The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-06-18
SECTION III.
Prevention of Nuisance.

prevention or nuisance.
Rule IL. No privy vault, cesspool,
or reservoir into which a privy, wat
er closet, stable or sink is drained,
shall be established or permitted
withip such distance of any well.
spring, or other source of water used
for drinking or culinary purposes as
to oontaminate such source of wat
er supply. Said privy vaults, cess
pools, or reservoirs shall be cleaned
out at least once year; and from
the first day of May to the first day
OF November following, shall be
thoroughly disinfected at least once
| in every month by adding one or
two pounds of copperas dissolved in
| pailful of water. Also, no proper
ty owner shall suffer or permit water
| to be drawn from any well or other
source of water supply on premises
owned by him. which is not per.
fectly clean and wholesome. He
shall cause such contaminated
source of water to be cleaned at once
Rule 10. No person or persons
shall suffer or permit any stagnant
or filthy water, dead animals, put
rid meats, decayed fruits or vege-
tables, or any foul or offensive drain,
sink, privy, cesspool, Stops, garbage,
| manure or any other offensive thing
that may be detrimental to the
health of any person, to remain on
their premises; nor shall they depos-
1t the same in any street, alley, open
lot, nor in any of the streams with
in the limit of the township. All
such offensive articles shall be bu.-
led at least 100 feet distant from any
we'll, spring, or other source of wat
err used for drinking or culinary
purposes.
Rule IA. No hogs shall be kept
within 100 feet of any dwelling or
source Of drinking water, and then
only in pens with floors, kept en-
tirely free from standing water,
and regularly cleaned and disinfect-
| ed at least twice a week.
Rule Is. All garbage, swill or
house offal shall be kept in proper
ly covered receptacles, and shall be
| removed at least twice a week, be-
| tween the first day of May and the
| first day of November succeeding,
and once a week at all other sea-
sons.
Rule 16. No animal affected with
an infectious or contagious disease,
| as CHAMBERS, ETC., shall be brought
| or kept within the limits of the jur-
| isdiction of this board, except by
permission of the board or its health
officer. Likewise no diseased ami
| NAL or it's flesh, and no decayed,
diseased or unfit meat, fish, vege-
tables, fruit. or adulterated milk or
other articles shall be sold or offer
ed for sale as food.
Rule II. When any dumb animal
or fowl shall die within the limits of
| this jurisdiction the same shall be
removed by the owner or occupant
of the premises within twenty-foUr
hours, and buried at a. reasonable
| depth below the surface of tn 2
ground, so as to leave no stencil; ;
| and If said owner or occupant shall
| fail to perform the above duty with
| in twenty-four hours after notifica-
| ton by this board or its health Off
| Ger, he shall be liable to the penalty
| hereinafter provided.
Rule IS. Whenever in the judy
| ment of the board of health 1t shall
| be deemed necessary for the public
health, the said board will at once
take possession of any building,
dwelling, house, shed. clubhouse,
premises or ground upon which, in
| their judgment, there exists any nui-
| sance prejudicial to the public health