Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask.

Date:
[1913]
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Credit: Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tokkington, conn, nuisances. Sec. 2. All persons who shall convey or cause to he conveyed through any street or portion”of any street in this borough any offal, hones, erease, fat, or any putrid or offensive material shall use a conveyance acceptable to the board of health, and from the 1st of April to the 1st of Decern! er in each year such materials shall be carted in tight barrels with covers which shall be closed at all times except when open for the purpose of placing such material within the barrel or removing the same. During the months of May, June, July, August, and September said barrels shall be washed daily with hot water. Sec. 3. The owner of every animal that shall die or 1 e found dead in said borough, except where such animal has been killed for food and is fit for food, shall cause such animal to.be immediately buried, at least 3 feet under ground, or carried beyond the borough limits, and shall forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $50 for every neglect or refusal so to do. ******* Sec. 5. No cattle or swine shall be kept within the limits of the borough without the licenses from the board of health, which board shall have power to grant licenses to suitable persons to keep cattle or swine in suitable places, provided that no licenses shall be granted to keep swine within 150 feet of the residence of any person other than the one to whom such license is granted. Sec. 6. No person shall place, leave, or suffer to remain upon any premises in said borough any manure or fertilizing or refuse matter in such manner or condition as to be offensive to those residing in the neighborhood or passing in the street by odors arising therefrom. Sec. 7. The board of health, when satisfied upon due examination that a cellar, room, tenement, or building in this borough occupied as a dwelling place has become by reason of the number of occupants, want of cleanliness, or other cause, unfit for such pur- pose and a cause of nuisance or sickness to the occupants or to the public, shall issue a notice in writing to the owner, or his agent, and occupants, requiring the premises to be put.in proper condition, or if said hoard see fit, requiring the occupants to quit possession within such time as said board may deem reasonable. Sec. 8. Every person who shall violate any provision of any ordinance of said bor- ough now or hereafter in force for which no specific penalty is or shall be otherwise provided, shall forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding $100 for every such violation, according to the nature and aggravation of the offense. [Ordinance effective July 1, 1911.] UNION (TOWNSHIP), N. J. NUISANUFS. i5>ec. 3. That the following offenses are, and are hereby, declared nuisances: (а) Allowing or permitting any night soil, garbage, or any offensive or decom- posing solid or fluid matter or substance to leak or ooze or escape from any cart or wagon or vessel in which the same may be conveyed or carried. (б) The carrying or conveying through any street any substance which has been removed from any privy vault or cesspool, unless the same shall be inclosed in air-tight receptacles. (c) Pumping out of cesspools and allowing the contents thereof to flow over the premises for fertilizing or other purposes. (d) Spitting upon the floors of public buildings and of public convevances. (e) The carrying on by any person or persons or corporation of any trade, manufacture, or business within the township which may be obnoxious or offensive to the inhabitants of said township or any part thereof, and which may be attended by noisome and offensive odors, without having first obtained a peimit from this board; such permit to be granted only on such terms and conditions as shall be from time to time prescribed by said board, to which terms and conditions the applicant or applicants for such permit shall subscribe before receiving said permit, and such permit shall not be transferable in case o sale or transfer of the business, in which case a new application must be m^e/n^tlie nam* of the parties. wll° Propose to conduct the business; and the said tiade, manufacture, or business may be at any time summarily abated in case of fai ure oi neglect to comply with the terms and conditions of the permit and any such trade, manufacture, or business which may be established within the township without having first obtained the permit hereinbefore provided for shall be summarily abated.