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RULES AND REGULATION DULY MADE BY THE Board of Health OF THE CITY OF SUMTER, Under and by authority of Act General Assembly * ' To establi local Boards of Health in the Cit i and Towns of the State/' approv January oth. 1895. RULE 1. Composition cf Board. The Board of Health of the City of Sum: shill consist of five persons, enosen and cc stituted as provided in Section 1 o the t ot the General Assembly authorizing t establishment of the same; and wheo tb chosen they shall severally take the oa provided for city offieers. RULE 2. Officers. The Board of Health shall organize a nually, K\ the first meeting in July ??f ea year, by the selection of one of their numb as President, who sh-ill surve for one vea a Secretary, who may or may not be chos from among the members nf the Board : ai a Health Officer, as provided io the act; RI said Secretary and Health Officer r-tiall ho their offices at the will of the Board RULE 3. Meetings. Section I. The regular meetings of t Board of Health shall t-e h^M on thr fit Wednesday of'eM<-h month M 8 o'clock p n uo!<-S3 otherwise ordere-i Sec. 2. Special mee'tHy? may be called aoy time by the Secretary when reque led I the President or a majority ot the memr-ei specifying the object of the meeting. ! notice shall be required for the meeting i terred to in Section 1, but due notice special meetings shall be given personally by mail. RULE 4. Order of Business. 1. Reidihg of Minutes at regular meeti ng 2. Reports of Committees. 3. Report of the Secretary. 4. Report and communications from t Health Officer. 5* Reports and communications from oth sources. 6 Unfinished business. 7. New business. 8. AcjDurnment. RULE 5. Duty of Officers. PRESIDENT. Section 1. The President shall preside the meetings of the Board : call ex'ra mee ings of the body, and perform all the duti usually appertaining to his office. And 1 shall have full power to administer oaths < affirmations in any proceedings or investis iion9 touching the regulations of the Boarc but shall not be entitled to receive any f therefor. Sec. 2. In the absence of the Presiden one of the other members of the Board ma be designated to perform the duties of b office. SECRETARY. Section 1. The Secretary ; sha ll attend a meetings and keep the minutes of the pr< ceedings of the Board; he shall keep a papers, books and records entrusted to h care in a safe, and convenient place in h office. Sec. 2. He shall have fall po*er to ac minister oaths or affirmations in any prc ceedings or investigations touching th regulations of the Board ; but shall not b entitled to receive any extra compensatio Therefor. Sec. 3. It shall be his duty to receive an keep a record of all certificates of births an deaths occuring within the city of Sumter. Sec. 4. ft shall be his duty, in the mont of October of each year, to prepare a repor io writing, to be submitted to the City Couti eil (in accordance with the act), of th operations of the Board for the .precedmi year, with the necessary statistics thereof together with such information and sugges tions relative to the sanitary condition am requirements of the city as the Board ma; deem proper. He shall also prepare a report to be submitted to the State Board of Healti in the month of October, containing notic of its organization and membership, ant shall forward to them copies^of all its report and publications, together with such sanit?r] information as may from time to time bt required by said State Board. Sec. 5. The Secretary" shall issue al special permits granted by the Board, and bi shall keep a record of the same and of al applications for permits in cases where per mits have been refused ; and be shall be re quired to give bond in the sum of one hun ?red dollars ($100) for the faithful discharge of his duties, and be shall receive a salary a the rate cf five dollars ($5.00) per month. HEALTH OFFICER. Section 1. The Health Officer shall keej bis office io the City Hall, pr io some com ventent p'ace in that immediate vicinity, tc be approved by the City Council, open fron: 9 o'clock a m. until 12 o'clock m. everv day, Sundays and holidays excepted, for th? convenience of the citizens; aid he shall keep a record book for complaints or notice* of nuisances to be attended to by him Hi shall prepare and publish weekly bills o? mortality ; keep a public register of all death which take place in the city ; inquire into the cause of all epidemical diseases, and re? port the same to the Board of Health or to the Mayor; make inquiries concerning the state of public health when required, and report to the Mayor or Board of Health. He shall submit to the Board of Health monthly a full report, showing the duties performed, with such suggestions and recommendations a3 he may deem expedient and proper. He shall furnish to the Board, when desired, such information in regard to the public health as may be necessary ; and report any improvement or alterations in buildings or streets that iu any wise affect the general health of the city. He shall grant burial permits and receive from the Sextons the burial certificates, keeping a record of the same; and report to the Board all violations of the ordinances concerning burials that come under his notice. He shall attend'the meetings of the Board of Health, and carry out ali orders of the Board or of* the Mayor in relation to the sanitary regulations of the city; and from time to time, and whenever ordered to do so by the Mayor or Board of Health, make a thorough and systematic examination of the city ; and he shall cart?e all nuisances to be abated with reasonable promptness. He shall keep a list of all per? sons "keeping hogs in the city, and shall note the size and location ot their enclosures, aud the number of hogs so kept. He shall exe? cute the orders of the Board, and for that purpose shall have and exercise the powers and authority of a policeman of the city. He shall collet 'all fees and pay them into the City Treasury monthly, together with all penalties which shall be recovered for the violation of any regulations of the Board. He shall accompany the Board of Health or a Committee of the Board iu their quarterly Ivisits to the schools and puolic buildings. It shall be incumbent upon him to visit every lot and residence in the city at least once a mooth and to report to the Board of Health anything be may find to endanger tbe public health, and in the course of such inspect to examine all privy vaults, privies, ?nd I other places likely to prove nuisances detrimental to the public health. Tt shu.i I the duty of the Health Officer to visit du all creen groceries, beef ?nd fish markets, H inspect all articles there kept for sale; ? Shou'd he fini any meats, fish, oys'era vegi-tab'es diseased or spoi'ed, or for ? reason unfit f?*r fond, he shall imm?diat forbid 'he sale iherPof and report :he sa ?0 'he B Mrd v.f Health. Sec. 2. Any person so offering for s I anv diseased or spoiled meit*, fish, o?si ! or vegptab'es, shall be punished by ? ii ?e i not more than fifteen dollars (SIS) n??r 1 ? than otie doliar (Si), or by impriionment ? not less Utan one (1 ) or ?iot more than tito j (15) dava for each offense j Sec 3 The Salary of the Health' Offi i sha.li be at the rate ot thirty-five dollars (Si per month. He sba1! te required to ir bond in the earn ot one hundred dolli ($100) for 'he faithtul discharge of duties. RULE 6. Section 1. It shall not be lawf.:? to bu j any dead person within the incorporate li irs of 'he City of Sumter Sec. 2. Any p-tson or persons who sh bury any dead person or shall assist at su t unal within the limits aforesaid after t time aforesaid, shall upon conviction then be fined not more than fifty ($50 00) doll? or imprisoned if the City pri^ou uot nu lhan thirty da>s Sec. 3 Should e.ny dead person be .?uri ! within the City nf Sumter ?f:er the ti I .Aforesaid ?he Mayor <>r 'he City Couti ! or the Board of Health snail cause the sa dead body to he taken un and removed, ii i he or they may designate ? place for t j hut ia 1 of the same and it *hall ?tot be In wi I for ?nv persons to interfere with the May or B.>urd of Health or their Agents in t removal of said dead person, and any pers who shall so interfere shall upon convict i the/-* f be fined nut more than one hutidr (S10'?.00) dollars or imprisoned fo the Ci Pris -u not re 'han thirty 'i ?ya. PROVIDED, That this rule shall not a ply to burials within the grounds of ' Hebrew Benevolent Association and with the grounds of the Sumter I'emetery AssO' ation as now located (or the Colored Cert tery) or Catholic Cemetery ?dj?ning t Protestant Cemetery. RULE 7. No new burying ground, cemetery, tomb vault for dead human bodies shall bo esta lished (nor shall the remains of any dei body be placed in nny existing buryh ground, vault, tomb or cemetery in the Ci of Sumter, nor any of said receptacles open?d, exposed or disturbed) except accor tug io the terms of thepetmit therefor givi by the Board of Health. RULE 8. Every Association, Board of Truste?s Corporation having charee of any ferreter burying ground or van lt, shall he required employ or appoint a Sexton or Su:>er?p?c.rn ent who shall be required to t ?i>ter h name with the Secretary of the Board Health, ?hose duty it shall be to supervi ail interments in said cemetery, burial grour or vault He shall not permit any dead boc to be interred in said cemetery, burri: ground or vault tinti he shall first have r ceived from the Hearse keefer or other perse in charge of the corpse such burial permit i he. (the Hearse-keeper or person in chargi is required by this rule to deliver with sue dead body, and it shall be the duty of sue Sexton or other person in charge of any plat of burial to enter said burial permit or pe; mi's in a book to be furnished^y him for th* purpose and to deliver the original certifie*t< bnrinl permit or permits to the said Healt Officer HS these regulations require, and fe anv and every violation hereof he shall foi feit and pay for the use of tl , City not mor than twenty (?20.00) dollars, or in defaul thereof be imprisoned in the City Prisen nc .' more than 20 days RULE 9. Every Sexton and other persons havin charge of any burying ground, tomb or vaul in the City of Sumter shall before 12 o'clocl on Monday of each week make returns to tb Health Officer, of the bodies and person buried since the last return and in such fore and specifying such particulars as the speda regulations of this department shall require That ..o person shall retain or allow to bi tetained unburied the dead body of un] human being for a. longer time than tbre days after the death of such person without i permit from thi3 department, which per ni shall specify the length of tune during whicl such body may be retailed unburied Fo every violation of ibis rule the person offend iog shall pay a fine of not more than ter dollars ($10) or be imprisoned in the citj prison not exceeding ten (10) days. RULE 10. No hearse keeper or person in charge of anj hearse shall receive or carry any corpse oi dead body until he shall have first obtained from the office of the Health Officer a buria permit in the following form, viz.: BURIAL PERMIT NO. -. Before this body leaves the city the trans? portation agent will tear off and destroy this coupon. If otherwise detached from the permit, the coupon must not t-e received. HEALTH DEPARTMENT,") Bu-eau of Vital Statistics, ]? SUMTER, S C . -, 189-. J Permission is hereby given to remove the remains of : age, ; occu? pation, ; place of birth, place of death, ; date of death, ; cause of death, to , for interment. -, Health Officer. [See back of this permit ] This permit must in all ?cases accompany the body to its destinatio n Keepers of cemeteries ii. Sumter will make returns of all permits tor burials to the offn e whence issued on Monday of each week ; the ! back of which permit shall contain the fol I lowing : j "Transportation agen??, superintendents j of railroads, etc , will ueliver a body enter ? ing Sumter to the person having this permit, I The coupon mu3t be detached only in case cf j a body leaving the city." RULE ll. j It shall be the duty of the undertaker or j person in charge of the corpse to deliver th?; j said burial permit, with the dead body, to the Sexton or other perso-i in charge of the j burial ground in which it is proposed to inter such dead body whenever such ourial ground j is within the limits of this city ; and when i evrr such burial ground is without the limits of this city the said permit or duplicate ; thereof shall be delivered by said hearse ! keeper or other nerson in charge of 'he hearse ; to thc Health Officer on 'he day of interment, ; under a penalty of not more than twenty-five dollars (S25) or be imprisoned not more than i twenty (20) days for each and every failure : or neglect so to do and for uny and every I violation of the provisions of this section. RULE 12. Every physician and professional advisor who has attended any person ata last illness, or has been present by request at the death ol : any person, shall make and preserven registry ! cf such death, stating the cause thereof and j specifying ihedate, hour. nt:d place of such j death. And the said Board shall furnish 'o I each practicing physician and to the Coroner 1 of Suinter County b.t-.nk certificaras in the form following : CERTIFICATE ( F DE KTU I Full name t'f dwe^SH?, (wri*e legibly >tf d ?p-II correcr'r). It an ififir.t uni ?rtiih'i, ?iw :)nre:ir?' hKiri"?. 2. A ire, years, months, ria\ . ; color, 3 Sirii/'e. Married VVj^ow or widower [Cross out tilt- word?! not r?qijirrd i-? this line J 4. Oc?*u P*! ion. 5 Bir'n; l>.cc. State or county, how long in the United S'.H:es, ti of foreign t.irt't ? 6. How long rrstdeni in 'his ri.\? 7. Father's name, father's birthplace, State or county, 5. Mo'her's name, i mother's birthplace, State or coo nt j, 9. Place of death (please state the rum? if an institution), street, w.uni 10 Residence before admission in the institution, name of street nod location. II I hereby certify that I attended de? ceased from , 18-, to 18-; that I Us; suv alive on the day of 18-. about o'clock (a. rn or p m ), and that the canse of death First, primary. Seennfl, immediate, AH the above information should be fur? nished ny the physician. Pince of burial, ?>-tte of burial, Undertaker, Place of busine??, Time from attack till daath, (wiii? opposite e?Jch c->.ise; if cause is un- ! known, it should tie so stated) Signed by -. M D , Medical Atteodant. Address, RULE 13 [And] When any person shall die in the city, tt.r physician or surgeon who shall have attended 6uch person MS physician or surgeon shall fi I up the blanks io such death certificate (Q the ??est of his knowledge and Sitjn the. SHfUf with his t.ame, arid shall de? liver ihesime 'o some member of the family in the house where such person shall have died. In eas-s where the interment is to take pl H ce without the limits of the city the attending phv-ician or surgeon shall deliver as above M duplicate cer?ficate. and incase any person sha.! die in the city unattended ny any ptnsiciati or surgeon, it shall be the dury of the Coroner to furnish such certifi? cate: and for each and every ceglert of the duty herein rtquiied each and every person f ftVnding shall forfeit ?nd nay for ihe use of theciiv ten dollars [?10] or be imprisoned ten [10] dv-s in the city prison. HU LE U Manner ./ Procedure io Oh.'.ain Burial Pern.it. The undertukT rr person in charge shall present the certificate of deith, properly made out and signed, to the Health Officer, and this shall be an order upon him [the Health OtScei] for a burial permit. The liurial permit .-hall be taren to the cemetery or burial ground along with the body and delivered to the Sesi?n or person in charge, and said burial permit shftll be an order on him [the Sexton or person in charge of the cemetery] to allow said body to be interred. Upon tnt? Monday martling following the interment the Sexton or t-erson in charge of the cemetery shall return said permit to the Health Officer, who shnll place it OH Ile. Within time days alter receiving a certif? icate of death the Health Officer shall file it with the Secretary of the Board of Health, who shall make a record of the same in a resister kept for the purpose. RULE 13. No other person than the Coroner or a physician or surgeon who bas a license to practice in accordance wiih the State law shall give the certificate herein required to be delivered to the Health Officer to obtain a burial permit. RULE 16 Births. Every Physician, Midwife or other person who may professionally assist or advise at any birth shall make and keep a r<gistry of every such birth and therein enter the time and place of such birth and the sex and color of every child boru and the names, color, occupation and residence of each of the paren ts so far as such facts can be ascertained; and ! t shall be the duty of every person men? tioned io this section to piee?nt to the Health officer a copy of such register signed by such person, or a written statement by him or ber signed, of all the facts required to be entered in such register within three days after the nirth of any person to whom such register may or should relate. RULE 17 Every person who shall omit to keep the register hereinbefore required, cr shall omit to report a written copy of the same to the Health Officer within three days after any birth, or shall wilfully make * false or ficti? tious entry in his or her record of births, or in the certified cony of such register delivered to the said health efficer, shall be subject for each and every omission or false entry to a fine of not more than twenty [$20.00J dollars, nnd in default of paying tbe same shall suffer imprisonment not exceeding 20 days. RULE 18. The Board cf Health shall furnish to each practising Physician and Midwife in the City of Sumter blank certificates o" birth in the form following : RETURN CF A BIRTH 189-. 1 Full name [if any J of child. 2. Sex number of child of j mother, 3. Rice or color [if not of the white j ra ce. J 4. Date ut' birth. 5. Place of birth. 6. Full name of Mother, [Maiden name ] 7. Mother's birth place, S. Mother's residence, 9. Full name of father, 10. Father's occupation, 11. Father's birth place. Name of Attendant, Address of Attendant, RULE 19. The Board of Health shall also furnish each practicing physician and midwife in the city of Sumter blank certificates of a stillbirth, in the form following: RETURN CF A STILLBIRTH. 1. Name of mother, : { 2 Name of father, Residence of mother, j, 4. Period of utero gestation, , f>. Date of this birth, . 6. Sex, Color, : | 7. No. of child of mother. : j 8. Nativity of mother, , Nativity offather, , 9. Cause of dead birth (if known,) , 10. Name of medical attendant, ; 11. Residence, 12. Name of other person miking thia return, 13. Residence, 14 Date, , 189 1 "). Undertaker, ( 1 '.'J. Pince ol buriai. ( RU RR 2i). \ When any child shall be horn, or there is a \ stillbirth, in this city, the physician or mid r wife who shall have attended at such birtb, i ( md if none were present then the puent learest of kin, shall fiil up the nlfnk inch certificate and sign the same with hi 1er n?me, and shail deliver the same tc ?ecretnry of the Board within five da t s > he hirth, and for mell and ev: rv netilet he d'l'ie^ herein required each and e )erS:)t) offending' shall tnt fei I or pn\ to i.p,.f 'ht-city ten dollars ur ne itnprisc 'i i hf city prison te > ri v, \ ?J. KULK 21. Ir shall not I?? lawful to ke*p any 1 vith'tt the incorporate litni's of the eil Sumter, except in enclosures of such s z nav re approved hy th? H >>?r.'l nf He.i md t'T each and (Vnrv vio nM-.n of > rn vision .a nf th's rule the ',<?.<< n ' ??'.-i'f ihall 'e firod five d'?U/irs [$"> 00] or irisoned in 'he city pt isn't fiv"- days. RULE 22. It sh.iil nor he lawful to slau'jhrer ininul- for market in the incorporate li: >f th<- c:ty ?f Sumter; ted for eich ?verv vio'atiori of the provisions of this he perron offending sha! I te fined five dol $5 00] or imprisoned in the city prison i ay s RULE 23. ir shall 'Ot.ne lawful for any persoi :<ermit a dead horse or any other animal I nar die within ihe limits of the city of Si er in the possession, ownership or- cusb >f such person ro r'.main within the i limits for a longer period than is necessary .emove the s-ime; and for each aud ev violation of the provisions of this rule jerson offending shu!! he fined five dol *S5 00J or impnsoced in the city prison lays RULE 24. It Phall not be lawful for any person throw or pi?ce in any street, or upon > sidewalk or io any open lot in the city Sumter, any dead fowl or dead animal, ot ieposit any watermelon tinds or mhb from yards or lo 'S on t tie street or sidewa unless the same be put in hexes or barn convenient to he handled by the city c ari vers. It shall not t.e lawful :o depc my liquid slops or refuse iu any shape uj. the streets, sidewalks or open lots within limits of 'he city. Dean fow mimais, rubbish etc., found upon sidewal open lots, etc., in opposition to this r .hali be deemed as having been there posited by the occupants of the nearest hoi or lot thereto, , unless otherwise shown ; a for each and every violation of the provisic t?f this nilethe person offending shall t-e fit five dollars [S3 00"] or imprisoned in thee prison five aays. RULE 25. The Superintendent of Streets shall be quired to I.ive the dirt, filth, garbage and kinds of offal removed from the streets, lan nlley s and open courts of the ci ?y dailv ; a the said dirt, filth, garoage and offal shajl deposited by him at such place or places may be designated hy the . Matt with ihe sanction nf the Ci'y Couru And the s;tid Superintendent, in additi to the foregoing, shall t-e required to ke the streets, lanes, alleys and open courts all times fiee from filth; 'o keep clean a free from obsttnotions the openings of t public drains and the gutters along the sic wa!k3. And tue Superintendent shall liaole to a fice of not more than five doll* for each and every ?ct of omission or defau to be imposed by the Mayor or the Board Health whenever io their opinion such ne !ect may be detrimental to the public healt or the Mayor may in his discretion have t work done at the expense and ruk of t sain Superintendent and have the sum pa therefor deducted from his pay. RULE 26. Low Lois. It shall not be lawful for any person permit any lot in bis possession or under b control in the city of Sumter to be kept : such a condition as to hold water in holes < pools after a rain, but all lots shall be ke] in such order that the water from rains sha easily and quickly flow therefrom: and ao person who may be convicted of a violatio of this section of this ordinance may be fine not more than ten dollars ($10) or in prisoned not more than ten days in the cit prison ; anti in addition thereto the Mayor c City Council may have and order any lot nc properly kept tn condition after no'ice, put i proper condition at the expense of the perso in possession or who has it under his contro md recover the expense thereof in any com of competent jurisdiction, in an actio brought in the name of said city. RULE 27. Dry Wells. It shall not be lawful for any person i the city of Sumter to permit any privy o cesspool to be kept in a filthy or unhealth, condition, but all such places must be cleanei sufficiently often to keep them from becomini offensive. Provided 'hat no privy or ress pool shall be erected or maintained withii iwenty feet of any of the streets of the Cit; of Sumter. RULE 28. Whenever any vault or privy becomes of Tensive the owner or occupant of the premise: shall remove or cleanse within forry-eigh boure after notice in writing to that effec shall be given hy the Board of Health. Ir case of neglect or reiusal of the same thej shall be fined not more than $10.00 or in prisoned more than 10 days. RULE 23. It shall not be lawful for any person oi persons to connect any vault, privy or water closet upon any lot with any of the drains ol the City, or to discharge or convey the con? tents thereof into any such drain, and any such person or persons offending herein, whether be or they be owners or occupants cf 5ucb lot. shall be fined not more than fifty [$50 00] dollars, or imprisoned not more than 30 days for each and every offense, and also a further additional sum for each and every day that the said grievances, or any of them, shall continue after a written notice from the Mayor or Board of Health to abate or discontinue the same. And any person rt ho shall be concerned or engaged in the building or construction of any means ot con? veyance or connection for the purposes afore? said, or any of them, &ball foi feit and pay to the city for each and every offense the ?um of ten ($10.00) dollars. RULE 30. It shall be unlawful to dig any new ditch? 's or trenches for any purpose, or to open up my old ones so as to expose the upturned ?arth during the months of June, July, Au? gust and September, except in cases of small excavations, and then only alter special per? mit from the Board of Health, and any per? ron who may violate this rule may be lined r?y the Mayor or Board of Health on convie lion thereof, not more than twenty dollars >r he imprisoned in tho City prison not more t!-?an twenty days; Provided that this shall lot apply to persons cultivating the sci! in their yards, gardens or lots. RULE 31. Inspection of Foods, Etc, Any catrlr. meat, birds, fowl, fish, fruit, )r vegetables lound by any inspector or ;fficer of this department in a condition v h ich is in his opinion unwholesome or unfit 'or use as human food shall upon the order of he Board of Health, be removed from any narke', street, or public pince, and the owner >r person in charge thereof, winn so directed | ny the. s-aid Hoard, shall renu-ve or cause the same io he removed to the place designated hy the Health Officer, and shall not sell or offer to sell or dispose of the same for human food, and when in the opinion of the Health Officer any such meat, fish, fruits or vegeta? bles shall he unfit for human food, or any such cattle, sheep, swine or fowl or animals by reason of disease or exposure to conta? gious diseas?, shall ^ unfit for hu m au food and improper or unfit to remain near other animals <:r be kept alive, the Board of Health may direct th3 same to be destroyed as dan? gerous io life ar.d h;alth, and may order any such animal, sheep, swine o: fowl to be re? moved r?y the inspector, police offio-r, or agent <.f -rvs department to be killed and taken away. RULE 32. Physicians to Report In fectious and Pestilential Diseases. It shall he the duty of every Physician or o'lier (fffdti who may be called noon to nt tend any person with any infectious, conta? gious or pestilential disease in the Citv of Sumter, to lei-ort to the Board of Health within twenty-four hours afterwards, the as ceriKir.ir.ent of such disease, the nature of lue ci.-ease and the premises on which the same may he. PROVIDED, however, that if there should be no attet ding Physician, it shall tie the duty of the owner, occupant or lessee of a?y premises on which a case of infectious, con? tusions or pestilential disease shall occur, to report the jame to 'he Board of Health That any such Physician or other person w h o sha!' violate any of the provisions, of :h's Ordir.hLce shill he sut jed to a tine of not mme than twenty-five [$23 00J dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding 20 days. RULE 33. Sec. 1. In order to prevent the spread of contagious diseases, ihe Health Officer sha'! notify the families of those sick wiih conta? gious diseases that the children of suco fami? lies should not be allowed to attend any school. Sec. 2. In giving said notice the following ir.* i 'ar shall be used : ''Vou are required to keep your children from school during the time from the com me iceraent of disease until the sick person ha* p-isied the stage of desquemation (peeling off of the skia) in ra.3alsos and scarlet fever ; an 1 of d^-sieaiion (filling off of scabs) io variola (jtiall pox) and in diptberia uotil the p i vsici io st ites tnat the sick person is free from ?he disease, and oniil the room occupied and the clothing used has been in each case disinfected." RULE 34. There shall not be a public or church fun er? I of any person who hus died of small pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, yellow fever, typhus fever, or Asiatic cholera; but the funeral of such person shall be private, arid it shall not be lawful to invite or permit at the funeral of an\ person who has died of any of the above diseases, or of any contagious or pes? tilential disease, or at any services connected therewith, any person whose attendance is not necessary or to whom there is danger of contagion thereby. For every violation of this rule tbs person so offending shall he fined not more than twenty-five dollars ($25) or be imprisoned not more than twenty days. RULE 35. The bringing of bodies of persons into Sumter who shall have died of any of the aforementioned diseases is strictly forbidden, under a penalty of fifty dollars ($50) fine or thirtv da\s imprisonment RULE ?6. In ali cases, railroad and transportation companies shall obtain permission to bring bodies of deceased persons, from the Health Officer or from regular physicians of the place from which the body is brought. RULE 37. No owner or driver, or any other person having charge of any carriage or other vehicle used as a public conveyance shall re ceive or permit to he placed, or convey in any manner in or upon said vehicle, any per? son sick or infected with small pox or other contagious disease, under a penalty of fifty dollars [S50] fine or imprisonment not ex? ceeding thirty days. RULE 33. The body of any person who dies of small pox shall be removed in a burial hearse and in no other conveyance. RULE 39. Glanders. Section 1. It shall not be lawful for any person to bring or Keep within the city limits of Sumter ?nj horse or other animal having a disea-- ? ? wn as "glanders" or "farcy." S c '? "?? "e owner, agent, or any other person m ? h -ge of an animal so affected, or who m 'i ?e knowledge of such animal, shall foil' >?i.h report the same to the Board of Health, together with the name of such owner and the place where the animal is kept, and it shall be disposed of under the directions of said Board. Any person, vio? lating any of the provisions of this ordi? nance shall be for each and every offense fined in a sum not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned not less than ten nor more than thirty days. RULE 40. The Board of Health may enact any By Laws, rules and regulations as it may deem advisable, in harmony with the provisions and purposes of the act, and not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State. Duly read and adopted by the Board of Health of the City of Sumter on the 17th dav of October, 1895. Attest: J. A. MOOD, S. C BAKER, President Acting Secretary. "AN ORDINANCE," ENTITLED ?iAN ORDINANCE, APPROVING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE CITY OF SUMTER, S. C." BE IT ORDAINED by tb* Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Sumter, in Uouncil assembled and by authority of the same : SECTION 1. That the Rules and Regula? tion?, made and adopted by the Board of Health of the City cf Sumter, S C , with ail the provisions, fine? and penalties therein set forth, signed by the President, ami attested by tbeacting Secretly cf said Board, dated 17th day of October, 1895, be, and the same are hereby approved, and shall have the force of ordinances ol' the City of Sumter, S. ('., after, nt d 'rom the due publication there uf, iu compliance with, and as required ny, an Act ol' the G'ener-il Assembly ot the State of South Carolina, entitled "An Act to Es lab.ish Local Boards of Health in the Cities and Incorporated Towns of the State and to define iii" powers thereof," approved Jan? uary fit!;, A. !?. 1895. , Done and ratified i:i City Council assem? bled -'md under thc Corponiie Seal of the ('i'-, o? Snmicr. S. C., this eighteenth day of Octooer, A. D. 1895. B. G. PIERSON, C. M. HURST, Mayor. Clerk & Treasurer. Oct. 30. ANNUAL MEETING. OFFICE OF County Board of Commissioners, OF SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C., Oct9tb, 1895. THE ANNUAL MEETING County Board of Commissioners of Sumter County, wul be held as provided by Statute on Thurs? day November 7th, 1895. Persons holding j Ciaims against Sumter County cf any descrip j tion not already presented, ?ill file the same I on or before November 1st pros., with the ! Secretary of Boaid. W. S. DINKINS, Attest Supervisor. THOS. V. WALSH, Secretary. Oct. 9tb-4t OFFICE COUNTY TREASURER, SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C., Oct. 1, 1895. The Treasurer of Sumter County hereby gives notice that bis books will be open at his office io the Court House from the 15th day of October. 1895, to the 31st day of December, 1895, inclu? sive, for the collection of taxes for the fiscal year 1894-1895, for Sumter County. The following are the rates per cen? tum of the levy : For State purposes 4^- mills on every dollar of the value of ail taxable prop? erty. For ordinary County purposes, 3 mills. For Constitutional School Tax, 2 mills. Making a total of 9i mills. Also the following additional levies in the special School Districts enumer? ated below : District No. 20-4 mills. District No. 18-2 mills. District No. 5-2 mills. District No. 12-2 mills. District No. 16-2 mills. District Nc. 1 - 2 mills Also one dollar on each poll between the ages of 21 and 50 years. H. h. SCARBOROUGH, County Treasurer. Oct. 2 COTTON STATES AND INTER? NATIONAL EXPOSITON, Atlanta, Ga. VIA THE SEABOARD AIE LIE VESTIBULED LIMITED TRAINS Upon Which no Extra Fare is Charged. SOLID TEAINS Charleston and Columbia to Atlanta without change. SCHEDULE. 403 41 45 am pm am Lv Catawba. 10 29 9 59 " Chester. ll 05 10 38 " Corlis!-. ll 29 ll 09 " Charleston, 7 00 " Sumter, 9 44 " Columbia, 5 00 ll 15 " Prosperity, 7 28 12 29 " Newberry, 7 58 12 43 .* Clinton, 12 15 12 08 1 40 11 Greenwood, 12 57 1 04 2 34 Abbeville, 1 24 1 45 3 00 " Calhoun Falls, 1 46 2 16 3 26 Ar Atlanta, 4 09 5 20 6 45 pm a tn p m EQUIPMENT. Trains 403 and 41 are composed, of the handsomest Pullman Drawing Room, Buffet Sleeping Care and Day Coaches. No. 403 ("The Atlanta Special") is vesti? buled from end co end and is operated solid from Washington to Atlanta without change. No. 41 is operated solid from Portsmouth to Atlanta without change. No. 45, composed of Day Coaches, is ope? rated solid Charleston to Atlanta (through Sumter, Columbia, Prosperity and Newberry) without change. These trains land passengers in the Union Depot at Atlanta-as near the Exposition grounds as through passengers via any iine are landed. RATES. -FROM- A. C. E. Catawba, S12 10 S 8 90 $ 5 45 Chester, ll 05 8 10 5 05 Carlisle, 10 15 7 45 4 70 Charleston, 13 95 . 10 25 7 20 Sumter, 13 60 9 95 6 69 Columbia, 11 35 8 30 5 60 Prosperity, 9 45 6 95 4 70 NewDerrv, 9 10 6 65 4 60 Clinton,' 8 65 6 35 4 10 Greenwood, 7 15 5 25 3 45 Abbeville. 6 40 4 70 3 40 Calhoun Fall?,_5 65 4 15 3 IO DATES OP SALE AND LIMITS. Column A.-Tickets sold daily to Decembe 15th. with extreme limit January 7th. 1896. Column C.-Tickets sold dailr to December 30tb, with extrem? limit 15 days from date of sale. Column E.-Tickets sold daily to December o?th, with extreme limit 7 days from date of sale. THE EXPOSITION surpasses, in some respects, any Exposition yet held in America Here you find, side by side, exhibits from florida and Alaska, Cali? fornia and Maine, the United States o? Amer? ica and the United States of Brazil, Mexico and Canada, and so on until nearly every civilized nation on tne globe is represented. On the terrices are found, among many at? tractions, Arab. Chinese and Mexican villages, showing just how those peoples have their "dailv walk and conversation." Ask for tickets via k'T?,z Seaboard Air Line."' Pullman Sleeping Car reservations will be made and further informatien furnished upon application to any Agent of th3 Seaboard Air Line, or to the undersigned. W. W. B. GLOVER, T. J. ANDERSON, Traffic Manager. General Pass. Agt. E. ST. JOHN, vice-President.