The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-08-20
NOTICE.
Orders and BY Laws OF the LO-
cal Board of Health Oh the City
OF DeerinS, Maine.

| Section l. No sink. bath tub, water closet,
| privy. cess pool or place of accumulation OF
| offensive liquid matter, shall be allowed to
drain INTO any lane street or highway; ,s mot
| fer such as swl, waste of meat, fish or shells,
bones. decayed vegetables. dead carcassees,
ieXcrement, or any kind OF a1fal, when may de-
compose and generate disease germs or un
thealthy gases, and thus affect the purity OF the
| air in the immediate vicinity Of any dwelling
| house or place of business shall be considered
| a nuisance and must be removed or disposed OF
either by burial, burning or otherwise ana IN
| such manner that it may not be offensive to the
lneighborhood wherever located.
Section g. No night soil, sewerage, contents
| of privy vaults or cess pools or other nolSome
substances shall be deposited in any place or
used as manure or fertilizer in such way or
manner as shall be detrimental to Lille or health,
| or offensive to the neighborhood wherever To-
Gated.
| Section L. Whenever privy vault shall have
been removed by order of the Board OF Healtn,
| or otherwise, the premises shall be supplied
| with suitable WaterclOse5. which. in respect
| to its water flush, shall be satisfactory TO the
| Board of Health. .
| Section s. The Secretary of the Board shall
have power and authority and it shall be his
duty to enforce all laws. orders and regulations
OF the Board rea Ing to causes OF i Sickness
Section g. On and ter the 20tn day OF Au-
| gest. A. d. 1898, no person shall be allowed 10
construct any privy vault, cess pool OF any ny
filth of any kind in any locality within the CITY
| limits when access can be had for drainage to
| a public sewer. When upon propar complaint
| made in writing to the Board OF Health any
| privy vault. cess pool. receptacle or conductor
constructed or used prior to the adoption OF
| these orders, shall after careful and thorougn
| Investigation be adudged by the Board OF
Health to constitute nuisance or source OF
| danger to the public health. such privy vault,
cess pool or receptacle or conductor small 1oTtn-
| with be discontinued and abolished when tne
| premises upon which said nuisance exists can
| be connected with the public sewer Wnen
| such nu!SanceS exist in localltieS unproViueu
| with proper street sewers, such disposition
| shall be made of them as the Board of Health
may determine. .
| Section T. In case any person shall permit
any &C llar lot OF vacant iand 70 pe s,a,b 10
| health the Board through its Secretary, when
| the owner thereof on notice, neglectS or re-
| fuses to abate such nuisance, may apate Inc
| same at the cost OF such owner.
| Section 8. All stable manure ana dressing
shall be removed beyond the lin Is OF the thlcKly
populated portion of the city as often as once nee
months OF May, June, July, August ana sep
| tenber And in stables where four or more
horses and cattle are Kept sucn manure anu
dressing shall be removed as aforesaid as often
as once in every two weeks during the AFORESAID
months, provided, however, that any manure or
dressing shall be removed as AFORESAID az any i
time when deemed by the Board OF bealtn W De
| reasonably necessary. When the owner: agent
or occupant OF premises, AFTER lWenty1so tuI
hours written notice from the secretary oi the
dressing as aforesaid. refuses or negiectS 10
comply with the directions given IN SAID notlce
the Secretary shall remove The same az Inc eA-
penSe of the owner, agent OF occupant
Section 8. No swine OF any KIND snail pc
kept hereafter within the limits OF the thckly
settled parts of the city during the months OF
May. June, July. August or september. ANY,
one not complying win Inc requlrementS OF
this section shall be subject TO penalty OF one
dollar per day for every swine kept in violation
thereof
Section 10. Service OF any notice under
these orders and BYLAWS may be executed by
the Secretary or by any officer VINO may ex-
ecute civil process -
Section ii. 1t shall be the duty OIL the
| Secretary of the Board Of Health TO keep an
exact account of all costs. outlays anu eh-
penses, that may be incurred III carfyilig mug
e1fect any of the purposes and proVlsions SCI
| forth or contained in any of the Sechons OF
lhese orders and BYLAWS ana Wltloue u0.ay
| report the same to the City Auditor OF accounts
WIN the names of the yarloIs pefsons W
Wnom they may be chargeabse, ana lne piopoi-
tl9m or amount payable by each person.
ne City Auditor shall examine. cotIe ". a 5
charge The same in his books ana Wilhou' ue
Jay make out bills therefor accordingly, anu
place said bills in the hands of the CITY treas
urer Tor collection.
Section12. The Board of Health or Secretary
thereof may employ and hire such help as 81, Is
orders and Regulations of said Board.
.Auopted August 10, A. ID 1898.
signed, +. L. COLEMAN, Board
II. F. MILIKEN, of
r. +. GOObHUE, M. d. Health.
Inc foregoing Bylaws are approved.
THOS. II. HASKELL,
Associate Justice Supreme Judicial Court.
August IL 1898 ''- 1t