Laws and ordinances relative to the preservation of the public health in the city of New York / compiled and annotated by Geo. W. Morton ; published under the authority and by direction of the Mayor and Commissioners of Health.

  • Morton, Geo. W. (George W.)
Date:
1860
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Credit: Laws and ordinances relative to the preservation of the public health in the city of New York / compiled and annotated by Geo. W. Morton ; published under the authority and by direction of the Mayor and Commissioners of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Soner°m' § 9- The Health Commissioner, under the direction of the Board of Health, shall assist the resident Physician in the discharge of his official duties. (Same ch. § 9.) Bond0 give $ 10• (Sec- 8.) He shall also receive all moneys appro- priated to the use of the Marine Hospital, and shall pay all demands against the Hospital that shall he approved by a majority of the Commissioners of Health; and before he shall enter on the duties of his office, shall execute a bond in the penal sum of twenty thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his trust, and with such sureties as the Mayor or Recorder of the city shall approve. The bond shall be given to to the people of this State, and be filed by the officer taking it, in the office of the clerk of the city and county. (As amended 1840, ch. 19.) IndADeposit § 11, (&ec- 9') He sna^ ren^er to tne Board of Health, a moneys. monthly account of his receipts and disbursements on ac- count of the Marine Hospital, and shall deposit the balance that shall appear to be in his hands in such bank, in the city of New York as the Board shall designate, to the credit of the Commissioners of Health. Moneys, how § 12. (Sec. 10.) The moneys so deposited shall not be drawn out, except on the check of the Health Commission- er, countersigned by the President of the Board of Health.* commission- £ ^3# jn £]ie discharge of their duties, the Mayor and the ere to meet. y ° . Commissioners of Health shall meet daily, at the office of the Board of Health, during such part of the year and at 0 The transfer of the control of the Marine Hospital to the Commissioners of Emigration, by chapter 483 of the laws of 1847, has rendered the provisions of the original sections 8, 9 and 10, of this Title, in many respects inoperative. But they have not been specifically repealed, and it is possible that cases may arise under existing laws where moneys may be received and disbursed as directed in these sections. They are, therefore, inserted entire.