The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-06-25
HEALTH REGULATIONS.
A Ia meeting of the Board Of Health

A + meeting of the Board OF Health
< u for the town Of Newport on the IAN day of
June. 1923 II ras ordered and deresd That The To-
lowing Regulations Tor pre,er'ng ,!e hssh Of Iho
Inhsbtans, be, and adopted and 10 te Carried NJ
to effect the first day Of Juy, sno to rehsin ~
force until the first day OF November next:
FTst, That no fish lie spread upon the Isn6. With.
in mile Of the compact part IT The town. and that
no heaps Of fish be deposited any where within the
compact part of the toSn, nor 10 any other part OF
TIE town within Fifty rods Of aAy public Tesd nor in
any other place within the nIis OF the town, nn!t 80
they covered with earth, sand other mateTi.s
that no pGtrid or Cfens,e Saie shall arise tLei6.
from.
Second Tha, desd horses, hogs and other animals
shall be bured tnat there shall he al least two
feet AZ earth upon them that they be carried oT
into the hsrbor, at least mite from the compact part
OF the town. and sunk BY having stones Other
weights stsched 10 item, aLi ttst such as may be
carried to Esstor's beach, shall not he thrown INTO
the sea. but shall be buried IN the sand either ths
beach, or on the marsh, adjoining thereto
Thru. That 10 person sufier his sink gutter or
other dram for the purpose f conveying sway foul
water, % IN INTO sny street, lane, O. slky, or Oh
any wharf IN the town, from the fret day Vi Ja, to
the FIRST day of November next.
foWih, That no person erect any hog pe ne in any
OF The streets, snes alleys in tits town and tb..
ell hog pens be at al! times kept as eiesn and C.s
rom offensive smell as the nature of the case vili
admit
rum U nat no neaps OF Glfti or manure be terns.
tied m any Of the streets, lanes. or alleys in b.
town
Si1tk That the inspectors Of nuisances or su.i
OF thetn as the Board Of Health may select and ip-
struct Tor tiet purpose. may be- p.er the,
passing OF these Regulations, aud such other times
as the Board of Health may think proper 10 direct.
visit an6 s1she al the yards aud enc osures priy
les, sink so:ss slaughter houses. aud hog pens. TO-
gether with sscb cellars they may suspect 70 b
in an unwheleoofae condition in the cornpac, par, oE
the town, 70 ssserlsn whether the going Repu
iations have enprepsriy complied with lard wileth
er they arc seasr.ly d clesniy state that ,hey re-
po'l to the PfesdeBt Of this BoAid, al. such persons
H have neglec Ted refusedao comply " lib the Reg
ulaons, whose premises are in an Offensive or al
whClesoms con aition
SeUenth fhs, all violations of the aforegnre Reg.
ulsions be punished by fine not less than one dol
lar nor more t5sn twenty dollars at the discretion oe
the court before which the case shall be tried
10 hereby recommended to tie citizens residing
10 Thames stFess AID in ssrket and Washington
squares to cause the space in oD he estates thew
respectively occupy 10 the middle O. he street. to To-
swept once in two weeks at least and the dirt scy
swept into heaps by those who have no use therefor
wi' be taken away by scne ncgsSn to ba appointed
by the Presdent Of this Board And 40 person noa
so appointed shall take up or carry away any of suca
swaePings under The peDalty Of dollar and cose
OF prosecution Those persons inclined 90 take a.
way such dirt as nay no, ss wsn,gd by the owners.
are requested to apply to tie presdeu Of this 8osr
By OrGer
CHARLES GYLES, err.
Newport June -, 1928. TJ,S7