The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-23
OFFICIAL.

by the health officer, and provided further that
such appointment shall be made subject TO the
SIC = That all ordinances aud parts Of
ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ayes and nays called.
AYEs-Aldermen Bohan. Screven. Myers, Fol
lard. Harris, Haines and Mcmillan.
NAYs-Aldermen Dixon, Mills. Cam, O'Brien
and Wells-5.
Ordinance on its first reading and by unsni-
nous consent read a second time and passed;
By Committee on Market
AN ORDINANCE to fix the right OF way, with re
ference to the Savannah Street Railway Com
pany and the Electric Railway Company at
the intersection Of Barnard and St Julian
streets in the city of Savannah.
SECTION /. Be it ordained by the mayor and
aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council as
sembled, I hat hereafter the Savannah Street
Railway Company, commonly known as the
Belt Line. shall cause its cars to come to q full
stop before crossing the tracks of the Electric
Railway Company at the intersection of Barnard
and ST. Julian streets in the city OF Savannah,
and on the east side Of the market That the Elec-
trio Railway Company shall cause its cars pro
ceeclpg out or the market 20 come to a full
stop before coming down grade, and shall also
cause its cars TO come to q full stop on the east
side OF the tracks OF the said Savannah Street
Railway Company when approaching the mar
ket on the east side. Subject to these require
meuts the Electric Railway Company shall
have the right of way at the said intersection.
SEC. 2 That all ordinances and parts of ordi-
nances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
An ordinance on its first reading:
By Committee on Health and Cemetery
AN ORDINANCE to establish dispenSaries in
the city Of Savannah for the supply of the
sick poor and to regulate the same.
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the mayor and
aldermen Of the cioy of Savannah in council
assembled, That the following druggists are
hereby designated and selected as dispensers of
medicines and medical supplies to the sick poor
OF the city of Savannah. with places of business
nna rad azrTar cd N-vtyifs Tor b.
Northern district and on the east side thereof
r. V Nottingham Co., located on the south
west corner of Broughton and Habersham
Streets and for the western side of said district,
Robert j. Dukes located at No. s West Broad
streets. For the Middle district, Will
lam A Pigman, located at No. %
Abercorn street; E. ]. Kieffer, located at
No. l0I West Broad street and Robert D.
Griggs, manager Of the Masonic Temple Phar-
macy, located on the northwest corner OF Lib
erty and Whitaker streets. For the Southern
district, Walter L. Richardson, proprietor of the
South Side Pharmacy, located at No. 81 Henry
street, and 0. I. ShafIer. located at No. 255
| West Broad street. The said dispensers shall
hold the appointment hereby conferred until
: the first regular meeting of the council of the
city OF Savannah in January, 1895, unless sooner
removed as hereinafter provided, and until their
successors are elected and qualified. and cleo
tions shall take place thereafter biannually as
in cases OF election of city officers.
SEC 2. Be it further ordained, That the
said dispensers before entering upon their
| duties, shall take and subscribe before the
clerk OF council an oath TO faithfully comply
with their duties under the terms of this
ordinance and such rules and regulations as
are made hereunder. and shall also enter into
a bond, with good and sufficient security, in the
sum of five hundred dollars, fer the faithful
discharge of their said duties.
SEC 3. Be II further ordained, That 1t shall
| be the duty of the said dispensers to supply
medicines TO the INDECENT poor of the city of
Savannah upon the prescription of q regular
graduate OF respectable medical college prac-
| t!cing his profession in the city of Savannah
and located permanently in the said city. which
prescription shall set forth the name of the pa
tient, with the statement that he or she Is
totally unable TO pay for the said medicine. The
said medicine shall be furnished at cost to the
city Of Savannah of twenty (2Oj cents
for each prescription, shall be care
fully compounded and filed with
purs drugs, and each prescription shall be of
the standard of the United States Pharmaco-
poeia. No medicines that have become dam
aged or inert from any cause. or for any rea-
son are below the proper standard, can be used
| by the said dispensers. When proprietary med
| icines bandages or surgical dressings are or
dered it shall be by requisltion. which shall be
| first approved by the chairman of the health
| and cemetery committee of the city of Savan-
nah or by the mayor or acting mayor before the
| same is filed. The said requistion shall be
| charged TO the city of Savannah at a price moi
| to exceed 10 per cent IN excess OF the cost Il
| the dispenser.
| SEC T. Be it further ordained. If any person
| shall by misrepr presentation obtain medicine or
| medical supplies at the public expense, when
able TO pay for same, be or she shall, on con
| vction, before the police court, of the city OF
| Savannah, be fined in a sum not to exceed fifty
| 500 dollars with the alternative of impris-
onment not to exceed thirty (s0l days for
| for each otfense. In case any one of
| the dispensers shall have just cause to sup
| pose that a patient is able to pay for medi-
cine or medical supplies such dispenser shall
| furnish such medicine but within twenty four
| hours thereafter he shall report the facts to
| the attending physician and to the mayor.
SEC. 3. Be it further ordained, That all pre-
scriptions and acquisitions made as hereinbe
| fore provided upon the said dispensers, shall be
| filed without any unnecessary delay to the
patient and II is hereby made the duty OF the
| said dispensers to treat the said patients with
| the same consideration aud courtesy as their
| regular patients receive, and TO serve them in
| their regular turn, without discrimination OF
any sort against the said patients.
SEC. g. Be it further ordained, That the
J health and cemetery committee of the council
| of the city Of Savannah, may, from time to time.
make rules and regulations to be submitted ia
| the council of the city Of Savannah for the gov
| eminent of the dispenSaries herein established
| and, upon the approval of such rules and regu
| latlo1s they shall be binding upon the said dis
| pensareS. In the event the said health and
cemetery committee find at any
| have not observed all the provisions of this
| ordinance, or such rules and regulations as may
| be established hereunder, the said committee
shall 9have the power and discretion to
|
| meeting Of council, when il snail be their duty
| to prefer charges against the said dispensers,
| and it shall be then within the power OF council
| TO remove the said dispensers upon the proof
| before the said council Of any charge, which in
| the Judgment of the said council furaishe!
SUFFICIENT cause for removal, and the finding OF
| the said council in the premises shall be f1na
and Conclusive, without right of action in the
courts or appeal OF any character.
! SEC. Z. Be it further ordained, That all or
! dinaBces and parts Of ordinances in conflict
with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
ELECTIONS
| W H. Goodman was elected insp ector oil
naval stores.
| RESOLUTIONS.
| BY Committee of the Whole
| Canal Company be notified that their property
within the city of Savannah is in an unsanitary
| condition, caused by the improper drainage OF
| said property, and other causes
That the said company be required to appear
| ct meeting OF council ON Tuesday March 81 at
| 4 O'Clock p. M, to show cause if any, why the
| said property should not be put in a proper
condition by the city at the expense of said
| corporation.
Adopted.
By Committee Of the Whole
RESOLVED, That the Ocean Steamship Com
pany of Savannah be notified that their prop
erty within the city of Savannah west Of the
Ogeechee canal is in an unsanitary condition,
caused by the improper drainage of said prop
erty and other causes.
That the said company be required to appear
at a meeting of council on Tuesday, March q,
1873, at o'clock p. m, to show cause if any,
why the SAID property should not be put a
proper condition by the city at the expense Of
said corporation.