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teIerred to Committee on Streets and
.anes and Fire.
Petition. II. F. Willink for permits
sion to erect brick apartment. 2-story
prick house on lot No. L " of and w
z of Second Ty. Arson ward to
Juild stoops projecting feet, six in
hes beyond line of street balconies.
| fifteen feet six inches above sidewalk.
referred to Committee on Streets and
.aues.
Ordinance read in Council for the
irst time Oct %, 1903 read a second
line Nov. IL, 1903, placed upon its pas
| age and passed:
BY the Committee of the Whole
An ordinance to prevent vendors of
meals, lunches. coffee, tea, sandwiches,
| or other food prepared in or upon, or
! sold from, push carts and similar We
hicles. from standing or remaining sta
-ionary with such carts or vehicles, on
the streets of Savannah, except as
lercin specified. and for other purposes
Section l. BE it ordained by the
! Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Sa-
vannah, in Council assembled, That
hereafter, it shall not be lawful for
persons vending meats, fish, meals,
lunches. coffee, .ea, sandwiches, or
other food cooked or prepared in or
upon, or sold from, push carts and SINH
lar vehicles, in the city of Savannah
to stand or remain stationary with
such cart or vehicle upon the streets of
said city, for the purpose of prosecut-
ing their business, except fol such time
rs may be necessary to make change
or to complete a sale, and if any person
owning or occupying premises within a
radius of three hundred 5000 feet from
the place where such push cart or other
vehicle may be located, objects to such
location, and makes his or her objection
known, In writing or verbally, to such
daa- Il
or other vehicle, such Vender upon such
objection being made known to him,
shall, at once, move his said push cart,
or other vehicle, more than three hum
dred (3O0) feet from the premises own
ed or occupied by said Directing person,
nor shall he stop or locate it again
within such limits, except to make
change or complete a sale, it being the
intention of this ordinance that no
such Vender shall stand or remain sta
tlonary with such cart or vehicle in or
upon the streets of this city, except for
the purposes of making change or COM
pletlng sale, If any person owning or
occupying premises within radius of
three hundred 5000 feet from the loca-
ton of such push cart or other vehicle,
shall object to the same, and shall COM
municate such objection to such ven
der, verbally or in writing.
Secs 2. Be it further ordained, That
| any person violating any provision of
this ordinance shall, on conviction be-
fore the Police Court of the city of Sa-
| vannah, be punished for each and every
such offence by a fine not exceeding
twenty-five ($25 dollars, or imprison-
| ment not exceeding thirty 800 days,
either, or both, in the discretion Of the
court.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, That
all ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict with thiC nrdiT hare
by repealed.
Ordinance read in Council for the
first time Oct. %, 1908, read a second
time Nov. II, 1908, placed upon its pas
sage and passed:
By Committee of the Whole
An ordinance to amend Section Six
Hundred and Forty-six (646) of Mac
DOnelPs Code of Savannah" which
requires physicians or other persons
practicing medicine in Savannah to
report cases of infectious, contagious,
or pestilential disease to the Board of
Sanitary Commissioners, so as to re-
quire such reports to be made as soon
as possible, and more fully, and for
other purposes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Savannah, in Council assembled, That
Section Six Hundred and Forty-six
NOfO) VI hdS0OllCll SOut VI OdNdn-
nah," which requires physicians of
other persons practicing medicine in
the city of Savannah to report cases
of smallpox, yellow fever, or other in
fectious, contagious, or pestilential dis
ease which they may be called upon
to treat within the city limits, to the
Board of Sanitary Commissioners, be
and the same is hereby amended, by
striking out, in the caption of said
fhn sfxxyifI h
hours" and by inserting in lieu there
of, the word Immediately" and by
adding, after the word report" in the
second line of the body of said section
the words lin writing and by strik-
ing out the words in the sixth line of
the body of said section, to-wit: with
in twenty-four hours" and by subSti-
tuting in lieu thereof the word i'm
mediately;" and by adding, after the
word found" in the ninth line of the
body of said section, these words, to-
wit: And any case he may be called
upon to treat, of which he may have
doubts or suspicious as to whether or
not it is contagious or infectious, he
shall likewise report in writing, i'm
mediately, specifying in his report,
the name of such patent and the local.
ity of the house in which such person
is to be found" so that said section,
"646. Physicians to report to board
cases of disease Immediately. 1t shall
be the duty of every physician or 9TH
err person practicing medicine in the
city of Savannah, to report in writing
to the Board of Sanitary Commission
ers every case of smallpox, yellow fe-
ver or other infectious, conta gious or
pestilential disease, which he may be
called upon to treat within the city
limits, said report to be made imme-
diately, after he shall have ascertained
the character of the case, and to
specify the name of the patient and
the locality of the house in which such
person is to be found; and any case
he may be called upon to treat of
which he may have doubts or suspi-
cions as to whether or not 1t is conta-
gious or infectious, he shall likewise
report in writing, Immediately, speci-
flying in his report, the name of such
patient and the locality of the house
in which such person is to be found:
and for every violation of this provi-
sion the guilty party shall, upon con-
viction before the Police Court be LA
BILE to fine or imprisonment, or both, in
the discretion of the court, such fine
not to exceed 500, and such imprison-
ment not to exceed thirty days. But
whenever any disease has been de-
clared epidemic by the Board of San
itary Commissioners it shall not be
required that further cases be so re-
ported"
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained That
all ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
IN,