The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-30
An Ordinance to Establish a Board OF
Health.


Health.
SECTION 1. Be ii ordainad, 6y the
Mayor and the Aldermen Of the city Of Co.
lunbia, in Council assembled, That a
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,Fat their first
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. !. three from Ward No. Q, three
from Ward No. 3, and three from Ward
NO. 4, seven of whom shall constitute o
quorum; and II any person so elected O
member OF the Board of Health, shall
refuse or neglect to perform the duties
hereafter required, he shall, upon con.
viotion thereof before the City Council,
forfeit and pay the sum of forty. five dol
lars: Prouidsd, That no person shall be
compelled to serve more than one year
N every three years.
SEQ. 2. BE ii further ordained, That
the said Board of Health, of whom seven
shall constitute quorum, shall meet at
least once fortnight from the first day
June to the first day of November OF
each and every year, and at such other
times and at suoh places as they may
deem necessary and convenient, for the
purpose of receiving and commnnicat.
ing sill possible information relative to
the health OF the city, and to advise and
consult together respecting the preserva-
ample powers to adopt and carry into
effect all such measures. rules and reou-
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. 8. Be it further ordained. That it
shall be the duty of each and every
member Of the said Board to cause to be
removed, from the streets within the
Ward under his or their charge, all Of
fensive substances or nuisences tending
to endanger the health of the citizens of
the city; and tho Chief 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
nuisanoes.
SEQ. 4. Be i. 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 persona,
and thoroughly examine the same; and
whenever the said Board, or any mem.
Der thereof, shall have cause to suspect
that any foul or noxious effluvia origi-
mates, or is collected in any house, cell
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 efiuvia to be
removed, as may be deemed necessary:
and if the owner or occupant of such
lot, hQuae. cellar or enelosuxe shall refuse
Or d4an9 to open the same, or.euffe- it to
beSxamided and ventilated, oA removed,
ayr aforesaid, or shall in anyAwise OBJ
strues the said Board, or any member
thereof, or any policeman or othar officer,
in discnafge 0i his o1 .he;- cfaSial duty,
such owner or occupant shall he fined
not exceeding twenty dollars for each
and every day he. she or they shall 80
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 suoh nui.
sandes, under the direction of said
Board, or any member thereof.
SEQ. 5. Be ii. further ordained, That it
shall be the duty of the City Clerk to
act as clerk OF the said Board of Health.
SEQ. 6. Be il further ordained, That it
shall be the duty of the Chief Of Police.
or acting Obiaf 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, aud 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 said
Chief of Police, or acting Chief of Pc.
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.
SEC. 7. Be IL further ordained. That