Herbert H. So ton, to the present, th re are many.
Direct 'of Benton Harbor City influential persons who do not
Inspection Department released assign much value to thes regu-
the folio ing tatem nt about lations. � This attitude, to the
Cod Enforcement for the knowledgeable person, is fright-
people of th city. ful, This is due in part to the
"To begin ith,. there highly technical and complex
must be n e plan tion of th role played by the building
types of codes that deal ith regul tory agencies. .
hou ing. There are two, on is "Building would be
the building cod and the other built hether regulation exists
is the housing code. It must b or not. There are untold thou-
unders ood that they are sand of buildings still in u that
separate and independent of ere built without th control
each other. Building codes con- of building department. Such
trol how e build, housing codes ' tructures may appear as any
control ho e live. 1 other to the untrain d eye, but
"Although th se r la- upon closer examination by a
tions are som of the oldes and'· trained obse er, might reveal
most enduring of our the presence of frightening con-
ranging from pre-biblical time ditions. It is usually only
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after a di ster or scandel th t
deficient de ign or no in pection
jII manifest themsel e. At
I this point, it is too I teo for a
building official to say anything
b t, "l told you so." It ta �
high order of commitrn nt to
pur ue a guest for ad quate
. building regulations and their
enforcement.
"Today' building pro
blems are no basically different
from tho hundreds of years
ago. They are, ilo ever, inten
sified by rapid population
growth and by the concentration
of that population in urb n
. areas.
PROVIDES CO TROl .
"The primary int nt of
building and housing codes is to
provide reasonable controls for
the construction, use, nd
Occupancy of buildin and all
of eir various components.
Thus, the codes are minimum in
4-H h Ipi 9 Y�Uwth
Continued from � 2
of the early 4-H clubs.
Today's 4-H progr m
of th C.E.S. in olves youth
the prima audience and
adults and eens volunte r
�
leaders.
It s central to the
4-H concep that community ..
adu ts or in �e program
as olunteers in rd r .to in-
vo more adults in th learning
experience of children. . .
If the children of your
community are not involved in
any youth pro y not
organize a 4-H clu ith them?
I will be happy to
Just as for H
Ext. 271.
der ta
l
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ted, and no warran shall be
issued, but upon probable cause,
upported by oath or ffirma
tion, and particularly describing
the pi e to be searched, and the
persons or things to be seized."
Today e ryon recogni
zes that there is a right of pri
y.
Before 1890, ho e r.:
. this right did not exist in Ameri
can La . •
Certainly the men ho
rote the Declaration of I nde
pendence and the Bill of ights
Amendments to the Constitu
non re consciou of rights;
ho can e explain that the law
did not recognize a right of
priv cy until a - full century
later?
The ans er is that a
particular time people orry
ut the probl ms hich face
them.
I ote the extent of the
tears and concerns of the fra
mers of the Bin of Rights
Amendment to the Constitution.
.The fourth Amendment
states, "The right of the people
. to be secure in their persons,
houses, p pers and effects,
apinst unreasonable searches
and seizure, sh II not be viola-
FOURTH IS BASIS
The framers of the 4th
Amendment declared what we
today would rega d as a segment
of privacy - protection from
police invasion of privacy.
hile a snooping person
could be prosecuted to some I
extent under a Peeping Tom
"Statute, this as a cri inal
liability; The victim could not
sue for damages for the invasion
of his privacy.
Not like today, the" m n
of 1790 just as not concerned
ADY
.lU K .axa. •
our
adv rti
r
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. RICHARD CANNADV
PHON II: .,.· .. S- •• '3
with invasion of priv cy by a
pr' ate person.
If e are hon t with
history all that e can say is
'that modern man thin highly
of his privacy nd ants it to b!
protected and kno ing that the
law is responsible to the wishes
of society, we should go on
furth than to say that it is a
right which society wishes to
protect at the present time.
MOOD I FLUE CES LA
If circumstances arise in
our national life of such a nature
that privacy will hamper or
endanger national defence, e
can expect that th right of
privacy will be limited.
Until then we still have
our right of privacy d this
cannot be abridged or violated.
usc CO
at. aVCAMORK .T .
NILD. MICHIGAN �.120
. nature. The ord mmimum
should not be rniscon rued
inferior or hoddy or. Cod
must b based on hat is
generally ccepted as good
standards of construction.
CCAt this point, let us
deal with the effects of a code
enforcemen program on the
City's hou 'ng stoc and the
vi ible improvements of that
stock.
becau the 0 ner did not no
the d n r tha e isted, as
"stated earlier. After di ster or
scandel it is too late for a bu d
ing official to say anything but
CCI told you so". As the �ng
goes, the life you save ma b
your 0 n.
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s :
PREVE T TROUBL
ALL EED I SPECTIO
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I e of the In p ction
Dep rtment provid the und r
standing and th e perti hich
most of our citizens do not
posse s, but hich ch sorel
needs. e get on e scene in an
attempt. to head off nd pre nt
trouble and di ster b fore the
can h ppen.
"I sincerely hope th t
the In pection 0 partment ill
receive our upport when ou
re cont cted for an appoint
men for an inspection of your
home or partment. Than ing
ou in dvance for your
support."
II All housing, be it rental
or 0 ner occupied, should be
inspected for the protection of
the owner of rental property s
ell the protection of the
tenant. I f the property is owner
occupied, it ould b in peered
as precaution to preven future
disasters due to faulty wiring or
heatin and plumbing connec
tions or structural members. So
many orne are destroyed from
I c of proper protection simply
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