The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-06-28
Ordinance to EssablIsh Board OF Health.
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Ordinance to EstablIsh Board OF Health.
SECTION 1. Be a ordained. by the
Mayor and The Aldermen Of the city Of Co.
lum6ia, in Council assembled, That
Board of Health be, and the same is
hereby. established, which shall consist
of twelve members, to be chosen by bal.
lot by the City Council.'at their fret
meeting in May Of each and every year;
and said Board shall be 80 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 a
quorum; and if any person 30 elected q
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 tue sum of $45: Prouided,
That no person shall be compelled to
serve more than one year in every three.
SEC. 2. BE IL further ordained. That
the said Board OF Health, of whom seven
shall constitute o quorum, shall meet at
least oEce q fortnight from the first day
June to the first day of November of
each and every year, and at such other
times and at such places as they mny
deem necessary and convenient, for the
purpose of receiving and communicat-
ing all possible information relative to
the health Of the city, and to advise and
consult together respecting the preserva-
ton 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 confided
to them; and each and every practical
physician within the city Is hereby re-
quired to give immediate information of
the existence of any contagious or malig-
nant disease to the Board, or to any mem
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 IL further ordained, That it
member of the eaid 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 Chief of Police and his
assistants, and the Superintendent of the
Streets, nre 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 said Board
respecting removal of such nuisances.
SEQ. 4. BE i: further ordained, Tint
the said Board of Health, or any mem
Der 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 ef1luvia origi-
mates, or is collected in any house, eel
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 effluvia 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 oren the same, or suffer it to
be examined and ventilated. or removed.
as aforesaid, or shall in any wise OBJ
struct 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, che 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
the removal or suppression of such nni-
sances, under the direction Of said
Board, or any member thereof
SEC. S. BE il Hfurther ordained, Tint it
shall be the duty of the City Clerk to
act as clerk of the said Board of Health.
SEC. &. Be i! 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 ell nnisances which
may exist within tho city; to receive NIL
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-
lists; and it shall be the duty of the snid
Chief of Police, or acting Chief of Po-
lice. to attend the meetings of the Board
of Health when required, and obey such