Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-07-20


u ENEV thslr annudl adGIcts 10 the nbaoitlrts
: = q the town Of Portland, by repuhiiG.ing the
1Ilh lection OF the law % pCsVcHt TIE preaaiqy 81
'HoIigHsHt jSverj and contagious fnkaejJ, 10 which
theY rcquelt that particular attention may be paid
'he Pretent fralon. The fiction is a. follows:
" Be It fuIther enaGled That each town or dillr6
n thls Commonwealth, may At their meeting held ia
March or April annually, at any other meeting L.
S'y armed Tor thar purpOle, when they lha Judge
- be necehAry, chooie and ppoint Health Commit
zee 10 eoiit OF NOT Iels than hive, than nine
idltahe Perons, or perlon be Health OiFicer
~hss duty II ihall be 20 remove al filth Of any kind
whatever which i.i4il BE- found in auy Of the hrccts
lanes, whaIves docks, ANY other place whatever
within the limits Of the town TO which fuch Committee
or Heath o. Ger belongs, whenever luch 6lth ih4 in
their Judgments, endAnger the lives or the health of
the nha bants thereof all expcnces 10 Ne paid
oy the peTion pSTlOn who placed il there Il known
OF Il not, by the town by which laid Committee or
Heaith Officer was appointed. And Whenever any
tth as aoreLad ihai be found any D. 0Ste broper-
~, iSic COMMITTEE or Health Officer hall notify and
order the owner occupisr thereof after twenty
hours 10 remove The fame at their own LEDenls and
IN Gale iad owner Or oecupier 1An ntgle1t 10 remove
iueh Nth r9m his or her property alter the expiration
OF the time aorelAid, he they 70 offending III N for
teit and pay zoe OF one hundred dollars to be fucd
Tor and recove. cd with cots o iuit by lad Committee
or Health OEcr 6ttore any Court proper 10 nv The
fame, for tho u- Of the poo OF t town in which fuch
C1enceis committed Aud tald Ownvr or occupier a.
2toresid ha be obliged repay 70 laid town AL COTS
and charges, which he laid Committee Or Health OH.
Ger may have incurred ~ removing the filth from his
or heT property anc ~ CAFE ofreiual pay The fame.
heor they be ues ia the fame way As IS provided
81 this act Tor the recovery Of fines Is e!orefaid
The good wines aad we'll meant en iravors of
heConmtte. during the ;wo Taft years, have ben
10 IONS mraiure tucc eistul but Il nun bt very
evident that maDV have ngpIrSfPb .nr-r4s tr,ti,
the wholefome Provdon of The law. 1t 5 the duty
oil the Committee to rnf0r-- ii, and thew hereby
give notice that they Alau inf Il the penalty %
every ptrton who ihail be regar i!e!3 OF his own
and the general iaflty, wishoW favor or dilindjou.
IN the time the CO. operation Of every citiEen
: requeted, and the Committee hope that the
ienle u common danger during the hoT Z 4fon
may sffsd all Ia iuCh a manner IS to render the
cbaft.iement Of law unntCeliary.
And TO thc intent that II may be undernood In
what manner the Committee will prof-cute their
duty, they give notice that the following rrgula-
aons viii Be 0bi5ryed.
I. The Committee will appoint fuitAble perfoGt
20 remove fnch nuifsnces as arc within their iurl-
oict00, Il the expcnlc Of the offender, or Of the
town.
z. Af:sr reaiOnabIe notice 70 any perfon, Of the
opinion Ut be committee thar any fifth is within
the Gcisn 81 IL. law, fuits will DC commented aud
Pfolecltcd without favor or dtn6tIOu.
). Information given 10 the Iafpr ctor Of Police
will be attended TO BY the Committee.
= The InfPcctOr of Police is appointed 4 fub-
Committee to dired luch Prrlons a. fha % en-
ploYed by this Committee, and they are hereby
required 20 obey his orders
JOSIAH TUCEER,
iaJb.2or Of Police. 1
THOMAS MOTLEY, = ,,-..-
FBENEZER MAYO, 4'SH'" C'"'h''''fe'
WILLIAM SYA1MES,A
SALMON CHASE. i
Portland, June Is.