The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-09-24
HEALTH ORDINANCES FOR THE
TOW NSHIL. DE N0RIH a ALBI0N.


man health, or whatever renders the ground
The water, the air or food hazard or an in
jury to human health, is hereby declared to b.
nuisance, and any person or persons Great
ing or maintaining, or aiding in the creation
or maintenance OF any such nuisance. shall
be liable to a penalty not to exceed one hun
dred dollars and not less than two dollars.
SEC. 3-That the accumulation OF any de
cayIng animal or vegetable substance or SUP
stances, or of other offensive matter In the
torn OF rubbish, garbage or offal, in or upon
any lot, road, avenue, street, alley or high
way, or in or upon any public or private
place, and allowing the same TO remain in OF
upon any such lot, street, tshway, public OF
private place, until the same shall become
hazardous to health or until the same shall
by reason of offensive Odors, become a source
OF discomfort to persons living or passing in
the vicinity thereof. is hereby declared TO be
a nuisance, and any person OF persons who
shall cause any such accumulation, or who
shall aid therein, shall be liable to penalty
not to exceed one hundred dollars ana not
less than two dollars.
SEQ. 4-Hereafter any physician neglecting
or refusing to report to the Board OF Health
any infectious or contagious disease in his
practice in the township, shall be punished by
a fine OF ten dollars for each and every Offense.
ANA any person or persons having the care or
charge of any one in this township, having
any such disease, neglecting or refusing to
comply with the directions OF the Board of
Health concerning the prevention and spread
ing of sach diseases, shall be punished by
hne OF twenty tve dollars tor each and every
ofenSe.
! SEC. 5.-That whenever the Board OF Health
IN this township shall know OF u person sick
with any contagious or infectious disease in a
house, building or locality. from which the IN
terests of the public It'll require his or her
removal it may direct The removal of said
person to a suitable place, when SAID removal
can De made without undue risk to the person
SICK, ana may cause the premises where such
person has been sick to be disinfecIed; and
nouce or command given by the said Board OF
Health under this section, shall forfeit and
pay penalty not to exceed one hundred dol
lars and not less than two dollars
! SKC. 6.-HereafJer in every case of CONTAGIOUS
disease the Board OF Health will place u pil-
/ card on the house containing such disease and
stating the name of the same; and any person
or persons removing this card without per
mission OF the Board of Health, shall be pun
1sned Dy line not exceeding one hundred
dollars and not less than two dollars tor each
and every offense.
SEC THAT the keeping of any pen or en-
closure Tor goats, swine or other animals, or of
any slaughter house. tannery or factory in
such manner that offensive odors shall ema-
nate therefrom to The detriment OF the health
of the persons living or passing iu the vicinity
thereof or to common discomfort, is hereby
declared to be nuisance, and any person or
ure slaughter house, factory or tannery in
such manner as aforesaid, shall be liable to a
penalty not TO exceed one hundred dollars
ana not less than two dollars.
SEC. S.-That the storage OF animal refuse or
decayable or putrescible matter in liquid or
SOlld form IN any vault, cesspool or other
ceptacle in such manner as TO endanger
health, or III such manner that the same shall,
by reason OF offensive odors emanating there
from, become a source of discomfort TO per
sons living or passing in the vicinity thereof
is hereby declared to be nuisance and any
person or persons causing or maintaining
any such nuisance, or aiding therein, shall be
liable TO penalty not to exceed one hundred
dollars and not less than two dollars.
SEC 9.-That The Keeping OF any tenement
house, or other house or building or any part
thereof, in such state OF uncleanliness, or
the crowding of persons in any tenement
mousse In such manner as to endanger the
health of the persons dwelling therein, Is
hereby declared to be a nuisance, and any
person or persons through whose act or ne
| glect such state of uneleanliness shall be
caused, ana any person or persons by whom
such crowding shall be caused shall be liable
| TO a penalty not to exceed one hundred dol
| lars and not less than two dollars.
SEC lO-That the dumping OF garbage, the
] over11oW OF any foul liquids or gases into any
/ place where they become injurious TO health,
or the keeping or forming such sunken
places or excavations upon any lot OF land as
accumulate foul water or offensive animal
or vegetable matter, is hereby declared 10 be
nuisance, and any person or persons who
shall cause or maintain such nuisance, or who
snail AID. in causing or main tanning any such
nuisance, shall be liable TO a penalty not to
exceed one hundred dollars and not less than
1 dollars.
| SEC. II-Hereatter no person shall. under
any circumstances, clean out or cause TO be
cleaned out, any pfivy or privy vault, between
the hours of six o'clock in the morning and
! ten O'Clock at night, or without written per-
init from the said Board OF Health, and per-
sons having privies privy vaults upon
their premises or the premises occupied by
them tenants, shall forthwith cause the
same 20 be thoroughly cleaned, If so ordered
4 in writing by the said Board of Health; and
persons having privies. privy vaults,
pools, or any nuisance prejudical TO the
! health OF the town on their premises or the
premises occupied by them as tenants, situate
in such place or places as shall be considered
detrimental to the public health by said
Board, shall. upon the written order of said
/ Board, forthwith remove or alter the same, as
the said board shall direct Any person VIC
lating this section OF this code, or any part
thereof, shall be punished by "A fine not to ex-
II n draan doll - not
two dollars for each and every offense.
SEC. l2-Every owner of property on any
street IN winch a puottc sel0er has been laid,
| shall connect with the same forthwith, unless
such property has private drain into the
creek, approved by the inspector; and every
owner OF property ON any street in which the
public selOeT shall hereafter be laid, shall con-
meet with the same as soon as completed, un-
less such property has private drain into the
creek, approved by the inspector; and. be IL
enacted, that any property owner refusing to
| comply with the provisions of this section as
amended, or any part thereof shall be punish
ed by line OF twenty-five dollars and the
drain to be connected to said sewer by the
Board OF Health at the expense of property
owner IL shall be the duty OF the inspector
to examine every properly fronting on a
street in which public sewer has been or
shall hereafter be laid, and require the owner
thereof to make connections with the same,
and upon their refusal, to report the same to
said Board of Health. who shall at once take
necessary steps to have said connections
made and the expenses thereof collected and
the fine imposed AS provided in this section.
SEC l3.-Hereatter no person shall drain or
allow to be drained, or cause TO be drained,
into any OF the Streets roads, lanes or alleys OF
this township, from their premises or prem
ises occupied by them as tenants, any water
or liquid OF any kind, unless the same be free
from any odOr or vegetable animal sub
stance or matter; and all existing drains, COW
cred by the provisions of this section shall be
forthwith abandoned. Any person violating
this section of this code or any part thereof,
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars and not less than two dollars
for each and every Offense.
SEC IA Hereafter there shall be no surface
or open drains leading from any privy, cess
where such drains now exist, the person or
persons using or cunning or draining into
the same, shall forthwith change the same so
Is not to violate this section ot the code. Any
person violating this section of this code
Shall be punished by fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars and not less than two dollars
for each and every ohenSe.
SEC Is. Hereafter no person shall, under
any circumstances, bathe. swim, or go into
the water in the RancOcas creek above the
dam in the township of Northampton, under
a penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars
and not less than two dollars tor each ana
every offense.
SEQ l6-Hereafter no person shall, under
any circumstances, throw, place, or allow or
cause to be thrown or placed in the Rancocas
1 creek above the dam In the, Township OF North
ampton, or IN the basin on the Mount, any
dead animal, or animals. offal, deraying or
vegetable substances of any kind; or drain,
or cause to be drained, or allowed to be drain
ed into said creek. above said dam,any impure
liquer, or animal or vegetable substance. Any
person violating this section OF this code or
any part thereof shall be punished by fine
of fifty dollars for each and every offense.
SEC l7,-That if any well or spring in this
/ township, or any water used for drinking
purposes, is found to be polluted OF TO be the
cause OF any sickness, the Board OF Health
may order the same not to be used, or closed,
or Go be used only after thorough boiling, and
every person or persons who shall violate this
section shall forfeit and pay penal y not to
exceed one hundred dollars and not less than
two dollars.
SEC lS.-Hereatter no public burial shall be
held of the body of person dying of SINAI
pOx, scarlet fever, or any other malignant or
infectious disease, in this township, and il
TO disinter any dead body during the months
of June, July, August and September, with
out first obtaining permit so to DO from the
Township Assessor. Any person violating
this section of this code shall be punished by
a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and
not less than two dollars.
SEC l9.-That any penalty incurred under
pense incurred in the abatement of any huis-
ance by the Board, shall be collected In the
manner prescribed by the act cited in the
preamble hereto with the suppene nts there
TO or in lieu thereof, the Local Board OF
Health may file bill in the Court OF Chan.
Gerry for an injunction pursuant to the pro
visions of said act
SEC. 20-That all ordinances Hnd codes here
totore passed and enacted by the local Board
of Health are repealed upon the taking effecl
of these ordinances.
SAMUEL Il. ENGLE,
CHARLES e. COwPERTHwATT,
I. LACEY AKINs.
RICHARD II. PARSONS, NJ. D.,
MARTIN II. GIRvEN,