Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-10-04
St. CIairSviIIe Board of Health.
Rules Governing the Same, Adopted Sept.
18th, 1888.

l. The Health Officer shall be the ex-
ecutive officer of the Board, and shall ex-
ecute and enforce all orders, rules, and
regulations made.
2. He shall investigate, as soon there
after as possible, all complains of nuis-
anceS reported to him, or to the Board.
and shall take immediate steps to remove
or abate the same when found to exist.
3. He shall issue all permits authorized
by the Board of Health, and shall see that
the records of the Office are properly
made and kept
4. 1t shall be the duty of the Health
Officer, within twelve hours after receiy-
ing notice or information of contagious
or infectious disease, to notify the Super
| lntendent of Schools of the name and
residence OF the person so affected, and to
adopt such other reasonable measures as
will prevent the spread of such disease.
3. The Health Officer shall make an
annual report to the Board of Health on
or before the third Monday of February
OF each year, with such recommendations
for sanitary improvement as he may
think desirable, and shall attend all regu-
lar meetings of the Board.
g. The Health Officer shall hold Office
during the pleasure of the Board of !
HEALTH and shall receive such compensa-
ton for his services as the Board NAV
stipulate.
I. No privy vault, ceSspool, nor reservoir
into which privy, water-closet, stable, |
or sink is drained, shall be established or
permitted within fifty feet of any well, |
except it shall be water tight.
8. No butchers Offal, garbage, nor any
dead animals, nor putrid or sinking ami
NAL or vegetable matter shall be allowed
to collect on the premises of any person,
or be thrown or allowed to run into any
street or alley.
8. The cleaning of privy vaults and the
removal of other filthy or offensive sub
stances shall be done only in such manner
as prescribed by the Health Officer.
III. No calf, pig, or lamb, or the meat
thereof, shall be offered for sale for hu-
man food which when killed was less
than six weeks old.
IL. No hitching posts shall be main
tanned on the streets.
II. No pigs nOr hOgs) shall be kept in
pens within 200 feet of any dwelling or
place of abode within the town.
IL. The Board shall meet on the last
Monday evening of February and the
second Monday evening of August, of .
each year, and at such other times as it
may be called by the President.
ii. Inc DOdIu OF 1tealUn snail SEMI {
on the first Monday of May and :
examine the out6uildings and |
drains of the town, and inquire into the !
condition of the town generally.
10. The City Clerk shall be Clerk of the n
Board of Health, and shall receive such
as the Board may allow.
Adopted by the Board this 18th day
Of September A. d. 1888. c
GEORGE, LINN. President.
Attest: w. W. McMONIES, Clerk pro tenn
WHENy you talk, keep your hands still, 7
md when others are talking cultivate
he habit of listening. 1t will make you
popular member of society for one i
hing.
THE declaration in the dunning ad- IL
lress of the Democratic National Com
nittee that 'no person in the public ser =
ice is under any obligations to CON [
ribute to any political fund, or TO rem ,
er any political SERVICE" and that =
such persons will not be removed or NJ
therwise preiudiced for refusing to do iu
o." is as big joke as is Mr., Thurman's n n
ssertion that ''you can not name one W
ood cause in the last hundred years =, ~
nat has not been fostered by the Dem :
cratic party" 1t apears that the Dem @
Gratis have determined TO Tighten up ID
he campaign with some humor.
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