The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-31

remove any chief health officer any county and appoint sue
the mode prescribed in the preceding section who's
term of Office shall be two years from the date of his appoint
SEC II Be ,z4e, enacted That the State Board of FIead
shall have the power to make all sanitary rules be
the several counties, and the chief health officers shall be
qured enforce said rules in their respective counties
SIC IS &c Etzhsr enacted That the Secretary of the Sa
Board Health shall furnish the Secretary State to be flee
the Office of the latter suitable forms such printed banl
books and printed blank forms said Board and the Sece
ry Of said Board may need the discharge Of pre-
crbed by law and shall be the duty Secretary Sat-
have printed and furnish the State Board Health
equlson Of the Secretary of said Board al the printed
blank books wei stationery required by the Board Score
y thereof which shall be paid for in the manner
printing and stationery for the office of Secretary
SEC 70 BE zbr enacted That the Secretary the STATE
Board Of Health shall receive annual salary Of eight hundred
dollars, payable quarterly, and which the Auditor Public
Accounts shall issue said Secretary
the of twelve hundred dollars annually IS hereby approp
SEC II Be It f0hler euaez That each member of tn,
State Board OF Health shall be paid the actual necessary
penses incurred by him attending the meetings of the Board
Health and addition per diem of three dollars for each day
actually spent IN such service Tor which the Auditor OF PUBIC
Accoun shall issue warrant to each member the certificate
of the Secretary countegned by the President the
Board OF Health and the sum OF seven hundred and nifty dollars
much thereof be necessary annually hereby ap
proPdated for said purposes
SEC. IS. Be FURTHER enacted That the power establish quar-
in this shall be vested alone the State Board
Health and said Board whenever it IS deemed necessary pre-
vent the introduction OF yellow fever other infectious diseases
adjoining State shall have the power establish quaran
tine stations at the such places as may
deemed necessary and SAID State Board OF Heath shall enforce
such such rules may be adopted by said Board with
approval of the and the twenty
live thousand dollars hereby appropriated tor SAID purposes and
for the payment Of all expenses incurred by the State Board OF
Health under the provisions of section OF tins statute but
part OF this amount shall be used except becomes absolutely
necessary and then the Auditor of Public Accounts shall issue
only the certificate of the Secretary of the
State Board OF Health counes8ned by the PRESIDENT OF sad
Board, and approved by the Governor of the State.
SEC 10 Sc t1zr enacted That the chief health officer OF
county any municipal board OF health may establish local
quarantine for their respective counties or town or cities and
SCRIBE but the State Board OF Health shall have supervisory power
such quarantine and may alter amend supercede the
same But H. IN the OPINION OF the state Board OF Health 1t be
town, and the local health authorities shall fail refuse
then the Board of Health shall establish and conduct said
quarantine at the expense OF the State The same to be paid for
of the appropriation provided for IN section eighteen OF
SEC 20 Be 27 Grated That in all cases where quaran-
tines established by county, city town in this State,
be pad by such county city or town. by warrants issued by the
proper county, city town officials to be paid out OF general
funds OF the same to be provided for by taxation as other claims
against said county, city
fzHf, enacted That when yellow fever other
epidemic disease shall make its appearance IN this State the State
Board OF Health shall take charge of the infected locality and
force such rules be deemed necessary the spread
Health with the approval the Governor and the twenty
thousand dollars much thereof may be necessary
CURED under the provisions section e of this statute to be
paid the conditions prescribed section IS Of
this
SEC ~ Be 1e enacted That any person violating quar-
anne rules and regulations made under authority of this
section Of this published be known by
person. shall Conviction be punished by
than SIX months IN the county JAIL IN such manner pre-
scrbed by said quarantine regulations, by said regulations
adopted under section twenone of this act exceeding the
punishment herein recrbed and person thing be
orcb detained compel observance quarantine regulations
regulations made under authority of section of this and
shall be liable for all expenses of detenhon and anything seized
and held for quarantine under the regulations authorized by
section may be sold the expenses of dealing with
IS Be ii further enacted That if the opinion OF the
Board of Health should be necessary employ
specos eecua accomplish the object of this the
said Board shall have the power appoint competent
this duty said inspectors be paid of the appropriation
provided for in section of this per diem exceed
dollars the time actually employed said duty and their
necessary expenses be paid of the appropriation made
section of this
Be FURTHER enacted That section 80 Revised
Code Of 1871 be and IS hereby repealed.
Be It fHtlsr enaced That much of section
entitled Act a Board Health.
the protection Of life and health and prevent the spread dis
the State of Mississippi and for other purposes approved
February Is 1877 and all and parts of conflict with
this be and they hereby repealed and this shall
effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved March 4th, 1880