The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-13

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stead Of IS, 900 as ordered at the last joint
meeting Of the Council.
oRDISANcEs NOS. AND Z.
The Clerk then read ordinances No. G
and of the newly revised ordinances.
ORDINANCE No. 6. lrD
OF THE pREsERvATIoN or PUBLIC
! - uEALLH.
BE it ordained by the City Council OF
the City Of Cairo u q u '-'.
SEC I. IF any owner, master, or
other person, having charge or com
inand Of any Steamboat, ferryboat, or
other water craft, shall land or bring
on shore, or cause or suffer to be landed
or brought on shore, any person infected
with the small -pox, yellow fever, ehol-
era, ship fever, or any othef contagious,
infectious or epidemic disease, within
five miles Of the. city Of Cairo, and in
the state Of Illinois, without obtaining
license to do SO from the mayor or
city council in joint session Of the city
of Cairo, he or they shall forfeit and
pay fine Of not more than five hun
dred dollars nor less than fifty dollars,
| to be sued for in any court having ju-
risdiction thereof, for the use OF the
said city. ..r..
SEC. 2. If from information or by
other means, either the mayor or any
member of either branch Of the city
city council of the said city of Cairo
shall have cause to suspect that any
cam or other boat is about TO land or
J slanded within the limits of the city
o. within five miles thereof, and in the
state Of Illinois, with the smallpox,
yellow fever, cholera, ship fever, or any
other contagious, infectious or epidemic
disease on board, or whose passengers
or crew may have lately been exposed
to any Of ne aforesaid diseases, it shall
be his duty to order an examination by
some respt otable physician, and if, upon
| such exam va on, it should be the opin-
| ion Of SAID ply sician that it would be
unsafe for the, iuhabitants Of said city
of Cairo that such boat be permitted to
land her passengers, crew, or cargo, he
shall thereupon cause the said boat to
remove to the distance Of at least five
miles from the city, and there perform
quarantine before landing within the
| limits Of the city Of CIiro, for any
number of days not exceeding thirty,
| as in the opinion Of the physician shall
be deemed necessary. Aud If any
master or person having charge Of such
boat shall fail or refuse to remove it as
herein directed, he shall forfeit and pay
fine of not more than five hundred
dollars nor less than Fifty dollars, to be
sued for in any court having jurisdic-
ton thereof, for the use Of said city,
and the action to be brought against the
said master, owner, or boat.
SEC. 3. If any master, or other per-
son, having command Of anyboat as
aforesaid, at the time Of inquiry by
l such physician, shall have on board
any person infected as aforesaid, and
shall knowingly and wilfully conceal
| the same, or shall not make true and
| just discovery to the physician Of the
sickly and discovered state Of all and
every person on board, from the time
said boat depart | from the port OIL
place whence she came, to the tine O
said inquiry, and Of all other particu
lars necessary for said physician tt
know respecting the premises, such
master or person having command OF
such boat shall forfeit and pay fine Of
not more than five hundred dollars no,
less than seventy-fve dollars for eacf
and every such offense, to be sued fol
in any court having jr .sdiction thereof
for the use of said city, and in an ac'
ton against the master, owner, or boat
| SEC. 4. All persons in the vicinity O
| Cairo having the SMALL yarioloid
or other contagious or infectious dis
ease, are hereby required to keep close
| ly confined in their respective dwelling
or places Of abode; and if any persol
| shall leave his or her dwelling or plac
| of abode, and be found going aroun
the city after the small -pox or yariCloi
l eruption has mpde its appearance upo
/, him or her, he or she shall forfeit an
0 pay to the city sum not less than te
I dollars nor more than one hundred dol
q lars. ,.,.... ...... ..
= Sec. 5. The city marshal, upon du
l information Of any such infectious o
contagious disease existing, shall caus
| suitable notices, with the character c
the disease printed or written in larg
letters thereon, to be posted up in tw
conspicuous places, near the buildin
or place in which such contagious or in
fectious disease exists, and have sue
notices kept up during the prevalence
a of such disease and for failing t
q comply with the requirements Of tn
= section, he shall be liable to pay fir
n of not exceeding one hundred dolla
II nor less than ten dollars.
" SEC. 6. The mayor Of the city,
o connection with one member Of Il
IS city council from each ward, shall col
10 stitute board of health, which sha
IT exercise a general supervision over Il
ir public health Of the city, and sha
N report for adoption by the city coun'
D. from time to time. such sanitary reg