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~c j SECTION 4. Should any owner or occupant of a lot or lots, grounds or yards, or any other places within the city of San Marcos so permit or allow stagnant water to accumulate or remain thereon, or should the owner or occupant of any house, building, establishment, lot or lots, grounds or yards in the City of 'San Marcos, Texas, so permit or aI/ow carrion, filth, or other impure or unwholesome motter of any kind to accumulate or remain thereon, and should the owner or occupant also fail or refuse to drain or remove such stagnant water, filth, carrion, or other impure or unwholesome matter, as the case may be, within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice, or within ten (10) days after the mailing of 0 letter containing such notice and addressed to such owner at his Post Office address, or after publication of such notice as many as two times within a period of ten (10) consecutive days in any newspaper in Son Marcos, Texas, if personal service may not be had os aforesaid, or if the owner's or occupant1s address be not known, to so drain or remove, the City of San Marcos may then drain or re- move such stagnant water, filth, carrion or other impure or unwholesome matter of any kind, or cause the same to be done, to pay therefor, and to charge the expenses incurred, in doing or having such work done or improvements made, to the owner of such property; and if such work is done or improvements made, db the expense: 'of the City of San Marcos, Texas, then such expenseshall be assessed on the real estate, lot orlots uponv.hich such expense is incurred. I SECTION 5. Should any owner or occupant of any lot or lots, grounds or yards or any other places within the City of Son Marcos, Texas, so permit or allow weeds, rubbish, brush or any and all other unsightly, objectionable or unsanitary matter, as the case may be, within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice, or within ten (10) days after the mailing a letter containing such notice and addressed to such owner at his Post Office address, or after publication as many as two times within a period of ten (10) consecutive days in any newspaper in San Marcos, Texas, if personal service may not be hod os aforesaid, or if' the owner's or occupant's address be not known, to so cut down or remove, the City of Son Marcos, Texas, may then cut down or remove such weeds, rubbish, brush or any other unsightly, objectionable or unsanitary matter, or couse the same to be done, to pay the refor, and to charge the expense incurred in doing or having such work done or improvements made to the owner of such property; and, if such work is done or improvements made at the expense of the City of San Marcos, Texas, then such expense sholl be assessed on the real estate, lot or lots upon which such expense is incurred. I SECTION 6. The Mayor or City Health Officer of the City of San Marcos, Texas, shall fi Ie a statement of such expense or expenses os may be incurred under the provisions of the next two sections above of this ordinance, giving the amount of such expense or expenses, and ,the date upon which said work is done or improvements mode, with the County Clerk of Hays County, Texas; and the City of San Marcos, Texas, shall have a privileged lien on such lot, lots or real estate upon which said work is done or improvements mode to secure the expenditures so made, in accordance with the provisions of said Article 4436, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, which said lien sholl be second only to tax liens and liens for street improvements; and said amount shall bear ten (10) per cent interest from the date of said payment. It is further provided that for any such expenditures, and intere'st os aforesaid, or a certified copy thereof, shall be prima facio proof of the amount expended for such work or improvements. SECTION 7. That if any part of this ordinance is, or should be held invalid for any reason, then that fact shall not invalidate the entire ordinance, but the balance of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. I I l'*f.'