The Case of the Manufacturers of Soap Et Candles (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1797. Excerpt: ... Section IV. An ACT to amend the AB, entitled, " An AB to prevent the bringing in and spreading of InJeBious diseases in this State." Passed i0th of February, i797. (sl)E it enaBed by the People of the State of New-York, repre" fented in Senate and Assembly, That there shall be three? persons appointed Commissioners of the Health Office of the City of New-York, who shall assemble from time to time, as occasion may require, at the Health Office, for the dispatch of the business to them entrusted: and that the said Commissioners, together with the Health Officer, for the time being for the said City, and who by virtue of his office, shall always be a member of the said office, or a majority of them shall be, and hereby are invested with all and singular the powers granted to the Commissioners of the Health Office for the said City, in and by the said act, entitled, " An Act to prevent the bringing in and spreading of Infectious diseases in this State;" and that from and after the appointment of the said three Commissioners, all the powers vested in the present Commissioners of the Health Office, shall cease. And be it further enaBed, That it fliall be lawful for ther said Commissioners and Health Officer, or a majority of them, from time to time, as they shall judge adviseable, ttf make and execute rules and orders for cleansing and scouring the streets, allies, passages, curtilages, sewers, yards, cellars, vaults, sinks and other places within the said city and for removing all offensive or putrid articles, or substances which may be stored or otherwise collected within the said City, and all necessary expences in carrying the said rules and orders into effect, shall be deemed as part of the contingent expences of the said City, and shall be raised by the M...