The Virginia enterprise., 1895-03-01
VILLAGE ORDNANCE No. 2

An ordinance for the preservation Of the Pub
lie Health.
Th. Village Council, Of the Village OF Eve
leth do ordain as follows:
SECTION l. It shall bc un!a y fnS for any
person to dump or deposit in any place with
in the limits Of the Village Of Eveleth any
manure. garbage oRsl, Stops, or the contents
OF any privy or privy vault, or any vegetable
or sn!mal matter detrimental to the public
health. or any nauseouS substance wb1S.ver
SEcJios: No 3cr.on shall maintain. or
suf1er to be maintained, upon any premises
owned, occupied Or controlled by him within
the limits OF the Village OF EveIeth, any pr;ry
unless such privy be provided with q suita-
bic box TO receive the deposits made in ss:s,
prIvy, which box shall be made water tight:
o. In lieu Of such box, "a Garth excavation
under suci, privy At least FIVE feet below the
surface Of the earth. Nor shall any person
allow any privy e1eav:tier On any premises
owned. occupied or controlled by him within
the limits Of said Village to b:cezns Iiled 10
within less than two feet CT the surface OF the
earth.
SEcriox3 3. No person SHAH perEait orss@es
any ofersivc trade or business, or aEI tsaSe
OK business daDSeruas to the public hesis:, to
cIpicJ or controlled by him within the ln.its-
Il the Village Of Evele:h: and no person s:,air
suffer or permit any manure, garbage. sE;a!.
sloFS. o. any offensive pr:vy. offensive vs@-
table or animal matter, any nauscous SUBJ
stance, st:Ena Mt water, rubbish. or any sub
stance or thing whatever dc:rim:n n,al 70 the
public health. to be Or remain upon any prem
iscs owned, occupied or controlled by him
Gle hiv,t 1svniH. 80 -
sECT1o:4 1. 20 person shall remove the con-
tents OF any privy vault. excavation or box
within said village between tic hours Of s1
afternoon O: any day.
SECTIONS S. Every physician w:se shah s7se-
t!cc his profession within said village s;,7n
report 10 tl,a Health Otaccr Of said village IN
writing. forthwith. the existence OF every
csse Of contagious or infectious disease that
shall At any time come to his knowledge, and
! thcreupcn the Health Ofiicer shall forthwith
| CAUSE a notice TO be posted upon sse !.ous,.
where such disease exists, 1hic;, notice snail
state the name Of the discss>. it Is :.c7.by
made unlawful Tor any person to r. IT. We. de-
face or in ary way interfere with the notice
provided for in this section without tie Con-
sent Of the Health Officer O: ssId village.
SECTION 5. The do:aS Of any act, or tho ss-
istencc cf anything which Is forbidden or
made unlawful by tho :ezu.s OF this ort::n nce
a; IS hereby declared to be 4 nu:sa nee. II is
hereby made the Guiy Of che marshal. and
every police oti:e. ad every mcn1ber OF tho
Board Of Health Of said village to notify the
owner, occupant or agent Of any prcsaiSs<
within the limits 0: said Village II Evvl: Of
the existence OF anything upon any such
Lc: misses which is herein declared 70 he a1i-
sancc. and to notify such person to remove
ard abatc such nuisance forthwith. TIE
marshal or any police officer and any r,cn-
l;er cf t&e Rosrd OF Health oe said yl:.sSr cs
Evcleth arc hereby given authority to enter,
At any reasonable time, upon any premises
within said villas for the purpose Of ascer-
tanning whether any nuisance heroin dsin~d
exists upon said premises. Any prseu re-
eeivinS any notice herein provided for by the
.ern1s of.this section shall, withia twenty
four hours after receiving such notice, rva,:,v.
s.,eh nuisance and cause tic sacie % u
ab.tsd.
SEcr,os1. Any person v!c!at;ae ssJ pro-
vison of this ordinance shall upon coo.ictica
sh:rco4. BE- &ned in any sum not less tbs O,.s
Dollar uor more than Twenty-Five Dvllars.
nd the costs Of prosecution. and in default Of
payment thereof shall be committed TO the
county Jail OF the County OF st. Louis. in tho
State OF Minnesota until payment Of such ane
he made. not to exceed thirty days.
sEcr1oxx This ordinance shall take c1oct
and be IN force from and after its passage
and publication.
Dated this 4th day Of February. 1875.
n. BUsKyRK,
President Of the Village Of Eveleth.
Attest: BYRON J. MCCORMICK.
Recorder Of the Village Of Evcleth