The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-22
An ORDINANCE

Creating the Office of Commissioner of HEALTH and
defining his duties and fixing his compensation.
Be 1t Ordained 5g TIE city Council of the city Of
Roc6 Island:
SECTION 1. 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 the first Monday
in January, 1882, as soon thereafter as may be,
and biennay thereafter and vacancies in the Office
filed by like appointment for the residue OF the
term.
SECTION 2 Said Commissioner, before entering
upon the duties of his office. shall execute bond to
the City of Rock Island, in the penal sum OF Two
Thousand Dollars. with such securities as the City
performance of the duties Of said office
SECTION g. 1t shall be the duty Of the said
Commissioner at all times. to see that all bust
ness is conducted with due regard to the
public health and comfort. and to report III writ
ing To the Mayor, all delnquinces in that respect
and 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 absence of
the commissioner of health, the city marshal shall
act as 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
shall 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 in their Judg.
ment they are nnisances. .e.-
SECTION 5. Whenever the present board of
health shall cease to exist account of the expra
tion of the terms of Office Of its members a
jority thereof, or for any other reason said COM
missioner shall be invested with al the powers and
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
as 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 report
to the Health Commissioner, the existence of any
hog pen in the city limits, which is nuisance Of
fensive to the public, and the said commissioner
shall thereupon, if he finds the same nuisance or
offensive to the public, notify the owner of saidpen,
in writing, to abate the within twenty four
hours, and in case the same is not abated within
said time, it shall be the duty of the City Marshal
on the written order of said Health Commissioner,
to the to be abated and the hogs therein
to be impounded in the public pound, and said hogs
can only be taken therefrom in the manner provided
for hogs which may be taken for running at large.
SECTION z. As fun compensation for the dis
charge OF the duties of his office, the or
may be defined by law, or by any ordinance of the
city. hereafter in force, the said Commissions
er of Health shall receive the sum Of Fifty Dollars
per month";
SECTION 6. All ordinances aud parts of ordinap-
i'll conflict with this ordinance hereby repeal
ed.
Passed Dec. 9th, 1881
Approved: HENRY CARsE,
Attest: Mayor.
ROBERT KoEHLET, City Clerk. 16d3t