The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-29
An Ordinance to Establish q Board OF
Health.

SRCTION l. be Il 0raGinHd, by the
Mayor and the Aldermen Of the city Of Co.
lum6ia, in Council assembled, That a
Board of Health be, and the same is
hereby. established, which shall consist
ct twelve members. to be chosen by bal
lot by the City Counoil.'at their first
meeting in May OF each and every year;
and said Board shall be so chosen, that
three of them shall be elected from Ward
No. l. three from Ward No. Q, three
from Ward No. 3, and three from Ward
No. 4. seven Of whom shall constitute
quorum; and if any person so elected
member of the Board Of Health, shall
refuse or neglect to perform the duties
hereafter required, he shall, upon con.
viction thereof before the City Council,
forfeit and pay the sum Of forty.five dol
lars: Proutded, That no person shall be
compelled to serve moro than one year
in every three years.
6ko. 2. Be II further ordained, That
the said Board OF Health, OF whom seven
shall constitute quorum, shall meet at
least once q fortnight from the first day
June to the fret day of November Of
each anu every year, and at such other
times and at suoh places as they may
deem necessary and convenient, for the
purpose OF receiving and communicat-
Ing oil possible information relative to
the health Of the city, and to advise and
consult together respecting the preserva-
tion Of the same; and shall have full and
ample powers to adopt and carry into
effect all such measures, rules and regu-
lations as they may deem necessary to the
discharge Of the trust hereby conflded
to them; and each and every practical
physician within the city ls hereby re-
quired to give immediate information of
the existence OF any contagious or malig-
nant disease to the Board, or to any men,
ber thereof. and at all convenient times
to aid and advise the said Board in the
preservation of the health Of the city,
and in the preservation or suppression
OF contagious or malignant diseases.
SEQ. B. Be it further ordained, That it
shall be the duty Of each and every
member 0f the said Board to cause to be
removed, from the streets within the
Ward under his or their charge, all Of
fensive substances or nuisances tending
to endanger the health of the citizens of
the city; and the Ohief of Police and his
assistants, and the Superintendent of the
Streets, are hereby required, without de-
lay. to obey all orders or precepts that
shall be given them, or either Of them,
by either OF the members OF the said
Board respecting the removal of such
nuisances.
SEQ. 4. Be !: further ordained, That
the said Board Of Health, or any mem
ber thereof, shall have power, and are
hereby invested with full authority, to
enter into and, upon any lot, ground or
possessions of any person or persons,
and thoroughly examine the same; and
whenever the said Board, or any mem
ber thereof, shall have cause to suspect
that any foul or noxious effluvia origi.
mates, or is collected in any house, Gel
lar, or in any enclosure whatever, shut
up from public view. they, or any of
them, may demand entry therein, and
direct the same to be opened and venti-
lated, or the cause of such effiuvia to be
removed, as may be deemed necessary;
and If the owner or occupant of such
lot, house. cellar or enclosure shall refuse
or delay to open the same, or suffer it to
be examined and ventilated, or removed,
az aforesaid, or shall in any wise OBJ.
Btruct the said Board, or any member
thereof, or any policeman or other officer,
in discharge OF his or their official duty,
such owner or occupant shall be fined
not exceeding twenty dollars for each
and every day he, she or they shall so
neglect. refuse or delay, after demand by
said Board, or any member thereof; and
shall also defray all expenses incurred in
tha-emoval or suppression OF suoh nui-
sances, under the direction of said
Board, or any member thereof.
SEC. 5. Be il further ordained, That it
shall be the duty of the City Clerk to
act as clerk Of the said Board of Health.
BEo. 6, BE il further ordained, That it
shall be- the duty of the Chief of Police.
or acting Chief of Police, to make dill
gent inquiry as to all nuisances which
may exist within the city; to receive all
complaints which may be made to him
concerning the same, and to report i'm
mediately to any member or members Of
the Board OF Health having charge OF
the Ward in which such nuisance ex-
ists; and it shall be the duty of the said
Chief of Police, or acting Chief of Po-
lice. to attend the meetings of the Board
OF Health when required, and obey such
instructions as said Board of Health
may give relative to the health of the
city.
SEQ. z. Be Il further. ordained. That
the Chief Of Police, or acting Chief of
Police, shall have power, and is hereby
authorized and required. to demand