1822 - Edocs

Secretary and du-
ties.
Je treasurer.
Eecordtobeopen,
Memorials to Conpress.
A Health Officer.
Two H. Ward's &
Stfd.
Board may order
removal of any
substance.
For cleansing Sec.
Bed, &c.
*
£ contemned.
infected person
lot domiciliated.
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Art. 4. There shall be a secretary to the said Board, to
be appointed oy a majority of the members, at their first
meeting-, who shall receive such compensation as the
Board may think right, and it shall be his duty to keep a
faithful record of tneir proceedings. The said Secretary
shall also be treasurer of said Board, and shall give security
in the sum of three*.thousand dollars, for the faithful
performance of the duties of his office as such, and
shall receive a compensation of five per cent, on all mo-
nies received by virtue of his said office.
Art. 5. The record of the proceedings of the said Board
shall at all times be open to the Governor and Secretary
of the Territory, and tne judges of the Superior
cuit Courts.
and Cir-
Art. 6. It shall be the duty of the "Board of Health of
Pensacola', and the "Board of Health of St. Augustine"
to address respectful -memorials to the Congress of the
United States, at their next session, asking a donation of
fifty acres of land, at the points at which they may think
proper to establish the quarantine ground, and also to
solicit their aid in the erection of suitable buildings
for the reception of the sick and other persons who may
be detained there, and a store for the reception of the
merchandize unladen there—which places shall be called
the ''quarantine ground."
Art. 7. The Governor shall appoint a Health officer to
each Board of Health, removable from office on an address
agreed on by three fourths of the members of the
Board of Health, and each Board shall appoint two health
wardens, and a steward who shall hold their offices during
the pleasure of the Board of Health.
Art. 8. The Board shall have power on the report of a
member, or one of the health wardens, to make orders directed
to the owner or occupant of any ship, boat, apartment,
house or lot, for the removal of any substance
which in their opinion shall be dangerous to the health of
the city ; for the cleaning, washing and whitewashing of
any house or apartments, or ships, or vessels, for the removal
of the contents of any privy, or the filling up of any
sink, for the destruction or cleaning of any beds, bedding
or clothing, which in their opinion may contain infectious
or contagious matter ;
and if such order be not complied
with, within a reasonable time, to be specified in the same,
to cause the same to be done at the expense of the party
offending, by warrant, (describing the thing to be removed
or cleansed, or destroyed,) directed to one of the
health wardens. And the party thus offending to be fined
by the board of health, in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars.
Art. 9. Whenever it shall be certified to the board of
health, that any person not being domiciliated in the city,