The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-19
AN ORDINANCE

Creating the Office of Commissioner of Health and
defining his duties and fixing his compensation.
Be it Ordained by he CSty Council Of tie City Of
Rock Lstdssd:
SECTION /. There is hereby created the Office Of
Commissioner OF Health. Said Commissioner shall
be appointed by the Mayor. by and with the advice
and Consent of the City Council on the first Monday
in January 1892 or soon thereafter as may be,
and bennally thereafter and vacancies in the office,
filed by like appointments for the residue of the
term.
SECTION @ Said Commissioner before entering
upon the duties of his Office shall execute bond to
the City, of Rock Island, in the penal sum or Two
Thousand Dollars With such securities as the CITY
Council may approve, conditional for the faithful
performance of the duties Of said office.
SECTION 3. 1t shall be the duty OF the said
Commissioner, at all times, to see that all busi-
ness is conducted with due regard to the
ing TO the Mayor, all deinquncies in that respect
and to request the revocation of any licenses which
he may deem necessary for the proper preservation
OF the public health or comfort.
SECTION 4. During the inability or absence Of
the commissioner of health, the city marshal shall
act a. such commissioner and he and the police
force OF The city shall serve all notices and render
all such assistance TO said commissioner in the dis
charge of his duties as he may require, and they
shal report TO him all nuisances which they may
detect and they shall investigate all complaints Of
nuisances which may be reported to them, and re-
port the same to the commissioner. if E their judg
insnt s They are Hhsa nnisansss ho ason, hoard Of
health shall to exist, account of the expira
ton of the terms of office of its members ma
jority thereof, for any other reason, said COM
perform all the duties of said board of health and
therefore all ordinances and provisions relating to
said board of health shall be Construed and treated
meaning and relating to said Commissioner, and
his orders shall be obeyed and treated in all respects
as the orders of said board of health.
SECTION 6. 1t shall be the duty of the City Mar
shal and each member Of the police force TO report
to the Health Commissioner, the existence OF any
hog pen in the city limits which is nuisance or Of
fensive to the public, and the said commissioner
shall thereupgn, il be ands the same nuisance or
offensive to the public notify the OF said pen,
in writing, to aDate the Wltn1n tWSnty-fOur
hours, and in case the same is not abated within
said time, ii shall be the duty of the City Marshal
on the written order of said Health Commissioner,
to cause the be abated and the hogs therein
TO be impounded in the public pound, and said hogs
only be taken therefrom in the manner provided
for hogs which may be taken up for running at large
SECTION T. As full compensation for the dis
charge of the duties OF his Office, the same are Oh
may be defined by law, or by any ordinance OF the
city new hereafter in forge, the said
er of Health shall receive the sum of Fifty DollaFs
per MONTH
SECTION 8. All ordinances and parts of ordinan
in conflict with this ordinance hereby repeal
ed.
Passed Dec, 9th, 1881,
Approved: HENRY GARsE,
Attest: Mayor.
ROBERT KoEHLER, City Clerk. 16da