City of St. Paul v. Lawton

Defendant was convicted in tbe municipal court of St. Paul of tbe offense of causing and permitting tbe contents of a certain privy vault situated in tbat city to be removed without first having obtained a permit therefor, and contrary to tbe regulations of tbe board of health of that city. From tbe judgment entered on such conviction, be appeals.

Sp. Laws 1887, c. 341, established tbe “Health Department” of St. Paul. Section 5 provides that tbe commissioner of health “shall exercise a general supervision over tbe sanitary condition of tbe city.” Section 25 provides that “tbe said commissioner…