The herald., 1898-10-28
THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER

THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER
ed for that purpose any and all persons
anected with smallpox from within such
houses as cannot be properly QuSrah'
tined.
Sec. 278. The Board of Health. when
ever and at such time as by them 1t shall
be deemed necessary. may. by proclama-
tion, require all railroad cars or othef
public conveyances bound for this city,
before the same shall land or stop at any
depot or landing or stopping place tnereiN
to stop or touch at any or either OF tns
sites, places or boundaries selected ano
established for quarantine purposes, ana
leave all such immigrants. travellers OF
persons, and all such sick. diseased or un-
clean persons with their stores ana pag-
gage, as In the opinion of the ofrcers sta
toned al such quarantine sites. places or
boundaries shall be deemed proper on ac-
count of existing or general report OF
cholera. smallpox, or any contagious dis
ease or diseases apprehended to endaneSr
the health Of the city.
Sec. 2T. The said board shall make
such rules and regulations for the govern
ment OF the quarantine or health OF Inc
necessary. and the physicians or health
officers in charge Of any quarantine sta-
ton or place shall have power to make
and enforce such regulations as may oe
necessary for the proper management ond
conducting thereof; and 1t shall be the
duty of all persons in quarantine, and all
agents. officers, policemen or others em-
ployed 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 record of all births,
deaths, interments and crema tions occur
kept in the Health ONCE. and shall be
open for the inspection OF any person
during Office hours. All physicians and
midwives In said city shall report to the
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 an.
human body without first having obtained
signed by licensed physician or Coroner.
setting forth as near as possible tho
name. age. sex. color. place Of birth, oc..
cupation. date. locality and cause OF
rom Ss Ss Hss ss oess aua sa perm
Physicians. when deaths occur In their
practice, must give the certificate herein
mentioned, unless the physician believes
such death TO be a proper case for inves-
human body be removed or disinterred
without the permit Of the Board Of
Health or Health officer or by order of
the Coroner.
Sec. 2so. superlntendents Of cemeteries
within the boundaries of the city must
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Monday the names Of all persons In
tered, cremated or deposited within
their respective cemeteries for the pre-
cedlng week.
Sec. 2S1. 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 a permit for so do
Ing shall have been first obtained from
the Health Officer. Nor shall any body
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 permit
In writing therefor. When an applicant
for a permit to dislnter body shall de-
sire to remove said body beyond the lin
It's of said city. and shall so state on
making application. the permit. II the
same be Issued, shall include the right to
dsinter 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 tho
Board of Health. under such general re-
strctions and conditions as the board
may prescribe. The Health officer shall
proper form and consecutively numbered,
containing stubs on which. as we'll as In
the permit. shall be entered record of
the transaction, giving the name age,
sex, nativity. place OF burial and destina-
ton OF remains to be transported and re-
moved.
Sec. 18s. Nothing In this charter shall
be taken to apply to tho 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
person who has died within tho limits OF
said city. unless said body Is accompa-
MED by a permit for such transportation
from the Health Officer. Any person VI
olating any Of the provisions of this sec.
ton shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 2s5 Any member Of tho Board of
Health or the Health Officer may admin
lister oaths on business connected with
the Health Department.
Sec. 2Se All police officers shall ba ex-
off1cio sanitary inspectors.
Sec. 2S7 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 Tor sale
for food, including milk, meat, Ash,
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
appoint some suitable and proper person
who shall be an experienced chemist and
bacteriologist and whose duty 1t shall be,
under the direction of said board. to
mako examinations and analyses Of all
such food products, and make all bacte-
biological examinations In cases of infec-
t!ous 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 neces-
sary to carry out the provisions of this
article.
ARTICLE XXvI.
BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
Sec. $50 There is hereby created a
Pudding Department IN the CITY OF Los