The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-07-19
Bylaws, Ordinances and Regulations
Concerning the Sanitary Condition
of the Taxing District of johnson
City.

WHEREAS, by an act of the legisa-
tme of the State Of Tennessee passed
April /, 1881, and approved April 6,
1881, to establish Taxing Districts Of
the second class and to provide the
means of local government for the
same. The Board Of Commissioners
Of said Districts created such in pursu-
ance Of the provisions Of said act are
vested with the power to make and
ordain necessary and proper sanitary
resolutions.
Now, therefore, we, Isaac Harr, J.
G. King and w. NJ. Christian, having
been duly elected and constituted
Board Of Commissioners for the Tax
ing District of the town of Johnson
City, Washington county, Tennessee,
with view to the immediate improve
ment of the sanitary condition of the
district, and for the better government
of the same, do hereby make and or
dain the following Ordinances and
Regulations;
ARTICLE I.
Section l. Be it ordained that q
Board of Health shall be appointed by
the commissioners which shall consist
of three members, one of whom, at
least, shall he physician.
See. II. It shall be the duty of said
Board of Health to inquire into and
carefully investigate the sanitary con-
dition of said district and upon com
plant made by any one OF the. exist
ence of Il nuisance within the limits
of said district, to examine the grounds
of said complaint and report to the
commissioners the true condition of
the matter OF complaint.
Sec. Ill. 1t shall be the duty of the
commissioners upon the official report
of the sanitary Board of the existence
of nuisance to take steps at once to
abate or remove the same. LIST, by
requesting the owner of the land up
on which such nuisance is found or
his tenant living thereon to remove
or destroy it. End, upon refusal or
failure OF said persons to remove or
abate it, to instruct the marshall to
remove or caused to be removed at the
expense of the owner of the land upon
which it is found or of the tenants liv-
ing thereon.
Sec. ~. Any person refusing OF
failing to remove q nuisance upon no
tice given as provided in the foregoing
section shall be guilty of misdemean,
or and on conviction shall be fined
not less than two nor more than TWEEN
ty-five dollars and shall he held in
custody until the same is paid or Sc
cured.
See. V. Any person who shall with
in the limits of said dictrict allow OF
permit any stable, stock-pen, slaugh
ter house or yard, sink, privy or sewer
situated upon his or her premises t.
become foul or unclean or who shall
place any refuse or noisome substance
npon any of the public streets or nj
leys or foul the waters of any spring
well or cistern, or sell or offer to sci
any kind of diseased or unwholesom,
/. meats or provisions, or who shall fai
to use lime or cOpperaS or other mp
proved disinfectants in their privies
whereby the health OF the inhabitant
of said district is endangered, shall b.
guilty Of a misdemcanor. and on con
: viction' thereof shall he fined not les
than two nor more than twenty-tiv
dollars, and shall be held in custod
until the same is paid or secured. An,
the nuisanees specified in this section
i unless promptly removed by the oi
$ Tending party, upon notice to do st
r shall be abated or removed by tn
8 marshall at the expense OF such oI
fender.
= See. VI. BE it ordained that thcs
:. ordinances shall take effect from an
!, after the Dist day of July, 1884.
0 Adopted July s, 1884.
ISAAC HAIR,
J. G. KING, Commissioner
W. NJ. CHRIsTIAN,}