAYZE