The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-05-27
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the sum OF not less than TWO dollars
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imprisoned for term of not less thai
three days, and not more than twent
days.
Sec q. Whenever it shall appear t.
the Board of Health of the Town Of
Kingstree that there are lying within
the said Town limits any low lots o.
premises in a condition calculated to in
jure or endanger the public health, il
shall be the duty of said Board to sum
mon the owner or owners of said prem
ises before them, and if, after fully
hearing the matter and any statement
the said owner or owners may make,
apd any testimony he, she or they may
offer in their behalf touching said mat,
ter, the said Board. or majority there
Of, should find that said premises or low
lot is in condition to injure the public
health, the said Board shall issue writ
ten order or notice directed to said own
er or owners, directing and requiring
them within a certain reasonable speci-
fled time to fill up, level or drain said
low lot or premises, as, in the opinion of
the said Board, shall more etfectually
abate said nuisance; and If said owner
or owners shall fail or refuse to comply
with said order within said period, said
owner or owners shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined in sum of not more
than one hundred dollars nor less than
ten dollars, or be imprisoned FOR peri
cd of not more than thirty days; and
upon such failure or refusal TO comply
with such notice, the officers of the
Board of Health of this Town shall
forthwith enter upon said premises, or
low lot, and carry out the said order OF
said Board, and all costs and expenses
incurred in complying with said order as
aforesaid shall be chargeable to said
owner or owners of said low lot or
premises, and shall be recoverable for
the use of the Town of Kingstree as
other debts of like amounts are now re-
covered by law, and the Board of Health
is hereby empowered to call to their
advice and assistance the services OF
the City Engineer in carrying out these
provisions of the foregoing section.
Sec 28. 1t shall be the duty of the
Secretary of the Board to make and
keep a registration of all births, mar
riages and deaths which may occur
within the limits of the Town of Kings
tree, and it shall be the duty of every
physician, Magistrate, clergyman, mid
wife, undertaken and sexton to report
to the Secretary of the Board every
birth, marriage or death that may come
under their professional observation or
treatment; and every such physician,
Magistrate, midwife. clergyman, under
taker or sexton failing to comply with
this rule, within five days from the date
of any such birth or marriage, or twen-
ty-four hours after such death, shall,
upon conviction, be fined in the sum OF
not less than one dollar and not more
than ten dollars, or be imprisoned for a
period of not less than one day nor more
than thirty days, with or without hard
labor.
Sec 20. The keeping of any dwelling
house, boarding house or hotel in which
there has been any contagious or COM
municable disease, without prompt and
thorough fumigation, disinfection and
airing of all such rooms, furniture and
clothing as have been used or worn by
the sick person or persons and their at
tendant or attendants, is hereby prohib-
tied and that such disinfection shall be
under the supervision of the Board OF
Health.
Sec 80. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to keep or maintain
any hog or hogs, pig or pigs within the
corporate limits of the Town of Kings
tree, except as hereinafter provided, and
any person violating this rule, upon con-
viction, shall be fined in sum of not
more than ten dollars, or be imprisoned
for term of not more than thirty days
for each offence; Provided, however,
that this Ordinance shall not apply to
any licensed stock yard; Provided, also,
that reasonable number of such swine
may be kept within the Town limits
during the months of October to and in
cluding the. month of March with the
consent of the Board Of Health; old
Ordinance does not include Black River
swamp.
Sec 81. 1t is hereby made the first
duty of the Street Committee to keep
the streets of this Town clean and to
remove the deposits of trash and gar
bage placed in the streets, and they are
hereby required to give precedence and
priority to this work over all other work
of their department. The officers of the
Board of Health, their assistants and
the entire police force of this Town are
hereby required to report to the Coun-
Gil any failure of the Street Committee
or the employees of their department to
fully observe the requirements of this
section.
Sec 32. The officers of the Board of
Health, their assistants and the entire
police force are required to report to
the Mayor all nuisances and all viola
tions of the health regulations of this
Town that may come under their obser.
walton, and in every such case the Chief
of Police shall summon or cause to be
summoned before the Mayor the party
or parties charged with such violation,
to be dealt with according to law. .
Sec 33. All owners of premises on the
line of the sanitary sewer of the Town
of Kingstree are required to make con-
nections with said sewers for the use of
the occupants of said premises in all
cases where such connections shall be
deemed necessary by the Board of
Health, within such time as the said
Board shall require. All persons violat-
ing the provisions of this section shall,
upon conviction, be fined not less than
twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty