The daily gazette., 1882-03-17

covered before the Mayor IN the same
manner AZ flnes and forfeitures Of like
amount are recoverable atlsw. E +
SECTION IL. The board, when satisfied,
after an examination, that any cellar,
room, tenement or building within Its
Jurisdiction, occupied as 3 dwelling
Der OF occupants or want ofcleanliness, or
other cause, unit for suoh purpose, and q
cause OF nuisance or sickness TO the occu.
pants, or the public, may direct the
owner or owners, or occupants thereofto
have tae premises propelly cleansod, or
ifthey see Mt, require the Occupants 70
reFstOve or quit the premises within such
q time as the board may deem REASONABLE.
II the person or persons SO notified, Or
any oSthem, negieet or refuse to comply
with the direction of the board, the board
may cause the premises to be properly
cleanBed al the expense OF the owners or
may remove the occupants foroibly and
close up the premises; and they shall
not again be Occupied as dwellinR-place
without permission, In writing. of the
board and III such owner or owners re-
fuse to pay the expenses incident to the
execution OF such orders, the treasurer OF
the bosrd, shall recover the same with
interest and costs from the person who
ought to have paid the same, as debts OF
like amount are recoverable.
Whenever the board OF health shall
think 1t necessary for the preservation OF
the lives and he Alth of the citiaens to en-
ter place. or building, within their
Jurisdiction, for the purpose of examin-
ing into ard destroying, removing or
preventing any nuisance, source ofhlth,
or cause ef sickness, az d shall be refused
such entry, any member of the board
may make complaint, under oath, to the
Mayor, stating the facts OF the case az fAi
as he has knowledge thereof. The Mayor
shall thereup0n issue warrant directed
10 any constable OF the county, COM
manding him 10 take sufficient aid, and
being accompanied by two or more
members OF the board OF health. between
the hours OF sunrise and sunset, repair TO
the place where such nuisance, source
OF NTH, or cause Of disease may extsi,
and the same destroy, remove or prevent
under direction of such members Of the
board.
SIoToN II. 1t shall mot be lawful,
hereafter, for any emetery company or
supe tntendent OF any cemetery or bur
ial place. - disinter and remove from
the grounds or enclosures o said ceme-
terry or burial place, the remains OF any
person who may have died OF smallpox
or other In fectiOus or contagious disease,
within six months immod ately pi eced-
ing the time of such dtAinterment,
Before any dlslnterment aud removal
shall take place, the superintendent of
the cemetery or burial place, or the per-
son acting Rs superintendent or grave
digger, shall first have n his poesss 81 On
q written or printed permit the refor,
duly signed by the Registrar OF Dea hs
aud Butials," setting forth the name,
time of death aud nature of the disease
Of the person to be extumed aud re-
moved.
II shall not be lawful for any rail-
road, steamboat or transportation con-
pany, or for any person or persons, by
either public or private conveyance, TO
bring into this @ ty the remains of any
person who may have died Of any infec-
tious or contagious dsease, within q
period of s X months Immediately pre-
ceding the time of such conveyance, and
at no tlme thereafter, unltss q permit,
rs provided for IN Tire second paragraph
of this section, shall be first had for that
purpose.
In all cas- Of violation Of any OF the
provisions of this section, the party or
parties SO offending shall, upon proof
thereof, before the Mayor, DO nned fifty
dolla tor each offense.
The burial OF all PEI Sons having died
within the limits Of this city from ept-
demic or a Static cholera, yellow fever,
smallpox, scarlet fever or diphtherla, /,
shall be private, aud shall take place
within tweRty-fcur hours after death,
without any exposure Of the body to
public view.
SECTION 10. Ifthe owner, agent or
tenant of any vacant lot Within tie city
budtl IL lUW W6eub OF iuOUlb0 TO
collect thereon, and shall refuse or ne
glect 10 remove the same within five
uays after receiving notice from an Ex-
ecu.ive Officer of the Board Of Health,
such owner, agent or tenant shall be
subject to psnalty II FIVE dollars for
such refasal or neglect, with an add
tion penalty Of one dollar for each day
the nuisance is permitted to remain after
the explrstlon of the Lotioe.
SEoTIoN IA. That section OF the or
dinance enttled IAN ordinance to fur
ther amend an ordinance, entitled "An
| ordinance providing for the cleaning OF
the streets by CONTRACT passed at the
City Hall, July y 1851 be and the same
is hereby amended by striking out the
word "Ju'y," whore 1t occurs In tie
third paragraph OF said section, and in
seitl. 6 ia lit thereof the word "Janu-
ary."
SECTION 10. 1t shall not be lawful
for the Street Commi sioner, or auy
person in his employ, or sny other per-
son, to use the scraplngs and sweepipgs
of the public streets, In filling up other
streets, in localities where su5n deposits
will prove detrimental to the health of
the nelRhborhood, nor shall any such
s2rapings or sweeplnRs be paced on
any Vaoantlot.
SECTION l6. It shall not be lawful
for the owner or tenant of any house
now erected, or that may be hereafter
erected, within the limits of the city, to
dig or sink privy well In the cellar OF
said house. Any person violating the
provisions of this section, shall be liable
20 penalty oftwenty dollars.
SECTION IL. All fines and penalti es
imp sed by the provisions of tn s ordi-
nance shall be collected before the May
or, at the suit Of auy ottic or mem Der
OF the Board of IA, alth.
SECTION Is. All ordinances or par 8
OF ordinances inconsistent with or con-
trary TO the pro visions of this ordi-
nances, be aud the same are hereby re-
pealed, made null and void.
Pissed at the City Hall March l4th, A
D., 1882.
HARRY sHARPLEY.
President of City Council.
Attest HENRY r. PENIHGToN