New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-05-20
70 to do, shall be liable to o fine not to ex-
coed twenty-five dollars.

6 New Orleans, or permit such hog or hogs
run at large, shall be subject to q hne not
exceed ten dollars, and the court, in render
= ing its Judgment, shall at the same tim
order the offender to remove such hog Q
hogs beyond said pound limits within IN
next twenty. -four hours; and III default
such offender to obey said order, he shall
liable to fine not to exceed ten dollars
and such fine shall be repeated until sue
hog or hogs are. removed; provided, tina
! this section shall not apply to the Fifth an
Sixth Districts of the city Of New Orleans
:, unless in cases where the removal of sucl
I hog or hogs is recommended by the re
! spective sanitary inspector of those dis
tricts.
DISEASED ANIMALS.
|, Sec. Is. All animals sick with any conta
gious, infectious or archaeological diseas,
shall be removed at once beyond the limit
of the city Of New Orleans by the person O.
persons owning or having charge of sucl
animals; and in default Of such removal
such person or persons shall be liable to {
fine not to exceed fifty dollars, and sucf
animals shall be removed by the Board O
Health, at the expense of such person o.
persons.
DEAD ANIMALS.
SEC. Whenever any horse, mule, COW
or other animal shall die within the limits
under the control OF the Board of Health, il
shall be the duty of the owner or keepe,
thereof to have it forthwith removed to
properly located and authorized factories
to be disposed of for useful purposes, under
proper regulations, or to bury such>animal
beyond the limits of the city of New Or.
leans in d hole of sufficient depth, or to
cast the same, or cause it to be cast, from,
the nuisance wharves into the river, at
least quarter of mile below the lower
limits of the city. And any person failing
or neglec,iDg to comply with the provisions
of this section, or any part of them, within
twelve hours after the death of such animal.
shall be liable to q fine not to exceed thirty
dollars.
SEC Is. Any person who shall hereafter
cast or throw dead animals, carrion, ordure
or other offensive or unhealthful matter
| into the river, except at the points desig-
mated by law, shall be liable to fine not 10
exceed fifty dollars.
BUSINESS OR ARTICLES OF COMMERCE PREJUDI-
CIAL TO HEALTH.
Sec. 16. Any person or persons who shall
bring or cause to be brought into the limits
of the city of New Orleans, any hides, bones,
peltry, rags or other articles whatsoever,
which may tend to produce infection, or in
any way to injure or endanger health, shall
be liable to fine not to exceed fifty dollars;
provided, that the Board of Health may
issue permits for the introduction of hides.
bones, peltry and rags, in cases in which
they shall be satisfied that no noxious effects
are to be feared from them.
Sec. II. Any person or persons who shall
sell, or offer or expose for sale, in public or
private, any blown, stale, decaying, putrid,
rotten or unwholesome provisions, vegeta-
bles, fruits, or tainted meats or fish, or any
impure Or unsound food, or any drink liable
to be injurious to health, or the flesh of any
animal that has died of disease or which
was diseased when killed, shall be liable to
line not to exceed fifty dollars.
SEC. Is. Any person who shall adulterate
or cause to to be adulterated, in a manner
liable to injure health, whether such article
be intended for sale or otherwise, any sub
stance intended for food, or any LIQUOR in
tended for drink, or any drug or medicine,
or shall offer for sale any such adulterated
article, shall be liable to a fine not to exceed
twenty dollars.
SEC. 10. Any person who shall hold, keep
or expose for sale any poisonous drug. medi.
cine, preparation or substance, or shall give,
prescribe or administer the same, except for
lawful purposes and with proper motives,
and by persons competent to give the direc-
tons and precautions as to the use thereof,
or shall deliver or suffer, or cause to be de-
livered to any person any bottle, box, par
Gel or receptacle containing such article,
unless the same is marked 'P OLSON" in large
and legible letters, or under any circum.
stances to any person who may be suspect
ed, judged or presumed capable or DESTROYS
of using such article for any illegal or i'm
proper purpose, shall be liable to fine not
to exceed twenty-five dollars for each
offense.
SEC. 20. Any distiller, brewer, or keeper
Of any workshop, manufactory or laborato-
~, or warehouse-keeper or owner, or SOAP
boiler, chandler, or any other person, who
shall have, keep, or use, or produce or store
within the limits of the district under the
control of the Board of Health, any foul,
fetid, putrid, or offensive or injurious mat
tiers, substances, odors or vapors, liable to
ipjure health, shall be liable to a fine not to
exceed fifty dollars, and said board shall, If
it deem it necessary, and unless the evil
complained of be at once abated, close all
such places, and stop all such business, the
continuance Of which is liable to iDjure
health.
SEC. q. Any person who shall sell, or ex
pose or offer for sale any unWh0lesome, wa
tered or aduterated milk, or milk known
as swill milk, or milk from cows fed on
swill, garbage, or other unhealthful matters,
or any butter or cheese made from any such
milk, or any unwholesome butter or cheese,
shall be liable to a fine not to exceed twenty
dollars.
OILS, ETC.
Sec. %. No person shall mix for sale, naph. |
tina and Illuminating oils, or shall sell or offer
for sale such mixture, except for purposes
of manufacture, or any illuminating oil. |
made from coal or petroleum. which will
evaporate gas under one hundred and
eight degrees Fahrenheit, or which will ig.
mite at temperature of less than one hum |
dred and twenty degrees Fahrenheit, to be |
ascertained by the application of Taglia.
bue's, or some other instrument approved /
by the Board of Health. And any retail |
dealer having in his store or place Of bust
ness any Illuminating oil or oils, made from |
coal or petroleum, which will evaporate |
gas, or which will ignite at any |
lower degree than as in this section |
before set forth, shall be presumed to have |
offered such Oil or oils for sale. Any person /
this section, or any part thereof, |
shall be liable to fine not to exceed fifty |
dollars.
REMOVAL OF BODIES.
SEC. %. Any persons, who shall disinter |
Or disentomb any human body or the re-
mains thereof, within the district under the |
control Of the Board of Health, without |
first had from the proper officers
OF said board, or shall remove beyond the |
limits OF said district, or introduce therein. |
any human body or the remains thereof,
without leave first had from the proper Off
GERS of said board, shall be liable to fine
not to exceed fifty dollars.
INFECTIOUS OR CONTAGIOUS DsEAsEs.
Sec. "a. The Board of Health shall re-
move to hospital or other place for treat.
ment, any person Or persons suffering from |
smallpox, whenever such removal snail, in
the discretion of said board, be deemed /
necessary for the proper treatment of such
person or persons, or for the prevention of
the spread of said disease.
Sec. Is. The Board Of Health shall. at its
prevent access to or egress from,
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