The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-02-06
CODE OF ORDINANCES
RELATING TO THE
PUBLIC HEALTH

IL
man health, or whatever renders the
ground, the water, the air or food 4 hazard
or an injury to human health is hereby de-
clared to be a nuisance, and any person or
persons creating or maintaining. or aId,ng
in the creation or maintenance Of any ancS
nuisance, shall be liable to a penalty not to
exceed one hundred dollars and not less
Section 2. The accumulation of any de.
caylng animal or vegetable substance or
substances. or of other offenRiva noftar q.
the form oil rubbish gar bage or ORAL IN cr
upon any lot, road. avenue, street, ailey or
nlghway, or in or upon any public or nriv-
aye a, place. ana allowing the same to remain
In or upon any such lot, street, highway
pubic or private place, until the sa me shai ii
become hazardous to health. or until the
sa,ns SNAIL by reason OF offensive odors, be-
ing or passing In, the Vicinity thereof. is
hereby declared to be nuisance. and any
person or persons who shah cause any such
accumulation, or who shall aid therein.
snail Do liable to penalty not to excead
one hundred dollars and not less than two
Section 8. Whenever the Board of Health
In this township shall know of a person sick
with any contagious or infectious disease in
mouse, building or locality, from which the
interests of the public health reouire his or
her re moyal, it may direct the removal Of
SAID person to suitable place, when said
removal can be made without undue rigk
to the person sick, and may cause the prem.
lses where such person has been sick 10 be
dlslnfected; and every person or persons
"-@O n-ANtA NACAdeC any 4OLlce OF com mNnd
given by the said Board Of Health under
this section, shall forfeit and pay 4 penalty
not to exceed one hundred dollars and not
less than two dollars.
Section 4. Hereafter in evarv 90 GO ~ 49,,
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 persona removinp
this card without permission of the Hoard
OF Beaith. shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding one hundred dollars and not less
than two dollars for each and every offense
Section s. The keeping of any pen or en-
closure Tor goats, swine or other animals. or
OF any slaughter house, tannery or factory
In such manner that offensive odors shall
emanRte therefrom to the detriment OF the
neaitn OF the persons living or passing in
the vicinity thereof, or to Common flfseoro-
fort, is hereby declared to be 4 nuisance
ana any person or persons who shall keen
any such pen, enclosure, slaughter-house,
said, shall be liable to q penalty NOT r. az
two dollars. $50
section 8. The storage Of animal refuse or
decRyable or petrescibie matter in li6uid on
solid form in any vault. cess pool or al mar
receptacle In such manner as to endan ger
s IssslIn, OF IN such manner that the same
snall, Dy reason of offensive odors emanat-
ing tnerefrom, become source of discom
Tort TO persons living or passing in the
vic.lnily tnereoI IS hereby declared to be
nuisance. and any person or persons caus-
ing or alntaining any such nuisance. or
alulng therein, shall be liable TO a penalty
,nss 70 exceed one hundred dollars and not
Section 7. The keeping Of any tenement
nouset OF otner mouse or building, or any
part tnere0i, IN such state of uncleanliness
Of the croWdlng OF persons in any tenement
mouse In such manner as to endanper the
heaith 81 the persons dwelling therein IL
hereby declared to be nuisance, and any
person or persons through whose act or
neglect such state of uncleanliness shall be
cause0 and any person or persons bv W hom
such sue crowding shall be caused, shall be
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bred dollars and not less than two dollars.
Sectlon .. The dumping of garbage or the
overnow OF any foul liquids or gases into
any place where they become injurfous to
health, or the keeping or forming sucfl
sunken places or excavations upon any lot
or land as accumulate foul water or offen-
slVe animal or vegetable matter Is hereby
declared to be nuisance, and any person
or persons who shall cause or maintain euch
nuisance, or who shall aid in causing or
maintaining any such nuisance, shall be
liable to penaltp not to exceed one hun
dred dollars and not less than two dollars,
Section .. Hereafter no person shall clean
out or cause to be cleaned out any privy OF
private vault between the hours Of SIX
O'Clock IN the morning and ten O'Clock a
night, or without written permit from the
sa11 hoaro OF Health, and persons having
prlVles or privy vaults upon their premises
or the premises occupied by them as ten.
ants, shall forthwith cause the same to be
thoroughly cleaned, If so ordered in writing
Dy the said Board of Health; and persons
having privies, privy vaults, cesspools OF
any other nuisance prejudicial to the heaitl,
q the town on their pre- misses, or the prem
Uses occupied by them as tenants, situate In
SUCH place or places as shall be considered
detrimental to the public health by said
6oarq, 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 fine not
70 exceed one hundred dollars and not less
than two dollars for each and every offense.
section 10. All owners of property on any
street In which public sewer is or here
aIIer may pc constructed and laid, shall
connect their houses and other buildings
with such sewer, and any such owner WIN
shall fall to comply with the provisions
the said Board of Health to make the afore-
said connection. shall forfeit and nav a fine
OF TWENTY-FIVE dollars and an additional
nne of ten dollars for each and every dav
after the said thirty days in which the pro
with
Section T. Hereafter no person shall
drain or allow to be drained, or cause to be
drained, Into any of the streets, roads. lanes
or alleys OF this township, from their prem
Uses Or premises occupied by them as ten
ants. any water or liquid of any kind, un-
Tess the sa me be free from any odor or vege-
table or animal substance or matter: and
all existing drains covered by the provis-
Ions OF this section shall be forthwith
abandoned. Any person violating this sec
tlOn OF tnls code, or any part thereof, shall
pc punished by fine not exceeding one
lars for each and every Offense.
Section II. Hereafter there shall be no
surface or open drains leading from any
priyy, cesspool or prfvy vault in this town
ship, and where such drains now exist the
person or persons SO using or owning or
draining Into the same, shall forthwith
cnange the same so as not to violate this
section OF the code. Any person Violating
this section OF this code shall be punished
Dy nned not exceeding one hundred dol |
lars ana not less than two dollars for each
II
Section Is. Hereafter no person shall
throw, place or allow or cause to be thrown
or placed IN the lake or any stream any
dead animal or animals, offal decaying or |
vegetable substance of any kind, or drain |
or cause or allow to be drained into said /
iakes above said DAM any I'M pure LIQUOR or /
animal or vegetable substance Any per-
son violating this section of this code or |
any part thereof. shall be punished bv a 1
me OF nifty dollars for each and every Of |
Section "A. Ifany well or spring In THU
township, or any water used for drinking |
purnoSes, is i9nna to pc polluted or the
may order the same to be closed or moi |
used, or to be used only after thorough boil
ing, ana every person or persons who shall
violate this section shall forfeit and paw a
penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars
and not less than two dollars.
section To- Hereafter no public burial
shall be held in this township of the body Of
2 person dying fsmall pox, scarlet fever or
my other malignant or infectious disease:
Auu IL Shall not De lawful Tor any person or
persons to disinter any dead BODY DURING
'he months OF June, July, August and Sen.
'ember, without first obtaining q permit so
% do from the township Assessor. ANY Der.
ION violating this section of this code shall
Do punished by fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars and not less than two dol
ars
Section Is. All ordinances and codes
heretofore passed and enacted by the said
3oard Of Health are repealed upon the TAX
ng effect OF this code OF ordinances
Passed September 2 1915.
WALTER SLOAN.
JACOB DUNFEE, President
Secretary.
This is to certify that the foregoing ia a
rue copy Of the code OF ordinances relating
o the public health as engrossed in the
looks Of the record of ordinances of the
ownship OF Woodland, In the county of
burlington, and state of New Jersey
witness my hand this second day of Sep-i
ember, A. ID. 1915.
JACOB DUNFEE,
Secretary of Board of Health
SLOAN,
President of Board of Health.
Approved as to form:
ROBERT PEACOCK,
Attorney for Woodland township
Board OF Health.