The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-03-06

or leaving any house, or the premises attached
thereto where any person may be found als-
eased with the small pox, varioloid, or any other
disease as to which the said Board may deem deem
the said interdict necessary for the preservation
of the public health; and If any person having
notice thereof shall violate said order, he or she
shall forfeit and pay for every such otfense
fine not less than one or more than twenty DOL
lars the parent, guardian, master, OF owner Oh
every minor apprentice or slave, who may vlo.
late said order, shall be liable for the payment
Of the fine or penalty incurred by such MINOR,
apprentice or slave In making such order, tne
said Board may make any exceptions tneI !,1
that the necessities of any case may require;
Every such order shall continue in force until
rescinded by said Board.
Sec. "a. The Board of Health shall have au'
thority, whenever they shall deem IL proper, Dy
special order, to require every person actlng as
physician within this City, to make report TO
them at such times and places as they snail u:
rect, Of every case which he shall attend, OF
small pox, Asiatic cholera, or OF any disease
which said Board shall require to be so rep0rt.
ed, specifying in SAID report such particulars
and circumstances in relation to the severai
cases, as the Board in their order shall direct
If any person acting as a physician WltniI tnls
City, being notified of the passage Oh sucl or.
der, shall fail or refuse to make report VI any
case of sickness aforesaid according 10 salu 1 oI
der, he or she shall forfeit and pay 10 tne Slty
not less than one nor more than twenty ao4iats
for every such offense.
Sec, &c. The Board of Health shall have au'
thority to direct the removal OF any person from
any part of the City, If they shall be OF the opln
ion that the public health would be endangered
by his OF her remaining therein but If any sucn
person shall be removed by order OF the Board,
1t shall be their duty to cause such persons 10
be provided with every necessary comfort ana
convenience, and to be properly attended by
skillful physicians and attendants, and II he or
she be unable to defray the expense thereof the
same shall be chargeable to the City. II any
person ordered to remove as aforesaid, being
able shall refuse 80 to do or if any person shall
ebstruct or attempt to obstruct the removal Oh
any sick person In pursuance OF an order OF said
Board he or she 80 offending shall forfeit and
pay to the City for every such ohense not less
than twenty nor more than one hundred dol
lars.
SEC q. the Board OF Health shall have au'
thority to prohibit any communication any
diseased person, if they shall be of opinion that
such communication would be dangerous to the
health of the City and for this purpose II they
deem it proper, they may cause such ln1e ctea
portion Of the City or the house containing such
diseased person to be fenced in and guarded, or
may adopt such other measures as they shall
deem expedient and necessary.
SEC. 81. The Board Of Health and Sanitary
Committee shall be subject to such restrictions
as to the expenses to be incurred by them and
10 such instructions in relation to the perform
ance of their duties and the exercise Of their
powers as the Council shall from time to time
prescribe, and every order or appointment made
by said Board may be rescinded or annulled by
the Council marc