Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-03-14
ORDINANCE NUMBER SIXTEEN

iSn Ordinance Establishing Board of
 Health and Declaring the Powers and
 Duties Thereof and Establishing San
 itary and Health Regulations for the
 City of Globe.
 Be it ordained by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Globe:
 SECTION |.
 That there be and hereby is estab- lished in the City of Globe Board of Health which shall be designated and known as the Board of Health of the City of Globe; said Board shall consist of the Mayor and two members of the Common Council, the health officer here matter provided and the City En. gineer; if for any reason a health off ger should not be appointed and quail. fled as herein provided, the Chairman of the Board of Health is authorized and empowered to discharge all the duties of the Health Officer until such officer shall be appointed and qualified.
 SECTION II.
 The Mayor shall be the Chairman of ihe Board and the City Clerk Secretary thereof, and in case of absence of the City Clerk, the members of said Board may designate one of their number to act as Secretary of the Board.
 SECTION III.
 At the first meeting of the City Coun- ell after the adoption of this ordinance, there shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Council, health officer, who shall hold his office until April, 1908, and until his successor is qualified. He shall be practieing physician and shall perform such duties as may be devolved upon him by the laws of the Territory or the ordinances of the City of Globe.
 Before entering upon the duties of this office, he shall take the usual oath of office and give bond, to be ap proved by the City Council, in the sum of One Thousand Dollars condition ed for the faithful performance of his duties, and shall receive such c,rmpensa tion as the City Council shall Hereafter by resolution determine.
 SECTION ".
 The term Board" whene'rer used in this ordinance shall be held to mean the Board of Health of the City of Globe; the words "'person, ow Ter, ten ant, lessee, occupant, contractor, party, manager, board and officer, shall re speetively hold to apply to and include both jointly and severally each and all owners, part owners, tenants, lessees, occupants, contractors, parties in inter est, persons, managers, boards, officers and corporations who may sustain those citations or may be in like position of any one or more thereof, referred to in any ordinance or regulation. The word permit shall be construed to mean the permission in writing of this board or the proper officer, issued according to this and other ordinances of the City of Globe and all words and phrases herein defined shall also include their usual and"natural meaning as well as those herein specially given.
 SECTION V.
 The word street. when used in this ordinance shall be held to include ave nues, public highways, sidewalks, gut ters and public alleys. The word "pub lie place. shall be held to include parks, public ways, grounds and areas and all open spaces between buildings and streets and in view of such streets 1; the word "ashes shall be held to in :lude cinders, coal and everything that usually remains after fires; the word rubbish shall be held to include all the loose and decayed material or paper and dirtlike substance that attends to use or decay, or which accumulates from buildings, storing or cleaning; the word garbage shall be held to include swilIs and every accumulation of both animal and vegetable matter, liquid or otherwise, that attends to the prepara- tion, decay and dealing in or storage of meats, fish, fowls, birds, fruit or vegetables.
 SECTION VI.
 The word physician shall include every person who practices about the cure of the sick or injured or who has the charge of or professionally pre- scribed for any person, sick or injured or diseased; and any persons who pur- sue the business of or act as midwife; and the phrase "infectious diseases shall be held to include all diseases of an infectious, contagious or presidential nature.
 SECTION VII.
 The owner, lessee, tenant, and occu- pant of any building or premises or any part thereof where there shall be nuisance or violation of this or any other ordinance, shall be jointly and severally liable therefor and each of them may be required to abate the nuisance or comply with the order of the Board of Health in respect to the premises or the part thereof of which such person is owner, lessee, tenant or occupant.
 SECTION VIII.
 Whenever any nuisance in any place or upon any premises in the City of Globe shall have been found or declared hv tho nrnner authority to exist and