The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-17
Ordinance No. 9
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION
OF HEALTH AND THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE
IN THE CITY OF ELY



SECTION l. 1t shall be unlawful for any person to spit
expecorate, deposit place any sputum, sptte saliva
phegm tobacco juice upon any part OF any sidewalk
crosswalk curb the City of Ely upon the floor of
vehicle heater church. public hall public building in saic
City OF Ely
SECTION 2 1t shall be unlawful for any person tc
throw drop deposit place upon any sidewalk upon
floor of any theate church public hail. within the City
Ely any fruit vegetable matter of whatsoever
description.
SECTION 3 1t shall be unlawful for any person to put
place allow be placed into any of drink
ing into any hyran WELL fount pipe
for the of the within the City of Ely
dirty, poisonous noxious substance any animal
vegetable matter it shall be unlawful within said city for
to knowingly permit to be done act thing
which mpairs mpers the purity whoesomeness of the
water supply OF said city, or any part thereof.
SECTION f. 1t shall be unlawful for any person to
bring store SELL deliver distribute be brought
stored sold, delivered distributed within the limits of the
City Ely ice for domestic household use or pur
poses within said city which formed or produced by
the freezing of unwhoesome impure contaminated
SECTIONS 1t shall be unlawful for any person dump
deposit garbage ofal vegetable animal
matter substance whatsoever place
within the City of Ely except at such place may
been thereby designated by the Health Officer of said city
and in such the ubstances dumped deposited
be disposed OF by burning or otherwise the Health Officer
may have directed
SECTION 1t shall be unlawful for any person to suffer
permit cellar DRAIN cesspoo anything whatsoever
connected with belonging to premises occupied by
such person within the limits the City of Ely to become
offensive to the public health of said
city.
SECTION 1t shall be unlawful for any person to erect
maintain any prvy vault in said city within twenty feet
from any well from which is used for domestic pur
poses all such prvy vaults constructed within the limits
said city must be accordance with the provisions Sec
ton Of this ordinance.
SECTION s. shall be unlawful for any person within
the City of Ely to construct maintain any prvy vault
ceSspOol of sort kind property if
said property premises border alleys the
City of Ely in which alleys there is located pub
lie of the City of Ely;
When connections made with the public of the
City of Ely every easee occupant the premises
connected shall take adequate precaution prevent i'm
SnhSta mantar
tons with said sewers;
When is possible make connections with
the City of Ely because public have been laid
adjacent to the property then and that only the
Of such property construct prvy vaults of um
shall be wholly above ground and shall be made
and screened to keep out flies and be enclosed and pro-
teced that they at all times free from odOrs preudca
to the public health;
And in such said vault shall be properly dsnfected
and cleaned often required by the Health Officer said
City of Ely.
SECTION g. 1t shall be the duty of each person within
the City of Ely keep the property premises or
occupied by him at all times thoroughly clean condition
and free from anything which may constitute nuisance
may be injurious to the public health.
SECTION TO- 1t shall be unlawful for any person to keep
any pigs swine within the limits of said city except upon
written permit obtained from the Health Officer of said city
and only the condition stated in such permit
SECTION H. All persons having stables barns other
buildings In which animals of kind kept within the
City of Ety. shall provide receptacle properly covered and
sufficiently closed that the will be exposed to
public view which shall be placed all manure or refuse
from said stables buildings said receptacle shall be upon
the property OF such keeping said or building
and shall not encroach upon any street. alley public
ground of said city and said receptacle shall at all times be
kept dsmfected and contents removed frequently
prevent any detrimental effect upon the public health
SECTION IL The duly appointed Health Officer of the
City OF Ely shall exercise and have supervision over
the health Of the inhabitants of said city, and said Health
Officer shall have full power to take all and
measures for the promotion of the cleanliness and saubry
OF said city and its inhabitants said Health Officer NAV
make any such regulations restrictions and
ders as may be reasonably for the
venting the introduction and spreading Of
infectious diseases within said City and for the maintenance
OF the public health and sanitary condition said City and
its inhabitants.
SECTION ID. Every hotel, boarding house. tenement
lodging house. private residence within the City of Ely
shall be provided with proper and suitable recepaces
garbage and other refuse matter These receptaces shall
be watertght and shall be cleared Of at such
intervals OF time the Health Officer the City of Ely
shall direct.
SECTION IA. 1t shall be unlawful for any person within
the City OF Ely to permit part of the
any prlvy vault sink cesspOOl property of which
has control to be removed except upon permit duly applied
Tor and issued by the Health Officer said City or under
regulations duly made by said Health Officer It
SECTION l5 1t shall be unlawful for any person within
the City OF empty clean the contents of any
prlvy vault Sink private drain, manner engage
the business OF night without first having
tanned license to do under the penalty hereinafter pro-
vded provided that the owners occupants agents of
premises containing priyy vaults sinks private drains
within said city may be allowed or remove the con-
tents thereof without the aid of any scavenger upon the