East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-04-18

PROMPT AND VIGOROUS.

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4 The Bay City Board Of Health, evil
IDENTIFY determined to lose no time in
useless discussions over details, have
acted in the sanitary business with a
promptness worthy of imitation. At
a recent meeting Of the Board the fol-
lowing resolutions were ordered to be
published and posted throughout the
city: Hsia 5p ia IS.
Resoired, That as we are threatened
by ain epidemic of Asiatic cholera, it
becomes our duty to be particularly
stringent in enforcing all that pertains
to the Sanitary condition Of the city
BE it therefore ordered " rf
LIST. Every privy vault that has
anything in it shall be enptied, or
covered with earth, not less than two
feet deep Hereafter no vaults shall
be dug, but box shall lie used in
stead, which shall have unslacked
lime applied at least twice a week,
and when any porceptible odor arises
therefrom, it shall be emptied i'll the
night, or otherwise, at the discression
Of the Marshal, or any member of the
Board of Health. Ai
ID Every privy vault and cess
pool shall have lime applied at least
twice in each week, from the Goth day
OF April to the LIST day of November.
3D.. Every person owning water
lots or docks, or occudying the same,
shall remove all food wood or filth,
and prevent the accumulation of the
same, till the Est day of November
4th. Any and all manure heaps
shall be removed, forthwith, from the
premises, streets, lanes and alleys of
the city, and hereafter no vegetable,
animal or other offensive matter shall
be thrown into any cutters, streets or
alleys of the city.
5th. Any lot upon which water
collects shall be drained. Every
kitchen drain shall have lime applied
to the same at least once q week.
9th. Every place where animals
are kept shall be thoroughly cleaned
each day, and the manure closely
piled and lined No hogs shall be
penned within the city limits between
the 10Th day of April and the lst of
November.
9TH. No person shall, between the
Goth day Of April and the lst day Of
November next, slaughter or kill, for
market, any cattle, sheep SWINE or
other animals within tho bounds of
the city; nor shall use or occupy any
slaughter-house building, or other
place within said bounds, for the pur-
pose of slaughtering or killing therein,
for market, any such cattle, swine, or
other animals, or for trying tal!ow, fat
or lard
Sth. Any rcrs ons now using or oc-
cupylng any slaughter-house within
the city limits are hereby notified to
remove The same, also any filth that
has accumulated, within ten days,
9th. Every person shall cleanse
and purify any clubhouse, kitchen,
hog-pen, drain, barn-yard, or other
place, or any premises owned OF occu-
pied by such person, and abate any
nuisance, in such manner and at sucli
time as any member of this Board or
the Marshal, either verbally or in
writing, direct.
The Board of Health respectfully in
vite the attention of every citizen TO
the following extract from the Laws Of
the State Of Michigan in r,l,tion to
the powers and duties of the Board of
Health:
''The Board Of Hea tn shall make
such regulations respecting nuisances,
sources of filth and causes of sickness,
within their respective limits as they
shall Judge necessary for tho public
health and safety; and If any person
shall violate a y such regulations he
shall forfeit sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars"
The above regulations to take effect
Immediately; and, after the expiration
of ten days, the promises will be visi-
ted by the Marshal, and such nuisance
abated at the expense Of the occupant.