The Yale expositor., 1895-08-30
THE VILLAGE OF YALE oRDAISs:

said Board.
THE VILLAGE or VALE ORDAINs:
SEC. /. The Board of Health OF said Village
shall consist OF three electors of the village, APP
pointed by the Council at any regular or special
meeting thereof, one of whom shall be compe-
tent physician who shall De the Health Officer
OF said village. The term of office of such MEM
bers shall begin with their acceptance thereof,
and shall expire on the Thursday next succeed
ing the annual village election after their APP
pointment, but they shall hold Office until their
successors have been appointed and have ac-
cepted office. Members of the said Board may
be removed by majority vote OF the Council at
any time, with or without hearing, as the Coun-
ell shall direct. The members OF said Board
shall receive such compensation for services
rendered as shall be allowed by the Council.
SEC. = The said Board of Health are hereby
empowered TO remove any person having any
malignant, infectious, or contagious disease, or
who from exposure or otherwise may be deemed
by said Board TO be liable to communicate the
same, either beyond the corporate limits of the
village, or To such place or hospital within the
village us tine Council may provide. II is also
made the duty of the said Health Oi1icer to
placard any dwelling house or place containing
persons affected by such diseases, and IL deemed
necessary by said Board of Health they may
quarantine or close the dwelling or place in
which such persons reside or are kept. The
said Board OF Health are also hereby empower
ed To take any other steps, not inconsistent
herewith or with the laws of this state. that
they deem necessary to prevent the spread of
disease and to insure public safety.
SEC. 3. The said Board of Health are hereby
empowered to prevent remove. or abate al
nuisance dangerous TO life or health within said
village. and may require any person, firm or
corporation causing such nuisance, and the
owner manager. person In charge, or occupant
OF any lot or premises upon or IN which any
such nuisance may be found 10 remove the
same, upon causing written notice thereof to
be served upon the said person, firm, corpora
ton, owner, manager. person IN charge, or Oc-
cupant to SO remove or abate such nuisance
within twenty-four hours from the time such
notice is so served. In case OF nOn-residence
notice may be served by mailing the same To the
last known post-otfice address of such persons,
twenty-fOur hours additional time 10 be given
for each one hundred miles OF distance that
such notice Is so sent. Provided. That In case
the p0st-Oiice address of such persons is not
known or ascertained by the said Board "a
twenty-four hours notice may be posted on the
said lot, place. or premises, which shall stand in
lieu of the personal service above provided for.
Such notice shall briefly describe the nuisance
and the premises upon which the same Is situa-
ted, and shall require the same to be abated or
removed III the manner prescribed in the notice.
and shall be signed by the Health Officer or any
member of the said Board.
SEC. 4. III any cellar. vault, prtvy, sewer,
drain, place or premises within the village of
Yale shall be damp. unwholesome, offensive or
filthy, the said Board may cause the same to be
drained, filled up, cleanSed, or purified in such
manner as they shall direct; or may, after notice
as provided for In the preceding section, require
the owner, occupant, manager or person In
charge of any such lot or premises or place to
perform such duty, and may also direct the
mode OF constructing or demonstrating all
privy vaults.
above required, the said owner, manager, per
son in charge, or occupant shall neglect to so
cleanse. purify, drain, or fill up any such lot,
place or premises, or to abate or remove any
nuisance thereon as required by such notice,
the said Board OF Health are hereby empowered
TO 90 upon or into said premises or place, and TO
employ assistants therefor and cause such work
to be done at the expense OF the village on ac-
count OF the persons respectively upon whom
the same may be assessed or charged. The
Board shall make record of all such work and
expenses incurred in the performance of such
work and the labor or materials and things used
In and about the same, and make report OF
these to the Council who shall audit, allow and
pay the same.
SEC 6. When such expenses have been so
audited allowed and paid by the Council they
NAV be recovered by the village in an action of
debt or assumpsit against the owner or occupant
OF any such lot, place or premises; or the Coun-
ell may cause the same to be charged upon such
lot or premises and collected as special assess
ment thereon and the lands charged Herewith
to be sold in case OF non-payment in the same
manner as in case OF other special assessments.
SEC Z. The said Board are also authorized to
prohibit and prevent the depoSiting, burying,
or keeping within said village, or within "a dis
lance of one-half mile from the corporate limits
thereof, OF any putrid, unwhOlesome or offensive
substance or thing, and may remove the same
on cause IL TO be removed, the same to be done
and the expense thereof collected us provided
for IN Section Six of this Ordinance.
SIC. s, Any person who shall refuse or neg
lect to obey or comply with any order. notice.
or regulation of the said Board OF Health made
In pursuance OF and by authority of the provi-
siOns of this Ordinance shall, upon conviction
thereof before any court of competent iurisdic-
ton, pay a fine Of not exceeding Fifty Dollars
and the costs of prosecution, and In default of
payment OF the said fine and costs OF prosecu-
ton, shall be imprisoned I'm the County Jail for
st. Clair County Tor term not to exceed sixty
days, or In the discretion of the Court, in the
Village Prison or Lookup In said village for a
term not to exceed sixty days, unless payment
thereof be sooner made
This Ordinance to take effect after twenty
days from the time of its passage.
Passed, approved and adopted this 18th day
of August, 1895
JAMES MCCOLL,