Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-06-17
The Committee of Health,
TO The Inhabitants eftbe t0zOn Of Portland.
yHTHEREAS the Legislature of this

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w Common wealth have pailed law to prevent
the fpreadng of malignant EEvERs and contagious ck
neis and among many wholefome regulations in laid
law by the eleventh fiction thereof tosns are impow-
cred to chooie HEALTH COMMITTEE, as follows
I" Be it further enacted, That each
town, or dtra in thi, Commonwealth, may, at their
! meeting held in March or April annually, or at any
Joher meeting legally warned for the purpofe, when
they tha Judge TO &c neceary, choofc and appoint
xeaith Committee to conff Of efs than FIVE, Eor
more than nine fuitabIe pefons perfon to be
Health Officer, whole duty it lhall be all
filth Of any kind whatever which fhall be found in any
Of the frees lanes. wharves DOCKS or in any other
place whatever within the limits of the which
4 iuch Committee or Health Officer belongs whenever
Jfuch fifth, fha in their judgements endanger the lives
Tor the health of the inhabitants thereof; all expcnfss
whereof to be paid by the perfon perfons who pa
led It there, known, or not by the town by which
hid Committee or Health. Officer was appointed. And
whenever any filth aforefaid 1iall be found any
private property, faid Committee Health Officer
ihal notify and order the occuper thereof,
after twcnty-our hours to remove the fame their
cxpcnle and in cafe fad owner or oceup;er fall
neg eee to remove fueh nth from his her property,
alter the expiration of the time aforefad he or they 70
blending hall forfeit and pay fine of hundred
collars, TO be fned for end recovered with COTS OF fut,
" faid Committee or Health officer, before any
proper to try the fame tor the ufe of the poor of the
town, IN which iuch offence is committed And fad
pay to Ind town all COTS and charges, which the fad
Vommittee or hcalthO Officer may have incurred in
moving the fifth from his her property and in cafe
arefuial to pay the fame, he they may be fued in
ne lame way as provided in this act for the recovery
Of fines as aforefaid"
J Prefuming on the readiness of the
Inhabitants of the town, to take care that all nufanccs
devery kind be duly removed and the purpoes of he
aforementioned Law, be fully complied with-the
,onmi,tee hope and ruf thar they hall time be
noef the neceiiity OF enforcing the powers in and by
ad law given them But IN cafe any perfon or perfons
mould he 10 void OF care and negligent of their
and their neighbours health as not 10 oomoly with the
,equihtlons OF the law aforofad, nv removing every
KIND OF filth, rubbiih or nuifancc whatever from their
respective houss, out-hcuics, barns Gables, ops yards
"narves itore or their or any OF their dependencies or
- spper,enances the Committee will be under the necef
10y and are fully determined, to do their duty, and
proieeue all and every uoh delinquent to the utmon
rgour Of The law
And to the intent tina, it may be underfood in what
manner the committee will proecute their deign they
notice that the following regulations will be OBJ
l. The committee will appoint fitabre perfons to
'smoVe iuch nufances as are within their uridiGlon
ms eIpenee Of the offender or Of the town.
0her reaionable notice to any perfon Of the o.
IN e 0n oi The committee that any filth is with the de-
" " INC law fuits will he commenced and proieeued
VI '""ou, favour or dhnaion.
information given the Infpe Cor of Police will
- '.roed to by the committee.
mir. I've 'nipeetor OF Police appointeda fub-cor-
La 70 direct iueh pertons faIi be employed by
bis orders. "''' 'A'' "'e "''eoy 'eq'"'' ~ ooe'
JONATHAN DEANF !
II Isloef7'y Of P.iiee.
~ THOMAS MOTLEY -
II EBENhZfR MAYO, Hea"1 C''a''''ss''
WILLI8r. SYMMES,
SALMON CHASE,
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