The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-03-28

ING FOR A TOWN HEALTH OFF,
GER FOR THE TOWN OF PUNTA
GoRDA, FLORIDA, AND PREscRis-
ING THEIR DUTIES, AND PRE-.
ScRi5iNG A PENALTY FOR THE
VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCE.
Be it ordained by the town council Of
the town of Punta Gorda, Florida, in
session assembled.
! Section l. That there is hereby created
and established a board to be known and
designated as the Town Board of Health
of the town of Punta Gorda, Florida,
which said board shall be composed of the
mayor of said town, who shall be the
president of said town Board of Health,
land the Sanitary Committee of said town,
and town health officer No salary or
other compensation shall be paid to any
member of said town Board of Health as
such, provided that the town health officer
shall not be hereby precluded from draw
ing salary as hereinafter provided as
town health officer.
The members of said town Board of
, Health, before entering upon their duties
shall qualify as do members of the town
council of said town by taking an oath to
| faithfully perform their duties as pre-
| scrihed by law and the ordinances Of said
town, and all members of said Board
when qualified shall hold office until their
| respective successors are appointed and
qualified, and three members of said
Board shall constitute quorum at any
meeting for the transaction Of business.
Section 2. Said Board shall hold regu-
| lar meetings once each month on day
| to be designated. and special meetings
may be called by the president OF the
board at his discretion, or upon the re-
quest of the majority OF the members OF
the Board, and it shall have power at said
meetings to make and prescribe such
reasonable rules and regulations as IL
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the preservation, and maintenance OF the
public health Of the town of Punta Gorda,
not inconsistent with the ordinances OF
said town, and the Constitution and Laws
of the State of Florida, provided that no
debts or obligations against the town OF
Punta Gorda, Florida, shall be incurred
by said Board unless the same be ex'
pressly authorized, or ratified by resolu-
ton or ordinance duly passed by the town
council of said town. All ORDERS OF the
town Board of Health OF said town shall
be executed and enforced by the town
health officer of said town IN person. OF
by the marshal of said town.
Section g. The town health officer OF
the town of Punta Gorda shall be appoint |
ed by the mayor of said town, such APP
pointment to be made within 10 days |
from the date of the passage of this ordi-
nance, who shall hold his office for the
period of one year, and until his sue
cessor is duly appointed. and qualified,
and his appointment shall be ratified and
approved by the town council of said
town, and before entering upon the du-
ties he shall subscribe to an oath that he
will well and faithfully perform all the
duties encumbent upon him as such town
health officer.
The town health officer shall be a ply
stefan and shall possess such other quail
fications as are required of one engaged
In public health work.
He shall be secretary of the town Board
of Health and as such shall keep or
cause to be kept a full record of all the
acts. orders resolutions, rules, reguia-
tons and proceedings of said Board, and
his salary shall be fixed by the town coun-
Gil of said town.
Section Said town Board of Health
or any member thereof. the town marshal
or any police officer of said town, or the
town health officer shall have power and
authority to enter into and inspect at any
time any and all hotels, cafes, restau-
rants. inns, taverns, boarding houses and
other public eating houses or places in
said town, and all markets. groceries,
slaughter houses, butcher shops and other
places where articles in tended for hu
man food are sold or exposed for sale,
and they shall also have power and au- ,
thority to enter into and inspect at any
time any and all cellars, septic tanks,
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and all buildings, lofts, and places with
in the town of Punta Gorda whether pub :
lie or private, such inspection to be for
the purpose of ascertaining the condition
thereof, so far as the public health may ,
be affected thereby, and if deemed a pub ,,
lie nuisance by the town health officer to
cause the same to be abated and also to ,
remove all nuisances in any such build
ngs on any such premises. ,
Section S. 1t shall be the duty of the
town health officer of the town of Punta ,
Gorda to make regular inspection of the
of the streets, avenues and pub 4,
lie properties, and public utilities of the
town of Punta Gorda, and to report the +,
of same to the Town Board of
Health and to make regular inspection ,
and report conditions of all bakeries. mar :
kets, diaries. groceries, fruit stands. no. :
tells cafes, restaurants and boarding I
houses, and other public eating houses, r
and stores, soda founts, and cold drink
stands. and any and all places where ar
ticles intended for human food are ex- r
posed for sale in said town, and to make
regular inspection and report the condi- ,
ton of all privies, toilets and septic ~
tanks, within said town, and to enforce =,
the rules and regulations governing the #
care, disinfection cleansing q
and use of the same, and to make reg :.
llar inspection and report conditions of II
my and all stables, whether public or
private, cow lots and the disposal of all u
manure and dead bodies of domestic ami n
mails within the town, and to enforce the "
-ules and regulations governing same,
md to make regular inspection and re-
port conditions of all houses, out houses
md the grounds and premises whether -
public or private within said town, and to
enforce the rules and regulations govern x
ng same The town Board of Health and x
he town health officer shall enforce any X
md all laws and ordinances of the town y
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equations of the town Board of Health =.
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