Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1914 — Manila Buildings Mutt Be Ratproof. [ARTICLE]

Manila Buildings Mutt Be Ratproof.

The municipal board of Manila has passed an ordinance providing that all buildings constructed in the city here after must be ratproof. This measure is for safeguarding Use* public health against bubonic plague. The ordinance was drafted by the director of health and the city engineer. Hollow walls and partitions are forbidden. Walls, with the exception of those of solid wood, must be of concrete, brick, stone, mortar, or other material that will keep out rats, to a height of one meter (3.28 feet) from the ground, and must extend below the surface of the ground at least twice the thickness oi the wall. All hollow construction ii forbidden except it be without aper tures through which rats may pasi and of materials through which the] cannot make their way. A penalty is provided for violation of the provl slons of the ordinance of a fine not ex ceedlng SIOO or imprisonment for not more than six months or both.