The herald., 1898-10-26
THE PROPOSED CITY CHAPTER

THE PROPOSED CITY CHAPTER
ed for that purpose any and all persons
anected with smallpox from within such
houses as cannot be properly auaran-
tined.
Sec. 27s. The Board Of Health. when
ever and at such time as by them 1t shall
De deemed necessary, may, by prociama-
tion, require all railroad cars or other
public conveyances bound for this city.
before the same shall land or stop at any
to stop or touch al any or either Of the
sites. places or boundaries selected ana
established for quarantine purposes, and
saye all such ssd rs uo.
clean persons with their stores ana Dag
gage as in the opinion of the officers sta
TONED at such quarantine sites. places or
boundaries shall be deemed proper on &C.
count of existing or general report of
cholera, smallpox, or any contagious as
ease or diseases apprehended to endanser
the health Of the city.
such rules and regulations for the govern
ment Of the quarantine or health Of the
city as from time to time 1t shall deem
necessary, and the physicians or health
officers In charge Of any quarantine ata-
ton or place shall have power to mako
and enforce such regulations as may be
necessary for tho proper management and
conducting thereof; and 1t shall be the
duty of all persons in quarantine, ana all
agents. officers, policemen or others EN-
ployed by the city about said quarantine
stations or places, to carry out and obey
| the Same.
Sec. 27S. The Board OF Health shall
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deaths. interments and cremations occur
ring in said city: such record must be
Kept In the Health Office, and shall be
open for the inspection. Of any person
mldwives In said city shall report to the
Health Officer. on or before the 5th Of each
month. all births occurring In his or her
practice during the previous month. Any
physician or midwife failing to make such
report shall be guilty OF a misdemeanor.
Sec. 279. No person shall deposit In
any cemetery or inter in said city any
human body without first having obtained
and filed at the Health ONCE certificate
signed by licensed physician or Coroner.
setting forth as near as possible the
cupation. date. locality and cause OF
death Of the deceased. and obtained
from the Health Officer a burial permit.
Physicians, when deaths occur in their
mentioned, unless the physician believes
such death 10 be proper case for inves-
tigation by the Coroner; nor shall any
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Health or Health officer OF by order of
the Coroner.
Sec. 2s0. Superintendents Of cemeteries
within the boundaries Of the city must
return to the Health Officer on each
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TERED, crsmated or deposited within
their respective cemeteries for the pre-
| cedlng week.
Sec PSI. It shall be unlawful to disin-
ter or exhume from a grave, vault or
other burial place within the limits If
the city the body or remains Of any de-
ceased person, unless permit for so do
ing shall have been first obtained from
or remains disinterred, exhumed or taken
from the grave. vault or other place Of
burial or deposit be transported in or
through the streets or highways of said
city unless the person or persons trans
porting such bodies or remains shall first
obtain from the Health Officer a permit
In writing therefor. When an applicant
for a permit to disiater body shall de-
sire to remove said body beyond the lin
its of said city, and shall so state on
making application, the permit. If the
same be Issued, shall include the right to
disinter and remove. Said permit shall
accompany the body or remains.
Sec 2s2. The permits in the last section
may be granted. in tho discretion Of the
Board OF Health, under such general re-
strictions and conditions as the board
may prescribe. The Health Officer shall
prepare a book of blank permits, in
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containing stubs on which. as we'll as in
tho permit shall be entered record of
| tho transaction. giving the name. age,
sex, nativity, place OF burial and destina- l.
ton of remains to be transported and re-
| moved.
Sec fS3. Nothing In this charter shall
be taken to apply to the removal Of the
remains of a deceased person from one
place Of interment to another place
within the same cemetery.
Sec. 2S4. No person shall receive for
transportation or shall transport upon
any boat, vessel or railroad car, or public
| or private conveyance, the body of any
person who has died within the limits Of
MED by permit for such transportation
from fhe Health Officer. Any person vi
oating any OF the provisions of this Sec
ton shall be guilty Of misdemeanor.
Sec. 2s5. Any member OF the Board Of
Health or the Health officer may admin
| lister oaths on business connected with
the Health Department.
Sec 1885, All police officers shall be ex-
officio sanitary inspectors.
| Sec. 287. Under the supervision and d.
rection Of the Board OF Health, all mar
kets and dairies doing business within
the city, and all products offered for sale
for food including milk. meat, fish,
poultry. bread. butter, lard, cheese,
fruits, vegetables, fee and water, shall
be inspected; and. whenever necessary,
or drink may be condemned and de-
stroyed; and the Board of Health shall
appoint some suitable and proper person
who shall be an experienced chemist and
bacteriologst and whose duty 1t shall be.
under the direction of said board. to
make examinations and analyses of all
such food products. and make all bacte-
tious and contagious diseases, and per-
form such other duties as said board
may prescribe.
Sec. 2ss. The Board of Health shall ap-
point such inspectors, subOrdinates and
EMPLOYEES. subject to the civil service
rules of this charter, as may be neces-
sary to carry out the provisions Of this
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ARTICLE XxvI.
| BIJILDING DEPARTMENT.
Sec. ESQ. There is hereby created a
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