The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-01

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pirate penalty. to cause said defendant toghc i'm
prisoned iii the county Jail or county Workhouse.
with or without hard labor for any number OF
days not exceeding one for each dollar OF the
penalty.
81 And be it enacted Tint no district court Of
any city, justice of the peace police justice or re-
corder. shall have jurisdiction of any offenseS
against any code or ordinances Of any board Of
health which oficnses shall take place outside Of
the territorial Jurisdiction of such district court
justice of the peace police justice or recorder as
such territorial jurisdiction is now or may here
after be established by law
D. And be it enacted That the officers to serve
and execute any process issued out of any court
under this act shall be TIE officers authorized by
law to serve and execute process in said courts
and before such magistrates and oiicers as afore-
said including constahles and police officers
e. And be it enacted, That the board OF health
of any township. or any city, borough, town or
other local municipal government in this state,
shall have the right to declare any epidemic or
cause of i'll health to be so injurious or hazardous
as TO make it necessary TO close any OF all of the
public or private schools in the limits of such
township or Of such borough, town or other local
municipal government; but in case of public
schools, the same shall not be closed except by
the direction of the board of education, school
trustees orother body having the control or direc
ton thereof any such board Of education, school
trustees or other body having control of public
schools may in such case, cause any or all Of the
schools under their control TO be closed, if, in
their judgment, such closing be necessary for
sanitary purposes
"a. And be it enacted, That any board of educa-
ton, school srustces or other body having control
of the public schools may, on account of the
prevalence of any contagious disease. or TO pre-
vent the spread of such contagious disease, pro-
hibit the attendance of any teacher or scholar
upon any school under their control, and may
|, specify the time during which such teacher or
scholar shall remain away from such school and
may prohibit the attendance of any unvaccinated
child who has not had the smallpox, and shall
also have power to decide how far revaccination
shall be required if case OF cases Of small pox
have occurred in the city or district.
%; And be it enacted, That at the enrolment
of the children by the clerk of the school districts
in the townships of this state, or by other proper
officers in the cities or municipalities inquiry
shall be made as to how many of the children
within the school age are unvaecinatcd, and the
same shall be designated by a mark on the said
roll and in case any are found to be unvaccinated
whose parents desire them to be protected from
smallpox. and who, in the judgment of the board
of education or the trustees of the school districts
unable TO pay therefor, the clerk of said dis
trict or other authorized person. may give to the
said child or children permit to appear at the
Office of any regularly licensed physician in said
district or municipality to be vaccinated, and
such physician. on presentation of said permit,
with his certificate appended thereto that the said
vaccination has been by him successfully per-
formed shall be entitled to receive from the said
township or local municipal authority the sum of
fifty cents for each case so certified, and the same
shall be paid in the same manner that other bills
for current expenses are paid therein
20 And be 1t e1iacted, That the power herein
given to local boards of health TO abaee nuSances
sources of foulness or causes of sickness hazard
Gus to the public health, shall not depend upon
whether such boards have exercised their power
to pass, alter amend ordinances in relation to
the public health.
So And be it enacted That notice of any in
specto> of any local board OF health to abatc any
nuisance or by the executive officer or other
authorized member of said board, shall be taken
as notice from the board, and If the owner or
person notified shall fail to abate the nuisance
complained Of the said board may cause the
same to be abated in summary way, giving
written directions to the inspector in relation
thereto, and he shall proceed according to the
directions so given.
81. And be it enacted, That such boards shall
have power to specify any contagious disease or
diseases in case of death from which no public
funeral shall be had. and to prohibit such public
funeral under penalty to be imposed, not to ex-
coed fifty dollars, and in case of the threatening
of prevalence of an epidemic, to prohibit such
public funeral of persons dying with the par
ticular disease or diseases then prevalent; and
they shall also have power TO prohibit such pub
lie funeral in any case in which the attending
physician shall by writing so advise. or in any
case in which two reputable physicians in the
same district or municipality certify that they
believe that the Interests OF the public health
require such restriction.
81 And be ii enacted That any such board may
determine whether or when it is necessary for
physician or other person in attendance on the
SICK notify said board OF the existence of conta-
gious or infectious diseases where s0ch notica-
ton is required, the local board shall enter in
book kept for that purpose, subject only TO the in
spection of the board and its proper officers, the
name of the physician making such notification,
the date of the notice, the name and precise local
ity of the disease, and at the close of each six
months such physician shall be entitled to receive
on the certificate of the said board, from the dis
bursting officers of the said township municipal
ity the sum of twenty-five cents for each notifica-
ton SO given, unless such notification shall be
found TO have been erroneous.
49, And be it enacted That any such board of
health instead of proceeding in a summary way
TO abate nuisance hazardous to the public health
may file a bill in the court of chancery, in the
name Of the state. ON the relation of such board
of health for Injunction TO prohibit the contnu
ance of such Nuisance, and such actions shall
proceed in the court Of chancery according to the
rules and practice in such cases ON the relation of
individuals, and cases of emergency shall have
precedence over other litigation pending at the
time IN the court OF chancery ana may be heard
notice as the chancellor shall direct.
a. And be it enacted, That in all cases in which
i shall be ascertained by the court Of chancery
in such saits that such nuisance existed at the
time of filing such BILL substantially set forth
in the same, the court shall have power to abate
the same by an injunction or otherwise according
to the practice of the court and may charge the
costs of such suit upon the property whereon such
nuisance Is found, and enforce the same by sale
of the said property, or any part thereof OH writ
of er facias or the said court may order the per-
son or corporation which caused such nuisance
or allowed the same to continue, to pay such
costs, and enforce obedience to such order.
So. And be it enacted, That in case no such
nuisance shall be found to exist costs shall 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 ne
probable cause existed for bringing such suit.
s6 And be it enacted. That such boards of
health shall have power aud authority to appoint
such subordinate officers and agents to carry into
effect the powers hereby conferred as they may
deem necessary, To fix The term of such appoint
ments and the compensation of such appointees;
and in every city, Town. borough or other local
municipal government containing a population
of two thousand Inhabitants OF more, There shall
be at least one inspector appointed by such board;
the duties of the officers and appointees of the
said board shall be prescribed and defined By
rules, regulations or ordinances made for that
purpose
Vi And be it enacted, That such boards of
health shall, through the recorder Of vital sta
tistics, take cognzancc of any neglect or failure
to make return on the p.rt Of ANY person charged
with this duty under The laws Of this state and
such boards are authorized to pass ordinances in
relation thereto, and prescribe penalties therefo.
and to enforce the same in any lawful manner
SS. And be it enacted, That in case of the death
or removal of any assessor before the time of