The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-05
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Be it o~dGiesd By the City 0oaacu Of the CITY q
Rock Ist6a&,
crcr1or 1 There is hereby created the ONCE O
Commissioner Of Health, who shall have the manage
inc to health. Heshan hold his office for the term
two years and until his successor shall be appointed
and Qualified.
SECTION g. Said Commissioner shall be appoint
cd by the Mayor, by and with the advice and consen
or as soon thereafter may be and bienHially there
after and vacancies in Office caused by death. resi-
gnation or otherwise shall be filed by like appoint
ment for the residue OF the term.
Said Commissioner before entering upon the duties
Island in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars (Ss000
with such sureties the City Council shall approve
conditioned for the faithful performance 81 ths
duties of said once. =
SECTION 8. 1t shall be the duty OF the said Com
missioner, at al times TO see that an business i.
comfort and report in writing to the Mayer, oil
deinuuencies in That respect and to request the
vocation of any license which he may deem neees
sary for the proper preservation public health
or comfort, and-he shall have and exercise general
o1neryision over the sanitary condition OF the city
and have full power to use sl measures i'm his opin
ion necessary promote the health Of the residents
of the city, and shall have power TO remove any
assistant or employee as provided hereinafter al
his pleasure.
SECTION 4. During the inability erabsence of the
Commissioner of Health, the City Marshal shah act
n such Commissioner and he and the police force
of the City shall serve all notices and render all
such assistance i 70 said Commissioner IN the DIS
shall report to him all nuisances, which they may
nnisarces which may be reported to them, and re-
mort the to the Commissioner, II in their jadg-
ment they are nuisances
SECTION s. The Commissioner Of Health shall
give TO Mayor and other city authorities all such
OCCASIONAL advice and information they may
require with view the preservation Of the pub
lie health: and whenever he shall hear of the exis-
tence of any malignant contagious or presidential
measures to arrest its progress
SECTION g. It shall be the duty OF the Comznis-
soner Health TO enforce all the laws of the state
and ordinances of the city in relation the sanitary
regulations of the city, and cause all nuisaHces to be
abated with all reasonable promptness And for
the purpose of carrying out the foregoing require
ments he shall be permitted at all times, from the
rising to the setting of the sun, enter into any
house, store stable other building and TO cause
tbe floors to be raised if he shall deem it necessary
in order TO thorough examination of cellars vaults
SINKS or aS anu o - it;p @ ~ 70 DC caea
dead animals or other nauseous and uuwholesOme
Unused gs Of as the Commissioner Of Health direct
SECTION Z. In order to the carrying cut Of the
provisions OF the foregoing section It snail De the
in writing, upon the owner occupant or agent of
any lot, building or premises in or upon which any
nuisance may be found, or who may be the owner
or cause of such nuisance requiring them to abate
the, same in such manner as he shall prescribe
be necessary in any case for the Commissioner to
specify in his notice the manner in which any Tuis
ance shall be abated, unless he shall deem II hdvis-
able so to do and such notice may be given or
served by any officer of the city who be directed
or deputed to give make the same; and II such
owner occupant or agent shall neglect or refuse
to comply with the requirements OF such order with
in the time specified they shall be subject to ne
of not more than five dollars, more than ffty
dollars for every such violation, and IL shall be the
duty of the said officer to proceed at once, upon the
expiration of the time specified in said notice. to
cause such nuisance to be abated; And Provided.
FURTHER that whenever the owner, occupant
may be found is unknown or cannot Be found the
said Commissioner shall proceed to abate the same
without notice; and in either case the expense OF
such abatement shall be collected from the person
persons who may have created, continued and
suffered such nuisance to exist.
SECTION s. 1t shall be the further daty of the
Commissioner of Health TO visit and examine, or
TO have visited and examined, all sick persons
who shall be reported to him as laboring, or sup
posed to be laborng, under any yellow fever small
poX, cholera or any infectious or pestlental dis
and cause all such infected persons to DE re-
places he may think proper. not exceeding three
with suitable nurses and medical attendance, at
their own expense if they able to pay for the
SECTION O. # shall be the further duty Of the
Commissioner of Health to cause notice. printed
written in large letters, to be placed upon or
any house in which any person may be affect
ed sick with smallpox, scarlet fever or amy in
fectous pestilential or epidemic disease, upon
which shall be written printed the name OF such
disease: and If any person or persons shall deface,
alter, mutate, destroy, tear down such notice,
without permission of the Commissioner of Health,
such person or persons shah be table, for each Of
Tense TO pay line of not less than twenty five dol
lars than fifty dollars the occupant OF any
house upon which such notice shall be placed or
posted as aforesaid shall be held responsible for
the removal of the same, and if the same shall be
removed without permission of the Commissioner
of Health, such occupant shall be subject to the
like fine of less than twenty-five dollars, nor
than fifty dollars unless he shall notify the
Commissioners of Health, within twelve hours after
such removal
SECTION 1O'rhe Commissioner of Health shall have
charge of all houses, buildings places wherever he
may cause to be removed any persons labOring
supposed to be laboring, under any yellow
fever, small poX, cholera any infections or pestil
entail disease and shall have power to employ such
assistants and nurses as ne may deem necessary and
it shall be his duty to that such houses, build
nourshment, fuel and medicines, and that persons
dying therein or in other places under the charge
st the expense Of the city. Prooded. sHcS deceas
cd persons have not the means to defray their own
expenses of sickness and burial.
SECTION H. In of pestienee epidemic disease
of danger from anticipated or impending pestil-
enee or epidemic disease, or in case the sanitary
condition of the city should be of such character
to warrant it, it shall be the duty of the said Com
missioner of Health to take such measures, and to
do. and order, and cause to be done such acts Tor
the preservation of the public health (though not
herein or elsewhere or oInerWise auanolixeol, -
health 70 demand.
SECTION r. The Commissioner of Health may
take such measures he may, from time to time
deem necessary to prevent the spread Of the small
pox by issuing order requiring all persons IN the
CITY, or any part thereof requiring vaccination,
be yaccinated within such time as he shall prescribe
and all persons refusing neglecting TO obey such
order shall be liable to fine OF not less than three
that il shall be the duty of the Commissioner to
provide for the vaccination of such persons as are
city.
SECTION 10. He shall have power to cause any
house premises to be cleaned, dlsinfccfea or
closed to VISITORS and prevent persons from resors
ing thereto while any person Is lnD0rfng under any
pestilential infectious disease; he may. by ga
order in writing, direct any nuisance TO be abafeu
OF unwhoesome matter or substance, dirt or NTH
N be removed from any house or premises, and may
prescribe the time and mode of doing so, ana take
any measures he may deem necessary and proper
to prevent the spread of any infectious, presidential
epidemic disease; and any person who shall neg
ieCt refuse to obey the orders, directions and
instructions of said Commissioner OF Health shall
be fined in any sum not less than five dollars nor
more than hundred dollars
SECTION a. Said Commissioner, whenever, and
ut such times as by him it shall be deemed neces-
sary may, by proclamation (the approval OF the
Mayor being first had and obtainedI, require all
boats, vessels. railroad other public convey
ances bound for this city, before the same shall
land stop at any wharf, depot or landing or stop
ping place therein. to touch stop at any or either
of the sites, places boundaries SO selected and
established for quarantine purposes and leave
all such emigrants, travellers or persons. and
their stores and baggage, in the opinion OF the
o1lcers stationed at such quarantine SITES places
or boundaries shall be deemed proper ON accouIt OF
the existence general report of cholera yellow
fever or any contagious disease, or disease ap-
pretended to endanger the health OF the CITY,
SECTION IS. He shall also cause TO be statiDned
at such quarantine sites, places and boundaries rs
he may deem advisable, one or more physicians or
health officers, duty it shall be to go ON board
and examine all boats vessels, other pm bile
couVeyances, aforesaid required TO touch or
stop ri said guarantees respectively anu then ana
there determine what emigrauts, passengers or
persons eff any shall be permitted to come % the