Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-05-03

5: And be it enacted, That notice by any in
spector Of any local board Of health, to abate
nuisance or by the executive officer or other
thorized member of said board, shall be taken a
notice Of the board, but il the owner or person
concerned fail to abate the nuisance, the board Of
health, or majority Of its members, or OF any
committee thereof, shall view the nuisance before
proceeding to abate it, and give such written di-
1ections to the inspector in reference thereto as
they deem advisable under the law, and he or they
shall proceed in accord Herewith to abate said
nuisence.
g. And be it enacted, That any county, city or
township board of health shall have the authority
to specify any contagious disease Or diseases in
cases of death from which public funeral shall
be had, and to prohibit the same under penalty Of
fifty dollars or in case OF the threatening or prev
alence Of an epidemic to make prohibition OF the
same as to the particular disease or diseases then
prevalent and any township board Of health shall
have the same power whenever the attending ply
scian in writing advises the exercise thereof, or
whenever any two physicians of the same county
certify that they believe The Interests Of the public
health require such restriction
Z. And be it enacted, That any board of health
constituted under the act to which this is sup
plement, or the acts referred to in section one OF
this act may determine whether or when 1t Is nee
essary for all physicians, other persons in at
tendance on the sick, to notify said board OF the
existence of any contagious or infections disease,
and of which Of said diseases It is necessary for
the board to have this notihcstiUn but where
such notification is required, the local board Of
health shall enter in book, subject only to the
inspection OF said board, the name OF the physician
the name and precise locality of the disease, and at
the close of each six months, said physician shall
be entitled to receive, on the certificate Of said
board, from the usual dsbursng officer OF said
city or township, the amount CT twenty-five cents
for each and every notification, unless said not1h-
cation has been found to have been erroneous
s. And be it enacted. That in any county having
a county board Of health. this act shall not apply to
any city or township of said county, without the
consent or approval of the county board of health,
nor to any city that has not organized or does not
organize board of health under san act relating
to local boards of heafIh,n approved March twenty
second, one Thousand eight hundred and eighty
one, the other acts referred to in section one,
of this supplement thereto; and in case any
city has or does by the vote or ordinance of its
by the mayor, form board under these acts, said
vote or ordinance shall, as part OF the power OF
said city under its charter, cause said board OF
health and its successors to become the board of
health Of said city, town or borough as referred to
or provided for in said charter.
8. And be it enacted, That whenever any board
Of health now organized or which may be here
referred to IN section one of this supplement to an
act entitled can act relating to local boards of
health" approved March twenty-second, one thou
sand eight hundred and eighty-one, shall be notified
that nuisance or other source of fOulness, haz-
ardous to the public health, exists within the terri
tory within which the board of health has jurisdic
ton or control, such board may examine the matter
in a summary way and order and cause the same to
be abated in the manner herein or heretofore pro-
vided by law.
health, instead of proceeding in a summary way to
abate nuisance or such source of fonlness, may
file bill in the court of chancery, in the name of
the state on the relation of such board Of health,
for an injunction to frohibit the continuance of
such nuisance or source of founess and such action
shall proceed in the court Of chancery according to
the rules and practice in such the relation
Of individuals, and cases of emergency shall have
precedence Of other litigation pending at the time
in the court of chancery. and may be heard upon
final hearing such notice as the chancellor shall
direct.
II. And be it enacted. That in all cases in which
it shall be ascertained by the court of chancery in
such suits that nuisance source of foulness cx-
listed at the time of filing such bill, substantially
set forth in the same the court shall have power
abate the same by injunction otherwise accord
ng TO the practice of the court, and may charge
the costs Of such suit upon the property whereon
such nuisance or source of foulness is found anu
enforce the same by sale of the said property on
writ of ieri facias or much thereof as shall be
necessary for that purpose, or the said court may
order the person or corporation which caused said
nuisance source Of foulness or allowed the same
to continue to pay such costs, and enforce obedi-
ence to such order.
l2. And be it enacted, That in case no nuisance
other source of foulness hazardous to the pub
lie health shall be found to exist costs snail not be
awarded as of course against the board of health
which caused such suit to be brought, but only in
case it shall appear to the chancellor that prob
able cause existed for bringing such suit.
13. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved March %, 1888.