The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-05-27
An Ordinance
Creating a Board of Health in
the Town of Kingstree, S c,
and Defining Its Duties, Pre-
negatives. Etc.

dermen of the Town of Kingstree. 5 {
in Council assembled, and by the au
thority of the same:
Sec l. That the Board Of Health O.
the Town of Kingstree shall consist O.
five members. none of whom shall be {
member of the Town Council, one o.
more of whom shall be a reputable ply
sician of not less than two years stand
ing in the practice of his profession
The Mayor shall designate one of the
Board to serve five years, one to serve
four years one to serve three year., one
to serve two years and one to serve fol
one Year, and thereafter one member
shall be appointed each year to serve
for five years.
Sec 2. The authority, duty and pow,
ers heretofore imposed by any Ordl-
nance foS the purpose of preserving
health or preventing disease, upon any
officer or person, are hereby exclusively
conferred upon, and shall hereafter be
exclusively exercised by, the Board oi
Health, the members and officers there,
of; AMI the powers of the said Board
shall be construed to include the pre-
vention of the sale, or offering for sale,
of improper articles; the removal OF
any matter or thing in or upon the pub
lie streets or places which shall be, in
their opinion, detrimental to the public
health. and generally the abating of all
nuisances injurious to the public health.
Sec 8. The Board of Health are au-
thorized to enact all rules and regula-
tions necessary to carry out etfectually
the provisions of this Ordinance.
Sec 4. The Board of Health shall
meet at least once fortnight from the
first day of April to the first day OF
November of each and every year, and
at such other times and places as they
may deem necessary and convenient, for
the purpose of receiving and communl-
eating all possible information relative
to the health of the Town, and to advise
and consult together respecting the
same; and shall have full power to adopt
and carry into effect all such measures,
rules and regulations as they may deem
necessary in the discharge of the trust
hereby imposed in them.
Sec 5. Each and every practicing
physician within the town is hereby re-
quired to give immediate information
of the existence of any contagious or
malignant disease to the Board, or to
any member thereof, and at all con-
venient times to aid and advise the said
Board in the preservation of the health
of the town, and in the prevention or
suppression of contagious or malignant
diseases.
Sec 6. 1t shall be the duty of each
and every member of the board to cause
to be removed from the the streets
within the town all offensive substances
or nuisances tending to endanger the
health of the citizens Of the town; and
the Chief of Police, and his assistants,
and the street committee of the Town
Council are hereby required, without
delay, to obey all orders or precepts
that shall be given them, or either OF
them, by either of the members of said
Board, respecting the removal OF such
substances.
Sec Z. The Board of Health, or any
member thereof, shall have power, and
are hereby invested with full authority,
to enter into and upon any lot, ground,
or possession of any person or persons,
and thoroughly examine the same; and
whenever the said Board or any member
thereof, shall have cause to suspect
that any foul, noxious effluvia originates
or is collected in any house, cellar, OF
in any enclosure whatever, shut up
from public view, they, or any of them,
NAV demand entry therein, and direct
the same to be opened and ventilated,
or the cause of such effiuvia to be re-
moved, as it may be deemed necessary;
and if the owner or occupant Of such
house, lot, cellar or enclosure shall re-
fuse or delay to open the same, or suffer
it to be examined and ventilated, or re-
moved as aforesaid. or shall in any wise
obstruct the said Board, or any member
thereof, or any policeman or any officer,
in the discharge of his or their official
duty, such owner or occupant shall be
fined not exceeding one hundred dollars,
for each and every day he, she or they
so neglect, refuse, or delay, after de-
mand by said Board, or any member
thereof, and shall also defray all ex'
penses incurred in the removal or sup
preston of such nuisances,, under the
direction of said Board, or any member
thereof.
Sec 8. 1t shall be the duty of the
Town Clerk to act as Clerk of the BoarC
of Health, when called upon so to do.
Sec 9. 1t shall be the duty the Chief
of Police, or acting Chief of Police, te
make diligent inquiry as to all nuisances
which may exist in the Town, to re.
ceive all complaints which may be made
to him concerning the same, and to re-
port Immediately to any member OF
members of the Board of Health, and il
shall be the duty of the said Chief Of
Police, or acting Chief of Police, tc
attend the meetings of the Board OF
Health when required, and to obey such
instructions as said Board of Health
NAV give relative to the health of the
Town.
Sec 10. The Chief of Police, acting
Chief of Police, or any policeman speci.
ally designated by the Chief of Police OF
acting Chief of Police, shall have pow.
er, and is hereby authorized and re.
ouired, to demand entrance into any lot,
building, cellar, or enclosure wherein
he may suspect any nuisance to exist,
for the purpose of ascertaining whether
anv such nuisance does exist therein
and if the owner or occupant of any
such lot, building, cellar or enclosure
shall refuse to permit said Chief OF
Police or acting Chief of Police or Po.