The republic., 1851-07-11

commissioner Of the General Land once.
May l3-lawlSw
TNHIa BOARD OF HEALTH OF the city o.
Washington declare the following to con
stitute
.Naisailces:
Dead carcases, dead Il ID or ofIals Of fish; hea p
OF oyster shells; ofas from butchers stalls saugh
ter-houses, or tau-yards siagnant water in ponds
marshes, sewers OF oeiiars; foul prvies hog atycs
and decayed vegetables OF all descriptions, whether
entire or those portions thereof not used as fouo
which may be thrown out from ktchens horses
/ going at large with the ganders, iarcy, or Other
contagious diseases the drainage from dye houses
and soap factories; houses or buildings unoccupicd
and in a state of dilnpidation or decay, endangcr-
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
latve to nuisances, and 70 the exactiOn of the Pc
nalties prescribed by law.
All persons desirous Of calling the attention OF
the Board to the existence Of nusances request
ed TO do 30 in writing, addressed To the members ol
the Board for the Ward in which such nuisance
may exist stating the nature Of the same, with ita
! location, &c.
BY order of the Board:
THO. MILLER, NJ. D., President.
Members of the Board Of Health. lIdg 81, 1851.
FIRST Ward.-Dr. X. johnson. corner 2lth street
and Pennsylvania avenue; Mr.. Charles Calvert,
18th street, between and X.
Second JTard.--Dr. Tn Miller, Z street, near
l4th; Mr. j. ii, Riley, 2th street, near Pennsyl-
vana avenue.
Third JVard.-Dr J. C. Hall, Pennsylvania ave-
nue., near 9th street. Mr. VIM. p. Young, 9th street,
between J. and NJ.
Fourth WIwd-Dr. T. B. J. Frye, near A. street;
Mr.. q O. Grammer, csrner a. and @ streets.
FYM Ward MIR. WIN. p. Ferguson, Georgia
avenue, 3D. ssreet Mr. John p. lnge, New
Jersey avenue, near 3 street
Sirih Ward-Dr. J. NJ. Roberts, street be.
tween 7th and Sth streets; Mr. John E. Bates, cor
ner 7th and l. streets
SevelA Hard. Mr. Samuel Byngton, 5th street,
between l. and NJ streets; Mr. VIM b. Randolph,
Secretary, Maryland avenue, near l2th street
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 Iidsiingion That
from and after the passage o this act il shall be the
duty of each and every person occupying dwell
ing, or other building bordering on public or pr
vate paved alley, TO have the dirt aud rubbish in
the alley bordering on his her, or their premises
collected into piles once week, or more frequent.
ly if required by the Commissioned Of the Ward
and, when collected, il shall be the duty of the
scavenger to have such dirt or rubbish carried
away as soon as possible after it is collected; and t
shall be the duty of each and every person in such
squares in the popuous parts of the city as shall
be designated by the Board Of Health, or the mem
bers thereof OF The Ward TO keep slopt for the
ofial OF the kitchen, and TO have the same carried
away and emptied in such places and at such times
as snail DC designated Dy 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 solid ofTa
from the kitchen into any street alley bordering
on or contiguous TO such squares, or in any other
place than that designated by the Colnmssioner OF
the Ward, shall be subject to such penalty rs is
hereinafter mentioned; and it shall he the duty of
the scavenger, when called upon by any house
keeper, on the prepayment OF one cent for each
bucket OF fluid or soliG otal of the kitchen, 10 have
the same removed to The place designated by the
Commissioner Of the Ward.
Sec. ,. lind be Il enacted, That it shall be the
duty of each and every person occupying dwell
ing g-house, store, or any other kind of building 70
have the paved gutter in front Of his her. or 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 il is collected
Sec. 3. 1lnd De it enacted, That each and evory
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 aud disposed OF under
the laws of this Corporation.
Sec. a. And be =; enacted That, in case Of the alb
sence or inability Of the scavcngers Of the wards u
perform the services required by THE act, it shall
be the duty Of tho Board OF Health TO cause the filth
10 be removed in the most speedy and offectual
manner and the expense of the same shall be paid
by the Mayor from the general fund.
Sec. 5. And be al enacted, That Immediately after
any private alley shall be pronounced in state OF
nuisance by the Beard of Health, il shall be the
duty the Mayor to cause the same to be closed.
Sec. 6. -And BE- IL enacted, That the Mayor be
and he ID 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 dav 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 II. HILL,
President Of the Board Of Common Council
WALTER LENOX,
President of the Board of Aldermen
Approved May 2S, l549.
w. w. SEAToN, Mayor
The Board of Health have, in conformity with
the lat section of the above act, designated the fol
lowing reservations and squares in the city of
Washington those in which Sioptubs for the olIal
of the kitchen are to be kept:
First W'ard.-Squares Nos rs, II, IS, S6, l0l,
l05 lis, ll9, 120, l2l, l2G, l27 l4l, l66 l6s l69
22l.
Second Uyard.-squares 223. 224, 225, 226, 227 ,
252 253, 255, 257, 2S7 2SS, 2s9 290, 29l 292 1913,
BIS, 3l9, 320 32i s22, 1913, 3i4 345, 346, 347 34S,
349.
Third JVmd.- Squares 367 36S, 1863, $40, 1913, 374
375 376 377, 378 379, 3S0 3Sl 4Ol 402 403 40f 405
406 407, 40S, 1923 424 425, 1896 l27, 42S, 429, 43l
432, AS, 449, and $50.
Fourth Vard.--Reservations A, Il, and 10, and
squares Nos. 453, 454, 455, 456, 49, 46l 4SS 400,
I9l, and 533
Fifth Wdrd.-Reservation Nos II and ~, and
squares Nos. 575, 6S7, 6SS, go, TBS, and 729.
By order: THO. MILLER, NJ. D.,
President of the Board Of Health.
June 10--lamtOct
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