The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-12
ALDERMEN BEATEN
Corporation Counsel Blair
Defines the Powers of
the Board of Health.
MUzZLING THE RAILROADS
Snaps for Hungry Republicans
Woe to Organ Grinders and
Wild Beast ShoWmen.

Corporation Counsel Blair submitted to
the Aldermen last night at their meeting
an opinion as to the powers of the Board
of Health to pass ordinances, impose and
collect a dog tax and several other inn
portant matters which have been at
tackled by Alderman MCCARTHY. The
opinion is a complete knockout for the
Alderman as it will show.
1t is as follows
The act Of 1887 clothed the then exist
ali the powers set forth in that act,
among which was TO pass alter or amend
lions in regard to the public health
and for the following other purpose s., to
wit:-'to regulate, control and prohibit
of all kinds.
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act asafs Of Isl ISIS. SAT The esat can, q th asaea. 3 Be ne
doubt as to the power OF the Board of
H :sTha & Bo shiS 81 city H to Rsss o ~opdInanfea that
Guided dogs and in 1888 passed an ordin-
ems elss ducks duel ~ geese sess0 or s' dogs IN In the city Of
Jersey city without a permit from the
board, WHICH permit shall be rsne :.
carried the power to exact a fee for it.
The act Of 1887 gave the Board of Health
the Tlght # t. a prss of fsese p o%rsinsnc for a ans
in the exercise of that power the board
attached to the ordinance above referred,
70 a penalty of $40 for the violation
.'The act Of 1895 reafarmed the power
of the Board Of Health to pass ordin-
rules and regulations then passed and
In force. and further conferred upon such
Board of Health power to fix the amount
of said ordinances and provided for the
collection and approximation of the same.
money coming from this source.
IF The beard I'd, has the Haanng W r. to 6oa reg =
is very clear under the laws. already
cited. 1t follows as a matter of course,
that it has the power to construct a
proper and necessary to the regulation
and control of the subject"
.. RbsH Iaw T q A isBa o9l2sg sncB sg5Ss Of
point such suibordinate oficers and agents
i0 s said a ease Is e' fhe s ahs Board SMsls m eaRfd deem
necessary. A dog catcher or pound keep
er IS very properly such agent or sub
of Health tadftfhio q JJ eerHssssyy UT CITY 'i has Pc pew s9at to
pass ordinances: that said board has a
penalties; that the said board has au-
thority to build a pound or. maintain one
appoint a dog catcher or pound Keeper"
A motion to file the opinion was made
after it had been read
MIGHT BE WISE TO DO so.
Alderman Mccarthy would not consent
and insisted upon having it tabled. In a
eaustic manner he expressed his thanks
to corpo3ration Counsel Blair for having
thought that the clause "all other ami
mails were subjected to being protected
R Py "a p of Health was wou fH e soon be ths ask fhs
out permits to i've; He insisted upon
having the opinion tabled and that dis
position was made.
MUZZLING THE RAILROADS.
Alderman Mccarthy introduced a half
dozen ordinances of more or less i'm
portance. The first one provides that
limits sAw whether operating on a trestle
or otherwise, with electricity, should run
their cars for the convenience of the
should be run not less than every fifteen
minutes, between midnight and six o'clock
in the morning, Sunday not excepted.
The ordinance was laid over under the
rules.
A second ordinance affecting street
railway companies provides that it shall
for employees of the companies to grease
or oil the tracks at curves or any other
point,
April until October. inclusive, the COM
panies shall cause their tracks to be
sprinkled at least twice a day, once in
This was laid over under the rules.
THIS WILL BE A SNAP.
Another ordinance by Alderman Nc
Carthy authorizes the Aldermen to ap,
point one ordinance officer In each ward
on August ! each year. The duties Of
the new officials will be to enforce all
city ordinances in the territory assigned
him, The compensation is to be agreed
upon later.
Still another ordinance introduced by
Alderman Mccarthy prevents the exhi-
bition of bears or other. performing wild
beasts within the city limits, 4 fine O.
Alderman Wilson introduced an amend
ment to the hack drivers ordinance,
| providing that any driver taking a pas-
senger to his place of destination by
be punished by a fine Of s.. The amend
ment will be acted upon at the next
meeting Of the board.
ROUGH ON STREET BANDS.
"mud-gutter'' bands by introducing an
| ordinance compelling each member OF
| cense to cost s25- The ordinance does
Of pianolets. The ordinance was laid
The inspector Of Scales, Weights and
| Measures reported hat he had found
8 scales improperly balanced, SO weights
ed II spring scales and &C balance scales,
5O1 weights, 8 beam scales. % platform
and 43 spring scales.
| city Clerk, acknowledged the receipt Of
the engrossed resolutions voted her by
the Aldermen.