1907 Ordinances
NO. 392.
Bo'ard of Health O~:'dinal1ce.
Sec. 1. That a Board of Health for .the City of Grand
Island; Nebraska, be and the same is hereby created a.nd 'as--
tablj.shed.
MEMBERS OF BOARD.
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Said Board shall consist of the Mayor, three
memb ers of the Council and three reputable physicians of' the
City.
The Mayor shall appoint the three members of
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Counoi1 and the three physioianstoserve on said I3.a.rd and
they sha.ll hold office during the term for vrhioh the Mayor
is elected and until their successors are appointed. The
Mayor lniyfor oauge remoVe any member of sa. j.d Board.
The M~yor smll be chairman of said Board and it is
herobymade the duty of the City Clerk to act as the Clerk
thereof.
No member of the Board aha L~ reoeive any oompetu3Qtion
for his servioes on said Board, nor shall the City Clerk,
C1tyPhysician or Chief of POlice receive any oompensation
for performing the duties imposed on them by th,e ordinanoe,
beyond the salaries allowed them by virtue
ive offices.
JURISDICTION.
,Seo.3.
The jur:Lsdiction of said Board tor the pur-
poses mentioned in thisordina-nce shall extendtoandinclud.e
all places within five miles of the limits of this City.
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Said Board snaIl meet at theCQuncl1 Chamber
at g o'clOCk P. M. on the first TuesdaY. in each month and.
on such other times as the Mayor or any three members efthe
Bea.rd mayca,ll them together.
SUPERVISOR.
Seo. 5.
Said Board. Q.ff.{~lth, shall nave and
a general 8upervlsionoverthesanitaryUonditrto\ttsof
City and 11"1 thii1:~he five mile lim! therein
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power to take -effective measU:J;'es to }?l"event
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'introduction into the city, or !Spread of an.y disease conta,'-
glous or dangerous to the public health and for tl1a t pu:r-
pose shall have the power to stop, detain a.ndexamineany
person 'coming -from a.ny place .infected or believed to be in-
focted with any disease contagious or dangorous to the pUb-
Ij.c health, and shall' frQm time to time ~stablishsuch
rules and rogulations not inconfJ1stantwith the rules a.nd
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regula. ~1ons of the state Board of Hea'lth, as may be deemed
a dvJsable to protect the publiC health.
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CITY PHYSICIAN.
The City Physlc,ian shall have the right and.
authoI'ity, and it is hereby made hj.s duty as soon ashe re-
c Ed.ve.s ihfol"Ina tion from any sourcet.l1a t a person is afflicb-
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.t ed with or susjected of being afflicted vlith any..disease
contagj.Ojusor dangerous to the pUblj.c health, to call upon
the person or hifJ household and investigate the trutho:f'
the report and if 11e is convinced in his own mind, the Per-
son has a disease ,contagio'l1.s to the :publi.ohealth, then he
sha.ll at once notifytl1eChiefof Polj.o'e of said cJty of
such fact in writing givhlgthename or nlunes of the part-
i es, the name of the parents and other members of the fam-
ily as well as other persons v.rho may be boarding or rooming
the placd',there8idenc~ and disease wj.th which the par-
ty is afflicted; and sh~ll wltho1::tt delay post or cause to
be posted-on the building in a 'conspicuous ,place, a placard
of proper color to indicate to the public the nature of the
dlseasewith which the occupant or occupants are afflicted,
whioh oard shall remain on the buildj,ng until qua~antin~ is'
released, .'and in addition thereto saj.d placard shall have
prin,ted..thereoTI'in large type the following warning: ":No
one excE11l!t the oity's ora~tending phy~j.cian shall enter.
leave t}tte IJremises exceptthe~r have a. permit
from the Board of' Health,ll an'd a cel..tit'ic~te sj.gnedby
city's. or'attendingp11.ysicif~n, tl1at the pariy leaving the
premises has been properly fumigated as
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the c'ity
c1t"Y, g1.V"l11g'the names of. perspl1s havj.11g d1seasescontagl-
01,lS or clangerous, tj.me he aa lIed. to lItake inspection, 11.ctme
and residence of the party, da te,' of' qu.aran~j.11e, elate when
quarantine is released, when al).d how he notified the Ohj.of'
of Polipe.of tho' qUB.rantine a!ld of its release ancl he shal.1..
not be required to treat trIo patient by roason of being
OJ. ty Phy;Sician, unless the patient i~ a pauper and he shall
in no manner interferre with tl1o.:patient!s attending or
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family .phY\aicj.anunless. such attending phy'sician is vioJ.at-
ingsome of the prov.islons of thj.s ordinance and in such
cas.es he shall report to the Boa~d of Health and in case a
dispute arises between' :tho OityPhysician a:nd attGH'lding
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physioian the OJ.tv PhysiCian' sinstructions shall
unless overl'1l1ed by the Board of Health..
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CHIEF, OF POLICE.
It' sha.lI be the duty of' the.. CJ;1ief
~ 13 soon as he j.s j.nformed by the Oi ty Physician or the
Board 'of Uealth, as in the ordinanc~ provided, tha~ any
person is sUfferj.Jlg, from a diseas:e contagj.ous or~ngerous,
to the IJUblic healthor~s b,een exposed, ,to notj.fy ,in,
wri ting tho City L1braria,n and the Supertntenclent of the
:publiC schools gtving the name of the pEl.rty f occu~Ja:rts' off
t 110 ,110U80110 ld, the number or description of the re8id~nce
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and the ooture 'of the dj.sea se and he shall RsaCon as .he
i 13 110tified by the 0 i ty Physician that the quarantine hfq3
been roJ.eaaod, nottfy the City, Lj.brarj.an in wrj.ting anq. t119
Superintendento:f the Ilublic 8chools of' ,suo11 fact and it
sha 11 be" the duty to Borve such notj.ce on such other :POI.....
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Bon or 13e1"oo+1s as the,Board oT Hectlthmayfrom
time ditoct and he 13mll keep a record of his
premises.,
LIBRARIAN.
Sec. S.
The City Librariansrallkoep a ~eoord in
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wrtttng of the infol~matio~ reoeived from the CJ11,of o,f Pol:'"
iOe a'~lJr~vided, lnSootlon
shall 'Llpol"l tllereceipt' of
1fthe affJ..:i.ot od
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has a:ny books or pamphleta froi1l. the Oity Library, if so
he shalla t once 'notify suCh person in writ ing th:rough the
mail to retain the book or 'pamphlet 1-mtil otherwise noti-.
fied. and when said Librarian has been notified as in this
ordina.nce l')rovidod the 'quarantine 'has been released and
premisesfumiga ted, she shall then notify the l)OrsOn or
hOL.tseholdhavirtg such book or P<'.l.mphlet, in writing, to re-
turn the same,as S0011 as returned the book and the card
shall be destroyed by burntng and she sl'killkeep a record
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of the numbeJ:' of such bbok, the title and vulue,and the
expense of the sarno sha.ll be born by tho' Lj:brary.
A faJ.luro to comply wj. th tho prOVisions heroj.n shall
be sufficient gro1U1cls fro!' dfsmissal in additj.on to the pen-
alty in this ordinanceJprovided.
SCHOOLS AND SOHOOL OFFIOEHS.
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All sOhool o.fficers and teachers shall 00-
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opel"ate, in every possible Way with the Boa:rd of Health by
causing their knowledge of any case of contagj:ous disease
-to be forthwith repo,rted to such Board or -the Oi ty Physi-
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C ian and 'by rofusj.ng admj.ssion to school of any pupil f'rom
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a household rJaviilgany contagtous dlsease,' without a permit'
in \'11:' i t :Lng from said Boarcl or the Oity PhY8ician, and they
shall report t'o Set i 1 Board or the City Physician at onoe
any case of a suspicious ni~ture that Il1C1Y be attending sohool
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and shall at onoe 'destroy by burning any book Whioh may be
brought .to tho, 801'100,1 whore it is known any cOl1tagious. or
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dangerous 'di~easehas been j.ntho family of the pupil and'
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when the 'teacher knm~s the home of' any pupj.l has boen quar-
antined, or 1::1 contugj.ousdisGase ,exists, in the family, they
sha1-l at onceroport such f'act to the superintondentof' 'c-he
school and state whej'uher or not, the' pupj.l or any ni.ember of'
trle household has any book belonging, to the pUblio school;
if they fk':tve tho superintendont' sba~lat once notify the
party. j.l1 w:ri ting; by mailing a card or letter in the post
office, ,to 're~ain said book urftj.l the quarzmtine is
a nO. promisesd;istnfect'ed and the book
wlthout de'lay be returned to the superintendent
a. t once destroy the same by j)Ul~111ng, a.nd the expense of all
books thllS destroyed shall be born by the school district...
. SALE OF MILK.
Soc. 10.
When small pox, scarlet fever, typhoid fe-
vel', or cerebra spinal meningitis or other contagious dis-
ei':.!. se ex:i.ats upon the p:coE1ises '.of any doaler or seller of
n~tlk, such dealer or householder shall. at once notify the
Boal'd of Jlealthof nuch' disease' and sha.ll discontinue his
distribution' of milk in any way until a lJOrmit isg,l"antea.
by said boa.rd.
No owner, employee or other person shall
have, care of the cows, or the milk, milk VGSse'.Ls:or the
d.eliveryof milk, .whobllS at the same time an;{.communj.oa-
with the infected person or persons. .
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Any 'person, agent or employee violating any of the
provisions of th:i.s section shall be fined. in a sum not less'
than $10'.00' nor more trlan $100.00, and shall sta.nd commit t-
ed to the Clty Jail until fine and costs aro }lEd.d.
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Sec.ll.
PUBLIC MEETINGS, ETC.
While any case of small pox', scarlet fever,
dilJhtheria, measles or other disease contagious or da.nger-
otw to the public health e:x;Jtsts i.n a household in. this city
or undorthe jurisdiction of' this board, school distrj.ct or
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nej.ghborhood and until the rocovery and dj~slnfectio1i of, ,
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suchpremj.ses, ,and until two weeks thereafter, no per'so'n,
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from such househo~dBhall a ttendany publtc meeting nor
shall any superintendEmtt officer or
to attend school for such time nor af'te:6~J:'ds without a
penuit in writi.ng from the Board of Health, signed bysucn
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',. ,officer or officers of said BoaI'd. of' Health assaj.d, board
may from time to time lIuthorize to sign the same.
Teachers boarding or rooming at such households
contagious dj.seaseis found to exist
infect personandolothihgand change their plaeeofboarct...,.
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ing and lOdging until reco\H3J:'Y from, the disease and
fection ofpremj.ses ahd :release of quarantine.
WHAT TO DO WHEN iSU:SPECTED OF HAVING CoNTAGIOlJSDISJ1;ASE.
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an illness to be cholera, bubonic plague, yellow.fever,
small pox (or varioloid), scarlet fever, (scarletina fave;r,
scal'lot rash), diphtheria,(membr:dnous croup), or any other
. . disease .cont?-gioysor dangero':!s 'co .the })Ublic. health, he
shall j.nunediately i801a tethe })a tientas muchae possible;
and upon diagnosis becomj.ng established as anyone of .the
a bove named diseases they shall at once report such fact
to the Board of Health.or City Physician.
Any physj.oian
orhous-eholder 'who shall faj.l,. neglect or'refuse tooomply
IN i tl~ thia sec.tion shall upon oOl1viotionthcreof be fined in
a.ny sum not exceecUng $25.00andoosts of' sult~
HOSPITAL. .
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The Board of Health may establish for the
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s egrega tion and care of contagious dj~sea8es, a. hospital,
a nd caus~ any person to be confj.ned therein 'whon in t.heir
opinj.on ,t.he safety of the pUbl,ic demands i'~.
ASSEMBLIES,WHEN PROHIBITED.
Sec. 14-.
When several familiesir! one neighborhood
have a c.ont?gious dis,ease or many exposures are known to
have occurIDed theyslJall prohibit all a ssembliea, such .as
lodges;, clubs, churohes anq. schools, both. publtc andpri-
vate.
, CHICKENPOX AND WHOOPING COUGH.
Sec. 15.
Whon a case of chickenpox or whooping; cough
occUr's ln the juril2Jdiction of sald BoaI'd, the Boartllnay re-
QUj.J:'0 a roport from tho physioian or l1ousel1oldeI' ~nd may
placard such promises and detain suoh person from attel1d-
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ance at school.
Sec.., 16.
They shall investigate all or any Ct1usesof'
01" conii tiona that nay produce diseases and take such steps
a s may bo deemed adv iaa ble to res'to:ro the same. toa
condition.
DEATH-FUNERALS..
Sec.. 17.
In case .of death from snall
scarlet favor or any other disease dangerous to. the
health, there. :311,a.l1 not be
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sa. tura tad.; Wl th reliable dls1nfoctants and. placed j.l1 a
tight casket and box and not carried tdlor near an assembly
, of' lJoople~ but-buried or cromated j.nnnediately unless other-
wiso dil"oCtod. by tho Sta te Board of HOctlth.
TIME OF QUARANTINE..
Sec. IS'.
Quarantj.ne shall be maintained in eaoh and
'overy case of dj.sease oontagious or clangorous to the public
'hea Ith, for the following periods, na.molv:
Small pox not less than 2t1 da.ys and until desquama tion
Ls complete" fr'ompalms and soles.
S car.1et fever, not le,as than 2$ days and until des-
Q.uamation'is complete.
Diphther'ia, until 14- days after local symptoms have
disappearE)d from the throa t lor bettorunt,ll two negative
t E;st s have been taken for the Klobs Loeff~r bacillus. )
EXPOSURES.
Sec. 19.
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'When any person 1l,a.fJ suffeTed exposure to
small pox) 110' sha.ll bo held in quarantine for 17 days
the:coa.fter, provided however, tha. t when vacc.ina .ted immed- ,
lately after exposure and subjeot to daily invest,1gation
by the Oi ty Phystoian, he ma..y not be quarantined unless
taken- ill~
When exposed to 8caX'la tj.na quarantine to bo for 14-,
days thoreafter.
When exposed to diphtheria for 14- days.
For all otheroontagiou8 or dcl.ngerous disGH.ses f'or
such periOds as the Board of Health shall direct.
RELEASE OF QUARANTINE..
Soc. 20. .No quarantine 13118.11 be roleased except by
order of tho Board of Hoalth and upon the 'City Physioian's .
c ortif'ica to and upon a propor disinfoctiona,s prqvidod in
thj.s o.rdinanco.
PENALTY.
S eo. 21.
Whoever shallinteI'f'erowj.th orb:reak. an
o sta bltshed Q.b1.arantine by removing or injuring fl.' plaoard,
by entering or 1&1V1ng such quarantined! premj.ses, or by
removing a.ny art:icle of clothing or any' other article lia. blO
to be infe~ted without
and~o:\QPf!3::C disinfection, or in any other . ,(ray endangell:S
hea lth,sb.al1 bo deorned ~uilty of a misdomGi:1)10r andUl)on
the:eoof 'shall be fined in any' Guin not lens than $15.00
more tl1an $100.00 .and stano. committed to the city jail until fj.ne'
oost,s are l)Uid.
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FUMIGATION OF PUBLIC BUfIIJDINGS.
The Board of Health shall at any tj.me 1t. doems advis-
sChool, churop. or publlc buildingfwniga ted and the
be done u.l1d'GJ.? the sUl)ervision of the C lty Physician.
DISINFECTION".
23. Disin:fect10I1nl"lall be done U.n,del" the supervision of
City.Physlc1an ,and in all cages where the pa.rties are 1mable to
the necessary 111a ter1al for such 'purpose t1te expense tabe
t.he oj.ty ,and, shall be as .follovrs: '
severe cases destroy by flre,any bedding that h'-ls been in
bo boilod; ~.n small pox the
In the slch room layout looEle-
tha t which l;a s been 'in the sick
lines from which to suspend linen ;ano. clothing,
this)' open clos.at doors, bureaus, etc .', cJ.oso all cracks
and windows orel.sewhere VIi th pa. f3 ted ];1:1 per strips. A
stove hole close simila.rly, 9r,if a. fj.re is
stove closely.
With the room thus sea led, evaporate ton ( 10) fluid 01U1ces of'
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lfOPEtJ'? oent fornJS.ldehyde solutlon to each 1,000 cubi,o feet ofl3wce .
room.
The :f'ol"lIl8.ldehyde 111l:.l.Y be sprayed Ul)on sheets, using a
The room to bo heated to gO dogroesFahrenhelt..
molst from steam, the l'lOo.m 18 to, remain closed
The other rooms shOUld l~tve the same
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One half of the housemay be
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'!?p*qJex'll,y the :b.aj.r, 4tnd .thenput on frosh clothIng.
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Appointment of Employees.
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The Mayor is ,hereby a-uthor1zed to appoint
from time t<J t1me,stLbtleot to the approval of t-he OGuno11,
suoh employees as shall be deem~dneoessary and preper to
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operate' the wateI' and light Plant ~f said oity,inoluding <
engineers, firemen. linemen, assistant wateJ:'oomrniss:Loner
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and any "theI' neoessary employees.
Suoh employes shall
.be subjeot to removal brtlle Ma,yorwheneverht;t shall deem
the same proper and he may d1soontlnua the servioes Of any
..of said employees at any t1meheniy deem their servioes
unneoessaWy.
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The Coun~il shall have authority by vote to
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fix the oOimpensationtobe :r:eld saldemployees ahd may
ohange sa.1d oompensation from time to time either by an-
oreasing or reduoing sa.me so as to make the wages paid
reasonable arid proper:
Seo.p".No appointments heretofore made shall be
d.eemed invalid by the passage of' t.his Ordina:h()e but said
employees shall be deemed hereaf'tertobe hOlding their
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dinanoe.
ApproVed March 6, 1907.
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to beal)proVed by the ctty Engineer.
Ano. any person vio1-
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Requiring ,Greaf.'.i'e Traps.
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-Tha t Section No. 13 of ardine.nee No. 153 of
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the eomplled orcUnances of ~hG City of Grar].d Island, bt':l and
the sa.me is hereby amended to road as follows:
Any and all flow from Iti tchen sj.nks or any greasy flow
whatever must tJe pa. ssed through a . grGc~se tTapof form and
. c:onstruo'tion approved by tho City- En~ineer before allowed
toonter any sewer.
And it is hereby 111Ei.de the duty of the oVlner of any
bu1lding used for a hotel, restaurant, eating house or for
any other. pu:rpose causj.ng a flev! of greasy water in; to the
~ ewor tG provj.de suoh grease traps of form and construction
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ating the pr<;>visions of this o:rcUnance sha'll be fined in-
any sum not more than ten dollarB ($10.00) and costs, and
each day of faj.lure to provido for such grease trap
constitute.a separate offense.
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Tha t sa id section No.. 13 of Ordj.nance NO.153
of the eOIllliiled ordinances of the City of GJ:'culd Island,
hereby ropealed.
Approved July 17t 1907.
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Nuisanoes.
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Seo.1: Every person who ~shal1 w.Uh,in the
111l11ts of the
nu1sa:noej,'st:r.ohnegleot sna}.l 'Q6., deetneda second
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and every like neglect for each succeeding five da'S,1:s th~:t'fh~
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aft e:r eha.ll be considered an aC!-ditional offense agai,nst the
provisions of this section.
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It shall be the duty of the policemen and
overseer of the streets to use all dj.ligenceto discover
all nuisances mentioned in section 1. of this ordina.nce, and
:f'il~ complaint, before ,ttle pOlice judge against any person
causing 03:' committing any nuisance in vioi!ttionof
visions of' said section; provided that anyperaon
than the several officers aforesaid, may fila suoh
plaint; _nd any of' said offioers, exoeptthe p01ioa jud.ge'"
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w1:ftlfully~ n:eglecting to perform h1sduty as preso;,1bed. PSI'
th1ssect;:J,onj shall o'e . deemed guilty of negleotofthelr
offioial ,duty', and on 9ompUd.ntmade against h1J;l1' therefor,
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may be re~oved from offioe bf the MayororCouno.il.
. Sec.; ,3-' When any nuisanoe mentioned
subdivls11~nef Section No.. 1 of this ordinance shall
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found exi~tingwltttt!n theoorporate11mits,of the City
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Gr&nd IsUtnd, b'Y'ia~YJ)ollcema.n or oveJ.'lseerofstre~ts,
the;merson oaus1ngo:t' conunitting8uoh nuisanoe callnpt'
found;o:rW:~v:tngbe$n conv1otld asprov1.ded 'inSeotion 1
of thlso~?-inance, of conunitting or. causing to be oOllUnitt...,
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ed. suohni'tieance, or being notif.iedc by an.y ofr.1ia.ido:Bfi06roS
to prevent or remove the aame, shall therea.ftertail
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negleot to prevent suoh nuisanoe, it
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inca se ot' his absenoe
Tem of the- counO'ilthereof, who sha:11~{.Qn'ce d:l1J60t
offioers,' ria t th~ ~:.8e 9f the'~rtv',.~<par~1.~a'; tJ!) .
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au;(,):~nuiSllnoe, i 1:f'~USoePtible;"~. bur~1a'1 and ~6ah,saary.!~0'
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be bur1ecf, and if not, to rernoV.e tbe 'samet.o 89me ];)1&06
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where it VW'111) not be Of:f'ettslve '~:r'..<1ele~e7!10usto
health,
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isions can be proo~od by license from. ,the owner, aprope~
plaoe shal], be provided 'for 'that 'purpose by the Maypr and
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counoil, and any other nu1sanoemen:t1oned in other $Ubdi~
vision of' said s~otion n'aY",lUlder like o1roumstanoes an)d in
the aame.ma.uI;1er asu herein provided. when found in any alley
or street or PUblic groundS, be J;'emoved by-said pOlioeman
or street oVerseer; provided t~t lloth1ngcontained 1n
th1$seot1on shall baso oonstrueda.sto soeiKemp'b any per-
. ,
&On oornm:lftt :Lng any nuisanoe from :a.nypenalty 1rtourredat .'
tlletlme;o:f' the removal. Of such nuisance,; by rea. son
off1oerJ:':~moving the same asherej.n.d1reoted.
App~oved.August 9, 1907.,
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