Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-04-05
ANORDINANCE
To Establish a Board of Health,
and to Provide Sanitary
Regulations for the
City OF Clarks-
villa

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vile.
Be IL ordained 6y the Board Of Mayor
and Aldermen Of the city Of Ctorks-
riite:
SECTION /. That Board of Health
IS hereby established which shall be
STYLED The aboard of Health of the
CITY of GAINESVILLE" and which
shall be composed as follows: or
'3) three practicing physicians, resi-
dents of the city. i'm good standing
in their profession, to be elected by
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
as is hereafter provided; one Alder
man TO be appointed annually by
the Mayor; and the Mayor OF the
city of GAINESVILLE.
%. The physicians of the Board
of Health shall be elected as follows,
after the passage OF |
this ordinance: One for one year, I
one for two years, and one tor three /
years, and one each year thereafter,
at the first meeting of the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen in April, to !
serve for one year.
90. The Board of Health shall |
serve i'm such capacity without COM
pensatiOn, and at their first regular
meeting after election shall elect
from their members q President,
Secretary and Health Officer. They
shall pass such regulations govern
ing the meetings of said Board as
they may deem best for the further
nee of the objects for which said
Board is by this ordinance cOnSti-
tuted. The Secretary shall furnish
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
at each regular monthly meeting a
copy of the minutes of the Board of
Health.
2 4. 1t shall be the duty of the
Health Officer, in addition To such
other duties as may be prescribed by
the Board of Health, to order through
the Sanitary Inspectors hereinafter
provided, or through the Captain OF
Police, the removal or abatement or
prevention of any sanitary nuisance
In the city of ClArksville, and he
shall specify the time in which it
shall be done. In the event of
failure of the owner, agent or occu-
pant of any premises or property to
comply with the order of said
Health Officer to SO remove, abate
or prevent any such sanitary nuis-
ance within the given time, il shall
be the duty of the Mayor of the
city to institute legal proceedings TO
enforce the removal, abatement or
prevention OfSuch sanitary nuisance,
and upon conviction before the City
Recorder, Oraly officer having juris-
dictiOn thereof, the offender shall be
fined not less than ($5 COZ five dol
lars nor more than ($25 00) twenty
five dollars.
%. The Board of Health is hereby
empowered to- call upon the City
| Marshal or Captain of Police at any
time the public welfare requires it
| for detail of one or more of the
| day police force to act as Sanitary
| inspectors under the orders of the
| Health Officer for such a period of
time rs such service is required.
Each policeman SO detailed shall
| during the period of such detail
wear in plain view upon the lapel
of his coat badge with the words
-" Sanitary Inspector F" inscribed
thereon.
&c. The Health Officer or Sanitary
Inspector may enter upon or into
amy lot, building or premises which
they may suppose to DE foul, damp
or otherwise rrejudici;ll to health or
being or tending to become Il nuis-
ance, and il there be anything found
contrary to the sanitary regulations
of this ordinance, or any other ordi-
nance of this city, or any such regu-
latiuns a. may be provided by the
Board of Health, such action shall
be taken t0 Remove, abdte or pre-
vent said nuisance as is provided for
in section OF this ordinance.
81. The Board of Health is hereby
/. empowered to establish such reguia-
lions a. they may deem best for he
health of the city, and they are aisO
authorized To- enforce the observance
by the inhabitants or visitors of this
city of such sanitary regulations as
are now in orce, or said Board may
provide, to guard against epidemic,
infectious, contagious or malignant
diseases and to prevent and cheek
their extension; and to carry out the
provisions of this section, they are
hereby authorized to call upon the
pulice force of the city to enfOrce
the same. PFOCided, That this sec
ton shall not be construed as Teie-
gazing the rights of the Board oi
Mayor and Aldermen to the Board
of Health 10 establish quarantine
law.
IS. The existence of unvaccinated
persons excepting such a. have had
smallpox or VariotOid) over one
year of age i'm the city Ui GAINESVILLE
is hereby prohibited, and all per
sons, parents or guardians, not com
plying with this Law shall be cUnSiu
cred guilty of lnisdemeanOr, anC
shall be subject to a fine Of (S2 80
two tifty-une-hundrelths dollar
and an additional fine of ($2 5Ol tive
Observation-Disclosures dollars for eV'
cry ten UO) days thereafter they
delay in having the operation per
formed. PrOUiCled, That this section
of this ordinance shall not be il
force until the Health Officer shai
, have advertised i'm the city papers
5 or for five days thereafter, that tht
; cacciai rirUS Is in his POSSESSION tol
carrying out the provisions of thu
: pctiun.
5 2 .. The Health Officer shall pro
vide himself with Udccine Uira
at the cost of the city, unC
shall distribute the same Il
any physician on his applica
: liOn, and ne shall alsO be required
. to perform the operation of vaccin
. alton upon all who may apply Il
him for such purpose. II"OUideol
That this ordinance shall not pro
, hibit the Health Officer from charg
ing those able to pay for such ser
vice.
z 10. From and after the passage
: of this ordinance it shall not be law
full for the superintendent of thu
Public Schools to allow any pupi
to be entered upon the rolls of, o
TO be admitted into the public
schools, who does not present Ger
e titicale, from some practicing ply
:. stefan in good standing, setting
forth the fact that the operation o
vaccination has been successful.
e performed upon such pupil.
2 II. 1t shall be the duty of al
physicians, engaged In the practis,
i of medicine in this city, to report t
! the Health Officer Immediately tht
; existence OF any courageous or in
/, I tactiuuS disease cOuiinU within Inf