Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-17

sistant sanitary inspectors are here
by authorized and empowered to en-
ter upon, examine and inspect any
premises in the city of Los Angeles
for the purpose of determining wheth-
er any violation of any ordinance of
the city of Los Angeles, or any law
of the state of California regulating
the sanitary conditions thereof or
providing for the preservation of the
health of said city or the inhabitants
of the said city, or providing for the
prevention or the existence or spread
of infectious or contagious diseases,
or prohibiting the presence or ac-
cumulation of garbage, rubbish, re-
fuse, filth or other injurious or incon-
venient matter, is caused or permit
ted thereon, and further to notify
the owner or occupant of any such
premises to burn and destroy any
such substances or matter. or to COM
ply with any such ordinance or law
within five days from the service of
written notice thereof upon such
owner or occupant; provided, how
ever. that if any such substances or
matter cannot be conveniently
burned and destroyed upon such
premises, then such notice shall re-
quire that the same be removed from
the premises by such owner or oc-
cupant thereof within said time, to
any garbage dumping ground desig-
mated by the said health officer.
Sec. 4. That in the event that the
owner or occupant of any premises
shall fail, neglect or refuse to de-
stroy or remove from any premises
owned or occupied by him, or unoer
his control, any garbage, rubbish, re-
fuse. filth or other injurious or in
1nx a
said notice, specified in the pre-
ceding section, or If the owner of
such premises cannot be found and
the same is unoccupied, the said
medical inspectors, sanitary and as
sistant sanitary inspectors, laborers
and drivers may enter upon said
premises and either burn and destroy
said garbage, rubbish, refuse, filth
or other injurious or inconvenient
matter thereon, or may remove the
same to such garbage dumping
ground as. in the discretion of the
health officer or said inspectors shall
seem best; provided, however, that
such removal or burning shall not be
construed to exempt the owner or
occupant of any premises from prose-
cution for failing, neglecting or re-
fusing to comply with any ordinance
of the city of Los Angeles or any
law of the state of California by
reason of the existence of any of
such garbage, rubbish, refuse, filth or
other injurious or inconvenient mat
ter upon the premises owned or oc-
cupied by him; and provided further
that the ordinances of the city of
Los Angeles prescribing the hours
during which it shall be lawful to
burn rubbish or other combustible
materials shall not be construed to
apply to the burning of any materials
mentioned in this ordinance under
the provisions hereof.
Sec. 5.-That said medical inspec-
tors, sanitary and assistant sanitary
inspectors are hereby authorized and
empowered to enter upon any prem
ises in the city of Los Angeles for
the purpose of catching or destroy
ing any rats or other rodents thereon.
Sec. 5. That all of the appointments
herein provided for shall be tenn
porary appointments, and all such
persons shall be subject to discharge
during the period of such temporary
appointment by the board of health.