The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-08-09
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WHO CONSTITUTED BOARD OF HkALrn
AN ACT constituting the Mayor and
Council of any incorporated town or
city, or the Trustees of any township
not Incorporated, a Board Of Health.
and defining their powers.
Section /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of the State Of Iowa, That the
Mayor and Council OF any incorporated
town, or city, or Trustees OF any town
ship not Incorporated, shall be and are
hereby constituted u Board Of Health.
az. The several Boards OF Health con-
stituted by this act shall have power to
make such regulations as they may
deem necessary for the public health
and safety respecting nuisanees, sources
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their cities or towns.
s3. Notice shall be given by the Board
of Health of all regulations made, BY
publishing the same in some newspaper
Of its town, or where there IL no news
paper, by posting in five public places in
the town. such notice shall be deemed
legal notice to all persons.
/. The Board shall examine into all
nuisances, sources Of filth and causes Of
sickness within its town or city, and
shall take immediate measures to abatc,
remove, or prevent the same wherever
found.
4. The Board shall order the owner
or occupant, at his own expense, to re-
move any nuisance, source of filth or
cause of sickness found OH private prop
erty within such time rs II deems rea-
sonabie, and il such person negiects to
do SO he shall forfeit Il sum of not ex-
ceeding twenty-five dollars for every
day during which he knowingly per-
mits such nuisance or cause of sickness
to remain after the time prescribed foE
the removal thereof.
as. Such notice shall be made in writ
ing and served by the Marshal Of the
town or city, or by any Constable Of the
town. in the usual way Of serving no
tees in civil suits.
~. Ii the owner or occupant fails to
comply with such order, the Board may
cause the nuisance, source Of filth, or
cause of sickness, TO be removed, and all
expenses incurred thereby shall be paid
by such persons.
IS. The Board shall have power to
make regulations in relation to cleans
ing the streets, alleys, and drains Of the
city or town, In relation to communities
ton with houses where there Is any con-
| tagious or infectious disease, to establish
pest houses or hospitals, and when
| deemed expedient and necessary to pre-
vent the spread Of any contagious dis
ease, to remove to said pest house Or
hospital, any person sick with Asiatic
or malignant cholera, or other malig-
nant or infectious disease. To prohibit
or prevent all communication or inter-
course by and with all houses, tene-
ments, and places, and the persons occu-
pying the same in which there shall bo
any person sick with any contagious,
malignant, or infectious disease. To
employ all such persons as shall be nec-
essary to carry into effect the regulations
adopted and published according to the
powers vested iu the Board by this act,
and to fix their compensation, to en-
plOy physicians in case of poverty, and
to take such general precautions aud
actions rs it may deem necessary for the
pubic health.
| ~. Amy person who shall willfully
violate any OF the regulations so made
and published by the Board of Health,
shall be guilty OF a misdeineanor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be subject
| to u line or Imprisonment, such fine not
exceed one hundred dollars, and such
imprisonment not to exceed thirty days.
10. All expenses incurred by the
several Boards of Health in the execu-
ton Of this act shall be a charge upon
their respective towns or cities, for the
purpore of defraying which tax may
be levied by such Board OF Health upon
the property in such town or city, upon
the valuation OF property at the last
assessment of such property sufficient TO-
detray all expenses SO incurred.
| 1 ii. Ten days notice OF such levy
shall be given in the manner prescribed
| by law for the collection OF taxes, when
it shall be the duty OF the Marshal Of
such town or city to collect the same,
and pay it into the hands Of the Treas-
urer of the Board Of Health.
| Approved April I'd, 1866.