BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-01-15
SAN JUAN, JANUARY IS
For Clean Homes, Pure
Air And A Peaceful
Existence.

AlI Allu "a Z CQSS1ut
Existence.
House Bill No. 80 introcu cd in the
House of Delegates on Monday by Mr..
z sno Gambia and netitled an Act Regarding
NuisAnces, is by far the best measure aohlch
has vet been presented to the Delegates for
their consideration. The bill which covers
every possible existing thing which night
be construed to be nuisance, or which
might in any way tend to affect the health OF
the general we'll being OF the residents Of
this city, begins with sweeping definition
of what constitutes nuisance or menace
to the health of the community. "What-
ever is dangerous to human health, or what.
ever renders the ground, the water, the air
Or food hazard or an injury, to human
health js hereby declared to bo nuisance,
and any person operating or maintaining, or
aiding in the creation or maintenance, Of
any such nuisance shall be liable to . penal
ty of tscenty five dollars" The measure
then goes on to specify 90 particular nuis:
ances the comission Of certain particular
acts such as the pollution of streams, the
placing Of refuse in the streets, the dis.
charge of offensive liquids or gases into
low lying lands, the keeping Of pens tor
animals 80 as to cause offensive od0rs, the
failure of magistrates or other persons to
properly register births, marriages and
deaths, the failure OF landlords to clean ces.
s2ools, no diseased children shall be per.
mitted to attend schools, and the overcrowd'
log Of tenements or keeping them in an
unclean condition. -
called the attention Of the public to the
eEsst as4Ssifn sins dvefcfc;sdus e 81 ssa1y ten.
ements and other ds0slling places. Mr..
Candle has covered this subject with Sec.
tlon Of his bill which reads 90 follows:
THAT the keeping of any tenement house,
or other house or building, or any part there
Of, in state Of uncleanllness, or the crowd.
ing Of persons in any tenement houses OF
other houses or building in such manner %
to endsnger the health Of the persons dwell.
ing therein 10 hereby declared to be q nujs-
snce; and any person or persons through
whose act or neglect such state Of unclean.
penalty Of twenty-five dollars"
This section certainly does attempt to
provide for the punishment of one Of the
most dangerous nuisances with which the
health authorities Of thiscity have to contend.
The section 10 strong, but is coald be mais
epn stronger than il 10 % 20 to include
any person uho could in any ssy be connect.
ed with the unclean or svercrowded condi.
tion Of tenement. Landlords, agents and
administrations are the peop.s who are IN the
main responsible for the conditions Of our
city tsnements and the Law should lay hold
OF then with firm gasp. No possibility
ofsvssion BY tscknicslitles Of the law should
Be permitted. Every landlord, agent or
administrator should b made 10 know that
tis mere fsct that his property ID uaclsan OF
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