The republic., 1851-09-02
FTNHE BOARD OF HEALTH of the City of
IL Washington declare the following to con-

IL Washington declare the following to con-
stitute
.NitiSances
Dead carcases, dead fish or offals of fish; heaps
of oyster shells offas from butchers stalls saugh
ter houses, tan yards; stagnant water in ponds
marshes, sewers, cellars; foul prives, hog styes,
and decayed vegetables of all descriptions whether
entire or those portions thereof not used as food
which may be 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 unoccupied
and in state of diapidation decay, endanger-
ing the lives or property of those in the vicinity.
The Commissioners of the several Wards will see
TO the enforcement OF the foregoing regulations
lative to nusances, and to the exaction of the Pc
nalties prescribed by law.
Ali persons desirous of calling the attention of
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 its
location &c.
BY order of the Board
THO. MILLER, M. D., President
Members Of the Board Of Health, May 81 , 1851,
First Ward.-Dr. r. Johnson. corner 24th street
and Pennsylvania avenue; Mr. Charles Calvert,
18th street. between and X.
Second Ward.-Dr. Th. Miller, Z street, near
18th; Mr.. J. II. Riley, 18th street, near Pennsyl-
vania avenue.
Third 1Vard.-Dr. J. C. Hall, Pennsylvania ave-
nue., near 9th street; Mr. VIM. p. Young, 9th street,
between l. and NJ
Fourth Ivard.-Dr. T. B. j. Frye, near A. street;
Mr. q. G. Grammer, corner a. and streets.
F1M Wdrd.-Mr. VIM. p. Ferguson, Georgia
avenue, Sd street; Mr.. John P. Ingle, New
Jersey avenue, near b street.
SirM Wad.-Dr. j. M Roberts, G street, be.
tween 7th and Sth streets; Mr.. John E. Bates,
ner 7th and L streets.
SeperM Ward.-Mr. Samuel B Byipgton 5th street,
between l. and M streets; MIR. VIM. b. Randolph,
Secretary, Maryland avenue, near 18th street.
AN ACT relating to the draining of paved alleys
and cutters, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Board of Aldermen and Board
of Common Council Of the Cityof Washington, That
from and after the passage of this act it shall be the
duty of each and every person occupying dwell
ing, or other building bordering public or pri-
vate paved alley, to have the dirt and rubbish in
the alley bordering on his, her, their premises
collected into piles once week, more frequent
ly if required by the Commissioner of the Ward,
and, when collected, ii shall be the duty of the
scavenger to have such dirt rubbish carried
away possible after it is 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 MEM
bers thereof of the Ward to keep slop tubs for the
offal of the kitchen, and to have the same carried
away and empted in such places and at such times
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, permit any servant or member of
bis or her family to throw, any fluid solid offal
from the kitchen into any street or alley bordering
on or contiguous to such squares, or in any other
place than that designated by the Commissioners 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 solid oal of the kitchen, to have
the same removed to the place designated by the
Commissioner of the Ward.
Sec. 2. A,ld be IL enacted, That it shall be the
duty of each and every person occupying dwell
ing house, store, 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 possible after it is collected.
Sec. 3. And be IL enacted, That each and every
person violating any of the provisions of this act
shall be subject to a 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. And be IL enacted, That, in case of the alb
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 to cause the filth
manner, and the expense of the same shall be paid
by the Mayor from the general fund.
Sec 5. And belt enacted, That Immediately after
any private alley shall be pronounced in state of
nuisance by the Board of Health, it shall be the
duty fthe Mayor to cause the same TO be closed.
Sec. 8. And be 10 enacted, That the Mayor be
and he is hereby authorized and requested to have
published in handbill form and distributed, copy
of this act Immediately after its passage, and an
nually 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.
SILAS H. HILL,
President OF the Board of Common Council.
WALTER LENOX,
President of the Board of Aldermen.
Approved May 2S, lS49