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IcUbiisfcei 1888.
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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. L\ That in the performance of his
•Ilielal duties, the said .Milk Inspector shall
ave power to enter at any reasonable hour
poll, or into the places of business, or
chicles of any person selling or keeping
or sale irny milk and to test and iiispcc.
my milk there kept. 1
See. That the Health Officer shall ho
x-officio I lie Milk I nsiicctor of the Ho,,
•ugh of Freeland.
\dopted August l'.Hil.
JOHNH. HAN HON,
President Hoard of Health.
Attest: IIMON M. POKTKKK,
Secretary Hoard of Health.
1 assed finally in < ounell August pun
CJIARLKS MOIOKSt'IIHAt*II i-:u.
Attest: JOHN J. MeHHIVvKT v" 1.
Approved Septemher It. 1001
JOHN I'. HOYLK.
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