The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-02-24

'AlRO, LII. cd. -, 1874. 1;jO pm.
Present-IIi, Honor, Mayor Wood. and
Aldermen Halliday. McEwcn. McGauley.
Saup, Thi.tlcNoOd, Wright and WAL
der.
The City CLERK being absent, Alderman
Halliday was appointed City Clerk. pro
tenn.
oRDINANCE COMMITTEE REroRt.
The ordinance committee submitted
the following ordinance which was read
first time by the clerk, viz:
An ORDlSASCE to regulate the keeping Of
hospitals or houses within the limits OF the
city iDr the reception of persons having cDnta-
giUu- diseases.
d. II ORDAINED 10y the city council Of the
city Of Cairo
sririoS 1t shall not I've lawful for any per
son ~ person., association of persons or bodies
corporate. 10 keep u-e or maintain, within the
limits of the city Of Cairo, any house, building,
hospital or other place for the reception or keep
ing of persons having the smallpox variOlOid,
or other ontAgOus or infectious disease, with
ont first having obtained the written permission
or consent Of the Boari of Health Of the city, a
hereinafter provided
SECTION 2. Any person or persons, sssocia-
ton of persons, or bodies corporate, desiring To
erect, construct, keep, Use or maintain within
.
ptal, OF other place FOR the reception or keeping
of persons having the smallpox, vaTiOlOid, or
other contagious or infectious disease, may do
so upon making written application to, and OBJ
tanning the written consent of the Board of
Health, whose duty II shall be- in all such cases,
to determine and IN in the writing, giving con-
sent or permission, the cation Of the house,
building, hospital, on other place, ~ the case
may lie
sKcTIoN : Any person, association Of per-
sons or body corporate violating any Of the
aff
ton thereof, he hned IN sum not less than
twenty five dollar, nor more than one hundred
dollsrs for each aud every onensc.
SECTION 4. Every house. building. hospital,
or other place, kept, used OF maintained within
the limits oil the city, contrary Ia the provisJ ns
of this ordinance j. hereby declared to be n nu
sauce and upon the conviction of the owner,
proprietor, or Keeper of the same of n violation
OF Section one a. Of this ordinance such house
building, hospital, or other place may he sum
marily closed, removed, destroyed or otherwi-,
| Abate'i, under the direction Of the Board Of
Health.
REPORT or SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
To the Hoaon,ble Mayor and City Council:
Your special committee, appointed al
the last meeting of the council to confer
with the United States and county an.
thoriiies, to arrange tor taking care OF
such persons having the smallpox. n.
must be hereafter cared for at public ex'
pcnse, report as follows:
l>t. We find that the United State
and county authorities are willing to co
operate with the city to the extent
that after a suitable building is provided
they will arrange, in connection with tho
Board of Health, with some proper Far.
ties for the taking care of patients.
ID That in order to control the loca
ton OF hospitals, for the keeping OF small
poX and other contagious diseases, the
committee recommend the adoption o.
the accompanying foregoing ordinance
81. That the city should provide :
suitable building at once for the re- cp
ton of smallpox cases, and the Board o.
Health authorized and instructed to have
the present building, owned by the city
moved to II proper location and fitted NJ
with such additions as they may think
necessary. to make said building suitable
and comfortable.
4th. That the Board of Health should
| ~ dullloIlLtb anu HistIuSlCu W "I"iiS'
in connection with the United States ant
county authorities, with the Sisters ofth'
Holy Cross, or some other proper per
sons TO provide for the taking care of al
patients that may be sent TO such hos
pital, and to give to such persons, the us'
of the building, and such bedding, etc.
aS the city may now own.
W. T.. WRIGHT, Chairman,
| y. b. THIsTLEwoOD,
Tuos. W. HALLIDAY,
Committee.
Accompanying said report was the fol
lowing resolution offered by Alderman
Halliday:
Resoloed, That the Board of Health b,
Instructed to carry into effect ut once I'll,
recommendation cont aimed in said re
port. and that the comptroller Tor clerk
be directed to advertise for proposals fol
moving the building referred 10, from ii
present location 10 such place is tn,
Board of Health may select. and To max,
such improvements and addition thereto
as the Board OF Health may direct
ON motion of Alderman Halliday sale
report was received, and the resolution
accompanying same adopted.
Alderman Halliday moved to suSpcn'
the rules for the purpose OF passing to
second reading the ordinance entitled
IAN ordinance to regulate the keeping O
hospitals or houses within the limits q
the city for the reception OF person
having contagious diseases" Motto
lost by the following vote:
Aycs-Ilalliday, McEwcn. Saup, ThI,
tlcwood Walder and Wright-6.
Nays-McGauley-l
"a two-tnlrds vote of the Aldcrme
elect being required to suspend the rules
On motion of Alderman Halliday, sal
vote was reconsidered and the motion {
suspend the rules renewed with the sam