Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-12-19
ORDINANCE.
AN ORDINANCE for the nreseru,

the public health.
The President and Trustees of the Village
of Lancaster do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The Board of Health shall con-
sist of the President and Trustees of the Viii
lage Of Lancaster, as is provided by chapter
thirty-two 1922 of the Revised Statutes.
SEC. 2 All and singular, the provisions Of
chapter thirty-two of the Revised Statutes of
this State, entitled s'of the public health,' so
far as the same relates and is applicable 10
incorporated villages, and all forfeitures in
Cured for any violation Of this ordinance and
the statute so made part thereof, shall be
recovered in an action to be brought by the
President and Trustees Of said village of Lam
caster, against the party offending, and when
collected paid into the village treasury.
SEC. 3. Any person who shall violate any
order or regulation made by the Board of
Health and duly pub shed, shall forfeit |
sum not less than five dollars nor more than /
forty dollars, TO be recovered in an action TO |
be brought in the name of the President and |
Trustees of the Village of Lancaster.
SEC. a. II shall be the duty of the occupant |
of any shop, store, dwelling, or other building |
of any name whatever, and the owner or occu-
pant of any premises in the Village of Lancas-
ter, is hereby required to keep the same in
clean condition, and not suffer Or permit any
animal or vegetable matter to decay upon such
premises, or in or about such shop. store,
dwelling or other building whatever, or any
nuisance, source of filth, or cause Of sickness,
10 be in, upon, or about the same, or any
street or alley thereto adj dining 10 keep all
cess pools, privles, cellars and drains in such
condition that 10 noxious gases or odors shall
arise therefrom, and to apply lime aud other
deodoriZlng or dlslntecting substances to his
premises, cess pools, cellars, privies and drains
whenever notified by any member of the board
OF health, or by The Health Commissioner or
Marshal of said village, and any person who
shall violate the provisions and requirements
of this section, shall forfeit for each offence
not more than forty nor less than five dollars,
| to be recovered in an action TO be brought by
| the President and Trustees of said Village of
Lancaster, together with the costs of prosecu-
| ton.
SEC. .. There shall be appointed by the
| President and Trustees Of the Village of Lam
caster, Health Commissioner for the village,
whose duty il shall be to attend 10 and execute
| the orders and regulations OF the Board of
| Health of said village, and to see that the laws
of the State and the ordinances of SAID village,
respecting public health, are observed and
enforced 1t shall be the duty Of said commits
sloner to see that all parts of the village are
| kent in clean and wholesome condition to
inspect sewers, cutters, drains and all premises
! in SAID village, and to cause the same to be
| kept in proper condition, and to remove all
obstructI ons and abate any and all nuisances
| therein; to see that all streets, alleys or
public grounds are kept free from all decay
| ing vegetable or animal matter, or other sub
stances that will tend TO endanger health, and
! TO take such measures as shall be necessary to
| cleanse the same end drain therefrom any
/ water stagnant thereon TO visit and inspect
| private premises and direct and compel the
removal therefrom Of all decaying vegetable
or animal matter, or any substances endanger-
/ ing health, and to direct and compel, pursuan;
| TO the laws Of this State, or the ordinances of
this village, the cleansing and keeping in
proper condition OF all cellars, cesspoos,
priyies, outhouses, stables or any other part
of any premises, and the streets and alleys
1 thereto adjoining. and to direct and compel
| all noXous substances to be removed from all
| dwellings, buildings, shops, stables, barns,
| outhouses, yards, pig styes, or any other part
| of any premises, or streets or alleys thereto
| adjoining. to some place where they will not
| affect the health of this village; TO visit tene-
ment houses and see that they are not over
| crowded so as to endanger the health Of the
inmates, and that they are kept in clean
condition to provide for the care and medi-
cal treatment of INDECENT persons in sickness,
\ and to provide them with suitable ATTENDANTS.
Such commissioner shall have power to open
| drains and employ necessary labor to do the
| same, and 10 remove, bury and dispose of all
noxious substances; and all accounts for such
labor shall be audited and allowed by the
| President and Trustees of the Village of Lam
| caster, at such sum or sums as they shall deem
| Just and said commissioner shall hold his
office during the pleasure of the said President
and Trustees.
SEC. g. Said Commissioner shall make
| report to the Board Of Health, once in each
week from the first day OF May TO the first day
of October, in each year, of all his doiDgs
under this ordinance, unless the making of
such reports shall be dispensed with by said
| Board, and said Commissioner shall receive
| compensation of three dollars for each days
service performed by him under the provisions
of this ordinance, and the employment and
compensation of said Commissioner may be
| dispensed with and cease whenever the Board
OF Health shall so determine.
SIC. T. Whenever any nuisance, source of
filth or cause of sickness shall be found on
private property, the Health Commissioner
| shall order the owner or occupant of such
property to remove the same within twenty
four hours and If such owner or occupant
shall refuse or neglect SO TO do, within the
time aforesaid, he shall forfeit a sum of not
less than five nor more than forty dollars, and
| when such owner or occupant shall not com
ply with such order, said Commissioner shall
cause the nuisance, source of filth or cause OF
sickness to be removed, aud all expense in
Cured thereby shall be recovered against such
owner or occupant, together with such for.
FIXTURES and costs of prosecution, in an action
| 10 be brought therefor by the President and
Trustees of the Village of Lancaster.
| SEC. &. II shall be the duty of the Village
| Marshal, when requested by the Health Com
missioner, to aid and assist him in the execu-
ton and enforcement of the provisions OF this
| ordinance, and of all other ordinances and
| regulations made for the preseI vatlon of the
/ pnh hos he hall aid in
| the execution and enforcement of this ordi-
nance under the direction of, ana in subordi-
nation TO. such Commissioner and the Mar
shall shall receive, while necessarily engaged
in such work, not exceeding The sum of two
dollars per day, payable out of the village
treasury
SIC 9. The Health Commissioner and
Marshal Of said village, shall promptly report
to the Board of Health all violations of this
ordinance, together with the names and resi-
dence of all witnesses whose testimony will be
material IN maintaining prosecution therefor,
and for each wllitUl omission of duty in this !
respect, the SAID Commissioner or Marshal |
so offending, shall forfeit not more than TWEEN |
ty nor less than five dollars, to be recover ed |
by the President and Trustees Of said Village /
of Lancaster.
SEC 10. The accounts of said Commissioner
for his services rendered under this ordinance,
and also the accounts of said Marshal for like |
service, shall in all cases be verified by the /
oath of such Commissioner and Marshal /
espectively, showing the number of DAYS
each has been actually engaged in the duties
Of his position.
SEC. IL. 1t is hereby ordained that in de-
fault of payment Of any judgment rendered
for:tbe violation OF non-observance of the
provisions of this ordinance, the person or
persons so violating, or non.observing the
provisions hereof, shall be punished by inn
prisonment in the county Jail not exceeding
twenty days.
SEC II. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after its adoption and
publication.
Adopted this 9th day of December. A. D.,
1871, the President and all of the Trustees
being present. @. W. RYLAND,
President OF said Village Of Lancaster.
Attest: DAVID ScHREIsER,
Clerk Of said Village.