The daily gazette., 1882-03-18


BE IT ordained by the City Council of
sECTIoN i. That Section OF an ord
nance entitled IAN Ordinance TO amend
an ordinance, entitled an ordinance
concerning the Health of the CITY," pass
| ed at the City Hail, May 9th, 1881, be and
the same is hereby anne nded by adding
after the END OF the first paragraph OF
said section, the words following, to
wit: "The High Consts BILE, every City
Constable, and the street Commissioner
shall be officers OF the Board, bound to
execute Its orders" Also by adding after
the second paragraph of said section, the
following: 'rhe Board snail have DOW
err with the consent OF City Council, to
appoint other officers, as occasion may
require, and make reasonable allowance
for their services"
SECTION q. The Board of Health shall
have power to direct that any noisome
matter, whether vegetable, animal or
otherwise, oil any reservoir, pool or pond
OF stagnant water, or any other uisance
or unwholesome thing OF any kind what
soever, Ia this City or within one mile of
the boundaries thereof, which may, in
the opinion OF the said Board, be the oc-
casion OF infectious or contagious disease
or In any way detrimental to health,
shall be abated, removed, remedied or
emptied by the person To whom the
same belongs or 10 whose possession or
upon whose property IL is, and that any
place in this City or within one mile of
noziuus state that, In the opinion of the
Board, 1t IS or may become d nuisance
injurious TO health, shall be cleansed.
Provided, however, that II 1t shall ap-
pear to the said BOald that any .ot the
said nuisances heIeinbefore stated are
| caused OF produced by any J erson or
persons other than those on whose prem
tses the said nulsances exist, or that the
| said nuiBances are caused or produced
| by water, filthy, nolsome or unwhole-
some matter flowing or running from the
premises OF any other person or persons
| or premises which may be in his, her or
| their occupation, tnat the said Board
| shall then give the direction 10 remove,
| cleanse, abate ana remedy the same. TO
| the persoo or persons causing or produe-
| ing such nuisance, or TO the person or
persons from whose premises or from
premises which may be in h IS, her or
| their occupation the same shall fow or
| run, andtl the person TO whom such di-
rection is given shall not observe and
i fulfill the same, within the time therein
prescribed, the said Board shall order
i the said direction to be carried in effect
i by some officer Of the Board, or other
person or persons appointed for that ser
/ vice, aud the expenses shall be paid by
| the person TO whom the direction was
| originally given, hut If the anne Shall
not be paid by such person on demand,
The same shall be paid by the Treasure er
| of the Board, whose daty IL shall be, and
| who shall haYe the right TO recover the
same, with interest and cost, from the
person VINO ought to have paid the same,
as aforesaid, as deOts OF like amount aIe
recoverable.
1t shall not be lawful after the passa9 g
of this ordinance for any person or per-
sons TO erect or bring InUo use, within
the limits OF this city, any factory
or nulldlng for the purpose of origi-
mating business which shall produce
any smell offensive TO the neighborhood
or deleterious to the health thereof and
any person or persons who propose ia
| originate such a business within one mile
of the city limits, shall first obtain the
consent of the mayor and council of the
city; und every person who shall violaIt
the provision of this ordinance, shall for
felt and pay nne OF enc hundred dollars
and twenty dollars for every day such
business may continue to be operated
after the first conviction TO be recover
ed as other fines and torIeiJures are re-
coverable.
SEcTIoN 8. II any person shall cast In
| to any street. lane or alley OF this city,
/ or shall suffer to run, or be washed
i from any slaughter house, stable, privy,
| yard or place In his or ner possession
i into any such street. lane or alley, any
i blood, garbage. refuse vegetable matter,
earriOn, deau animals, dung, Nth or no1-
some or offensive matter Or II any per-
| son or persons shall suffer any skins,
/ rags or other matter, to be In notsome
| or offensive state. within or upon pro-
| perty In his, her or their possession,
| within the limits of this city, or shall
| deposit in any lot, street, lane or alley, or
on any wharf, or near any dwelling
| house, any contents OF any slaughter
| house or stable, or any matter in an Of
| fensive state, or having deposited or put
at any place within the limits OF this
| city, any matter that may be offensive,
or shall place or leave IN any market
| house any offaI or offensive matter, and
snail fail to Immediately remove the
| same upon the noJlncsuon OF any MEM
her or exc ltive officer OF the Board OF
Health, every person SO Offending Shall
| be deemed guilty Of common nnlsance,
and for every such ohense. shall be lined
dve dollars. Upon complaiot 70 the
BOARD of Health by any tenant OF pro-
perty, or ether person, OF water standing
Ilnon the surface of q cellar, and such
place having been visited by member
OF the said Board and declared nui-
sance, II shall be abated within one week
after due notice has been given to the
owner or other person causing the nui-
sance. under penalty OF t1ve dollars, TO
be collected as hereinafter provided.
If any person shall suffer any eXcava-
tion or low ground, upon properly in his
or her possession within the limits OF
this city, to be filled or covered with
stagnant water OR other noisome matter.
so as to be unwholesome or onenslVei or
N any person shall suffer any dock, eel
lar, yard, stable or other place In his pos
session or owned by him, to be in q
noisome or offensive state; or If any
person owning or occupying property
Within the limits of this city, or in case
OF the non-residence or absence of the
owner, his or her agent having charge
of such properly, shall permit the water
flowing from any hydrant, plpeor hxture
connected with the conveyance of water
to this city, or the refuse water nom cnli-
nary or other purposes or the water run
ming off from the roof u any dwelling
house, shop, store or shed or oJhef Du1ld-
ing belonging to him or her, or IN his or
her cb arge or occupation, or snail suffer
and permit noisome matter of any kind
To flow or run from his or her premises
or premises which may be In his or her
charge or occupancy, to and upon the
premises of any other person or persons,
SO that the same shall or may become on
the premises of these last designated per-
sons, sJagnant, noxious or hlthy, every
persun so offending shall be guilty OF a
common nuisance, and for every such
offer sc shall forfeit and pay fine OF ten
dollars.
Of This ordinance it shall not be lawful
10 build or construct slaughter house
for the purpose OF Ilaughterlng cattle,
sneep, swine or calves, within the limits
of this city.
All slaughter houses now erected with
in the city limits or that now are or may
hereafter be erected outside of the city
limits but within one nlie thereoi, snail
within thirty days after the passage OF
this ordinance, be furnished with either
a tight two inch oak floor, laid In mortar
or a paved brick floor, the bricks to be
placed on edge, and whether said floor
be of pl llnk or of brick 1t shall have a
gradual descent to point where the
blood and garbage will be received in
some suitable vessel placed there lor that
purpose; and further, said vessel, as
aforesaid, shall he emptIed OF its contents
at some point without the limits OF the
city, at least three times week, from
the first day of May to the first day of
November Inclusive, and from the first
day OF Novem ber to the first day OF May,
at least twice week IN like manner.
If any person shall use slaughter