The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-06-20
An Ordinance
Establishing a Board OF Health and defin
ing Their Powers and Duties.

An Ordinance
Board of Health and defin-
ing Their Powers and Duties.
SECTION l. Be it Ordained By the Common Coun-
Gil of the City of Richmond, that the three Commits
sioners appointed to form a Board Of Health shall
within five days after receiving official notice of
their appointment, and organize. by appointing
of their number President TO preside at their meet
ms, and Secretary wLo hakeep accurate record
of their proceedings proper hook 10 be furnish
a quorum.
SEc. ,. Said Board shall the power whenever
they deem it necessary for the security of the
health of the City. to take the most prompt and ell
Gent prevent the introduction Of contagious,
malignant, dangerous infectious diseases into the
city, and tor the immediate and safe removal, to
proper place, of anv person or persons who may be
found therein, infected with any such disease, aud
also prevent the spread of such disease in said city;
and it is hereby enjoined upon the Mayor, Marshal.
Street Commissioner, and all other officers of the
city to be attentive. prompt. and vigan in assisting
the said Board whenever required in the peror Nance
of their duties.
SEC. 8. Each and every member of the Board of
Health are hereby authorized and required
plant, or on view of any place or thing, which, by
the Ordinances of the city declared nuisances in
furious the health of the city TO report the
TO the City Attorney tor prosecution and for the pur
pose of carrying out the foregoing require each
at all times from the rising TO the setrg of the sum-
to enter any house, store, stable other building
and the floor to be raised if they either OF
them shall deem 1t necessary, In order to thorough
examination of cellars, vaults. sinks or drains.
SEC l. 1t shall be the duty of said Board of HEALTH
from time to time, TO recommend to the Common
Council such measures as the said Board may deem
necessary to promote and secure the health of said
city and to proven, the introduction spread of
tagious malignant dangerous or infectious diseases,
and to report TO the Common Council all expenses
which may be incurred in the duties aforesaid.
SEC. 5. The Board of Health may take such u6ea-
they may from time to time deem necessary
prevent the spread of small pox and all other
tagieus pestilental diseases, by issuing order
requiring all persons in the city or any part thereof
within such time said Board shall prescribe, and
all persons refusing or neglectng to obey such order
shall be liable to the penalties hereinafter prescribed
for the violation of this Ordni nce, Provided that il
shall be the duty of the Board to provide for the
cinaton Of such persons unable {, pay for the
same, at the expense OF the city.
SEC. g. No person shall throw, place, conduct
suffer his or Der servant child, family, throw
place conduct into street, alley lot any pu
r,d unsound beef. pork fish, hides skins Of any
kind any filth, oal, manure, dead animals vegeta-
bies. any unsound or offensive matter whatever or
anything likely to become offensive; shall any
person allow such filth, oal, manure other Often
sive matter aforesaid to be, to remain upon their
premises, in any house, stable, privy, other
place med or occupied by them in any alley or
street in front of such premises such manner as to
be offensive to the neghborhood Injurious to the
health thereof
SEC. z. No person or persons shall throw, place
or deposit cause 10 be thr wn, placed deposited
any manure carrion, dead animals, ofial other pu
trid unwboesome substance the contents of any
privy upon the margin or banks of White Water
River, within the limits OF this city, within two
miles thereof, into any tributary OF the same or
upon any public grounds or upon any lot within the
limits of said city.
SEC. s. Every practising physician in the CITY,
who shall have patient laborng under any malig-
pant Yellow Fever, Small Pox or other in;
pestilental disease, shall forthwith within six
hours make report thereofin writing to the Board of
Health, describing the name Of the street. number
and locality of the house place where said patient
may be located SO that 1t NAV be easily found
SEC. 3. No person or persons shall put out re-
move. or allow to be put out or removed from the
premises or the place occupied owned BY him. into
any street. alley or other public piece in said CITY
any person having the small pox any other inf.c-
tious pestiential disease but such owner CT oc.
of Health.
SEC. 10 II shah be the further duty of the Board
Of Health to cause . notice such a YELLpw FLAG
10 be placed upon any house in which any person
may be affected with small pox. No person or per-
sons shall destroy tear down such notice without
permission of the Board of HEALTH The occupant of
any house upon which such notice shall be placed As
aforesaid shall be held responsible for the
the me. and If the shall be removed vj,hou,
the permission OF the Board of Health, such oecu-
imposed for violation of this Ordinance
SEC. IL. Said Board of Health shall perform all of
the duties requi, ed of them by this Ordinance hem
ever any person or persons reported to them as
being affected sick with any pes;ential or infec
tons disease, it shall be their duty enquire into the
pauper then it shall be the duty of said Board Of
Health to notify the Township Trustee of WAYNE
Township of said fact to have said pauper taken care
Of removed 70 soe safe place. In case said Town
ship Trustee refuses neglects remove said pau
per upon such notice being given, then said Board
shall remove said pauper 20 such place as taey NAV
deem proper, that the health Of the CITY ma r.
preserved: Prorsded, That in no case except NTH
the express sanction of the Common Council .h,u
the city of Richmond be liable for any COS. or charre
incurred for attendance medicines furnished for
said pauper-
SEC IL. IT shall be the duty of the said Beard If
Health At lea.; four times in each year or ofener
directed BY the Common Council to make 4 thorough
and systematic examination of the city, and report
the same 10 the Common Council.
Sxc. -. SAID Board Of Health shall have the
power to establish, publish and enforce all by law.
rules and regulations necessary for exactinr the OBJ
seryance BY all the inhabitants and visitors of said
city, Of all such sanitary regulations and restrictions
Is may be deemed hy said Board best ealcula.ed 10
prevent the Prevalence spread Ct such diseases as
aforesaid.
SIC. Il. No person shall at any time hereafter
knowin2ly introduce aid assist IN introducing the
Small pox any other contagious infections dis
using premises or out buildings whatever, where
there is strong probability that may occur shall
neglect refuse TO comply with any order or direc-
ton, hich BY sad Board or by any member thereof
may be given calculated to secure or promote The
SEC Is said Board of Health shall each be paid
an annual salary TO be fxed BY the Common Couuca
SEc. 10. Any person who shall violate ar or eth
er of the provisions OF this Ordinanee section
clause provisions Of section OF this 0rdiuauce
or who shall neglect or fail TO comply with any or
either of the requirements thereof shall on conyic
tos, pay ne Of not less than 6ve dollars, nor more
"a one hundred dollars.
SIC II. All 0rtina oces and paris of Ordiuances
conflicting with this are hereby repealed.
SEC. fs tbs Ordinance take eject from and
after it, passage and Publication.
Passed and approved, June Is. 1857.
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