The herald., 1898-10-13
THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER

THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER
ed for that purpose any and all persons
aHected with smallpox from wlthin SUN
houses as cannot be properly quaran-
tined.
Sec. 276 Tho Board of Health, when
ever and at such time as by them 1t snali
be deemed necessary. may, by prociama-
ton, require all railroad cars or otneI
public conveyances bound for this CITY,
before the Same shall land or stop AT any
depot or landing or stopping place therein
to stop or touch al ony or either OF 'het
sites. places or boundaries selected an
established for quarantine purposes, ara
leave all such immigrants. travellers or
persons, and all such sick, diseased or I'm
clean persons with their stores ana Dag
gage, as in the opinion Of the ohcers sta
boundaries shall be deemed proper on ac-
count Of existing or general report OF
cholera. smallpox. or any contagious as
ease or diseases apprehended to endanser
the health OF the city
Sec. 27. The said board SHAH make
such rules and regulations for thf govern
ment Of the quarantine or health OF the
city as from time to time 1t Snail deem
necessary, and the physicians or health
tion or place shall have power to make
and enforce such regulations as mny DO
necessary for the proper management ana
conducting thereof; and 1t snail be the
| duty of all persons In Quara1tine. and all
| agents, officers, policemen or others en-
ployed by the city about said quarantine
ftations 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 cremations occur
ring in said city; such record must must be pc
open for the inspection OF any person
during office hours. All physicians and
midwives In said city shah report to the
Health Officer. on or before the 5th OF each
month, ali 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 misdeaneanor.
Sec. 279 No person shall deposit in
any cemetery or inter in said city any
and nled at the Health Office a certificate
signed by licensed physician or Coroner,
setting forth as near as possible tho
name, age. sex, color. place OF birth, oo-
death OF the deceased, and obtained
from the Health Officer a burial peNmit.
Physicians, when deaths occur In their
practice, must give the certificate herein
| iucutlOHeu, unlebS tue pHyelCldh UdileVcS
such death TO be a proper case for inves-
tigation BY the Coroner; nor shall any
human body be removed or dis inferred
without the permit Of the Board of
Health or Health officer or by order OF
Sec 2S0. 6uperintendents 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-
| ceding week.
Sec. 2s1. It shall bo unlawful to disin-
ter or exhume from a grave, vault or
other burial place within the limits II
the city the body or remains OF any de-
ceased person, unless permit for so do
| ing shall have been first obtained from
the Health Officer. Nor shall any body
OF remains disinterred. exhumed or taken
| from tho 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 disinter body shall de-
sire to remove said body beyond the lin
making application. the permit If the
same be Issued, shall include the right to
| disinter ana 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 officer shall
prepare a book Of blank permits. in
proper form and consecutively numbered,
| Tot nj cfYhc m which nc In
the permit, shall be entered record Of
the transaction, giving the name, age.
| sex, nativity. place OF burial and destlna-
ton Of remains to be transported and re-
moved.
Sec. 3S3. Nothing in this charter shall
| be taken to apply to the removal of the
remains Of q 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
said city. unless said body is accompa-
MED by permit for such TRANSPORTATION
from the Health Officer. Any person VII
olating any Of the provisions Of this Sec
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. 2s6. All police officers shall be ex-
| of1icio 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, Ash.
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-
stroyed; and tho Board Of Health shall
who shall be an experienced chemist and
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 bacts-
rioloaical 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, subordinates and
rules of this charter, as may be peees-
sary to carry out the provisions Of this
| article.
| ARTICLE XXVI.
| RJJILDING DEPARTMENT.
Sec. cs9. There is hereby created a
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