Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-14
ORDINANCES.
AN ORDINANCE creating a Board
Of ueaIth ard dahning Its Duties.

who shall be President ~ex-e1lcio, City Marshal
Director IF Inhrmary, City Physician and Chair
man Of the mmit on Health and Cloanli
ness.
SEC. 2. There shall be appointed by the Board
OF Health, u Health Officer. who shall receive such
e'ih"ensGtion as the Board may from time to time
dstermine, not o evceed one hundred dollars per
month, and who shall hold his Office during the
pleasure OF the Board. Ii shall he the du'y Of tho
Health Omc-r, under the direction and control Of
the Board OF Health, to enforce all laws, Ordinan-
ces and regulations relating 10 CAUSES OF sickness.
M sanees and SOURCES Of NTH. existing within the
city. He nay remove out Of this state, any person
who is ~ : a resident thereof, and VINO Is supposed
to be infested with any malignant, infections, pes
tileutial tr other dangerous disease, or 10 the City
Hospital OF Pest House, when he shah deem such
removal Lecessary, 10 prevent The spread Of such
diseases: and that such rem wal can De made with
out danger to tine life Of such person; ana ne may
with the consent OF the BJa-d, order any furniture,
clothing or ether pr perty, either TO BE- destroyed,
rumOved or disinfected, whenever he may Deem II
necessary for the health Of the CITY Whenever
the Health Officer shall ascertain that a nuisance
affecting or endangering, in his opinion, the pubic
health, exists, on any premises, or in ans house
within the city, he shall notify, in writing, the
person or persons having possession Of such prem
ises OF house, to abate aud remove such nuisance
within a reasonable time to DO sta ed in such no.
tice; and II shall be unlawful for any person, on
receiving such notice, 10 refuse or neglect to COM
ply with the same for a longer period than the
time named therein; and upon such neglect or refu-
sal, the Health 0ficer may ahate such nuisance,
and the occupant of the premises, in addition t
the penalty provided by this ordinance, shall be
liable to the city for the cost Of such abatement, TO
be recovered in a civil action before any Justice OF
the Peace in said c ty. 1t sha ! be The dut OF the
Health Officer, promptly to enter complaint before
tie Police Court, against every person violating
any Of the provisions OF t is Ordinance
SEC. 3 1t shall be the duty Of every Physician
in the city TO rep jrt to the City Pin sician every
case OF Small POx, OF other contagious disease,
which he may be called on to attend, within twelve
hours after he shall have examined the patient,
giving the number Of the house, the street, aud the
name Of the occupant or occupant
SEC. 4. That all persons having Smell PoN or
other contagious disease. whe cannot be removed
to the City Hospital, or Pest House, are hereby re-
quired to be kept closely confined within their re-
spective dwellings or places Of abode, and the City
Physiciqn shall cause suitable notices, wi II the
name or character Of the disease, printed or writ
ten in large letters thereon. to be
posted up in the most conspicuous
places on, or near such dwelling or place Of
abode, in which suc1 contagious disease exists and
require of the occupants thereof, to keep such mo-
tices there until, in the opinion OF the City Physi-
clan, they may safely be discontinued.
SEC. 5. The Board of Health shall meet from
tim to time, as often as they shall deem necessary,
and shall have power, whenever they may deem u
necessary for the security Of the city, 10 take most
prompt a d efficient measures to prevent the N
production of contagious, malignant or dangerous
and infectious diseases into said city and for ths i'm
mediate and safe removal of any person or persons
who may be found Therein, infected with any such
disease and it is hereby made the duty Of the
Police, and other officers Of the city, to be ~yigiaut
and attentive in assisting he Board Of Health in
the execution of their duties.
SEQ. d. 1t shall be the duty Of any member Of
the Board of Health, or Health Officer, whenever
be may deem it necessary, in ord. 10 secure the
public health, to enter upon the premises and INTO
the house of any person or persons within IN i'm
its of said city, to ascertain every n isance which
may exist, and TO examine into the condition and
number Of persons inhabiting such house, and in
spect the vaults, ~cellars, privies, eesspools and
drains of such pr misses, and to eause the disper-
sion ar Waungwan If Faunfnfaa Az maWGnmE from NmFNn-I
ings OF apartments so much crowded as to Be sus-
pected Of being infected, or liable 10 be infected
with any pestilential or other dangerous disease,
and to cause the abatement and removal OF all
nuisances in any such house or on such premises
SIC. T.. The Board OF Hath shall, from time
to time, TO the City Council, such
measures asethey may deem necessary TO promote
and secure the he 18th Of the city, and 10 prevent
the introduction OF contagious, malignant,
aud Infections dis1as they shall
monthly report TO the City Council a full and &C
CuTate statement OF all expenses incurred in the
discharge of their duties, and the same if approved,
shall be paid out Of the City Treasury and they,
and -the Health Officer shall semi-annually, in
March and September, make 10 the Council a d.
tailed statement Of their operations during the
last preceding six months, giving the number OF
persons sent by their or his order to the Hospital
or Pest House, together with the number sent out
Of the State, stating their ages, sex and place OF
nativity.
SEC. 8. 1t shall be unlawful for any person to
or to aid or assist in introducing into
said city, the smallpox, or any other contagious
OF infectious disease.
SEC. 9. 1t shall be unlawful for any person or
persons TO modest or resist any member of the
Board Of Health, or their Deputies, or the Health
Onicer in the discharge q their duties.
SEC. 10. 1t shall be unlawful for any person or
persons using a drain or sewer, TO suffer or allow
such drain or sewer to expose filth . the air in
such manner as to be offensive or liable to create
disease; and no person shall suffer or permit any
cellar, vault, private drain, pool, privy or sewer,
uron any premises belonging to or occupied by
him to become nauseous, offensive or injurious to
public health.
SEC. II. No distiner, tanner, brewer, SOAP
s9 aB,e' f talr9T S ShS sFfaF pI msa5 p shall dd;sebaTg a'e oE{
of, or permit to flow from rs. her or their still
house, tannery, brewery, mandatory, shop,
packing house, stable or other place, any foul or
nauseOus liquids, or sub-tancrs whatsoever, into
any adjacent lOt, or into any street, lane, alley or
public ground of said city.
SEC. p. No soap boiler, tallOw chandler, candle
or oil maker, or other person shall Keep OF use,
unnecessarily, any stale, putrid or sinking TAT,
grease or meat, nor shall any person keep Tor more
than twenty-fOur hours any uncured hides, Except
at he place where the sane j. to be manufactured;
and no person shall Cause, suffer or permit any
skunk or coon skins or the skins of any other ami
mails, which skins emit an offensive cd r, and are
in condition detrimental to public health, II be
dressed, cleaned, packed, kept, stored or received
in or upon the premises owned or occupied BY him
or them.
SEC. 10. No owner OF occupant OF any tallow
chambers shop, soap factory, tannery, brewery,
d stillsTy, pork or beefpacking house, livery stable
or barn, shall suffer the same TO become foul.
uauseous or offensive.
SEC. IA. No owner or p SCISSOR of any animal,
which shall have died, shall suffer the same to lie
on any publir ground, street, lane, sllsy, or any
private lot within the city; nor shall any person
throw such animal, or any vegetable or decayed
animal matter, or filth, whether solid or fluid, into
the harbor or canal, or any pool Of water in said
city.
SEC. 10 No person shall keep or use any privy
or barn yard adjoining TO and abutting on any lot
upon which any other person resides; or so near
thereto as to be offensive, or that the contents Of
said privy or barn yard are discharged upon said
lot.
SEC. 16. No owner or occupant, or person hav-
ing the charge or control Of any lot OF tenement,
shall cause or permit any nuisance to be, or re-
main in, or upon said lot or m or between
the same and the street adjoining
SEC. II. No person shall, unless Will permits
sion from the Board Of Health, permit on their
premises a pTivy vault less than ten feet deep, IN
less said vault shall be connected with a public
sewer and it shall be unlawful for such person to
allow such vault to become full, in bad condition,
or in any manner offensive; nor shall any person
remove the contents Of any priyy vault, except by
the written permission Of the Board Of City I'm
provements; and at the timsof making such ap-
D~lieation for such removal, shall pay to salt Board
the expense Of removing the same; and it is here
By made the duty Of the Board of City Improve
ments t. contract with some reliable person or
persons, to remove the contents Of all such privy
vaults as may require it, such work TO be done IN
80 A.--
Quire bonds 0 the person or persons with whom
they contract for the faithful perfOrUaace Of this
labor.
SEC. Is. Thst such removal shall be made in
the night season, between the hours Of ten O'clock
P. M, and five O'Clock, I N, as the Board Of City
Improvements may direct, and shall b. done in We
hicles that shall be efeetually cOver-d and water
tight and no such vehicle ehall Ue allowed to
stand, Except while loading on any public street
Of said city and provided also, that any privy
vault requiring to be emptied between the drst day
Of May and the first day Of October, the owner or
occupant thereof shall pay for such removal dOu-
bic the contract price
SEC. 10. No person shall stick or post any hand
bill or plscaTd Of any description upon any public
or private building, or upon any post, fence, bill
board, or any other structure or thing whatever,
the property of another, without permission of the
occupant or owner of the same.
SEC. 20. No person shall slaughter or dress any
cattle, calves, sheep or swine; or establish a man
~ufactory for candles or sOsp, within the limits Of
the city without a license from the City Council.
any person de=irous of obtaining a license, shall
apply in writing to the City Council. stating the
business hs is DESTROYS to pursue, and specifying
the premises wherein tks same is to be conducted;
he shall give one weeks notice in a daily paper OF
the city, of his intention 10 apply for alcense,
specIfyihg the business and locality. If such ap-
plication shall be granted, it shall thereupon be tine
duty of the applicant to enter into a b nd with
one or more sureties to be approved by the Council,
in the penal sum Of not less than one hundred nor
more than i've thousand dollars, conditioned that
the applicant will faithfully comply with all tn
acquisitions of this Ordinanca, and fsr the payment
of all penalties which may be incurred By him for
any violation thereof.
SEC. p. Whenever any catch basin is cleaned
out, il shall be the duty Of the Street c. mmissi0n-
or to at once I'll such catch basin with clean water,
10 a height covering the stencil trap.
SEC. p. That no swine shall be kept within the
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