The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-08-04
JONES' PHARMACY
Alex DubeIl, Proprietor
NODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO
~ THE PUBLIC HEALTH

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NODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO
~ THE PUBLIC HEALTH
Be it ordained by the Board of Health of
| the township of Northampton, in the county
of Burlington:
breed is hereby declared a 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 or abate such nuisance
within such time as the said Board may deem
proper; and any owner or owners, tenant or
occiI pant of such premises falling to comply
with such notice shall forfeit and pay pen
atty not exceeding one hundred dollars and
not less than two dollars.
Section g. 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 a
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-
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
place. until the same shall become hazardous
to health, or until the same shall, by reason
of offensive odors, become source ofd1scom-
fort to persons living or passing N the VEN he
nuisance, and any person or persons who
shall cause any such accumulation, or VINO
shall aid therein, shall be liable to penalty
not to exceed one hundred dollars and not
less than two dollars.
Section 4. Whenever the Board OF Health
in this township shall know of a person SICK
with any contagious or infectious disease in
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
cfa md
where such person has been sick to be d1sln-
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 a penalty not to exceed one
hundred dollars and not less than two dollars.
Section s. Hereafter in every case OF con-
tagious disease the Board of Health will
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 ofeDse.
Section 6. The keeping of any pen or en-
closure for goats, swine, or other animals, or
of any slaughter-house, tannery or factory,
in such manner that offensive odors snail
emanate therefrom to the detr1ment of the
health of the persons living or passing In the
vicinity thereof, or to common discomfort, is
hereby declared to be nuisance. and any
person or persons who shall keep any such
pen, enclosure, slaughter house, factory or
tannery in such manner as aforesaid, Shall be
liable to a penalty not to exceed one hundred
Section T. 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 q nuisance, and
any person or persons causing or maintain
ing any such nuisance; or aidlng therein,
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, or any part
thereof, in such state of uncleanliness, or the
crowdfng 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 q nuisance, and any person or
persons through whose act or neglect such
state Of uncleanllness shall be caused, ana
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 9. 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- |
muate foul water or offensive animal or |
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 or maintaining any |
such nuisance, shall be liable to penalty |
not to exceed one hundred dollars and not |
less than two dollars.
Section 10. 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, and persons having privies or /
privy vaults upon their premises, or the |
premises occupied by them as tenants, shall |
forthwith cause the same to be thoroughly |
cleaned, if 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 |
or the premises occupied 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 q |
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 fne OF twenty-five |
dollars, and an additional tine OF ten dollars |
for each and every day after the said thirty |
days in which the provisions of such notice |
shall not be complied with.
Section II. Hereafter no person shall drain |
or allowed to be drained, or cause to be |
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
or matter; and all existing drains |
covered by the provisions of this section shall |
be forthwith abandoned. Any person violat- |
ing this section of this code or any part there
of, shall be punished by fine not exceeding |
one hundred dollars and not less than two
dollars for each and every otfense,
Section 49, Hereafter there shall be no sur |
face or open drains leading from any pr1vy, |
cesspooI, or privy vault in this township, and |
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 personsviolating this section OF TINS code
shall be punished by fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars and not less than two dollars
for each and every ofense.
Section IA. Hereafter no person shall Dathe,
swim, or go into the water in the Rancocas
Creek above the dam in the township OF
Northampton under penalty not to exceed
one hundred dollars and not less than two
dollars for each and every offense.
Section To- Hereafter no person snail
throw, place, or allow to be thrown or placed,
in the Rancocas Creek above the dam In Inc
township of Northamp ton, or in the basin on
the Mount any dead animal or animals, offal,
decaying or vegetable substances ofany kind,
or drain or cause or allow to be drained lnJo
said Creek, above said DAM any impure
Any person violating this section OF this code,
or any part thereof, shall be punished by
fine of fifty dollars for each and every o1ense.
Section 16. If any well or spring In this
township. or any water used for drinking
purposes, is found to be polluted or the cause
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 or persons who shall violate this sec
ton shall forfeit and pay penalty not to ex-
coed one hundred dollars and not less than
two dollars.
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; ana IL
shall not be lawful for any person or persons
to disinter any dead body during the months
of June, July, August or September, without
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