The herald., 1898-10-19
THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER

THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER
ed Tor that purpose any and all persons
anected with smallpox from within such
tined.
Sec. 276. Tho Board of Health. when
ever and at such time as by them 1t shall
be deemed necessary. may, by prociama-
tion, require all railroad cars or othei
public conveyances bound for this CITY.
before the same shall land or stop AT any
depot or landing or stopping PLACE therein, en-.
to stop or touch at any or either OF tne
sites, places or boundaries selected ana
established for quarantine purposes. ana
leave all such immigrants. travellers or
persons, and all such sick, diseased or un-
clean persons with their stores and bag
gage, as in the opinion OF the ofncers sta
tioned at such quarantine sites, places OF
boundaries shall be deemed proper on &c.
cholera. smallpox, or any contagious dis
| ease or diseases apprehended to endaneer
the health Of the city.
Sec. 27. The said board shall make
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 healtn
officers in charge Of any quarantine sta
tion or place shall have power TO MAKO
and enforce such regulations as may o9
necessary for the proper management ana
conducting thereof; and 1t shall be the
duty of all persons In quarantine, ana az
agents. officers, policemen or others EN-
poyed by the city about said quarantine
stations or places, to carry out and obey
the same.
Sec. 27s. The Board of Health shall
cause to be kept a record Of all births,
deaths, interments and crema tions occur
ring in said city; such record must pc
kept in the Health Office, and shall be
open for the inspection Of any person
6IGnE ONCE hours All Physe,ans ahs tSs
Health Offcer, on or before the 9TH 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. 27s. No person shall deposit In
any cemetery or inter in said city any
human body without first having obtained
and filed at the Health Office a certificate
signed by licensed physician or Coroner.
setting forth as near as possible the
cupation, date. locality and cause. Of
death Of tho deceased, and obtained
from the Health Officer a burial permit.
Physicians, when deaths occur in their
| pEdCtlCep luuSt SlVc tHd CcttllCdkc hclcih
mentioned. unless the physician believes
such death 10 be a proper case for inves-
tigation by the Coroner; nor shall any
human body be removed or disinterred
without the permit of the Board OF
Health or Health officer or by order Of
the Coroner.
Sec. 2S0. Euperintendents Of cemeteries
within the boundaries of the city must
return to the Health Officer on each
Monday the names Of all persons in
their respective cemeteries for the pre-
cedlng week.
Sec. PSI. 1t shall be unlawful to disin-
ter or exhume from a grave. vault or
other burial place within the limits of
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
porting such bodies or remains shall first
obtain from the Health Officer permit
in writing therefor. When an applicant
for a permit to disinter body shall de-
its Of said city, and shall so state on
making application, the permit, If tho
same be issued, shall include the right to
dtsinter and remove. Said permit shall
accompany the body or remains.
Sec. 2s2. The permits in the last section
may be granted. in the discretion Of the
Board of Health, under such general re-
strictions and conditions as the board
may prescribe. The Health Oflcer shall
prepare book of blank permits, in
proper form and consecutively numbered.
containing stubs on which, as we'll as in
the permit. shall be entered a record Of
| the transaction, giving the name, age,
sex, nativity, place OF burial and destlna-
tion OF remains to be transported and re-
| moved.
Sec. 2S3. Nothing in this charter shall
be taken to apply to the removal Of the
remains of deceased person from one
place of tnterment 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 the Health Officer. Any person VII
olating any OF the provisions of this Sec
tion shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor.
Sec, 2s5. Any member of the Board of
Health or the Health Oficer may admin
| lister oaths on business connected with
the Health Department.
Sec. 26. All police officers shall be ex-
of1icio sanitary inspectors.
| Sec, 2S7 Under the supervision and di.
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, ice and water, shall
be inspected; and, whenever necessary,
all such articles offered for sale for food
or drink may be condemned and de-
appoint some suitable and proper person
who shall be an experienced chemist and
| ba bacteriologist 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-
| biological examinations In cases of infec-
| 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, subordnates and
empIoyees subject to the civil service
| rules of this charter, as may be neces-
sary to carry out the provisions of this
article.
ARTICLE XVI.
BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
Sec. $50. There is hereby created a