Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-07-21
Tie Committee of Health,
70 THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN or
PORTLAND.


PORTLAND.
yTTHEREAs the Legislature Of this
Wv Commonwealth have paTed law o prevsB
the fpreading oE malignant FEVERs, and contagious
hrknefs and among many vholeIome regulations M
iaid law by the nth fiction thereof towns impou
cred 70 choole HEAIrH CoNMIrrEE as follows
"BeH further eaa6fed, That each fozgs
9qri7 in fbs CozUzzoazue4f5 may f5sir zrr 6.E 4
l1ay1 Dr. ri aza4aAy or at any alter meeting saay vy
ned ey tie S4pee, zubeu h g1g uge tsbe nra5ayy e
aaaeepoiat HeaB C7mmi1s to eoggf Of ne l 4bua E.
moe than nine ftaJs esys-. b. one gsyaa 10 b .
offer, zo5gs a1ty u leg Be "! fb N ay fs5
roba,eVg, zDteJ gs4 y fsaa5 aay s ny frestf l
zrbsrqes, 6oeks, any otbey Saes qgb4tevrT zg "
szis tie form 10 zv5s aeJ Committee or sakb O W.
ogs, zyeasqsy e fiji baA u fter insgneats eaaaFcr s
grs ne Leab Of fbs izbabanf5 tiere9f ASaPeas so5s
ka0zea net, By tbs ty zctib Jaa Coaraiss q,
Heatd Cesr efPoiafrd mi zubeaegsr aay fh5 as
goy Pail Be 4z3 any frigdte Property ai8 c4nass
I7catb Officer Pail ngty and order tie etesss
tbef after fzsat four toy5 10 rsevtf agze at their sua
ex9es ana in rs aid ozgasr oeetisr PAL Cga rp.
time oytd " Ay 70 sFeadlgg taI fct, AMI ply vi,
Of bEaes dosrs 70 t asd tar aas yoSera1 zei5s gb
fiji aia Coaznzh HeaA5 Offer 6fars any eoyrt sger
to ne fare for tbses sf tb eoor Of fs fozr1 ~ zg5I[
a9snes eoaizad 4as III o77ar oeea9iey gorsaAR
obg ssbay Isa{ torn az COTS and ebzrgs qy ~
i5sftb fou ~ N dr property, end X e ef RITUAL ps,
fse ne, r to nag x Jea n f5 1s esay Rrsgiaa
IN tif 81 III f7f rssogery fires as gfsrsfaid
PreIuming on the readineiS of the
inhabitants Of the town, to take care that AZ nuianccs
q every kind ~ duly removed and the purPoie " the
aforementioned Law be fully complied wilh-,he Com.
mtee hope and trua thar they fhsll inns br an5
the necey II enforcing The powers il and by lsa aw
gwen lhcm. But il caie any perlon periCns ihoud
be io void Of and negigens Of their and Their
heghbors health not 20 comply with the requ,iticn
of be law afcrelaid by removing every kind Of 4 h
rubbiih nufance whatever from thrir refpetfire
houies, honles, barns Ab fhops yards wharres
force their any Of their dependencies or appur
teuances the committee will he under The necefG7
and arctully determined do t5si, duty and poie.
cute ali ana every iuch delinquent the uGroa rieor
Of the law.
And 70 The inenr that Il may be underrood III VIVA,
manner the committee will prolecute hcir deGgn thew
give notice that the following gulaons will y Oh
fcryed
remove fuch nufancos arc within their urfdiaioa
at che cxpenfc Of the offender or OF the town
After Reasonable notice 10 any pcrion, Of The /
opinion of the committee that any fifth is within thr
deen of th- law uits will be commenced and prolccu.
ted without favor or diitinGtion
4 Information gwen to the InfpeetOr Of Police viii
be attended 20 by theeommtJee
4 The InlpeGtor Of Police il appointed fnb-con
mittee dirc1 fuch perlons ihal be cmPloyedb by
this committee and they are hereby required 70 obg
his orders.
JOSIAH TUCKER,
Zg)fs7or sf PoEea
THOMAS MOTLEY, Z ty.-sE c..--ri,..
EBENEZER MAYO. --'-~D
WILLIAM SYMMES,
SALMON CHASE,