The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-07-17
fENHE BOARD OF HEALTH OF the City OF
a. Washington declare the following TO con-
Nuisances.

kfENHE BOARD OF HEALTH OF the City o
Washington declare the following to con
shtute
.NUisaaces:
Dead carcases, dead fish or offals Of fab; heaps
foyster shells ofals from butchers stalls slaugh
houses or tan yards; stagnant water In ponds
marshes sewers, cellars; foul privies, hog styes
and decayed vegetables of all descriptions, whethe
entire or those portions thereof not used fooc
which may BIO thrown out from kitchens; horses
going at large with the glanders, farcy, or Other
contagious diseases; the drainage from dye houses
and soap factories; houses or buildings unoccupieC
\ and in state of dilapidation or decay, endanger-
ing the lives property of those in the vicinity
/ The Commissioners OF the several Wards will see
TO the enforcement OF the foregoing regulations re-
ativc to nuisances, and to the exaction of the pc
nalties prescribed by law.
All persons DESTROYS of calling the attention o.
the board to the existence of nuisances request
ed TO do 80 in writing, addressed to the members Of
the Board for the Ward in which such nuisance
may exist stating the nature Of the same, with itE
location, &c.
! THO. MILLER, NJ. D., President.
Members Of The Board Of Health, May 81, 1851
! FIRST Wdrd.-Dr. r. Johnson. corner oath street
and Pennsylvania avenue; MIR. Charles Calvert
| 18TH street, between and r.
Second Ward.-Dr. TIL Miller, Z street. near
l4th; MIR. j. II. Riley, 18th street, near Pennsyl-
vania avenue.
Third Vard-Dr. !. C. Hall. Pennsylvania ave.
nue., near 9Th street; Mr.. VIM. p. Young, 9th street.
between l. and M.
Fourth W1d.-nr. t. b. J. Frye, near Al streets
MIR. G. Q. Grammer, corner a. and streets.
Fifth Ward-Mr. VIM p. Ferguson, Georgia
avenue, near Sd street; Mr. John p. Ingle, New
Jersey avenue, near street.
Sirh Ward.-Dr. j. M. Roberts, G street, be.
tween 7th and Sth streets; Mr. John Z. Bates, cor
ner 7th and l. streets.
Seuenm Ward.-Mr. Samuel Byinglon, 5th street
hntr /. and atra Mr. Dan oIpn
Secretary, Maryland avenue, near 18th
AN ACT relating to the draining of paved alleys
and cutters, and for other purposes.
BE IL enacted By the Board of aldermen and Board
Of Common Council Of the City Of Washington, That
from and after the passage OF this act shall be the
duty OF each and every person occupying dwell
ing, other building bordering apublic or pri-
vate paved alley, to have the dirt and rubbish in
the alley bordering on his her, or their premises
collected into piles once week, or moro frequent
ly if required by the Commissioner of the Ward,
and, when SO collected il shall be the duty of the
scavenger to have such dirt or rubbish carried
away soon possible after il liz collected; and it
shall be the duty of each and every person in such
squares in the populous parts of the city as shall
be designated by the Board of Health, or the men,
bers thereof of the Ward to keep sloptubs for the
ofial of the kitchen, and to have the same carried
away and emptied in such places and at such times
as shall be designated by the Commissioner of the
Ward; and each and every person residing in such
squares thus designated, or any other person who
shall throw, or permit any servant or member of
his or her family to throw, any fluid or solid ofTal
from the kitchen into anystreet alley bordering
on or contiguous to such squares, in any other
place than that designated by the Commissioner of
the Ward, shall be subject to such penalty as is
hereinafter mentioned; and it shall be the duty of
the scavenger, when called upon by any house
keeper, on the prepayment of one cent for each
bucket of fluid or solid oal of the Kitchen to have
the same removed to the place designated by the
Commissioner of the Ward.
Sec. 2. -And be 10 enacted, That it shall be the
duty OF each and every person occupying dwell
ing house, store, or any other kind of building, to
have the paved gutter in front of his, her, their
premises cleaned daily, from the first of June to
the first Of October, by collecting the dirt from
such gutter into piles, to be removed by the scav-
enger as soon as possible after it is collected.
Sec. 3. Ind be IL enacted, That each and every
person violating any of the provisions of this act
shall be subject to penalty of one dollar for each
and every offence, to be collected and disposed of
as other fines are collected and disposed of under
the laws of this Corporation.
Sec. 4. dsd De 10 enacted That, in case of the alb
sencc inability of the scavengers Of the wards to
perform the services required by this act it shall
be the duty of the Board of Health cause the filth
to be removed in the most speedy and effectual
manner, and the expense of the same shall be paid
by the Mayor from the general fund.
Sec. 5. -And be 1t enacted, That Immediately after
any private alley shall be pronounced in state of
nuisance by the Board of Health, it shall be the
duty of the Mayor to cause the same to be closed
Sec. 6. -And be 10 enacted, That the Mayor be
and he is hereby authorized and requested to have
published in handful form and distributed, copy
of this act Immediately after its passage and an
nualy hereafter before the first day Of June as
also of any other act regulation of the Board of
Health which he may think necessary to preserve
or improve the health of the city.
SlLAS II. HILL,
President of the Board of Common Council
WALTER LENOX,
President OF the Board of Aldermen
Approved May IS, l949
w. w. SEATON, Mayor.
The Board of Health have, in conformity with
the LIST section of the above act, designated the fol-
lowing reservations and squares in the city of
Washington those in which slop- tubs for the offa
of the kitchen are to be kept:
First Ward-Squares Nos. rs, IT, IS, sc, 10l,
1885, lis, ll9, 100, III, 1885, 1877, l4l, I66 l6S 1885,
22l
Second Ward.-Squarcs 223. 224, 225, 1885, 227
252 253, 255, 257, 2o7, 2SS, $50, 290 29l 292 $685.
3lS 3l9 800, 32l 1872, 1913, 344, 345, 346, 347 34S
349
Third Wad-Squares3 67, 36s, 300, $40, 1878, 374,
375 376 ST. 378, 379 $780, ISL, 40l 402 403 404 405
406 407, 40S, 423 424, 1926 426, 427, 42S 429, 431
1872 AS, 449, and $50.
Fourth Ward, Reservations A, b, and 10, and
squares Nos. 453, 454, ass, 456, 457 46l 1885, 400,
49l and 533.
Fifth Ward.-Reservation Nos. IL and II, and
squares Nos. 575 657, 6SS, 500, 72S, and 729.
by order: THO. MILLER, M. D.,
President of the Board of Health.
June 10---1amtOct