Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-01


An Ordinance regulating the estab-
lishment. maintenance. conduction and
inspection of day nurseries. homes or
boarding houses or other places for the
reception and care of children.
The Mayor and Council Of the City OF
Los Angeles do ordaln as follows:
Section /. II shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to es-
tablish. maintain. conduct or carry on
any institution, day nursery, boarding
house, home or other place for the re-
ception or care of children. in which
children under the age of IL years shall
be so kept or received. within the City
of Los Angeles without a permit from
the Board of Health of said City Of Los
Angeles so to do. That this Ordinance
shall not apply to the care or keeping
by any person of the children relatives,
apprentices or wards of such person.
Sec. 2. The Board of Health shall
nave power to issue permits for such
places and institutions mentioned in
Section ] of this Ordinance. and every
such permit shall specify the name and
residence of the person. firm or cor
poration so undertaking the care of
such children and the location of the
place where the same are kept and the
number of children thereby allowed to
be received. boarded or kept therein,
and shall be revocable for cause by the
said Board of Health in any case where
the provisions of this Ordinance and
the rules of the Board of Health are
violated, or in any case where. in the
opinion Of the Board of Health, such in
stitution, home, boarding house or
other place is being managed con-
Quoted or maintained without regard
for the health. comfort or morality of
the inmates thereof. or without due re-
gard to proper sanitation or hygiene.
Sec. 3. Every person. firm or corpo-
ration holding permit as provided for
in this Ordinance must keep a register
wherein he shall register the names and
ages of all such children and the names
and residences of their parents, so far
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and discharge of such children and the
reasons therefor and also the name and
age of every child who is given out,
adopted. taken away or indentured
from such place to or by any person
together with the name and residence
of the person so adopting, taking away
or indenturing such child. and within
fortyeig hours after such child is SO
shall cause a correct copy of the regis
ter relating to such child to be sent to
the Board of Health.
Sec. 4. It shall be lawful for the
officers and representatives of the
Board of Health and for all health Of
ficers at all reasonable times to enter
children are so boarded and kept. and
to call for and inspect the permit and
register. and also to see and visit such
children.
Sec. 5. The Board Of Health shall
make such rules and regulations for the
sanitary and hygienic conduction or
care of children in said home, boarding
house or other place mentioned in Sec
tion / of this Ordinance as from time
to time 1T deems necessary.
Sec. 6. Any person. firm or corpora
tion who shall violate any of the pro-
visions of this Ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be pun
ishable bya fine not exceeding 800 or
by Imprisonment in the City Jail for
period not exceeding 100 days. or by
both such fine and Imprisonment
Sec. z. This Ordinance is urgently
required for the immediate preservation
of the public peace, health and safety:
and the City Clerk shall certify to its
passage by two-thlrds vote Of the Coun-
Gil. and cause it to be published
once in the Los Angeles Herald. and
thereupon and thereafter 1t shall take
effect and be in force.
I hereby certify that the whole num-
ber of members of the City Council of
the City of Los Angeles is nine, and
that the foregoing Ordinance was
passed by a two-thirds vote of said
Council. at its meeting of July 23, 1906,
by the following vote. to wit:
Ayes-Messrs, Blanchard. Ford Ham
mon. Healy, Hitler Houghton. Kern,
Smith and Summerland (9).
H ]. LELANDE,
City Clerk.
Approved this goth day of July, 1905.
OWEN McALEER.
ST. 1t Mayor.