The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-04-02

health of persons or domestic animals.
9th. To condemn or cause to he dis
troycd any impure or diseased article of
food that may he offered for use.
9th. To superintend and institute the
following several boards of health in the
cities and towns in Pembina county.
Rule LIST. Applies more particularly to
our county, cities and towns, and to the
thorough fulfilling of the ordinances OF
these places as follows: All privies, cess
pools, reservoirs and cellars must be
cleaned out at least once year; from
the beginning of May to November of
| each year and shall be thoroughly dis
inflicted as often as once every month.
No privy or cesspool shall open into
any stream, ditch or drain, except COM
mon sewers.
No sewer drain shall empty into any
lake, pond or other source of water used
for culinary purposes, nor into any stand
ing water, within the jurisdiction of this
board.
No house ofal or dead animal matter,
Shall be left in the streets of any city or
town, and sellers and vendors of merch-
andise of whatever kind shall leave
no refuse on the streets ofany town or
public highway, OF any animal matter
uncovered by earth upon any lot or piece
of ground. within the jurisdiction of this
board, and all putrid and decaying ami
nal matter must be removed from all
cellars and out buildings on or before
May LIST of each year.
All keepers of hotels, restaurants and
others accommodating garbage, swill and
house otfal, are required to have the
same removed rs often as twice week
between May LIST and Nov. LIST of each
year, and all keepers, owners and occup-
ants of stables or barns are required dur
ing the same season to keep the pre-
misses clean and free from all collections
of manure and other detritus, or render
themselves liable to heavy fine. All
animal matter shall be removed half a
mile from the city limits or habitable
residence and burned. And all vegetable
refuse shall be removed same distance
and burned.
All hogs kept inside the corporate
limits ofany town must he Enclosed in
pen with board floor and free from stand
ing water and said pens shall be regular
ly and freely washed and disinfected.
This board will remove or have remov-
ed through local board or some person
appointed, any animal or animals or
other nuisance ut any time, when sucl,
appear to be prejudicial to the public
health, safety and comfort.
Rule End. Applies when information
shall come to the board of the presence Of
any contagious or infectious diseased
among persons, the superintendent of
Observation-Disclosures, or through the person
appointed, visit such and huye all diseas-
edand suspected parties placed in quarall-
tine, until such time when the county
board shall see fit to have them removed
otherwise disposed of.
Rule 3rd. Applies, to diseased animals.
Any person owning or having in costody
any animals known or suspected to be
suffering from any contagious or infectious
disease (more particularly Chambers or
farsy), shall at once notify the superin-
tendent of health ut Pcmbina of the
same, and any person resident, passing
or visiting the county attempting to
sccrete or use deception in keeping such
animal the board shall upon information
have the anainlals quarantined and dis
posed of accol ding to rule 5. The owner
shall be placed under arrest, pay all
charges and costs and be tried Grimm
ally.
Rule 4th. Applies oall dead and decom-
posing heaps of either animal or vegeta-
BILE matter: To the obstruction to tile ma
tural channel Of streams or creeks and SO
form cesspools and ponds, public NUS
ances when the germs of disease find an
existence and multiply.
Rule S. Applies to any and all articles Of
food offered for sale within the borders
of Pembina county, detrimental to the
health of consumer. Parties committing
the above offence will have committed a
misdemeanor and find from $50 to 500.
| Rule 6. That the county superintendent
Of health shall visit each city and town
i'll Pcmbina county by May LIST each year
and institute the several local boards of
health and thereby assist in promoting
the better health ofthe people.
The board would be pleased to have
tllc.physcians and veterinary surgeons in
the county to send in their quarterly re-
ports punctually, viz: relating to the
health in their district, the peculiar
diseases, deaths, sanitary condition and
any suggestions through which the better
health and comfort of the people could
be promoted.
Owing to their having been number
ofcases of glanders and farcy imported
from Manitoba, which have since been
destroyed, and in order to put stop to
this nuisance the health board of Penn
bina county would respectfully request
the cooperation of the Honorable Col
lector of Customs and deputies holding
ports of entry in Pembina county to assist
us in tIlis work, namely: TO investigate
closely all domestic animals (llorses,
mules, colts aud cat.le). coming through