18 18 . 21 DECISIONS OF SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT - Continued. Nuisances-Concluded. Fines and forfeitures recoverable only in name of treasurer of city or town, Order to remove nuisance under Public Statutes, chapter 80, section 32, is Board may act by a committee under Public Statutes, chapter 80, section Right of board of health to extend drain through private land Nuisance, the result of act of board of health chargeable to town Infection, Persons sick with Infectious Diseases, Hospitals, etc. Notice to be given to town where infected person belongs before action is Form of notice sufficient 2222 23 12271 Authority of board of health in taking possession of dwelling-house under house and furniture Owner cannot maintain action of contract against town for use of house Damages for value of property taken Right of board to use private premises as hospital 28 Tenant at will cannot authorize board of health to use house for infectious 28 Rules for guidance of boards of health 28 Quarantine. Owner of a vessel in quarantine not liable for expenses of a seaman trans- Regulations of board of health as to rag disinfection not unreasonable Board of health may pass regulations without hearing Disinfection may be delegated to third person Offensive Trades. Effect of Public Statutes, chapter 80, section 84, as to assignment of offen- DECISIONS Of Supreme JUDICIAL COURT Continued. PAGE Order of board, under Public Statutes, chapter 80, section 84, may be con- 44 Keeping of swine an employment, and board has authority to regulate Form of order valid under Public Statutes, chapter 80, section 84 45 State board must give notice, local boards may prohibit without notice 46 45 Bill to restrain party, how properly brought and signed Authority of supreme court to restrain by injunction, the board acting in 46 46 Purpose of law to protect the business and not the building 47 48 48 49 49 50 50 51 52 52 52 Appeal from order of state board as well as that from local Bill to restrain by injunction, how properly brought Pollution of Rivers and Water Supplies. Petition for an injunction to restrain from polluting water under 1884, chap- Summary killing of animals with glanders, decision of commissioners not Regulation as to appointing undertakers and refusal of latter to give 67 Removal of body not an offence, unless with intent to use and dispose of Common law in relation to disinterring dead body superseded by Stat. 1814, Cutting trees in burial-ground, for private profit, a desecration 70 Adulterated or Unwholesome Food and Drugs. Criminal knowledge essential under Public Statutes, chapter 208, section 1, (Milk.) Public Statutes, chapter 57, section 2, constitutional 125 126 131 Definition of "sealing" of sample 131 126 Sufficiency of complaint 134 Certain evidence not incompetent to show that milk was below standard, 131 section 5. 134 Form of indictment 133 An expert in use of lactometer may testify to its results in a given case Responsibility as to sale of milk under Public Statutes, chapter 57, sec- Immaterial in what manner the quality has been reduced below the Statutes as to reservation and sealing of sample, 1884, chapter 310, sec- 135 135 135 136 136 136 136 tion 4, impliedly repealed by 1886, chapter 318, sections 1, 3 Not necessary to name quantity of coloring matter An offence to have in one's possession skimmed milk containing a foreign 138 Hotel keeper may be convicted for sale of adulterated milk Sale of cream containing boracic acid, within the meaning of "foreign 138 (Oleomargarine.) Cover of tub removed, but marked, statutes complied PAGE DECISIONS OF SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT- (Oleomargarine) — Concluded. Concluded. Oleomargarine and butterine are "provisions within the meaning of Proprietor of restaurant can be convicted under 1891, 412, section 5, if no The statute of 1891, chapter 58, is not repealed by 1891, chapter 412, sec- As to proper placard on side of wagon "Drainage" defined (act for protection of purity of inland waters) "Contagious diseases of animals" defined (cattle commissioners acts) 45 66 93 "iron works," "glass works," "paper mills,' "Practical plumber," "journeyman" defined (plumbing act) "Workshop" defined (clothing act) 'Drug" defined (food and drug acts) 107 108 111 122 122 136 141 144 "Butter" defined (oleomargarine laws) 146 "Cheese" defined (oleomargarine laws) 146 Expose for sale" defined (oleomargarine laws) 149 "Knowingly" defined (laws relating to sale of immature veal). DISEASES OF HUMAN BEINGS. (See Dangerous Diseases) DISEASES OF CATTLE. (See Cattle.) DOGS. Licenses to have description of hydrophobia printed upon them . Service of order Penalty DRAINAGE. (See House Drainage.) Not to be discharged into sources of water supply Systems of, state board to advise as to Plans of, to be submitted to board Petitions for authority to introduce systems DRUG. Definition of term DRUGS. How adulterated, specifications 122 Official drugs may be sold as called for, or as their variation is made known Not to be used in case of suspected death by violence without permit of 186 EXAMINERS. (See Medical Examiners.) FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, ETC., INSPECTION OF. (See inspection of factories, etc.) Feeding garbage to milch cows prohibited City or town may contract for disposal of garbage, refuse and offal General provisions of health laws Gas and electricity, accidents from, to be reported to gas commissioners 186 STATE BOARD OF. (See State Board of Health.) TOWN BOARDS OF. (See Town Boards of Health.) |