National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-05

navy yards, arsenais, observateries, prisons
and works for the supply, and distribution o
Tster; places OF interment and the Ike; B,
construct and keep In his office map Of II,
District, on which he shall delinsate All II,
public squares, avenues, streets, alleys
thorcughfares, roads, highways, public buiid
ing sewers, water mains and pipes, fre-plug
and public hydrants, gas mains and pipes
wharVes, piers, basins, docks, canals, reservoirs
fre-alarm telegraph stations. police head
quarters and stations, and the Like; to collec
and preserve In his Office all maps, plans
drawings, levels, and surveys made for the "a
OF the District; to keep all these objects opel
70 the inspection Of the citizens Of tha Unitet
States at all seasonable hours; 10 maks srcl
new ,sys a ssuTysys, grades signns5, s
longing TO the United States, or to the District
as may be required Of him BY the commission
ers; to perform all other duties appertaininl
to his Office that may be directed BY the com
missioners or by Congress. -, . ,.l..s
q izs- PUBLIC HEALTH. i5- q
BOARD OF HEALrH-PowERs AND DUTIES.
SEC. IS. That the powers and duties of tn,
Board Of Health shall be to diffuse, BY re
ports or otherwise, information on sanitary
matters; TO employ and appoint such persons
as may be necessary to carry into effect the san
itary laws and regulations Of the District, and
delegate to them all necessary powers; to eutei
the dwelling or premises Of any citizen, OF
cause the same to be done by their agents Of
employees, in Q reasonable time AFTER request
ing permission, for the purpose of carrying AM
sanitary law or regulation into execution; Z
call upon any Of the officers or men Of thu
police to aid them and their agents In the exc
cution Of said laws and regulations; to makt
once o year, or oftener, thorough sanitary
survey Of the District, or any particular part o.
It, embracing sewerage, drainage, water sup
ply; number and condition Of Inhabitants; &C
cumulation OF filth; the state Of the streets
avenues, squares, Reservations, lanes, courts
passages, common stairs, houses, rooms, eel
lars, yards, and vacant lots, reporting In detail
and In writing all Accommodations OF 9th; al
foul or oostructsd waste pipes, drains, or water
closets; all cases Of prevalent sickness, espe
cially where there Is great overcrowding or un
usual destitution; to notify the owner or occu-
pant Of any house or tenement forthwith tc
abate any nuisance or other source of disease
that may be discovered In his premises; tc
cause the same 20 be abated by their owl
agents and at the expense Of such owner or oc
cupant, II he refuse or neglect for twenty foui
hours 10 do so; TO pursue these measures 81
continuously as to prevent, as far as possible
any accumulation OF the causes Of disease.
SEWERAGE.
To procure from the engineer or surveyor
map of the District, exhibiting its natura
drainage and the present system of sewerage
upon a scale to be prescribed by the board; e
assume the management and entire control Of
all sewers, drains, or waste pipes now existing
or hereafter 10 be constructed; to cause every
part of the District to be effectually drained
upon one general and systematic plan; to re
pair, arch over, enlarge, lessen, or otherwise
alter any now existing sewer or drain; to con
struct any new sewer or drain, and repair OF
alter the same; 70 discontinue, close up, OF
destroy any sewer or drain; to carry any sewer
or.drain, or pipe, for the distribution Of sewer
age, through, across, or under any railroad
turnpike road, or other highway, or any bridge
or street, or place laid out or intended for
street, or under any cellar or vault which MAJ
be under the pavement, or carriageway of AMI
street, or Intended street, upon condition O
making good all damages done by them; or,
deemed necessary by the engineer, into, Of
under, or through any lands whatever, upor
making due compensation for the same; to con
struct, either above or under ground, suct
reservoirs and other works as may be necessary
for holding the beverage flowing from the sew
ers of the District, or TO provide outfalls for the
same; TO cause the sewers to empty into sucf
reservoirs, or outfslls, by means Of connecting
SeW6Is, OF SUCH ObLoE ucNlCcS, 70 COQ
tract for the sale OF sewerage, or for the dis
tribution of It over lands, giving to the con
tractors power to make sub-contractors, sub
ject 10 the conditions to which they themselves
are subject; to contract for, purchase, or taxi
on lease any buildings, engines, materials, o.
apparatus for receiving, storins, disinfeotin.
and distributing any such sewage, AMI
to lease or assign such buildings
engines, materials, or apparatus; y
purchase or take on lease, or cause to b,
condemned, any lands or materials necessar,
for the execution Of the above powers; TO per
NIT, upon such TERMS as may be thought rea
sonable and just, the owner Or occgpie, o
premises, adjoining or near their Sewers O.
drains, to eommunicate with them by his ori
Sats sewer q againi e POtlfy and require u,
owner OF any house, built WITHOUT any or will
insufficient waste pipe, drain, q wstsfiSloses
Is make, within ] fsasohable Time Specified il
the notice, sufficient drain Of construction
approved by the board; to require the drains o
every new house or building to be covered In
and 20 be Of such size and mateiisls, ~ I,s. .,
levels, and wit1 such fall, as may be effectusl
In the opinion Of the engineer or surveyor, 4
secure perfect drainage Of such house or build
ing and Its appurtenances: to require tho drain.
Of such new house to commuuicate with The
nearest public sewer, If there be one within ons
hundred feet, or, II not, then to empty into q
covered cesspool or other place not being under
any house, and being so far from other houses
as the board shall direct; to compel and direct
the construction of ''dry privies,' vaults, OF
cessspools, wherever the nature Of the ground
the building materials employed, the imperfect
supply of water, or other cause, shall render
this necessary for the preservation Of the
public health or the purity of streams, springs,
or other sources Of fresh water; 10 cause priv.
ies or vaults of this class to be so constructed
as that their contents can be conveniently and
safely removed periodically, for agricultural CT
other purposes; to require said contents to be
sufficiently deodorized, by some proper and
sufficient drying or deodorizlng agent, so as 10
render them harmless while undisturbed and
lnotfensive during removal; to apply the same
rule to any house or building which, for tie
purpose Of repairs, shall be pulled down to the
ground floor, as to new house 81 building; to
4 the Y2rs TsSSairsd 81 the owfet 81 6cn-
paat, II he fall to comply with their notice,
and collect from him the cost Of the same,
CLEANSING.
To cause all the Streets and roads of the Dis
Etssti ssa III fe2t proponents e b e2aapyally
lnd eLecIulIiy cICa.coI SUI wen Msyseaary,
to cause all dust and rubbish to be
arried away from the premises Of tho iphabl.
ants, at tho expense OF those who permit &C.
YHg)stI6B 81 them; 70 urss oil privies and
esspools, from time to time, % be emnticd
nd cleaned, fret causing Of FIGURING their
ontents to be deodorized; TO remove from an y
ensnept hoqse Or other dwelling, which, BY
easoh Of overerowding, has become q nuisance
c the cause of sickness, or the source Of filth,
0 many Of the occupants as may te requisite
D enable those who remain to keep the same
lean and innocuous; to charge the expense of
UGH removal to the owner Of the tenement
ouse or dwelling; to notify the remaining &C.
upants, or the owner, or his agent, to cleanse
ne same, so as to DO no longer a nuisance, or
ause It to be cleaned at the expense of said
Ener or occupant; to close up or demolish
ich house or dwelling If It be found imprac-
cable otherwise to FREQ it from its deleter.ous |
'nditiqn.
SLAUGHTER HousEs-NARKErs.
To prescribe rules for the management Of
aughter houses, and for keeping them in
wholesome state; to enter, at reasonable
mes, and inspect any shop, building, stall, or
ace kept or used for the sale of butchers
eat, l'oultry, or fish, or as slaughter house,
I'd examine any animal, carcass, meat.
'ultry, game, flesh, or fish, which may be
erein intended for the food of man; and, If
G same appear to be unfit for food, to seize It
d cause 1t to be DESTROYED or otherwise dis