Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1863-04-02
AN ORDINANCE

Supplementary to an Ordinance Providing for
the Appointment of Board of Health, and
for the Abatement of Nuisances, and Tor
other purposes,
GECTlON 1st Be 1t enacted and or
y dained, By the Mayor and Councilmen Of the
Cdy Of Cumberland, That ali Boats arriving
at Cumberland from points on the Chesapeake
& Ohio Canal where small pox and other con-
lagious and malignant diseases may be pre-
vaiIing, shall not approach within the corpo-
rate limits of said city, until Said boats and
all persons on board, shall have been examn-
ed by the Consulting Physician OF the Board
OF Health, and received a written permit to
that effect. Aud any boat neglecting to COM
ply with the provisions of this Ordinance, or
any orders issued or given by said Physician.
shall be liable 10 a peualty of not less than
twenty, and more than fifty dollars, and a
further penalty OF five dollars for every hour
said boat may remain in any position in vo-
m,,on hereof, and an action tor the recovery OF
all fines, iorieitures or expenses incurred in
carrying into effect any OF the provisions OF
this Ordinance, may be laid against the boat,
The master, the owner, or consignee OF the boat
so violating each or all of them at the election
OF the city.
SECTION %. And be IL enacted That it shall
be the duty of the captain and other persons
on board said boat to makea full disclosure to
said Physician of all circumstances relating to
the health of the captain and all other persons
| on said boat as may be deemed necessary by
said Physician, under penalty OF hve dollars,
to he collected rs above.
SECTION 81. And be IL enacted That it shall
| he the duty of the captain, owner or cousignee
| of any boat TO give notice before Its arrival
| within the corporate limits, to the Consulting
| Physician of Its arrival at such point, and it
| shall be the duty of said Physician, within Six
hours of such notice, TO visit and examine said
! Ill. ,.1 aud
! judgement no danger of infection is to be APP
pretended from said boat and persons on board
he shall furnish the Captain or commander
with n written permit, on payment ofTwenty-
FIVE cents by the captain or colsignee OF said
Boat.
SgcrIoN 4. And be il ordained, that if in the
opinion of said physician there is danger OF
infection from any boat or persons thereon,
| said boat shall remain without the cooperate
limits anduuderco such publication as may
| be deemed necessary by said physician, until
such time as he may deem it safe to give a
permit, under penalty of not less than Tween
| tv Dollars or more than fifty Dollars.
SECTION S. And bca ordained, that it shall
| not he lawful for the crew or persons on such
| Boat, to come within the cor crate limits un-
| ill they shall have undergone such publication
as in the judgement Of said consulting physi-
| clan may be necessary, and have his written
! permit so TO do, under the penalty OF the Attn
section OF this ordinance.
| SECTION 6. And be a. fnrther enacted and or
daiaed, that all fines, penalties, aud expenses
incurred under the provision OF this ordinance
or The ordinance to which it is a supplement,
shall be recovered before some Justice OF the
Peace as all other fines and penalties are re-
covered, and that this ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after the 18th
day of March 1868.
G. Ii. OHR, mayor.
Al. WgDpELL, Clerk. March IL, 1863