The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-17

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called Depot Strec).
District No. e-Bounded west
by Brooks street AND south by said
Depot street.
District No. 3-Bounded east by
Brooks street and >oI:th by said
Depot street.
District 80. 4-Bu"ndrG east by
Brooks street and north by said
Depot street.
The districts. in the order above
named, are under the supervision
of the following named members
of said Board of Health:
No. II. y. Wilson.
No. o-W. 6. Chandler.
No. 5--Joseph +. Rhalne.
No. I--R. b. Loryca. and Dr..
c. B. Geiger will have general!
supervision of all of said dis
tricts.
The following are among the
more important powers conferred
by law upon said Board: The
Beard is empowered to elect 4
Health Officer. who shall execute
the orders of the Board! and for
that purpose shall have ai:t! c>er-
cisc the powers CT i roi!!ccit:,tl Of
the .olvn: 10 l:!::::ihc and enforce all
nccdtul rules and rcguiatio:is fer
the prevention Of the ;r::,;,ic! ION
and spread OF infections o. con-
tag;ouS diseases; to y!~;:: ed in
Spcct thc court house and various
offices thcrcin contained, ans: lie
Jail and ether prisons located IN the
town, in regard to tie purity
Of the water supply, the
lighting and heating OF the various
offices of the court house. and cells
and other rooms occupied by priS-
oners in the jails, and note the
general sanitary condition Of the
same. And said Board may re-
commend to the county authori-
ties the removal of all nuisanceS on
the premises on which said build
ings are located, which might
prove detrimental to public health,
and shall report the number of
prisoners, their diet and treatment.
the diseases and number of Gases
of sickness occurring among the
prisoners.
The following are the provisions
of sections 4 and ; of said act
SECTION 4. The said Board of
Health shall have power, as 4 body
or by committee, as we'll as the
Health Officer, together with his
subordinates, assistants and work
men, under and by order Of said
Board, to enter at any time upon
any premises in the town or city
upon which there is suspected to be
any contagious or infectious dis,
ease or nuisance detrimental to the
public health. for the purpose OF
examining and abatinS the same
and all written orders for the re-
moval of nuisances issued to the
said Health Officer by order of said
Board. attested by the secretary,
shall be executed by him and his
subordinates and workmcn; pro-
vided. the person or persons re-
fusing to remove such nuisance,
and the cost and expense thereof.
shall be recoverable from the owner
or owners of the premises from
which the nuisance shall be re-
moved or from any person causing
or maintaining the same. in the
same manner as debts of like
amounts are now collected by law,
SECTION :. The said Board of
Health shall have power to create
and maintain complete and accu-
rate system of the registration Of
births and deaths which may occur
within the town or city. and to
compel the obedience to the same
upon the part of all physicians and
other medical practitioners. clergy
men. magistrates, midwive>. unde'-
takers. sections, and all other pei
sons from whom information for
such purposes may properly be rc-
quired.
1t is also provided by said act
that it shall be the duty Of amy
physician. who attends in sickness
any prisoners in Jail, to report i'm
mediatelv to the Secretary cf the
Board of Health the name. sex.
age. race and disease of said priS-
OnerS.
And by said act the Town Coun-
Gil is charged with the duty of
having the rules and regulations OF
said board of health, which may
meet the approval of said Council.
enforced. And the Town Council
of the Town of Manning will pro-
tect and enforce obedience to the
said board of health and lis mem
bcrs in the lawful discharge of
their duties is cnjoinc,i by said act.
G. B, GEIGn:E. NJ. d..