Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 167, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 26, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
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Ah Ordinance Creating iho Office of
City Scavenger defining his duties;
Fixing- Ills foes of ofllco and tlio pay
ihcut thcrcoft llcgulatlng the keep
Jhr of water closets ntid privies Hud
had the removal of certain kinds of
' rra.sto matter and filth; Staking It a
penal offense for violations thereof
Expressly repenting nn ordinance
entiled "An Ordinance Creating the
ofllco of City Scavenger defining his
duties fixing his fees of office reg-
ulating the removal of certain kinds
of waste matter and filth making it
a penal offense for violations thereof
and Carrying au Emergency" Passed
iho 26th dny October 1009 and ap-
proved on the 20th day of October
10Mas "ell as nil other ordinances in
conflict therewith and carrying an
emergency Clause:
Be it ordained by the City Council of
the City of Abilene:
Sec. 1. That there. Is hereby created
tlio ofllco of City Scavenger who. Shall
be appointed by the City Council of' the
City of Ablleno. at their first regular
meeting In January" of each year but
who shall ..be subject to removal' at
any time at the pleasure of said coun-
cil He shall bef pro entering upon bis
.duties give bond in. the sum of Two
Hundred dollars payable to the Mayor
of the City of Ablleno and. his succes-
sors In ofllcc conditioned on the faith-
ful performance of his duties.
Sec. 2. It- shall bo the duty- of the
City Scavenger under the directions
of the City Health Officer or the Sani-
tary Committee of the City Council or
Whenever requested by any person af-
ter a tender of his fees as hereinafter
provided to remove the contents b'f
.any privy or .water closet or slops or
other liquid waite matter within the.
City of .Abilene. ' "
- Sec 3. It shall be. the duty of the"
Gity Scavenger or any other person
removing the contents of any privy or
water closet orany slops or .other 11-'
quid waste matter- to provide himself
With air-tight barrels and a screened
conveyariceto be approved by the San-
itary Committee of the Ctty'gouncil of
the City of Ablldno for the purpose of
transporting the same.
Sec 4. .It shall be the duty of the
City Scavenger to notify all parties
whose privies water closets or premis-
es need cleaning that the same is In
an unsanitary condition aqd said par
ties so notified 'Shall take immediate.
steps to put .the same in a sanitary
Icdyition. The nbovosaid nolicemay
niso be given by the4Clty Health Offi-
cer or a member of the Sanitary Com-
mittee of the City Council' and shall
c siifflcient If given Buch parties in
-person or written notice thereotjbft
at the residence of such parties which
said notice shall also state the amount
of fee required for said work.
Sec 5. It shall be unlawful for any
person to haul or transport or cause
to bo hauled or transported over .or
across any street or alley In the City
of Ablleno or remove or. cause to bo.
removed any night soil) human excre-
ment the conton't's of any water closet
or- privy" slops or liquid waste matter;
except at night between the nours of
10 o'clock P. M. and. 5 o'clockA-:M..
and .in the manner and under the tc-
strktions as set. out in Soctlon 3 here-.
sect 6 Hereafter it shall bo Unlaw
fill for any person or persons to dig or
vuso tq bo dug any pit pr excavatlon
belovv the surface of the ground under
any privy or water closet situated on
promises owned tr controlled by him
stjr them within the City of Abilene
So"c."7i It shall bo unlawful for any
pemort to dl or bo engaged In the dig-
ging of any pit or. excavation under
any privy pr water closet In the City
f Ablleno whethor on premises owned
o.r controlled by him or not;
Sec. C That within thirty days af-
ter this ordinance shall go into effect
It jBiiaiLba.jtUs dty t all peraqmB
maintaining water closets or privlps
with pits or excavation thereunder on
premises owned pr controlled by hlra
or them to cnuse Bald pits or excaya-
tlons to bo filled with earth to the
-surface of the ground and that there-
after Jt shall be unlawful for any per-
son! or persons to maintain or permit
to be maintained on premises owned
or -controlled by him or them any
privy or water closet with a pit or ex-
.caynMoR thereunder below tho surface
of the ground
Sec S All persons having a privy
or water closet within tho City of Abi-
lene shall have fitting boxes or rescep-
taclcs oyer ground po receive the night
oiI or human excreweat.
See It shall be tke'duty at tk.
Cit Bcruer or other pron clein-
Ing any privy or water cloBet to disin-
fect tho same with ltmo after cleaning
Sbc. 10. Tho City Scavenger or any
other person hauling or transporting
the contents of any privy .or water cloa
ot human excrement slops or liquid
wnsto matter shall remove tho same to
tho City dump grounds where It shall
bo covered with earth.
Sec. 11. The City Scavenger uuall
bo entitled to charge the fbllovyin'g
fees of persons desiring closets clean
ed or dUlnfccted or slops or othor li-
quid waste matter removed and no
more: "
For one barrel . f . . .50 cents
For any fraction of a
barrel ...:..... ...40 contB
For any fraction ot a'
barrel over ono-bbl 25 cents
And the barrei as used iln' this "ordi-
nance Is doflnod to contain 30 'gal-
lons. Sec. 12 That w.tthln throe days af-
ter tho notlco as provided In Section
4 .nereor. is given to any person or
persons for any privy water closet or
premises to bo cleaned It shall be the
duty of such person or persons so
notified If ho desires such water closqt
or privy to bo cleaned and disinfected
or liquid or vegetable slops removed
by the city scavenger 'to deposit -with
tho 1 city Secretary of .tho city of Abi-
lene thefee 'required .for.'eaid work as
set out in said notice and. receive
therefore a receipt. .. .
Sec. 13. Any person violating any of
the provisions of this ordinance shall
bo deemed guilty of a-dlsdemeanor.and
upon conviction 'thereof in the Corpo-
ration Court of .the. City of Abilene
shall bo fined. Jn any sum not less than
Ten notv more Wan One Hundred Dol-
lars. - '
Sec.. 14.. That aii. ordlnancerentltled
'JAn ordinance 'creating- the office of
CI ty Scavenger defining his duties fix
ihg his fees of office regulating the
removal of certain kinds of waste mat-
'teriandfijth m'aifihg it a penal offense
for .violations thereof and carrying an
emergency" passed the 2th day of
"O.cfdn'er Jrad' approved tho 26th day or
October 1909 and all. other ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict here
with be and the "same are hereby in all
things repealed.
Sec. 15. That this ordinance shall
be in effect and full force from and
after- its passage and publication as
provided by law.
" Passed the 23rd day of February
1910. . .' ;' -''
Approved the 23rd day of February
1910. ..-
Attest: C. W. LEAKE
City Secretary. '
B..IJ. iaitBY .:
. Mayor.
EGBERT N. KIItBY.
"BLACKLISTING" LAW IS
UPHELD BY COURT
Justice Uook'hout Declnres tho Statute
Is Constitutional Contentions
of tho Appellant.
What Js known as tho "black listing"
statute -passed by the Thirtieth Logls-
New Daily limited Service
VIA
THE INTERUKBAN LDE
MBTWUJIN
FORT WORTH aho DALLAS
QNE HOUR -GITY TO CITY
isyi'cTivj5 mahcii j. ibio
New Luxurious Limited Cars will leave each city thirty
minutes past each hoiir from 8.30 a. in to 0no p. n'i. inclusive.
Thipugh Ldqal Car will leave every hour as heretofore
"from a a m. tp 12 midnight iiiclujivc making
63 THROUGH TRAINS DAILY
eVwcen the two o.ties
r.JFORBESS.O.l.&TvA.
Jf9KX WOIITH TKXAS
lature Is Uphold In an opinion handed
down by the Court of Civil Appeals for
tho Fifth District. la.atflrmlng a Judga
ment for $2500 given S. J HiXon
against tho St. Loula Soutliwcstom
Railway Company tho Appellate Court
holds Justlco Bbokhout writing tha
'opinion the Statute to bo conatltu-
jtlonnl and In no way repugnant' J.P
tho State or Federal. Constitution. The
' case came up from Hunt County. I
. The appellant railroad company con-;
'tendod'thnt tho statute In attempting
to confer a right on plaintiff to demand
of defendant a statement in writing of
the cause of his discharge and to Im..
pose on the railroad company tho dut'yt
Ito furnish Hlxon a truo statement of
tho same was In violation of tho fol-
lowing provisions of the State 'and
Federal Constitutions; I
Tho. fifth amendment 6f tho. Const!-.
tUtlon of tho United States which pro-
vldesno person shall bo deprived of
life liberty or .property without diio
! process of law.
"The fourteenth amendment of the
I Constitution of tho United States
'Which provides that no state shall de
prlve any person of life liberty or pro-
I perty etc.
I "Subdivision 1 Sec 0 Arth 4 -of the
Constitution .of tho United States
j which -provides 'that no ex-ppse facto
law.Bhall bo passed. . . .-. '
; ''Subdivision 1 Sec 9 Art of the
Constitution of tho United Stamps
which provides thatlho.Btate.shall paBS
any pot-fdeto law r or laws impairing
the obligation ot contracts."-
Further; Is cited the first amendment
of- tho National Constitution Sec. 19-
Art 1; Sec 16. Art. I; Sec 3 Art I
of "the State. Constitution. '
The." court in itsTinal summing up
sayj:
T " No part of the Federal or state
constitution Is violated by this. act. It
is not ex-post facto does not impair
tho obligation of contracts does not.
authorize searches or .seizures of per
sons or' houses provided for trial in
open court- and thereby guarantees
due process of law. It gives seciftltles
of persons and property! does not take
away the right of free speech or right
to make print or publish one's own
opinion. It does require under cer
tain conditions that an employer shall
speak the truth in regard to tho ox-
cmploye. It follows from the .remarks
that the judgment must bo- confirm-.
fed.' . . "
The Appellate Court states the un-
controverted facts of the" caso to bo
these; "In February 1907- Hlxon ap-
plied at the office of the train master
of tho defendant at Mount Pleasant
for employment as a brakeman." It
.further related that Hlxon went to
work for the raljroad ahd- pn June
24 1907 j'was discharged unde'r vtheSo
circumstances: The Sherman branch
of defendant's road extends from Com.
merce to Sherman. Tom Beaii is sit-
uated on this branch and Is located
about twelve miles from Commorce.
On tho said date Hlxon was a member
of a crew that was taking a train from
Sherman to Commorce Members of
tho crew are named and It Is recited
that .the train left Sherman equipped!
with air throughout; that tho train
Stalled near Tom Bean and that sub - -
soquently making a ooupliwj the air
pump of the engine was broken leav-
Ing Iho train without air Hlxon then.;
rf iiBfld It was rocitod to hnndlo the f
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CHICAGO KANSAS CITY
OMAMA LINCOLN
ST. PAUL MINNEAPOLIS
I DENVER MEMPHIS
and all other points north west
east or southwoast.
For. Information write. . '
PHIL A. AUER G.P. A.Ft. Worth
An Honest Feed
Korn Falfa
Now on the market..
ICallUD. McNATT & COMPANY
For a delicious plo. there' is noth-
ing bettor than
Roly
Poly
cherries for desert a can rof "nlcO
slice Peaches or Apricots' and
then the nice line of Frosh Veg-
etables we are receiving Dally
will help yo over the worry for
dinner.
Phono us your orders. .Satisfac-
tion guaranteed at all times.
Rush orders a specialty. "
HENRY GROGkN
GRO. CO.
R. Phone 347 S. W- Phone 468
train without air brakos declaring that
such an act would be unsafe It Is
then recited that plaintiff ordered de-
fendant out of Its service and tho
causo of action Is based upon alleged
falluro of appellant to state In a ser
vice letter to appellee the true cause
of his discharge from appellant's cm-
ploy. Without this service letter ap
palleo averred ho would be unable to
got employment on other roads
DALLAS QUIET TODAY
AFTER EXCITING NIGHT
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Trial of AH Urooks Set lor Next
Thursday ami Special Vo'.
''.'.' nlro is Ordered.
Special to tho 'Reporter;
DALLAS Feb. 25. Judgo Seay today
qet'tho trial of Alf Uroous the. negro
who day before yestorday attacked
and assaulted tho three year old dauch
tor of'IL J. puvens.-for next Thurs-
I day ..March third and ordered a special
I venire of ono hundred and fifty men
j summoned nt onca for tho trial.
Last night a mob two hundred strong
(visited tho Jail In search of the nogro
but after satisfying themselves that
: the prisoner has been romoyed tho
niembors wojit. to tholr homes. The.
t-.rt-.. t... i ..Ti :. . .. .
vnr hub uuon very jiuut loimy una iij
demonstration Is llholy to occur. The
request of the Dallas negroes to bo
allowed tlio prisoner to deal with was
.refused by the Dallas authorities.
CAJf SUJi IUIMtOAD wnmi)
TUB TICKET IS I'lIICIIASKD.
AUSTIN Fob. 23In nfflrmlug tho
caaei of the Missouri Kansas and Tex-
as Railway Company of Texas vs.
I?lanks from Hays tho Supremo Court
hold that venue- can be had on a con
necting Hiiq In the county Where Vhe.
ticket waB sold.
Wanks bought a ticket from the Mis
souri Kansas and Texas agent at San
Marcos Jo Denver Colp. going via the
Vart Wqrth and Denver from Fort
l Worth An accident on the latter road
D. C. HALL
Staple and Fancy
GROCERIES
Both Phones
1881
LOUIS C. WISE & SON
REAL ESTATE
ana
FIRE INSURANCE
LOUIS C. WISE & SON
CHESTNUT ST.
TOM E. WOOD
Successor to Spaulding Bros.
MACHINE SHOP
5 Competent WoiKinen Prompt attention to all kinds
equipped Machine Shop in West Texas for any kind of
Auto repairing. Your business solicited
A TALK ABOUT PRESCRIPTIONS
Wflen you take nndlcino you do so because you want to get well quick
ly Bring our prescription to our Pharmacy and wo will help yoti
all we cab. Your medicine wll contain exactly what your doolor
directs and ft will be compounded from tho purest and beat fresh
drugs by experienced registered graduate pharmacists. You can send
or leave your prescriptions on y ur way to work. Tho medlclno will
be prepared and delivered at your house Immediately without ox-
tra charge. Let us fill your pr scrlptlona
) if
caused an Injury and Blanks recovered.
However tlio Fort Worth and Denver
Ulead Its prlvllego of being sued In tho
county of Its residence or wliore- It had
an agent; averring that It had no ngoiit
at Satt Marcos and that no partnership
existed with tho Missouri Kansas nnd
Texas tinder the tfet of Twenty-Ninth
Legislature tho court says venue could
be had tu the county where tho ticket
was Bold' construing tho law to moan
that suit may bo brought In tlio County
where the c6urt lias Jurisdiction over
the other company or companies
It reversed and rciidoroi' that Mis-
souri Kansas And Texas of Texas vs.
Jones from Hell whore a personal In-
jury judgment for ?90QQ had boon
awarded. Jones wns a switchman nnd
in alighting stepped on a bolt in tho
ynrdsj fell and was Injured.
Tho court finds that the yards had
been Inspected an hour before and tho
bolt was not seen therefore the rail
MOTHER'S
A LINIMENT FOR EXTEJ
One of the most valuable qualltiMifa
that it safe-guards tho future
liniment to be applied extor
which lubricates the musclea
and ducts prevtt JumpJtapTtu the breutm relieves the pain nervou.
new Bavea and other -""Tf "" 'M-'-T expectant mothers saffer.
yiiua Mother's IPrlend is tmd Rf WIHy It flU and preparee the system for mi
easy aad natural conamtloa of the
greai iuiihmbi are always suvea mucu
aor quickly aad without ill effects
ytri tot ur jf im mk tot xptetMt
Pine Street -I
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1910
ROBERTS PHONE
road had not boon guilty of negligence
and Jortca Is not entitled to recover
Woodman Circle Notice
The Voodman .CJrqlo mombora will
plenso tako notice of time and place
at. regular meetings. L'oglnnlng with
Mar. 1st Tuesday night wo will hold
our regular mqotlng In "Modorn Voa:lw
man Hajl over J L. Andrews store.
1st and llrd .Tuesdays of each month
Bq :sura and attend first mooting No.
1st at 8 p m
OARRII3 L. NORVQQD Guardian.
ItOSA WILLIAMSON Clerk.
Mrs R. T. Moore left today for Cole
man wliore sho will visit relatives and
friends.
J N Hampier and family loft Oil
morning for Balllnger where they hava
recently inoyetU
J. S Merger left yesterday afternooir
for Merkol on a few days busings trip.
tern. Women who manage with iHr i
mnwag wiien Daby com and recover
MotUer's Friend is told at drug etore.
jnurthere.
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Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 167, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 26, 1910, newspaper, February 26, 1910; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth315740/m1/3/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.