The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-15
Adopted Regulations Concerning
the Duties of the Board
of Health.
MAY LICENSE ALL BUSINESSES
Merchants Tax Ordinance Will Ne
cessitate Considerable Work on
Part of the Council.

The city council met again last
night and wrestled with two more
ordinances. There are a number of
proposed ordinances still to be con-
sidered and it will take many late
sessions before the work is finished
The ordinances are first read by one
of the members of the council and
then are taken up by section. After
each section is favorably passed up
on or changed according to the coun-
ellis recommendations the entire or
dinance is sent on its final passage
and then a motion is made ordering
it to be published, after which 1t be-
comes law.
The ordinance governing the dn-
ties of the board of health was taken
up again and finally passed after sew
eral changes had been made. Tues
day night it was ascertained that sec
tiOn had been omitted by the type
writer and that section No. II was
not just as the city fathers desired
Section No. 8 reads that it is the
duty of every person i'm any house
where person Is taken down with
contagious disease, to report the
same to the board of health within
four hours after he has learned of
the fact
Councilman Carbon stated that
section No. covered the same
ground and wanted to know why the
other section was needed. Council
man Root stated that City Attorney
Walker had explained that the sec
ton was included SO as to cover such
cases where the people of the house
happened to be Christian Scientists
The section was then adopted.
Section No. II as rewritten was
next read. 1t is to the effect that
the city physician is to be an ex-
officiO member of the board of health
and is to receive no additional sal
ary for his duties in this capacity.
The duties of the health officer are
to obey all instructions of the board
of health. He must submit quarterly
reports to the council stating the
sanitary conditions of the city, the
number of deaths and the causes, If
possible, and the presence of any epi-
demic of contagious disease.
The section was also changed to
read that it would be the duty of the
board of health to have supplies de-
livered to families i'm quarantine on
ly in such cases where those who are
quarantined are in INDECENT circum-
stances.
With these additions and changes
the ordinance was passed to print
After finishing the board of health
ordinance the council took up the
ordinance licensing the va
rious businesses of the city.
All licenses must be placed in
plain view in the business houses and
must be signed by the mayor and
city clerk.
The saloon tax is not fixed. I'm
fact, none of the taxes have been
fixed as yet The minimum age of
those to whom liquor can be sold Is
21 years and no one can be employed
in saloon who is under 81 years of
age. All licenses can he revoked for
tions of the law.
Billiard and pool halls and bowl
ing alleys are included i'm the list of
businesses that may be subjected to
a tax.
Under the title of Licensing and
businesses, occupations,
trades and caliings within the limits
of the City of Ely" nearly every
business i'm the town is included The
ordinance consists of sixteen type
written sheets and it will take some
time for the council to get it into
shape for final passage. The amount
of licenses in each case has to be
fixed, which will no doubt prove a
very difficult proposition.