Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-02-14
ORDINANCE 20.
&a Ordinance to Prevent the
spread OF Small Pox.

The Board of Trustees of Carson
City do ordain:
SEC. 1t shall be the duty OF
the City Marshal, or any police
man under his direction, to put up
at the door OF any house in said city
wherein a patient may be sick OF
small pox, yellow flag indicating
the presence OF said disease immed-
'ately upon its being brought to the
knowledge OF said City Marshal that
any relson irhabiting such house
is sick of the said disease therein.
SEC. 2.-No person shall tear
down or remove the yellow flag SO
put up as aforesaid during the con-
tinuence OF such disease in such
house or houses.
SEC. SIT shall be the duty OF
the City Marshal to give such mea-
sures as in BIS judgment may be
necessary for cleaning, fumigating
or purifying any building or premises
in which any person may have
been i'll OF small pox, and to remove
thereirom and DESTROY the bed and
bedding occupied by ;and the cloth
ing by such small pox patient,
when he may deem it necessary.
The expense incurred in carrying
out the provisions of this section
shall be paid by such small pox
patient or his legal rep esentative,
and If such person be married
woman or minor, then by the hus-
band, parent or guardian as the
case may be.
SEC. NO person attending up
on or otherwise coming in contact
with any person afflicted with
small pox in such a manner or to
such an extent as to render him or
her liable TO communicate the de-
sease shall 60 upon any public
street or in any way mingle with
people not afflicted with the disease.
SEC. 5.-No person shall remove
a small pox patient from any house
or place within the limits of the
city 10 any house or place without
a written permission of the City
Marshal.
SEC. 6.-No person shall remove
from any building or premises any
bed or bedding used by; or any
clothing worn by any small pox pa
tient while in such service without
the permission aud direction OF the
City Marsal.
Sec. NO person shall within
the limits of the city burn any bed
or bedding used by; or any clothing
worn by any small pox patient.
SEC. Sit shall be the duty Of
each physician in this city to re-
port to the City Marshal in writing,
every person he shall have sick |
with small pox Immediately after |
he shall be satisfied OF the nature OF |
the disease, and to report to the
same officer every case of death |
from such disease Immediately af-
ter it shall have occurred.
SEC. Sit shall be the duty OF
every householder in this city to
report in writing TO the City Mar
shai; Immediately, the name of
every person living, boarding or
lodging at his or her house, whom
he or she shall have reason to be-
lieve to be sick of small pox, and
any deaths occurring at his or her
house from such disease.
SEC. 10.-Any person who sha!.
violate any of the prov isions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty
OF misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction shall be punished by fine
OF not less than thirty dollars nor
moro than five hundred dollars, or
by imprisonment in the county jail,
not more than sixty days, or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
Adopted July II, 1875.
H. f. RICE, President.
Attest. A