FREELAND TRIBUNE. IcUbiisfcei 1888. PUBLISHED EVKKY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. BY TIB TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited. Ornii : MA IB STREET Attovs CENTRE. LN DISTANCE TELEPHONE. SVBSORIPTION RATES. FKIELAND.—Tbc TRIBUNE is delivered by sarriera t subscribers iu Freeland ut the rate ef 12,'< eut a mouth, payable every two months, r sl.o# a year, payable In advance. The TBIBUNE may bo ordered direct from the , carriers or from the oflloe. Complaints of irregular at lardy delivery service will receive prompt attentiou. UT MAIL.— Tha TRIBUNE is sent to out-of towa subscribers for $1.50 a year, payable in advance; jue rata terms for shorter periods. The date wlaeu tbe subscription expires is ou the address label of each paper. Prompt re newals must be made at the expiratioa, other wise the subscription will be discontinued. Entered st tbe Postoffloe at Frcoland, Pa., as .*eee*<l-Glass Matter. Jfrtfcs oTI meney orders, clicchs, etc., payable to th* Tribwu Printiny Company, Limited. FRLIOLAXD, SEFTEMBER 33, lUOI. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Set a!*•* bar of lime In the pantry, and It wUi hadp to keep It dry and the air purs. Sod* ekould never be used for flan nels, and W they are kept In good con dition they should be neither mangled nor Iruued. Hu<l otsiisa can usually be removed from silk by subbing with a piece of flaunri. If tbs stain proves obdurate, rub wJtli a piece of linen saturated With aiooUei. If your wludow glass Is lacking In brllllauiey, cUu It with a lkpild paste mad* of aioohol and whiting. A little of Ihw uilxtaro will remove specks and Inxiart a loigk. luster to the glass. To readoc f.athers white Immerse them for a short time In naphtha or berwino. Itlnso in a second dish of the snsso and dry In the open air. Then bleach by exposing In a box to the va por of tmrnlhg sulphur In a moist at oms phoro. Good clear starch Is easily made. AVet h lstsp starch with cold water, stir till smooth, pour on boiling water and cook'tlll clear. It takes a quart of boiling watar to "clear" two table spoonfuls of lump starch. If too thick, thm with bluod water. Jo.lodlnK Ike Frame. His ludulgeat frleuds had praised his attempts at painting and drawing to such as extent that the youth really bnagitsud himself to be an artist. His wealthy friends even bought lils pic tures for seisihlcrable sums of monoy "to eueourags him," as they said. Recently i* walking along the Strand In Leuilon"*he was much delighted at seeing eoe his pictures, finely fram ed, In a.deelss's window, especially as lie wss walking with a pretty lady be fore whom ha wished to appear in the best possible light. Calling the attention of the lady to the picture,' be said: "Pardon m®, but I have some curiosi ty to know how my pictures stand com mercially." And the two entered the shop. ged man," said he to the keeper of it, "whtt Is the price of that picture in tfye wladovr here?" "Three shillings." "GrM Seettr cried the artist recoil ing. fht shrgHwan, thinking the exclama tion to he one of surprise at the high added: "WsH, it Includes the frame!"— E xchange. l.erh s.nlu-y'i Guillotine. The most eccentric action of an eccen tric man wss Lord Soutliey's cool ar rangement fer suicide by means of a gnlllotine. He hail n magnificent one erected In the drawing room of his honse lu the Itue du Luxembourg at Paris. Tlu; machine was of ebony in laid witli gold and silver, the frame work earvad with artistic skill, the knife, sharp as a razor, was of polished and ernanK'ikted steel. Preparing for dc.Mb, his lordship had his hair cut close, and, clothed lu a robe of white silk, he kneeled upon the platform under the knife before a mirror and pressed the agring which should release die knife. But the spring failed to work, aud the would be suicide decided to give the guillotine to a museum in stead ef making a seeend attempt to end his life. It is said that he made an annual pilgrimage to see tbe guillo tine uirt* the end of his life. The Snrceaafnl Doctor. The kins purgatory sent his llctot-9 to cnrtW to bring back some skillful Chine*# pbjateian. "You must look for one," said the king, "at whose door ther# ara n# aggrieved spirits of disem bodied patiasts." The lietor went off, bnt at the h#uae of every doctor they visited Mtepa were crowds of walling ghosts hinging about At last they found a doctor at whose door there was only E single shade and cried out, "T-hls man is evidently the skillful one wo nro is,search of." On inquiry, how ever, thoy discovered that he had only started practice the day before.—Giles' "History ef Chinese Literature." Tu Or Wise. "Ef yon wants to git de reputation o' know In a lot," said Uncle Ebon, "keep still an let d yutliub feller talk, lie's gwinetor to go away wlf.de Idea dat you couldn't ho'p belu purty wise abter 11s tenln so long to blm."— Washington Star. ORDINANCE OF TIIE BOARD OF fU-altli of the Borough of Freelaiul. l'a., fr the better xreservatlon of the public health, and to prevent the spread ot coin inimitable diseases, lie It ordained by the Burgess and Borough Council of the Bor ough of Freelaiul. l'a.. ami it is hereby or dained by the authority of the same. See. 1. That whatever Is dangerous to human life or health, whatever renders the ulr or food or water- or other drink tin wholesome, and whatever building, erec tion, or part of cellar thereof, Is over crowded, or not provided with adequate means of Ingress ami egress, or Is not suf ficiently supported, ventilated, sewered, drained, njeaned or lighted, are declared t be nuisances, ami to be illegal and every person having aided in creating or con tributing to the same or who may support, J continue to retain any of them, shall be , deemed guilty of violation of this ordin ance and also be liable for the expense of the abatement and remedy therefor. See. No house refuse, offal, garbage, dead animals, decaying vegetable matter, or organic waste substance of any kind shall be thrown on any street, road, ditch, gutter or piddle place within the limits of the borough, and no putrid or decaying animal or vegetable matter shall be kepi In any house, cellar or adjoining outbuild ing or grounds for more than twenty-four See.' :t. No person or persons without the consent of the Hoard or Health shall build or use any slaughter house within the limits of the Borough, and the keeping and slaughtering <f all cattle, sheep, swine and the preparation and keeping of all meats, fish, birds or other animal food, shall la in the manner best adaoted to secure ami continue their wholesomeiicss as food; and every butcher or other person owning, leasing or occupying any place, room or building, wherein any cattle, sheep or swine have been, or are. killed or dressed, ami every person being the owner, lessee or occupant of any room or stable where in any animals are kept, or any market, public or private, shall cause such place, room or building, stable or market, to be thoroughly cleansed and purified, and all the offal, blood, fat. garbage, refuse and unwholesome and offensive matter to be removed therefrom at least once in twenty four hours, after the use thereof for any of the purposes herein referred to. except from November first to April first, when (lie matter shall be removed at least once in n week, and shall also at all times keep all woodwork, save floors and counters, iu any building, place or premises aforesaid thoroughly painted or whitewashed and the floors of said building, place or premises shall be so eont am ted as to prevent blood or other foul liquids or washings from set tling ill the earth beneath. Sec. 4. No blood pit, dtlllg pit. offal pit or privy well shall remain or be construct ed wltidn any slaughter house. Any one so offending against tlds rule shall be guilty of creating and maintaining a nuis ance prejudicial to public health and shall be required to remove the nuisance within ten days from the date of notice. Sec. The owners, agents or occupiers of all slaughter houses are required, dur ing the months of June. July. August nnd September, to distribute twice in each week not less than twenty-lie" pounds of chloride of lime about their premises, and also to remove the contents of any manure pit or manure pile on the premises, iu once each week, the said premises and contents of manure pits being hereby declared to be a nuisance prejudicial to public health, unless subject to frequent disinfection and cleaning as herein indicated. No pigs or hogs shall be kept in the same' inelosure with a slaughter house nor shall they ln fed there or elsewhere, upon the offal of the slaughtered animals. See. (i. No person or company shall erect or maintain within the limits of this Borough any manufactory or place of busi ness dangerous to life or detrimental lo health, or where unwholesome, offensive > or deleterious odors, gas. smoke, deposit i or exhalations are generated, without the permit of i lie Board of Health, and nil such establishments, shall be kept clean and wholesome so as not to be offensive 1 or prejudicial to public health: nor shall nnv offensive or deleterious or waste sub stance. refuse or injurious matter be al lowed to accumulate upon the promises, or to be thrown or allowed to run Into nnv . public waters, stream, water course, street, road or public place. And every person. ► or company conducting such manufacture , or business shall use the best approved and all reasonable means to prevent the I escape of smoke, gases and odors, and to protect the health and safety of all oper atives employed therein. Sec. 7. The business of bone and horse boiling shall not be allowed, unless enn ■ dueled under cover, the building to be pro ' vided with smoke consumers, and a due regard be bad to cleanliness in the ills position of ffnl. No bone boiling es tablishment or depository of dead animals 1 shall be kept or erected in any part of tlds Borough without a permit from the Board of Health. See. S. No permit shall be granted to any person or persons to carry on the bust noss of boiling bones and dead animals un i til after a careful inspection of the local ity. buildings and apparatus, and of tlu plans for conducting the business, bv an ;i• r•,lit el insiii-ct.ir of tile Hoard of Health. Sec. p. No bone boiling establishments or depositories of dead animals shall be kept or ereeteiMn or near to a thlcklv in habited neighborhood. Sec. 111. The floors of all bone boiling es , tnbllshments and depositories of dead animals shall be paved with asphalt or with brbk or stone, well laid in or some other impervious material, and slum be well drained, and nil such establish incuts shall have such adequate water sup ply us will enable thorough cleanliness to be maintained. Sec. it. Tile boiling of bones anil dead i animals, etc., shall be conducted iu steam tight kettles, boilers or caldrons, from which ilie foul vapors shall first be con ducted through scrubbers or condensers and I hen into the back part of the ash pit "f lite furnace fire, to he consumed, or h> "ther apparatus equally efficient In pre venting or counteracting the offensive cf fluvln. See 12. When hones are being dried after boiling they shall be placed in a clos,- chamber, through which shall lie passed, by means of pipes, large volumes of fresh nir. the outb-t terminating in the fire pit. See. M. All parties carrying on a bone boiling business and not bavin" permits f<. carry on (be business and violating these ojdin.unees. shall be fined for everv such "ffcnsc. nnd for each month s coiitliiuanc* r i lii*? I "'''. ~rt I ,r 'l " liable to indictment at common Jaw for creatlus and maintaining a nuisance. See 14 The Secretary shall have pro \ bled a book in which to enter the names r all persons engaged iu the business of i •oiling hones and having depositories ot ; I;?I :,ls " "f "iu ' ■ IB " " s ■• I"'" O-.l l.y tin _,,'i "censed or not. the iiumbet ami (late of permit and remarks. . Slaughter houses, rendering es tilbllshuu'iits. butcher shops, shall be iu I::. -'ft:,,,.*: * ■• See. !•;. The keeper or keepers of a liver* 1.1- -tiler still,l.■ shall his t111 .|,. slain',. ami stable yanl . lean, ami shall nut per lint, between the tifleenlh nf May ami the first ilny t,f November, more than -in, wagon load of two cubic yards of manure to accumulate in or near tbe same at anv •'"'.'•'l'l I'V I'M.ressei! nerinlssi,,;, • l the Board of Health, nor shall anv manure be removed except in a tight ve hicle. so protected that tbe manure, in pro cess of removal, may not be dropped or left In any street, mad. lane or wav of tin. Borough. Sec. 17. No pig pen shall be built or maintained within the limits of tlds Bor ough without a permit from the Board o Health, or within one hundred and liftv feet of any w ,.|| ~r spring of water used for drinking purposes, or within twenty feet of any street or of an inhabited bouse, of unless constructed in the following man tier, viz: SO that the floor or floors of thr -ame shall not he less than two feet from ihe ground, in order that the tilth ac cumulating under the same may I asily removed; and such tilth neeuinuhllng In. about and under the sniiw shall be re moved at least once n week from Aorll I to December 1 nod oftener if so ordered and on the failure of any owner or ooou oler such premises so' to do. then t!-<• me shall be done at the direction of the Board of Health. See IS. All orlvv vaults cess fiords or im-m irs shall, from the fifteenth dav of October, be thoroughly (ill ft feet cd once each month, and all vaults. cesooo|s or reservoirs becoming offensive or inlnrious to health shall be cleaned. But it shall ••of bo lawful for anv person cxceot n licensed privy cleaner to empty or clean nnv prlvv cults, cesspools or reservoirs See IP. Everv person desirous or bolus i ' "le d to • Mifit v or rr>niOV(> the cOllteutqi of privy wells ami sinks within the limits | of the Jurlsdletlou of the Board of Health, .snail make application in wniiug io tiie lion id OI flcallii, WHO oil UCUIG sailsfleU the security unit tignuiess oi ins o,unless bancis, snail gnu,l Inui a license lor a period oi one .uar, ami ior sucii license s, gram el lie snail pay to tue Board oi ever any sueti person shall desue, iimivi ills license, to empty or cieuune any privy well or sink, lie snail ursi ink,* iiom tin Hoard of lieaitli a permit io do so, ai wliieii time lie shall luinish to the tie,* retary the name or tin- owner, agent *, occupant of stieh property as suaii so em ploy nun, to be mentioned in said peruiu, ami recorded in the ottlee and sliall state where the contents shall be deposited. See. l:o. The sewage troin each bunding oil every street provided with a co,nio., sewer, shall Lie eondueted Into said sewer. Sec. ill. That portion of the house drain which Is outside of the building and mole than four feet of the foundation walls, shall he constructed either of Iron pipe or vitrilled drain pipe. See. 22. That portion of the house drain outside or under a building, aiul within four feet of the foundation walls, together with the soil-pipe, shall be constructed or cast Iron with lead Joints, or wrought iron pipe with screwed Joints, and in eithei case protected from rust. The waste pipe connected with tiie conductors from the roofs, and other pipes inside the building, or outside ami within four feet of the foundation walls, shall likewise be eon stun ted of east Iron with leaded Joints, or of wrought iron of screwed Joints. Ibit pipes connected with the conductors from the roof, but not entering the building may be vitrlfled earthen pipe. Sec. 22. Tlie house drain and other pipes for Hie conveyance of sewage shall lie laid with uniform grade and with a fall of not less than one Inch in four feet, except in those eases where the Board of Health may permit otherwise. Sec. 24. All pities connecting a water closet with a soil-pipe shall lie trapped, each separately. All waste pipe shall be trapped, each separately, and dose to the connections with each bath. sink, bowl or other fixture, unless adequate provision Is made for downward ventilation through said waste pipes, in which case one trap may serve for several fixtures. See. 25. All soil and waste pipes shall lie carried at their full size through tin roof and left open. A provision shall nls. be made for ailiuitting air to tlie house drain side of tiie main trap, if such traps exists. See. 2.M All drains, now built shall be reconstructed whenever, in the opinion o the Board of Health, it may be necessary. See. 27. The Joints in the vitrified pipes shall be carefully cemented under and around tlie pipe, and tlie joints In tin' ens. Iron pipe shall IM* run and calked wltli lead. All iron pipe -shall lie of Standard weight. Sec. 28. All changes in direction shall be made with curved pipes. All joints and pipes shall In* made air tight. Lead pipes may be used in connecting fixtures, of no? greater lengths than eight feet. Whenever it shall be deemed necessary by the Health Officer, a vent pipe shall lie at Inched to the highest part of tlie bond in the trap on tin' sewer side of the water seal. Sabl vent pipe may enter tlie soil-pipe nliove the highest fixture or may be extended through llie roof. The work shall be done b> skilled mechanics In a thorough worknnni llke manlier, ami satisfactory to tlie Bourn of. Health. See. 2b. Before proceeding to construct any portion of tin* drainage system of i* hotel, tenement, dwelling house or other building, the plumber const met ing tlm same, shall tile with the Board of Health a plan thereof, showing the whole drain age system, from its connection with tin* common sewer to Its terminus in the house together with the location and size of alt branches, traps, ventilating pipes ami tlx titles. 11 shall be the duty of the plumber constructing any portion of tlie drainage system above mentioned to leave all pipes uncovered and open to view for inspection by I lie Health Officer for the period of six bonis after the service personally upon tiie Health Officer of a written notice. Hint sabl pipes are laid ami connected. When that portion of the hons'y drain from the sewer to the proper!.v line shall be cot, licet ed. a notice shall lie served as above provided. When the remaining portion of the house drain is laid and connected, no tice shall be served as above provided, and other pipes of the drainage system are In place ami connected, notice sliall be served ns above provided. Sec. ::o. The following named diseases are declared to be communicable and dan gerous to tiie tmhiic health, viz: Small-pox. (Nnriola. \arlnlohl.i t'holera, (Asiatic or Fpldeiiile.l Scarlet Fever. (Scarlatina. Scarlet Basil.) Measles. IMnlitheria. Mem braneoiis Croup. (I Mplit lieril ic Croup. Diphtheritic Sore Throat,) Typhoid Fever. Typhus Fever. Yellow Fever. Spotted I* ever. (Cerebro spinal Meningitis.) Bo lapsing Fever, Fpidcmic Hystenterv. H.v •lronhnbhi. (Baltics.) and (.landers, iFarcy.) and sliall be understood to be included In the following regulations, unless certain of tliem on I v are See. 21. Whenever anv household", knows tluit any person wltliln Ills family or household has a coiiiiniiniealile disease, dangerous to (lie public health. lu shab Immediately renorf the same to tin* Health officer, giving the name, street and num ber. or location of tlie house, and when over a ease of Asiatic Cholera. Suinli-pox Scarlet Fevo, 1 Hohtlieiia. Membrane"!*- • 'root. Typhoid Fever. Tvnhus Fever. Yel low* Fever. o* Measles sliall lie returned to Hie Board of Health as provided In So.- Hon 21 a1 22 of this ordinance, tin* Health Officer MlO*|| cause a printed notice, NOT T., Hum I W*eli Inches sonar*' 1* IM* fastened •*non |bo front door or oilier eonnb*uo,ir "Itw each house In which such d'sens*- nrovaljs. .i..u*|ng the nature of the disease •<n*l foe'iMblbc all ners o„m o\oont Mm**.- •' nlv authorized, from going in or out or from earrvtnif hi or out any materia' whot'chv disease mnv lie eon,**.,-oil ,*,•'• ",11oos '■ o be maintained and kont nested • I>M-i*>g ♦'••• existence f tlie disease and •" *il the Health Officer is satisfied Hin' Hie 'ousn has bee*' nroperlv cleansed, dls'n f'-eted and nnrlfieil: and in ease unci* no ' lee U removed wltbon* nor, nisei on f,*on •he Board of TToaiHl or Health Officer. In* 'ore the datcor of contagion luis censed the name •, f the person head of f' ** family neoi',vlii" sneh house, together with Hi*' lo cality of the house sliall he published, and the person or persons removing snid m. tic*', or causing sneh removal, sliall lie lined in Hi*' manner herein provided. And whenever the (lunrantinc sliall lie declared Hi*' same shall continue for a period <f Hire*' weeks, ami may be extended for a longer period by tlie Board <f Health, if any person or persons sliall remove, deface, tear down or injure in any way any notice ••f infectious or contagious disease posted as above directed, they are hereby declared liable to tlie penalties hereinafter provide*!. Any person or persons violating any of Hie provisions of the regulations to prevent tin* spread of contagions or infectious diseases ns contained in this ordinance Is ,)• niv hereby declared liable to a line of u,,t less than live dollars nor more tliau twenty dollars, or imprisonment f not less thai* twenty four hours or more tliau seventy two hours in Hi*, borough jail or both, at the discretion of tin* Burgess or Justice of trVeil ,UP ,M ' for( ' whom sneh case Shall lie See. 22 Whenever any physician finds that any person whom lie is called upon t. visit has a communicable disease, danger !" ls ,h V I" health. l ie or sin* shall Immediately report the same to the Health 'Ulcer, giving tln* name, street number, or location of the house: and tlie Health (>r liecr sliall Immediately notify the teacher •r principal of tlie schools, academics, sent inarles or kindergartens in tin- Borough n which (.mills residing in tin- fa mil v It, which sabl disease exists to dispense with their attendance. „ s v:- IMTS..I, shall within tin* limits of this Borough, unless bv permit of (In* Board of Health, carry or remove from one building to another' any patient af fected wltli any cniniimiiicahlc disease, dangerous to I In* public health. Xor sliall any person by any exposure of any in dividual so affected, or of f lie lm.lv of such individual or of any article capable of <•*,?, veying contagion or Infection, or bv any negligent act connected with tin* case or custody thereof, or bv a needless exposure of himself or herself, cause or emitribuh. to tli** spread of Hi** disease from anv such i 11*11 v I*l I*:I I or dead bpilv. Sec. 24. No undertaker or other worsen or persons having charge of tin* funeral or burial of the hodv of a person who lias died of j-.'iy of Hie .Psoases mentioned in Section 2(1 of tills ordinance, sliall in anv ••use. furnish or provide for sneh funeral more Hum the necessary number of *•?,. vevnnros for t Im* inine-di-'te adnlt relative, of the deceased ami nail bearers nn*l nil such conveyances which mnv have been used or occupied 111 sn*-h funeral or bv *mv ncrsoti or persons who have been residing hi fin* snnu* ft*milv or liouse wlHi tin* *l* ••eased shall be fornicated "I'll cnltdiu* if possible and when not possible shall he ' thoroughly disinfected immediately after their use. Sec. .'to. No person suffering from, or having very recently recovcrd iroin small pox, Scarlet Fever, liiphtliertu, Yellow Fever or Measles, sjiuil expose himself, nor shall any one expose any one under his charge in a similar condition, in any conveyance, without having previously no tified the owner or person lu charge ot such conveyance of the fact of such condition as above stated. It shall he the duty or tiie Board of Health to have this section printed on a card, and to furnish the owner of cadi public conveyance with a copy thereof, and it shall lie the duty of the owner of such eonvevanee to display sueti card in such conveyance. And tlie owner or person in charge of such conveyance must not, after the entry of any person so infected into Ids conveyance, allow any wilier person to enter It without having sulllcletnly disinfected It under tile direc tion of the Board of Health. Sec. 20. No person shall let or hire any house or room in a house, or inn, lu widen a communicable disease, dangerous to the public health, lias recently existed, until the room or house and premises therewith connected have been disinfected to the satisfaction of the Board of Health. See. 27. Members of any household In which any of t lie diseases mentioned In Section : of tills ordinance, shall abstain from attending places of public amuse ment. worship or education, and, as far as possible. from visiting other private houses. See. 28. The clothing, lied clothing and bedding of persons who have been sick with any communicable disease, dangerous to the public health, and the rooms widen they have occupied during such sickness, together with their furniture, shall be ills Infected under the direction of Hie Board of Health. See. 21'. In ease of the prevalence, or of reasonable ground to apprehend the pre valence of magiigmiut disease in this Bor ough. tlm Board shall direct specially the cleansing of houses, cellars, yards, or such other places as they may consider re quisite or prudent for the preservation of the health of the Borough, or for the mitigation of the disease. Sec. n. In ease of the prevalence of communicable disease in tlds Borough the Board shall remove persons from filthy ami noxious habitations, or from noxious and peculiarly exposed places, to other hahita Hons, whenever two-thirds of all the mem tiers snail determine that tile faithful care of the health of the Borough or any neigh borhood thereof requires such a measure. See 41. For tile purpose of preventing mischief arising from rumors of com municable disease in tlds Borough no per son shall publish any account of anv com muiilcahle disease in this Borough or any case of such disease, without first obtain lug permission from Hie Board. See. 42. Xo physician shall Intentionally. In his reports to the Hoard, exaggerate the number of cases of contagious disease un der his care or furnish a certificate of death purposely to conceal the true or rent disease producing the same, or apply Met? Hons names to new-born children, or otherwise render false or evasive reports calculated to mislead and deceive tills Board, and any physician so offending shall lie subject to the penalties prescribed in tills ordinance. Sec. 42. 1 'pon the return of eases of con taglous diseases as mentioned in Section •**>. being made, the Health Officer shall place or cause to be placed a suitable pla card hearing the name of disease, to hc fastened unoii the front door or other eon spleiioiis place of each house In which such sickness prevails, and to lie maintained there during the existence of Hie disease, and until the Health Officer Is satisfied that Hie house has been pronerly cleansed, disinfected and purified: nod In ease such placard is removed without permission from the Health Officer, the mime ~f the nerson. bond of the family, occupying such house, together with the locality of the house and the fact that a contagions dls ease exists therein, shall lie published; mm no person or persons shall remove the pin a MI or cause such removal without an thorlty. See 4. I-!very person drlne of Small-pox shall he removed and hurled from nluec oi death within twenty four hours after such death. See. 45. A certified copy of (lie death and hit rial of a person who died In tlds Borough, or who lias been brought to oi from this Borough for burial, shall lie fun, Ished by the Secretary upon payment of the sum of fifty cents by the partv applv Ing for said certificate. 1 Sec. it". Xo animal affected with coin munlcable disease, dangerous to (lie public health, shall be brought or kept within the limits of this Borough, except bv per mission of the Board of Health, and the bodies of animals dead of such disease or killed on account thereof, shall not be burled within five hundred feet of any rest deuce, nor disposed of otherwise (linn a* the said Board or its Health Officer shall direct. See. 47. Xo milk which lias been water ed. adulterate, reduced or changed In any respect from Its natural condition by tin addition of any foreign substance shall l brought into. held, kept or offered for sn" at any place in this Borough. Sec. -IX. Xo meat, tlsli. birds, fowls, fruit vegetables, milk, and nothing for hiiinut food, not being healthy, fresh, sound wholesome, tit and safe for such iMe.nor any animal or fish that died bv disease, aim no carcass of any calf, pig or lamb, wide! at thOytlmc ofits death, was less than foil" weeks old. ami no meat therefrom shall li* brought within the limits of this Boning* or offered or held for sale as food anv w here in said Borough. Sec. lb. It shall be the duty of the neon nant of every house within the limits of this Borough in the month of May. in car: and every venr. to cleanse the cellars then ••f of all dirt, vegetable and other iniput* matter calculated to engender disease, nno to cause them to be thoroughly whitewash ed with fresh lime. Sec. r,o. H shall he the duty of ever* adult and every parent, guardian or mash" of every minor, residing within the limit of this Borough, who has not had smalt "ox. or being vaccinated so to have take* cow-not regularly, to be. If an adult, vac eianted. or In ease of a minor, to cnus . such minor to be vaccinated within si* months from the date of the nassnge <•' this ordinance, unless nimbi" ♦<> do so In reason of poverty: and It shall lie lawfn for anv regularlv educated phvslelnn re siding in tlds Borough on application such resident adult, or the narnt. inuste or guardian of such resident minor, as nr> ii tut hie by reason of novelty to pnv the va cillation fee. to vaccinate said adult or sab" minor, and present Ids bill therefor, prop "idv authenticated, for au amount not o* ••ceding the fee usunllv charged for such services, and to recover the same off aim from the corporation. See. .1. Xo nitpll shall be allowed to a' tend Hie public schools of this Borougt who has not I vaccinated successfully within "even years. In whose house or family there shall ha v. been a communicable disease, dangerous ♦ lie nubile health, shall imrndt any chili* residing In ab| house or family, to'' nftem* ■MIv public, private or Sunday School, ofte* the cessation of said disease, within r •icriod of thirtv davs after tlo house she?' '•aye been thoroughly dlslpfeeted am, '•|oaned And It shall be the duty of the v 'el!'>"l Board to have this section orbited •n cards, mentioning' the names ~f disease* • Ine|nr'"t eomp,"ilenb|e and dangerous I* *he tmhlie health in tills opllnne. and nested In everv *et,onl renin | n flits Tt*,r • nich; and M shall bo the defy of naij* ♦"petior to read tt*<* seethm to the sellout a* '•'i' 1 Vi " m " ;l ""'"Hi ami whenever epldomt* See "5 F.vevv undertaker or "titer iw. -•..ii "•'*> may have e|,r,rgp of the ftuieral o ""V dead tiirsn. slpill irop|,*n a pronortr filled out eertlflente of the death "tul it* ••rohnhle eneae in aceordatiee *vlfh tl* form tiresertb'-'l bv the State Board ••* Xfealth. pod ahull lrCSe|lt flip ln,o f M Hi #f wl*'iia t e<| oft'"or or nii'iiiltrn* . f | . f tfoajtti. ami obtain a burial or trpnsb oerp>if there*'not) at |ent t ,v-.uy foi. hours be fore die tlim nnnotiited for sue!* '•mornl* nd '• shall not or n,<" • ativ 'tend tote **t|tl| such burial or trap ill mionlt shall have boon *iroem*o<|. "•'thin the limits* *• f H,|s ttoroiigb. ir !•• the charge o* care "f nnv temh viult oootlon of tl'o load or ivlmrn Ui |i"*1lo •* opv I|i'|i< b-'teos are d-oiosltod. •'••11 *• hie I,owl || oss • ml so ep ro **• -!|V such nlaee above nnmxl. as f * "V"'*' dot* meet or dnngcr ♦• tt.% miMlc health; s*o everv nercot* uudo*tiiking erennratloUH for * to hn*ln| of n h* 1v from eomm***** i-n|,in d'sonaes as herelnhofore enumerated shall adoof sucll ureeaetlon as the Boa**., of ft ••alt h innv tireseflhe to rrwont l,* snrend of Si,e|| I's**ase. X" d'"*d hodv sl*et be •* v liuii"*d and removed between tin and no body deiuj from small-pox phnll bt? exhumed aiul removed. Sec. 55. Any person violating any section or provision of this ordinance shall l> liable for every such offence, upon the con vietion before the 1 largess or any Justice of the Pence of tlds Borough, to a tine or not less than three dollars or more than one hundred dollars, to be recoverable us provided by law. Sec. od. That no exhaust, blow-off, not drip pipe from steam engines or steaiu bolt ers shall connect with u sewer, house drain, rain water conductors, soil, waste or vein pipe. Such pipes shall discharge Into * suitable tank or condenser of such shuts as may be approved by the Hoard of Health, from which tank or condenser r proper outlet to the house drain or sewer shall lie provided. Any person or corpor at ion who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of tills section, shall, upon conviction, pay a tine not ex ceeding one hundred dollars, and not less than tliree dollars for any one offense, re coverable with costs. All persons or cor porations now permitting steam exhaust, blow-off or drip pipe to discharge directly Into a house drain or sewer, shall comply with tills rule within thirty days after the date of the approval hereof, or upon the failure so to comply shall lie liable to the penalty as above set forth. Sec. ."7. All master plumbers. Journey men and persons engaged In the plumbing business in the ltorough of Freelaud. aim master plumbers, journeymen and persons doing plumbing work in the Borough or Freelaud. shall make application according to tlie form hereinafter specified, for * license to engage in or do said work, to thr Board of Health, and if the applicant is satisfactory to said Board, the Secretary thereof shall issue a license to said appli cant on the payment of $.'.00. Including the tiling of a bond in the glim of S2(H). con dltloned for the faithful performance of at* duties enjoined bv the rules and regulation* of the Board of Health, during the period of two years, which bond shall be reneweo bl-ennial or when in the Judgment of salo Board of Health new sureties may be r* paired: the said license shall be applied for before the first day of April of each aim every year, and shall lie for a period of oin year beginning with the first day of April See. 58. No person or persons, corpora Hon or corporations shall lay a drain con neefed with a dwelling house or nthe* building or doing any plumbing work what ever without having first obtained permis sion to do so from the Board of Health. Sec. Ml. The license to master plumbers and Journeymen engaged in the plumhhic business shall be In form as follows: Tlib Is to certify that ?. hereby authorised to engage In the plumb Ing business In the Borough of Freelaiul for the period ending the first day of April. A. I> subject to tin rules and regulations that are now or nun be at anv time hereinafter adontcd by tin Board of Health of said Borough. President Secretary See. 0(1. That it shall not lie lawful t< connect privy vaults or cesspools, in nn> manner with any of the public sewers, now constructed or may hereafter lie const met ed within the limits of the Borough oi Freelaud. or from any connection of sale privy vaults or cesspools therewith b\ means of private sewers leading into tin same, and any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this resoluHoi shall for each offense forfeit and pay a Mm of not less than three b'b dollars nor inon than twenty (2ii dollars, to be recovered n name and for the use of the Borough of Freelaud. before the Burgess or any Justlct of the Peace thereof in the maimer in whirl debts of like amounts are recoverable hi' See. fib That Junk dealers, collectors ot rags, I tones, or Junk and nil others lie nno are hereby prohibited from storing rags bones or other junk which in the opinloi of the Board of Health may prove detrl mental to health, within the limits of tin Borough, or within one-luilf mile thereof and If any junk dealer, collector of rngs. bones or junk* or other nerson or person shall maintain or continue the storage oi detention of rags, hones, etc.. contrary b the provisions of this ordinance, said housi or place of storage or detention shall In declared a nuisance and the person or pet sons maintaining or continuing the sum shall be liable, upon conviction before tin Burgess or any Justice of the Peace of tli Borough of Freelnnd. to a fine of not les* Hum twenty-five (25) dollars nor more thai* •me hundred isllMh dollars, to be reeovci "Me as provided by law. Provided thn* 'his ordinance shall not apply to the ton* •oraiv storage of rags, bones, etc.. by prl ate families or householders. If the same be removed each and everv week. Sec. 112. That any person or persons, em ••oration or corporations, desiring or Intend big to build, construct or erect any privy •unit. cesspool or reservoir shall make np 'Mention to the Board of Health for permP so to do, and the Secretary of sabl Bonn' had Issue said permit, provided that sale applicant shall give assurance that tin •Hue shall be constructed, built or erector •lot less thai! three (.'b feet from the lit! f the adioltlilur nropertv; nor less tha ne hundred and fifty |150) feet from ail n-e". spring or other source of water usee •r drinking or culinary purposes, utiles he warfare of such vault, cesspool or res -voir Is ill n lower level than the bofton r such well, nor within twontv feet of IMP ;| ro "b | n „e or nllev or inhabited lions* very norson or persons, corporation o. ornorntlOllS who shall build, construct *>• root any privy vault, cesspool or rosorvo!* outrary to the provisions of this o-dlnuuc. hall he liable to. upon conviction bofor. he Burgess or anv Justice of the Peace * • e Borongti of Freelnnd. n fine of not Ins "ban five i.~i dollars nor more than twenfV '••It {omJ'IIT v< * r,, I'l*' accord See. fi2. No child or other nerson lielonjt og to or residing with the fantllv of an* .erso" or residing In the snuic house b which nn.v person may be located, who I ufferlng from anv contagions disease mentioned in Section BO of this ordinate-, shall he permitted to attend any puhlb private, parochial. Sunday or other sehoo ti this Boroiu'li. and all school principal;, -umlay School superintendents or ntle •" rsous In charge of sneh schools, are her, v r-oulred to exclude any and all suet bihlren and Persons from said selmols ••■•h exclusion to continue for a oerlod o' iilrty days, following the discharge bv r„ '•everv or death of the person last afflict CP In said house or faiullv or of his or her r.. •eoyal to hospital, and the thorough font* '"Hon and dlslufectioti of the house a**c remises, and all such children or oHo*,' •orwons as aforesaid, before being p.., Ifte.l to attend or return to school shut urnlsh to sabl principal or other person I. ; hnr;r" of said schools. „ rerHflo, Z , II"' Health Hllieer. setting forth He. narantliie has been removed, and t oil n' -ertlfleate shall be recognised ' ' See 111. The Health Officer' having prep •h" (111""' "s.re! 1 oV'■?V, r; n„ ,::nv "il; , ln,v n,.. KK.MOVINi; M'ISANCKS. 1 'jir.-.-n. "']• .xi'.o"i". or tin,.' n,," 1 ;:,?;, 1 ;:, cent, shall be added and collected hi IV,' KXI'FXSFS FOB BFMOVIXIi Mm ANf'FX. FTC. • ' lfv See (Ml. All the bill submitted to the Board for removing nuisances shall he iiin Iti'in n "" " '"'• wpiiralt S'-f. 07. In nil .until otlicnvlH,. 1 wln-r.- nulsnucns urn tllnulwl t.. In. removed forthwith if the sani" are not r innvcil within twcnt.v-riiui' hour* ||„. ,t..,ilii. V , !'"" r .i" 1.. hv, 'Vi,.vHS!,',; whose premises the nuisance exists or n? the expense of the party or parties com. mlttlng or responsihle for such imlsnuceh! Sec. tlx In all eases of niiisaiiees to be removed by the agent, oeeupiers or owner of property, who have been notified to that effect b.v this Board, it shall be uiiderstoon that shall he or they commence the remov al within the time prescribed in the n,. the the Board will not Interfere. M ISt'F FLAX For K. See. fit). The following schedule of time shall be allowed in the service of not be Upon parties to abate nuisances, where nm otherwise specified by resolution of tin. Board, to i: To remove dead animals, slaughter house offal, and other matter in a state of deeom position, and to demise and disinfect in I foe ted houses, twenty-four hours. To cleanse overflowing and leaky privy well* and water closets, to dislnfeet foui wells, and to cleanse slaughter house man ure pits, three (Jb days. To idealise full privy wells, aiul manure pits, filthy houses, eellurs, yards, alleys and vacant lots, to repair and regulate surface drainage, and leaky and defective drain pipes, five (•">) days. To remove hogs and pens, to idealise slaughter houses and cow stuldes. to till up or drain ponds of stag nant water, ten 1101 days. See. 70. No complaint of nuisances shall he received by tin- Hoard unless tin- same he In writing and directed to the Hoard, or through the President or Secretary thereof officially. See. 71. When any nuisance Is referred to a committee with power to act thereon, the said committee shall report In writing what action they have taken in relation to It. LIPKNSKH PKIVY CLKANKKS. See. 7-. Applications for license to clean privy wells, vaults, sinks, or cesspools, must state the name of the applicant, his residence, the number of air tight tanks or barrels, pumps, trucks, horses and other appliances to In* employed by said applicant and the accommodations he has for keep ing his apparatus when not in use. See. 7.'t. I'pon every such application be ing referred to the Health Officer, he shall make the necessary Inquiries and examina tions ami report to the Hoard as curly as practicable. If the Hoard Is fully satisfied It may direct the Secretary to Issue a license' tor removal thereof) to him. In con formity to the laws and rules governing th subject, which license shall bear the date of the day on which It Is ordered to be 1- •uicd. and every Issue of license and re newal thereof shall ho reported to tin* Hoard at the next meeting thereof. See. 74. Whenever a license to privy cleaners or a renewal thereof Is granted, the Secretary shall register In a book tin* name, residence, nml place of business of the party so licensed, the number of tanks, ••arts or barrels, pumps, trucks, horses, etc.. to he employed by him. See. 70. The period for the termination >f licenses for cleaning privy wells, vaults, sinks, etc.. shall be on April 1f. In eaen •md every year, after which licenses mar be granted upon the full payment of Slo.no Sv the applicant, and his full compliance with the laws and rules of the Hoard. See. 70. A permit for emptying or clean !ng a privy well, vault, sink or cesspool shall he Issued by the Secretary in the zmine of the licensed party applying foi the same, stilting therein the location of the premises und the mime of the owner, or •igetit or occupant thereof so employing aim. It shall specify the da- for the r<- moving of the contents, but may be ex tended two days longer. If. in the judgment # >f the Health Officer, the work was de terred or postponed in consequence of some •llllvoidable circuiiistnn'-fM. Kvery penult •ball be returned to th<> Secretary on the lay sneccd'nr its ttrilnntlii. and. If not -o returned, 110 f ill,or permits shall he granted to the delinquent cleaner until the Mile Is complied with, and If not returned within three days after Its termination, lie Secretary shall report the same to tlin tonrd. who shall take such action thereon >s may be decimal proper. See. 77 No privy well, vault, sink or ■esspool Shall be Cleaned, and (be content* hereof removed or transported, unless in in air-tight tank or barrels. See. "S. Any violation of law. or of the ""les of tile Hoard, will sub|eet the ofTend'T 0 a forfeiture of his license or a suspi n lon thereof, at the option of the Hoard .vr'- ~ ' ? " M,V "'"cased shall re , ' ""J 1 his license a printed copv of the Mies and laws en the subject, so that he •xlstenee " I> ' ni of Ignornnee of their See so Permits shall he submitted 'or •xniolnat on at the place where th,- WOIK <I being done, when required by police and other proper qualified officers. ' h.nT'i 81, N ." kitchen garbage •f ILU- I!..roli)th „R I- r.-.-LIUHL, , LVH '-' "Ithln north,., •t ri-Mof"; :• ni-rtrnll,; th-Klred to u-iv l„fo,„i„tl.,„ lo he Hoard of H<>alth of anv violation of Hi. 'rVho n"r>B?rt" P „'„I n-L'llhlllo.n •f tl„- Ronnl. SO th„L 111,- sunlt.,rv in,.,is,i r ,.. Mo" " i" 11 " 1 ' ~,? '••'"IIh lit II,,• lioroinrh ,„nv hs 'V ni,,Xh'',l " prompt- Sl','. jet. All 0r,11u,, 1, 0r p„rts of or dlnn noes conflict lug with these'ordinance* e and the same are hereby reoeaied Passed fbtallv In Council V iwn*t r, iqiq CHAHHHS MOHItSPIIHA C'riKß, Attest : JOHN J. MRITIT|.:YRTTV? NL ' Approved Septemher 11. L!L„1 ''"'■'•'tai'.V. JOHN I". IIOYI.R, IMIAIIK 111' IIIMAL.'I'O LLLOI'AHTMKVT iioi.nl on ~i ~ KKI-i.A.MI, ,I- a ' MII.K L.\sl'l;,"L'()||. 111.501.1 1.1,. 1'11,,1 lilt- oilier of .Milk |„. .1,11 is hereby e,e„leil. ' 'l'lmt it si,nil lie the duty of snht ■OILK I hspeelor to vittilniltly lllspeet tile VL .iieles and places of business ol all jelling. or offering for sale any milk In tn„ lorough of !• recta ml, from time to t i in-, -ind whenever requested to d > so by any iiizciii who can show reasonable grouucs •or said requests. See. 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