The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-21
roDn OF oRpINANons RELATING TO

NODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO
~ THE PUBLIC HEALTH
: Be it ordained by the Board of Health OF
the township of Northampton, IN the county
!, section /. Water in which mosquito larvae
breed is hereby declared nuisance, and
where same shall be found on private proper
ty the owner or owners. tenant or occupant
thereof shall, on notice from the said Board
of Health remove abate such nuisance
within such time as the said Board may deem
proper; and any owner or owners, tenant or
occupant of such premises iallng 70 comply
with such notice shall forfeit and pay pen,
atty not exceeding one hundred dollars ana
not less than two dollars.
| Section O. Whatever is dangerous to human
| health or whatever renders the ground, the
water, the air or food hazard or an injury
| to human health, is hereby declared to be
| nuisance and any person or persons creating
| or maintaining, or aiding in the creation or
maintenance Of any such nuisance, shall be
| liable to penalty not to exceed one hundred
| dollars and not less than two dollars
| Section 3 The accumulation OF any de-
caying animal or vegetable substance or sub
stances or Of other offensive matter IN the
form of rubbish, garbage or offal, in or upon
any lot, road, avenue, street, alley or highway,
| or in or upon any public or private place, and
allowing the same to remain in or upon any
such lot, street, highway, public or private
DIace until the same shall become hazardous
to health, or until the same shall, by reason
OF offensive odors, become source ofdiscom
fort to persons living or passing in the vicin-
nuisance, and any person or persons who
shall cause any such accumulation, or VINO
shall aid therein, snail De llaDlS W d pGudiby
not to exceed one hundred dollars and not
Section 4. Whenever the Board of Health
in this township shall know of person sick
with any contagious or infectious disease III
house, building or locality, from which the
interests of the public health require his or
her removal, it may direct the removal of |
said person to a suitable place, when said re- |
moval can be made without undue risk to the |
person sick, and may cause the premises
where such person has been sick to be disfn- |
fected; and every person or persons who shall
violate any notice or command given by the
said Board of Health under this section, shall |
forfeit and pay penalty not to exceed one
hundred dollars and not less than two dollars.
Section 5. Hereafter in every case OF CON L
tagious disease the Board of Health VIII
place placard on the house containing such |
disease and stating the name of the same, |
and any person or persons removing this |
card without permission of the Board OF
Health, shall be punished by fine not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars and not less |
than two dollars for each and every oHense |
Section 6. The keeping of any pen or en-
closure for goats swine, or other animals, OF |
of any slaughter-house, tannery or factory 1
in such manner that offensive odors shall
emanate therefrom to the detrtmeut OF the |
health of the persons living or passing IN tne |
vicinity thereof, or to common discomfort, Is |
hereby declared to be nuisance. ana any
person or persons who shall keep any sucn
pen, enclosure slaughter house, factory or |
tannery in such manner as Aforesaid, snail De
able to a penalty not to exceed one hundred
dollars and not less than two dollars
Section Z. The storage of animal refuse or |
decayable or putrescible matter in liquid or |
solid form in any vault, cesspool or other |
receptacle in such manner as to endanger |
health, or in such manner that the same |
shall, by reason of offensive odors elnanating |
therefrom, become source of discomfort to !
persons living or passing in the vicinity there
OF, is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and |
any person or persons causing or maintain
shall be liable to a penalty not to exceed one |
hundred dollars and not less than two dollars. |
Section s. The keeping of any tenement |
house, or other house or building, any part |
thereof, in such state of uncleanl1ness, or the |
providing of persons in any tenement house
in such manner as to endanger the health |
of the persons dwelling therein, is hereby de- |
clared to be a nuisance, and any person or |
persons through whose act or neglect such |
state of uncleanliness shall be caused, and |
any person or persons by whom such crowd |
ing shall be caused shall be liable to PEN |
atty not to exceed one hundred dollars and |
not less than two dollars
Section o. The dumping of garbage or the |
overflow of any foul liquids or gases into any |
place where they become injurious to health,
or the keeping or forming such sunken places |
or excavations upon any lot or land as accu-
mulate foul water or offensive animal or
vegetable matter, is hereby declared to be a
nuisance. and any person or persons who
shall cause or maintain such nuisance, or
who shall aid in causing maintaining any
such nuisance, shall be liable to penalty
not to exceed one hundred dollars and not
less than two dollars.
Section TO- Hereafter no person shall clean
out or cause to be cleaned out any privy or
private vault between the hours of six O'Clock
in the morning and ten o'clock at night, or
without written permit from the said Board
OF Health, ana persons having pflVlSS or
privy vaults upon their premises, or the
premises occupied by them as tenants, shall
forthwith cause the same to be thoroughly
cleaned, II SO ordered in writing by the said
Board of Health, and persons having privies,
privy vaults, cesspools or any other nuisance
prejudicial to the health of the town on their
premises or the premises occu pied by them
as tenants, situate in such place or places as
SHALL be considered detrimental to the public
health by said Board, shall, upon the written
order of said Board forthwith remove or
alter the same as the said Board shall direct
Any person violating this section of this code,
or any part thereof, shall be punished by a
fine not to exceed one hundred dollars and
not less than two dollars for each and every
Section IL. All owners of property on any
street in which public sewer now is or here
after may be constructed and laid, shall con-
meet their houses and other buildings with
such sewer, and any such owner who shall fail
to comply with the provisions hereof, within
thirty days after notice from the said Board
of Health to make the aforesaid connection,
shall forfeit and pay fine of twenty-five
for each and every day after the said thirty
days in which the provisions of such notice
shall not be complied with.
Section ~. Hereafter no person shall drain
or allowed to be drained, or cause to be
drained. into any of the streets, roads, lanes
or alleys OF this township, from their premises
or premises occupied by them as tenants, any
water or liquid of any kind, unless the same
be free from any odOr or vegetable or animal
substance or matter; and ali existing drains
covered by the provisions of this section shall
be forthwith abandoned. Any person violat-
Of shall be punished by fine not exceeding
one hundred dollars and not less than two
dollars for each and every Offense.
Section 49, Hereafter there shall be no sur
face open drains leading from any privy,
cesspool, or privy vault in this township, and
where such drains now exist the person or
persons so using or owning or draining into
the same, shall forthwith change the same
so as not to violate this section of the code.
Any personsviolatfng this section of this code
shall be punished by f1ne not exceeding one
fnr a n a
Section A. Hereafter no person shall battle,
swim, or go into the water in the Rancocas
Northampton under penalty not to exceed
one hundred dollars and not less than two
dollars for each and every Offense.
Section 10. Hereafter person shall
throw, place, or allow to be thrown or placed,
in the Rancocas Greek above the dam in the
township of Northa m ptOn, or in the basin on
the Mount, any dead animal or animals, offal,
decay1ng or vegetable substances of any kind,
or drain or cause or allow to be drained into
liquor, or animal or vegetable substance.
Any person violating this section of this code,
or any part thereof, shall be punished by a
fine Of fifty dollars for each and every offense.
Section 49, If any well or spring In this
township, or any water used for Drinking
of any sickness, the Board of Health may
order the same to be closed or not used, or to
be used only after thorough boiling, and every
person persons who shall violate this sec
ton shall forfeit and pay penalty not to ex-
coed one hundred dollars and not less than
Section IL. Hereafter no public burial shall
be held in this township of the body of per-
son dying of small pox, scarlet fever, or any
other malignant or infectious disease; and 1t
shall not be lawful for any person or persons
to disinter any dead body during the months
of June, July, August or September, without
first obtaining permit SO to do from the |
Township Assessor. Any person violating
this section Of this code shall be punished by /
a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and /
not less than two dollars
Section Is. All ordinances and codes here |
tofore passed and enacted by the said Board |
of Health are repealed upon the taking effect |
OF this code of ordinances.
Passed July l6, 1908
FRANKLIN DILL,
WALTER L. STEWART, President. |
Secretary.