The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-03-22
AN ORDINANCE

Two AMEND AN ORDINANCE FOR CREA
i ton and appointment of temporary OH
Ger to he called the Health Officer OF the city oil
Wheeling; amended so as to read as follows:
For the creation of and election of permanent
officer. to be called the Health Officer OF The
city of Wheeling. -.
SEC. !. Be Il ordained by the COuncttofhe City Of
WbesliIg. That there shall be elected by the
Council of the city of Wheeling at the hrst
meeting thereof after the annual election Tor As
soon thereafter as practicable), an officer to be
called the Health Officer whose term OF Office
shall continue until his successor IS elected ana
qualified, and he shall receive from the city for
ais services acompensatiOn OF not more Than
eight hundred dollars per annuH, anu said sal
airy sh all be paid out of the City Treasury as
the salary of other city officers are payable.
SEC = The said Health Officer shall have and
possess all the powers and authority which are
given to or conferred upon the Sanitary Com
mittee OF Board of Health of Wheeling by sec
tions thirteen 49,, sixteen U6) twenty CO.
twenty.One cd, twenty.three (23), twenty-tour
ca, twcnty-siI C26l tweI ty.seven (27), thirty
(3O) and thirty One 3) of the ordinance entitled
an ordinance in relation to the election, powers
and duties of Sanitary Committees and Board
of Health of Wheeling and which is recorded
and published in the printed Ordinance Book of
the CITY, bearing date lsG5, pages TO nclusiN 0,
of the supplement- all of which shall be taken
aud regarded as applying to the Health Officer,
his agents an3 other persons employed by him
under this ordinance.
SEC. g. To enable the Health Officer the bet
ter to discharge the duties of his office, he shall
have authority TO make requisitiOn in writing
upon the Street Commissioner for the removal
of all nuisanCes and offensive aCCumulatiOns in
the streets and alleys and if he deem it essen
tial to the more thorough cleansing of the gut
ters and sewers he may also command the as
SstanCe and service Of the Superintendent of
the Water Works, in supplying water for that
purpose, and, with the consent of the Council,
he shall have power to employ agents or assist
ants, laborers, or other persons, when necessity
requires but i'll time of threatened danger to
the health of the city, when the occasion shall
be too urgent to allow commencement time to
consult the Council, the said Health Officer
shall have power, and 1t shall be his duty, at the
refuse to comply with the terms of his order
without delay, to order and contract for the
immediate cleansing or disinfectng or improve.
ment of the sanitary condition of any lot
grounds or tenements within the corporate
limits of the city, and he shall have authority
and right 70 enter upon any grounds or lot
or house. in the discharge OF the duties of the
SEC. 4. If the owner or owners, agent or
agents occupier or occupiers, of any ground
or tenement in said city shall refuse to
comply with any order or notice served upon
him or them By the said Health Officer or his
agents for the removal of filth or impurities of
whatever character connected with sach ground
grounds or tenement house or houses, including
cellars privies or other buildings, ard pTeiuAi.
cial TO the health of the neighbOrhOod or in ANY,
wise offensive, and Tor the thorough cleansing
or disinfecting ofthe same as he the said Health
Officer shall direct in his order or notice for i'm
proving the condition of such premises, after
ten days notice given in writing he, she or they
shall forfeit and pay TO the city of Wheeling
fine not exceeding tirenty dollars for any such
failure or offence, and the said Health Officer
a, II l..
name or names and reside ce o.: such persistent
offender or offenders to the Council.
SEC. 5. Be it ordained, that section 30 Of said
ordinance or supplement ordinance shall be
taken and regarded as applying to the said
Health Officer, his agents and persons employed
oy him under this ordinance in case of any re-
distance or obstructed menace or threats made
70 MN, his agents or other persons employed
by him
SIC. 6. That said Health Officer shall before
entering upon the said duties of his office, enter
INTO BOND with one or more securities in the
penal sum of one thousand dollars to be ap.
proved by Council. the condition of which shall
De Tor the faithful performance on the duty of the
SAID office, and also take the several oaths reQuir
eI 70 De taken by other city officers and if said
Health Oihcer shall neglect or refuse to enforce
any ordnance nC W IN force Or that may hereaf.
Ter be enacted in relation to sanitary regula-
tIoHs, "hen notlnsd IN writing by any citizen,
Wlthln reasonable time he shall forfeit and
pay 70 the city ne of not less than five 90 nor
more more IMAM ten lO) dollars, TO be recovered and
collected as other fines
SEC; I. BE it ordained. that no n.r.oD shall ba
ehglOIe to the office of Health Utiicer miles, he
De regularly educated pracrlcing pbvsiciap
SEC {. That the Health Officer be- rsonirad IN
y vac al persons in the city that are nor
able to pay for it, and he shall also ,ttanS 80 -
prisoners without cost to the city. 'i''
SIC. O. All ordinances heretofore nasssd cor,
ing in conflict with this ordinance Is "a com
same is hereby repealed. M" lne
Passed Council March 10th, 1859.
II. +. FEENY.
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