The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-07-24

General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina, that the Executive
lCommlttce of the State Board of
Health shall have the power to make.
ladOpt, prOmulgate and enforce rea-
lsonable rules and regulations, from
time to time, requiring and provid-
ing for the thorough sanitation and
disinfection of all passenger cars
sleeping cars. steamboats,. and other
vehicles Of transportation in this
State, and also Of all convict camps,
penitentiaries, jails, hotels, schools
and other places used by or open to
the public; to provide for the care,
segregation and isolation of persons
having or suspected of having, any
communicable contagious or infec-
tlous disease; to regulate the meth
cd Of disposition Of garbage, or sew
age. and any like refuse matter in
or near any incorporated town. city
or unincorporated town or village Of
the State; to provide for the thor
ough Investigation and study of the
causes Of all diseases, epidemics. and
otherwise in this State, and the
means for the prevention of conta-
gious disease. and the publication and
distribution of such information as
may contribute TO the preservation
of the public health and the prevent
ion of disease; to make separate or
ders and rules to meet any emergency
not provided for by general rules and
regulations, for the purpose Of sup
pressing nuisances dangerous to the
public health, and communicable,
contagious and infectious diseases
and other dangers to the public life
That nothing herein contained shall
be construed as in anywise limiting
any duty. power or powers now pos
sessed by or heretofore granted to the
said State Board of Health or it's Exc
cutive Committee by the statutes of
this State. or as affecting, modify
ing or repeating any rule or regula-
tion. heretofore adopted by said
Board.
Section 2. That any person who
snail, after notice, violate. disObey,
refuse, omit or neglect to comply
with any rule Of said Executive Com
mittee of the State Board Of Health.
made by it in pursuance Of this Act,
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof shall be
fined not exceeding the sum Of one
hundred dollars or imprisoned for
thirty days; Provided, This section
shall not apply to any person until
are promulgated.
Hotels, Restaurants, Cafes, Boarding
and Lodging Houses.
Regulation l. Any proprietor of
any hotel or boarding house kept in
this State. and capable of accommo-
dating more than seventy-five board
ers or dodgers, shall keep a cart we'll
covered and so constructed as to be
capable Of carrying off all the slops
the sewerage from their water closets
and privies, without emitting any Of
fensive OdOrs, at the hour hereinaf-
ter designated; provided. this does
not apply TO towns with adequate
sewerage, and proper provisions for
disposal OF garbage.
Regulation =. 1t shall be the duty
OF the proprietor of every such hotel
or boarding house to cause all such
slOps, offals and sewerage from their
respective establishments to be re-
moved in a cart, constructed as afore-
said, and emptied at a point designat-
ed by the local health authorities.
Regulation 3. 1t shall be unlawful
for any person, persons, firms or
corporations to empty. or cause to
be emptied. the slops or offals of their
respective establishments in the
streets.
Regulation 4. No owner, lessee. or
keeper Of any tenement house, lodg-
ing house, boarding house or manu-
factory, shall cause or allow the
same to be overcrOwded, or cause or
allow so great a number of persons
TO dwell or sleep in such house, or
any portion thereof. as thereby to
cause any danger or detriment to life
~ health.
Regulation ). Every person who
shall be the owner. lessee, or keep
er or manager of any tenement house.
boarding house. lodging house. ~