Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-08-31
ORDyylNCE No. 80.
An Ordirroe creating a Town
Board oi Health and improving
the sanitary regu' 2uons,

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SECTION /. BE i ordained by the &c
Board Il M.vor and Aldermen of
tho town Of Macon, That : Local !,
Board Of Health be sid H. same is II
hereby created to be called the y
"Board OF Health o! the towr OF n
Macon" to be composed OF hve $
members, two of whom shall be e
physicians of skill and ability.
SEC. 2. Be it further ordained, ! :
| That the Board of Mayor and ALI !
dermen shall immed ately appoint :,
five persons to act as sUcn boaru T
of health; and who shall Immediate
" after such appointment organ
ize in the manner prescribed ior d
the organization Of the County c
Board Of Health; and shall also
choose a Secretary and prescribe
j., his duties, and the members OF
such Board so appointed shall hold ,
office until the first meeting OF the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen in
January, A. D., 1880, when their
; successors shall be appointed to
> hold Office for two years and the
members of such BonrG shall be ap'
; pointed ~biennialIy thereafter.
SEC. 3. Be it further ordained,
n That such Board Of Health shall
have all the power and authority
t. within this town which is conferred
9 upon the County Board OF Health
II and shall within this town perform
y all the duties required OF a County
II Board of Health and that the
President elected by the Board OF
a Health Of the Town of Macon shat!
le be the chief health officer OF said
town.
| Sic. 4. Be it further ordained,
Is That The Board OF Health OF the
ID town of Macon shall confer vita
ne and aid the County Board OF Heath,
$: in the performance OF its duties IN
all proper cases.
SEC. 3. Be it further ordained,
~ That the Secretary of the Board Of
n. Mayor and Aldermen shall pei
&C. form all the duties III SAID town
prescribed by law tor circuit clerks
AT in the registration OF births, marrl'
ny ages and deaths, and generally o.
ell vital statistics and it shall be The
lis duty of all physicians and othel
te- persons in SAID town, to make re
.ch ports to the said Secretary which
ks are required by law 10 be made tt
nd the circuit clerk.
at SEC. 6. Be it further ordained
That the members Of the Board o
Health hereby created and thel
OF Secretary, shall be exempt ire"
BED working on the streets; and III
Secretary OF the Board of Mayo
and Aldermen shall be allowed Nv
in cents Tor each and every reg'Stri
will ton made under this ordinance t
ON be paid ont OF the Town Treasury
AS Inc Board of Mayor and AIdeI
ent men shall direct.
not SIC. Z. Belt further ord"nc'
That it shall be ting duty OF IN
OF Board OF iicpilh, in a body, or b
the A comm ttoG VI committees, OF Il
members, to visit and 10 make II
I. spcclioGs at least once a week q
ring such time as such Board Sha
lted deem necessary, OF all lots, hous'
Mr. and premises IN SAID town M
such Board on its committee Sh5
i keep memoranda .. pulsanreS AZ
Or in such visits and inspections, ar
the such memoranda when deem'
proper BY the chief health office
shall be entered in Il ":Book otCot
Omi- plants" to be kept by the Secret
4th nv of such Board and referred
Iion the Mayor from time to time us G
casion requires; and the May
shall at once, by order on
also Docket, require removal of eve
hav- nuisance, and "a thorough cloaI
ing and di,infoctin@.
SEC. 8. Be il further ordaint
ours That all the provisions or the a
.ngo. of the Legislature approved Mar
bnm LIST, A. d., 1878, (aee Acts OF Is
page l29, ct sea- for the protect
Wv" Of life and health &c, in sc tar
the same may be applicable to t
GERS. town, are hereby adopted as in
as if the same were herein rceit'
and such provision shall be tax
ard. and deemed as parts Of this or
II. nance.
: at SEC. 9. Be it further ordain
That any person failing or retusl
g in to perform any duty imposed up
him by this ordinance, o" to OF
IN. promptly any order OF the May
r of made at the request OF the cf
health officer, or who shall int
duce, or be Instrumental in intro
Our cling, any infectious or contaglt
Hon. disease into said town, or who st
elect convey or assist in conveying abb
the in said toNr any person suspec
Indie Of being recently from any inf'
ed district, without the consent
said chief health officer, or a ply
elan acting in his stead, shall
deemed guilty Of a misdcmean
lied and upon conviction in the Mayo
empt- Court shall be fined in a sum
was exceeding one hundred dollars ;
vable committed to Jail until such !
At ne and all costs be paid, or worked
III inc on the streets.
o ran SEC. 10, Be 1T further ordair
{ up That this ordinance take effect
to his he in force from and after its D
had ACE
can. 9Annrovcd Aur 18th. A. D. rs
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