Daily Republican., 1881-06-15
PROTECTORS OF HEALTH.
WHAT THE HEALTH BOARD DID
Az LAST NIGHTS SESSION.
Regulations for Governing OdOr.
less Excavating Companies.
Nuisances TO be InVes.
tigated.


the Board of Health last evening.
The executive officer of the western
district was instructed 70 notify George
Bacon to abate a nuisance on his pro
perty, on west Fourth street within Il
days.
The following Regulations for Gov,
erning Odorless eXcavating companies
were adopted, and were ordered to bt
published in the city papers for ont
| week:
1.-The Board shall grant licenses tC
all applicants 1t may think competent.
2.--The carts used by the odorleSs eX-
cavating companies shall he water
tight and have sufficient cover to pre-
vent spilling.
3.-Ail owners of odorless excavatipg
apparatusCs shall be held responsible
for any nuisans,s caused by them and
shall abate the same without delay.
4.-The Board may, by resolution,
suspend the action of the odorless eXca-
waiting companies at any time during
the summer months that it may think
proper.
5.--All licenses shall be signed by the
president of the Board, and attested by
the secretary,
cit shall not be lawful for licen-
Sed cleaner to deposit the contents Of a
privy, well or sink, within one mile of
the city limits.
livery owner of odorlesS eXcavat-
ing apparatuses shall be required to
keep the carts, when not in use, under
cover and from public view, especially
within the city limits, and the tops or
covers shut, except when receiving the
contents of Il privy, well or sink.
S.-The Board may revoke the license
of any odorleSs eXcavatiug company for
refusing to comply With the above rules.
9.-Every odOrless eXCavating COM
pany shall be required to keep a record
of ali wells cleaned, and for whom clean
ed, and report the same quarterl to the
Board.
1O-The price for removing the con-
tents of cess pools for the current year
shall be not more than u cents per
gallon, or ten cents per cubic foot
1.-Each ordorlesS eXcavating COM
pany shall hold its tanks, ~~barrelS, hose,
pumps, etc, subject to inspection by
the executive officers, who shall report
to the Board once month on the cOndi-
tiOn of the same.
12.-The 0dorless eXcavating compa-
nies shall perform at once, to the eXClu-
sion OF all other business, any orders
referred 10 them by the Board of
Health.
13.-The Board reserves the right to
amend these rules at any time.
Clerk Frazer reported that since the
last meeting SO complaints had been
received u Of the nuisances have been
abatcd
The committee on the nuisance on Mr..
BradtoId's property, Front and Adams
streets, was continued,
The matter Of ordering property hold
ers along Shipley Ran to aoate certain
nuiSanCeS was recOnsidered, and the eX-
ecutive officers were ordered to diScOn-
tinue serving notices upon said persons
for the present.
Executive Officer Underwood reported
that nuiSanCes existed ut the S. w. cor
ner OF Fourth and Walnut streets, at the
5. W. corner of Seventh and Poplar
streets, and ut Nos. 211 +. Thirteenth
street, 7O4 Il. Seventh street, and &lS
aua 1915 French street. The tirst-named
nuisance was referred to DR.. Bush and
NJ. Otto; the second TO DR.. Springer
and Mr.. Kane; the third to DrS. Dra-
per and Bush; the fourth to DR.. Draper
and Mr.. Otto; the fifth to DR.. Springer
and Mr.. Kane, and the last to Drs. EuSh
and Draper.
Executive officer O'Toole reported
that nuisanCes existed in the rear Of
VIM. Baxter's a ID the Swan Hotel
properties, at Fourth and Shipley
streets; in vacant lot at Sixth and
Monroe streets, and in a gutter at Ninth
and Monroe streets. Messrs. Otto and
Kane We're appointed committee on
the tirst-named nuisance, and DrS.
Bush and Springer upon the second
and third.
Clerk Frazer stated that u cases of
smallpox had been reported since the
last meeting.
The clerk was then Instructed to
notify the street commissioner to keep a
record of cesS-pools dug, and report the
same to the Board.
Drs. Draper and Bush and Mr.. Otto
and Clerk Frazer were appointed a com
mittee to revise the rules regarding the
sanitary condition Of the city, and also
TO prepare rules to govern the garbage
contractors
The Board then adjourned.