Amendment 1304oa

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Section 26. That § 34-16-3 be repealed.

34-16-3. All county boards of health and health officers shall make such investigations and reports and obey such directions concerning communicable diseases as the Department of Health may require or give, and under the general supervision of the department they shall cause all laws and regulations relating to public health and sanitary matters to be obeyed and enforced.

Section 27. That § 34-16-4 be repealed.

34-16-4. Every county board of health member or officer refusing or neglecting to perform any duty imposed upon him by or pursuant to this chapter or by any statute, ordinance, bylaw, or rule or regulation relating to public health and sanitary measures shall be punished according to the provisions of § 34-2-11.

Section 28. That § 34-16-6 be repealed.

34-16-6. Whenever the township board of health thinks it necessary for the preservation of the health of its inhabitants to enter any building, car, truck, automobile, or vessel in the township for the purpose of examining into and destroying, removing, or preventing any nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness, and shall be refused such entry, any member of the board may make complaint under oath to a judge of the circuit court for the county, stating the facts in the case so far as he has knowledge thereof.

Section 29. That § 34-16-7 be repealed.

~~34-16-7. The circuit court judge to whom complaint is made pursuant to § 34-16-6 shall thereupon issue a warrant directed to the sheriff or any constable of the county, commanding him to~~

take sufficient aid and, accompanied by two or more of the board of health, between the hours of sunrise and sunset, to repair to the place where such nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness complained of may be and to destroy, remove, or prevent the same under the direction of the members of such board of health.

Section 30. That § 34-16-8 be repealed.

34-16-8. Whenever any nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness is found on private property, the township board of health shall order the owner or occupant thereof at his own expense to remove the same within twenty-four hours; and if the owner or occupant thereof neglects so to do he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, to be recovered in the name of and for the use of the township.

Section 31. That § 34-16-9 be repealed.

34-16-9. Whenever an owner or occupant of private property shall not comply with an order of the board of health under § 34-16-8, the board may cause the nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness to be removed, and all expenses incurred thereby shall be paid by the owner or occupant or by such other person as has caused or permitted the same.

Section 32. That § 34-16-10 be repealed.

34-16-10. Whenever it shall be brought to the knowledge of any member of the board of township supervisors that the dead, putrid, or decaying body of any animal is unburied in his township and is or may become offensive or endangers or may endanger the health of persons or domestic animals, such supervisor shall forthwith notify the person who was at the time of its death the owner of such animal and also the person who was at such time in charge thereof, if known to him and residing in the township, to burn or bury such body or otherwise dispose of such body in the manner provided by law within a reasonable time to be fixed by the said supervisor.

Section 33. That § 34-16-11 be repealed.

34-16-11. If the owner or person in charge shall fail, neglect, or refuse to burn or bury or otherwise dispose of such body in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations provided by § § 34-16-10 to 34-16-13, inclusive, within the time required by such supervisor, or if such persons are unknown to the said supervisor or do not reside in the township, the said supervisor shall at once cause the same to be buried or burned and the expense of the same shall be paid by the township where such animal is found dead.

Section 34. That § 34-16-12 be repealed.

34-16-12. The burning or burial provided for in § § 34-16-10 and 34-16-11 shall be done effectively and thoroughly so that the body shall not emit any stench or be offensive or in any manner endanger the health of persons or domestic animals.

Section 35. That § 34-16-13 be repealed.

34-16-13. The owner of such animal and the person in charge thereof shall at once become liable to the township for the costs and expenses of burning or burial and notice pursuant to § 34-16-11, and the same may be recovered in an action to be instituted against both or either of such persons.

Section 36. That § 34-22-3 be repealed.

34-22-3. When a disease dangerous to the public health breaks out in any township the township board of health shall immediately provide such hospital or place of reception for the sick and infected as is judged best for their accommodation and the safety of the inhabitants, which shall be subject to the regulations of the board; and the board may cause any sick or infected person to be removed thereto, unless his condition will not admit of such removal without danger to his health, in which case the house or place where he remains shall be considered as a hospital and with all its inmates subject to the regulations of the board.

Section 37. That § 34-22-4 be repealed.

34-22-4. When any person coming from abroad, or residing in any civil township in this state, is infected or has lately been infected with smallpox or other contagious or infectious disease dangerous to the public health, the board of health of the township where such sick or infected person is may immediately cause such person to be removed to a separate house, if it can be done without danger to his health, and shall provide for such person, nurses, medical attendance, and other necessities which shall be a charge in favor of such township against the person so provided for, his parents or guardian, if able to pay the same, otherwise against the county to which he belongs, or the state, if such person be a nonresident of the state.