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[CHAP. IV.
"General Department (Plague).
No.
4516/4779-p
Bombay Castle, 12th August 1898.
RESOLUTION OF GOVERNMENT.
The following Notification should be published in a Bombay Government Gazette Extra-
ordinary :—
Government Notification No. 1204—702-p.,
dated 5th March 1897.
Government Notification No. 3250—2402-p.,
dated 12th June 1897.
Government Notification No. 56—56-P.,
dated 5th January 1898.
Government Notification No. 137—150-P.,
dated 8th January 1898.
Government Notification No. 943—1148-P.,
dated
15th
February
1898.
"Whereas certain parts of India are visited by, and others threatened with, an outbreak
of dangerous epidemic disease known as Plague ; and whereas the Governor General in
Council, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 2, Sub-section 3, of the Epidemic
Diseases Act, has been pleased to direct that the powers conferred by the said Act may,
within the Presidency of Bombay, be exercised by
the Governor of Bombay in Council ; and whereas
the Governor in Council thinks that the ordinary
provisions of the law for the time being in force are
insufficient to prevent the spread of this disease, he
is pleased, in supersession of the Notifications of
Government in the General Department specified in
the margin, and in modification of Government.
Notifications Nos. 5279—3434-p., dated 29th Sep-
tember 1897, and 327—360-P., dated 18th January 1898, to direct as follows:—
The Municipal Commissioner, Bombay Municipality, is empowered to carry out, subject
to the control of Government exercised through the Plague Commissioner, all the measures to
be taken to suppress and prevent the spread of plague in the City of Bombay, and he shall
take such measures as Government, through the Plague Commissioner, may order him to
take in this behalf.
Government Notification No. 228-P., dated
10th February 1897.
Government Notification No. 4691—3120-P.,
dated 30th August 1897.
Government Notification No. 2675—3027-P.,
dated 10th May 1898.
For the said purposes the Municipal Commissioner, in addition to the powers conferred
on him by the Bombay City Municipal Act, 1888,
by the Government Notifications marginally specified,
and by the Notification of the Municipal Commis-
sioner, dated 6th October 1896, is invested with the
following powers :
(1) To appoint special officers either by name or by virtue of office to carry out or
perform under his general direction any measures or acts devised or ordered by him to be
taken for the suppression or prevention of the spread of plague. Such special officers may
be known as ' Plague Authorities ' and their powers and duties may be limited as directed
by the Municipal Commissioner and their appointment shall be subject to revocation at any
time by the Municipal Commissioner. Any Plague Authority so appointed may be em-
powered by the Municipal Commissioner to direct or cause the removal, to a hospital or
other place appointed for the purpose, of any person in respect of whom a certificate has
been made in the manner hereinbelow provided in clause (5) of paragraph 3 of this
Notification.
(2) To exercise, in lieu of the Bombay Plague Committee, the powers of a Com-
missioner under Rule 29 and the powers of a District Magistrate under Rules 19 and 28
of the General Plague Rules for the Mofussil as applied to the City and Island of Bombay
by Government Notification No. 5279—3434-p, dated 29th September 1897, and
Government Notification No. 327 —360-p., dated 18th January 1898, respectively.
(3) To close the Máhim-Bándra and Sion Kurla Causeways from time to time, as he
may deem necessary, and further to examine all persons crossing the said causeways at
the permitted times, and, if necessary, to detain and send to hospitals or other places
appointed for the purpose persons found or believed to be suffering from the plague.
(4) To take possession of and occupy any vacant ground or empty building for the
purpose of any camp, hospital, latrine, deposit of sweepings, warehouse or office, and to
determine such monthly rent or other compensation as should thereafter be paid to the
owner of such land or building taken possession of and occupied for the said purposes.
Mr J. H. DuBoulay is appointed to assist the Municipal Commissioner in the manage-
ment of plague operations. He shall exercise such of the powers and perform such of the
duties hereinbelow mentioned as he may be directed to exercise or to perform by the orders of
the Municipal Commissioner, and he shall be styled Deputy Commissioner for plague operations.
For the said purposes Mr. DuBoulay is invested with the powers conferred on the Municipal
Commissioner by Government Notifications Nos. 228-p., dated 10th February 1897, 4691—
3120-p , dated 30th August 1897, and 2675—3027-p., dated 10th May 1898, and in addition is
invested with the following powers, viz. :