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Show 5 City Officials Call Attention To New Rulings Attention of townspeople is called to several city rulings this week, following a regular council meeting at which duties of various appointive city officials were outlined. Sewer Connections Anyone connecting on to the sewer must first obtain a permit from the city recorder and deposit a fee of $1.50 for the permit, it is stated. The price of the sewer connection, con-nection, as set forth in the new ordinances, is $125, payable in advance. ad-vance. Also as of January 1, there will be a sewer service charge of $1 per month per connection, which will be billed every quarter with the water statement. The sewage problem is one that will have to be solved in the near future and the money derived from the service charge will go toward such a fund, it is pointed but. Cemetery Markers Before anyone places any marker or does anything in the cemetery to improve lots, permission must first be obtained from the city recorder, re-corder, it was stated this week. Fire Chief Duties The chief of the fire department is to act in the capacity of fire inspector, in-spector, it is pointed out, the ruling being made in the new city ordinances. ordin-ances. The first and primary duty of the city physician will be to advise ad-vise members of the city council on matters pertaining to public health. He will also examine the inmates in-mates and health conditions of the city jail at the request of the police po-lice department. The city physician will protect medically the city of Springville by examining and treating if necessary, nec-essary, any person injured by any agent or agents of the city. The city physician will act as a volunteer local representative of the state board of health, compiling compil-ing reports of reportable diseases; aiding and assisting in any immunization immu-nization program sponsored by the state board of health and supervising super-vising and quarantining of quaran-tinable quaran-tinable diseases. In connection with the latter duty, it is stated, that all contagious contag-ious diseases must be reported to the city physician's clerk at the city offices within 24 hours after diagnosis is established. The clerk will have appropriate placards or quarantines placed on the premises. premis-es. In all cases of questionable diagnosis, dia-gnosis, in which the patient is not ill enough to be seen by the family doctor, the clerk will notify the city physician, who in turn will examine ex-amine the patient and establish diagnonis, but the city physician will not prescribe treatment for the patient. In all cases the city clerk must be notified first. , The city physician will also act as chairman of the city board of health. His services will be limited to the city limits of Springville. |