Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-08-04
Ibe Committee Of Health,
TO TIKI INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF
PORTL IND.

XETHEREAS the Legislature of this
Wv Commonwealth have paGed a law 10 prevent
the fpreading of malignant FEVtRS, and Contagious
hcknels aud among many whoIelome regulations ia
faid law. by the nth feaion thereof towns are i'm pow
cred 10 choofe HEALTH CosMrTrEE, as follows
g Be it further enacted, Thai each tozCz
Or d9,i7 IN 6s coVVTTaasysaf5 nay tier meeting tea
daye6 or ra annually, AZ cny Obey 7eag iFziy zsay-
nd for tie Sare zpbes fsey 4H juge II to Be Heg- eba
oasqRpeint HeaB cassazaes esasf sf ast M sL1n Es
tbaa rre itabe rsst, or one eeraa 10 g. HeatS
Offer, -rbgt dsy 4 @aH b ransve az fh5 Of CRY kax
zDbaisvsr, srbeb aa e fund ia any sffJs fyeets laas
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4fid Pal 81 fond say frvat property a3 Committee
o. Hea6 Offer Pal notify and ordt, tbs o7sas o. sesssy
f5sre after tSOEiy Joay bO4T5 ys7gvrt5s rs at fby c
e1pss AL IN 81 Jail ozDar oassy af esgq to rsszoss
sb 5 fran bif Or b Py9psrg eit he ereisrfos o fEs
f1 sfsssA BE or f6yo gfsadag aH ctsIt aa5 eay rr
Of one baaSyeS dzr5 20 Be- d for and r<sessvsS zsaG ef
fuis b. fail Commtes Hsah6 Qssr kye aay court orssr
to ny tbs aaTs FER t5es Of bs per sf fers vu5iab st
ozse H committed Ind ai4 o4ersr or sfei-r az afrea SH
b obgdsO repay O. aa tssOz az e and eggs zsBi5 f5e
aid Co0tft or H1t4 Officer ney hsTs i4eHyrs1 " rsaeriag
bcb from Bis or Der properly aaS in e of reff 10 al
toe Jam. Be or aey nay b 9 IL tie ze sv1y q e. eYe-4d
IN fbif as' fay re rtse2t.y sfJfaa AZ etsreEaiz"
Preiuming on the readiness of the
inhabitants of the town. TO take care that ali nuanees
OF every kind be duly removed and the purooss ~ re
aforementioned Law be fully complied aih-the Com.
i,;ee hope and trui thatt they a at no time be under
the neeeiigy Of enforcing the powers il and By fad law
gwen them, But IN cafe any periop or petfons fouId
be 70 void Of care and negligent Of their own and
neehnors health rs MOTTO comply with the reeuiGs;ons
of he law aorelaid, by removing every kind III M
rrbbifh nuifance whatever from their refDedaive
houes, out houie, barns, fables, hops Yards harres
hores thar any Of their dependencies IT,
tenances, the commttee will be under the nereat-
and are fully determined 10 do tLsiy duty and rot
cute ali and every iuch delinGuen to the utroR rvo
of the law.
And 70 the intent that il may be undetaood 10 VIA,
the committee will profccutc their deGor ,bs
give notice that the following regulations will be ob
ferved.
7. The committee viii appoint .fritable persans "
femovr iuch nuifAnces arc within their qiao
at the expenie OF the offender or Of the town
Alter reatcnabie notice to- any perlon ar the
opinion OF the committee that zny fth is within the
delgn Of fh= law, irts viii 81 commenced and ptofecn
ted without favor or difin7ion
Information gwen the lnfpetaor Of Police viii
be attended 50 by thseommityee
4 The inlpcGtor OF Police il appointed fub-cou1.
nittee 20 dret fuch peri9ns as mall be employed by
ms committee, ano they are hereby required 70 obey
his orders.
JOSIAH TUCKER,
Lafe7or fPeLss
THOMAS MOTLEY, I -,
EBENEZER MAYO, 444-''0 S'''7'h'Ff
WILLIAM SyNdMES,
SALMON CHASE,
Jnns NJ, rRoo, (2r-,oA