The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-30
D1sPENsARr OFFICERS CHOSEN.
Mr. A.. n. O'Keefe Elected Keeper and
Mr.. J. l.. Miller Assistant.

Mr.. j. l.. Miller Assistant.
The sanitary board held a meeting yes
terday afternoon and elected the Off
GERS for the new city dlspensary. The
successful candidates are:
Keeper-A. N. O'Keefe.
Assistant Keeper. L. Miller.
Porter-Jesse Damos.
There were a number of applicants for
each position. Mr.. O'Keefe, who has
been chosen keeper, is we'll known, and
is a competent and efficient druggist.
He conducted for several years drug
business az Broughton and Jefferson
streets, which he gave up two years ago
to enter the newspaper business. Find
ing that Improbable, he returned to his
first love. Mr. Miller, the assistant keep
er. has been in the employ of Reid & Co.
at Abercorn and Jones streets and Is
competent man.
All three of the successful candidates
came highly recommended. Jesse Damos,
the colored porter, owes his success TO
the polite manner in which he presented
his claims TO the members of the sanitary
board. Those who know Jesse know him
TO be very obliging fellow. He has
earned living for years by shining shoes
and running errands, and was usually TO
be found in the neighborhood Of the Cen
trail railroad ticket office on Bull street.
The dispensary building at Whitaker and
Macon streets is being put in readiness.
and will probably be open for business by
July Is, or possibly earlier.
The election of a meat Inspector the new
office in the sanitary department recently
created by council, was set for the next
meeting of the board, Tuesday, July 13.
official notice to this effect will be given
in the Morning News
Health officer LeHardy brought up the
question of his authority to supervise the
sanitary arrangement of the city market.
There was some discussion of the subject,
which was closed by Mayor Meldrim re-
ferring the health officer to the ordi-
nances bearing on the subject. The ordi-
nance to which the mayor especially re-
ferred specifies that whenever it shall
come to the knowledge of the health OFF,
Ger or marshal of the city that any ami
NAL, vegetable or other matter dan
gerous to the public health is kept
within the corporate limits of the city it
shall be the duty of the health officer or
marshal to al once make written report
on the subject to the mayor giving de-
scription and circumstances, whereupon
'it shall be the duty of the mayor to call
a special meeting of the aldermen of the
city of Savannah for the purpose of con-
sdering the question of ordering the i'm
sanitary matter, of which meeting the
party or parties interested shall have not
less than six hours notice, nor more than
twenty-four hours, according to the SEEM
ing exigencies of the case. Should the
said aldermen, at the said meeting, find
that the said matter is in such unsanitary
condition as to endanger the public health,
and that it ought to be removed out of
the city limits, it shall be the immediate
duty of the mayor to issue the order to
city marshal to at once remove the same
the city arshal to at once remove the same
sufficiently far from the city to prevent
any danger to the inhabitants thereof, at
the expense of the owner or owners of the
matter condemned and removed
The ordinance is entirely too cumber-
some for DR.. LeHardys purposes There
are no health ordinances in which the au-
thority of the health officer or sanitary
board over the city. market is specified.