The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1905-02-03


Halves and Thomas Hewitt as surities.
Whereupon have approved said
bond, administered the oath of Office
to the said John Benham, and qualified
him as a county commissioner Of Owy-
bee county for the ensuing term.
]. s ST CLAIR, Recorder.
Silver City, Idaho, Jan. 16. 1905.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
at 10 o'clock a M.
Present: Fred Brunzell, chairman;
William I'll. Best, commissioners, and j.
S. st Clair, clerk, by j. e. Dickens, de
putty.
The following proceedings we're had,
to-wit:
Whereupon the minutes of the pre-
vious meeting we're read and duly APP
proved.
Pursuant 10 section 1l5O of the re-
vised statutes of the state of Idaho, as
amended.
w. R. Hamilton, M. D., was duly APP
pointed as member of the county
Board of Health, and, upon motion of
Commissioner William Fl. Best, was
duly elected as chairman of said Board
Whereupon, it is ordered that the
Board of Health, for the prevention of
the outbreak and spread of contagious
and infectious diseases, do hereby
adopt and publish the following SAM
tary rules and regulations, for the
govern ment of Owyhee county, to-wit:
Rule l. 1t shall be the duty of every
resident, householder or property own
er of any town in Owyhee county to
keep his premises free and clean of all
filth and rubbish, to thoroughly clean
said premises as soon as the ground is
free from snow in che spring, and keep
the same clean and free from all filth,
rubbish or offensive substances during
the spring. summer and autumn
months.
Rule III. 1t shall be the duty of the
owner of any horses, cattle, sheep,
swine or dogs, to bury the carcasses of
all such animals as may die, said buri-
al TO be made within twenty four hours
after the death of the animal, and at a
sufficient depth to cover the same with
three feet of soil Provided, however
that said burial may be dispensed with
by depositiDg said carcasses at dis
lance of at least two hundred yards
from any public road or highway one
hundred yards from the banks of any
stream, and at least one half mile from
any residence or dwelling house.
Rule III. All privies and outhouses,
now erected ia any of the towns of
said county without suitable vaults or
sewerage are hereby declared to be
nuisances. 1t shall be the duty of the
owners thereof, within thirty days from
and after the first publication of these
rules, to dig suitable vaults, not less
than four feet in depth, to make prop
er sewerage connection, or provide
such other sanitary method as may be
necessary to render said privies
healthy and inoffensive to the smell
All privies and outhouses hereafter
erected in any of sid towns must com
ply with this rule.
Rule w. For the prevention of
small pox, the Board of Health hereby
recommends the vaccination of all in
habitants of Owyhee county.
Rule V. Whenever a case of small
pox occurs in lodging house, board
lug house hotel or residence, and the
person afflicted by small pox cannot
be isolated to the satisfaction of the
Board of Health, said person shall be
removed to place provided by said
Board.
Rule vi. Whenever a case of small
pox breaks out in any dwelling or
place, he warming flag. made of yellow
material, must be attached to and ex-
posed from the premises occupied by
the case, as IA warning to the public of
the presence of small poX in that local
ity; aud if the yellow flag be not i'm
mediately obtainable, placard on
which is written, in legible letters
"Small Pox," shall be fastened on an
exposed part of the infected house or
dwelling.
Rule VII. It is the duty of every
good CT izen to Immediately notify the
Board of Health of every case of small
pox coming to his knowledge, and il
is especially enjoined upon the pro
prietors of lodging houses, boarding
houses and hotels to notify the Board
of Health of the presence of small poN
in their respective abohes.
Rule VIII. 1t shall be the duty Of
every citizen to Immediately notify the
Board of Health of the death of any
person from small pox, of which be
Inay have knowledge, aud no one ex
cept such as may have had the small
box, or some one employed by the
Board of Health to be assigned to thai
duty, shall take charge of, dress, Oh
bury the body of the person who has
thus died. The enterment of persons
who have died from small pox shall
take place within twelve hours aftel
death, or as soon as the circumstance
of the case will allow, and under M
circumstances shall corpse infected
wi h small pox be taken to a church
or meeting house, but shall be con
veyed directly from the house to thu
grave.
Rule TX. It shall be the duty o
every physician, resident of Owyhe
county, Idaho, or otherwise, attending
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