St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-02-24
ORDINANCES.
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COvingt0n, Ia, as follows:
Section /. That any person hav-
ing tuberculosis who shall dispose OF
his sputum, saliva or other bodily
secretion or excretion so as to cause
Offense or danger to any person or
persons occupying the same room or
apartment, house or part Of house
or adjoining house or compartment.
on complaint OF any person or per-
sons subjected to such oftense or
danger shall be deemed guilty Of q
nuisance, and any person subjected
to such a nuisance may make COM
plant in person or writing to the
Health Officer Of the Town of Cow
ingtOn, setting forth the time, place.
and manner, in which such nui-
sances complained of has been COM
mitted, and it shall be the duty Of
said Health Officer to Immediately
investigate said complaint, and II it
appears that the nuisance complain
ed of is such as to cause offense or
danger to any person occupying the
same room, apartment, house or part
of house, he shall serve q notice
on the person SO complained of, re-
citing the alleged cause of offense or
danger, and requiring him to dis
pose of his sputum, saliva or other
bodily secretion or excretion, in such
manner as to remove all such rea-
sonable cause Of ofrense or danger.
Section 2. Any person who after
having been warned in the manner
set forth in section /, shall upon q
second offense be deemed guilty Of
a misdemeanOr, and upon convic-
ton, be fined not more than $500,
or imprisoned more than thirty days,
or both. at the discretion Of the
Court.
Section 3. Any person, aflicted
with tuberculosis of the lungs or
larnyx or any other disease whose
virus or injecting agent is contain
ed in the sputum, or other infectious
secretions. shall not deposit his sput-
UNI, saliva or other infectious secre-
lions in such a public place as to
cause offense or danger Of contract
ing the disease to any other person
or persons. It shall be the duty Of
every person afflicted with tubercu-
losis of the lungs or larnyx or any
other disease whose virus or infect
ing agent is contained in the sputum,
saliva or other infectious secretions
to provide himself with a suptum
flask or receptacle in which to de-
post his sputum, saliva or other in
fictitious secretion while travelling IN
a, ~ Afvne
any public place, and the contents
of said flask or receptacle shall be
burned or otherwise thoroughly dis
infected.
Upon the complaint of any re-
sponsible person the Health Odlcer
shall at once investigate the condi-
ton complained OF, and u found dam
gerous or detrimental to the public,
health, the Health Ofilcer shall re-
port and enforce such orders asomays
be covered by anticipating ordlll8nc-
les at present in force.
This ordinance shall be posted In
a conspicuous place in the rooms Of
all boarding houses or hotels. and
restaurants, theatres, and other pub-
lie places within the corporate limits
Of the town Of Covington. provided
that nothing in this Act shall be con-
strued to anywise abridge the rules.
or regulations provided the estab-S
lishment OF hotels or boarding houses
previously certified against tubercu-
lar occupants.
Tina this ordinance shall take Of
feet ffym and after it's promulga-
ton.
Adopted Feb. Is, 1917.
p. J. LACROIX,
Mayor.
L. A. PERREAND,
Secretary
RUB-MY-T1SM - Antiseptic, Re-
lieves rheumatism, Sprains, Neu-
ralgia, etc.
We are now compiling new list Of
farms and farm lands for sale. This
list goes into. t. Q hands Of buyers in
the North and West answering our
ads run in the most prosperous Sec
tons in the Middle West. Get your
property ON this list II you want to
sell. Property listed with no does
not lie dormant waiting for some one
to come around by chan-e asking
Tor It.; as Is most usual with country
real estate dealers. We 20 after
the buyer. II you have anything to
sell or anything in our line you want
to buy, try US. Often times your
next door neighbor either wants to
buy what you have or went to sell
what you want, but you do not know
it. 1t is our business to lind ont
We do not publish the name Of ow9-
ers Of property listed with no.
N. NIELSEN,
nov25-tf Covington. La.