St. Paul daily globe., 1895-05-21

vided, the occupant of any house upon
which such notice shall be placed or posted
as aforesaid shall be held responsible Tor
the removal of the same, and il the same
snail be removed without the PERMISSION
OF the health commissioner, such occupant
shall be subject to the penalty hereinafter
provided
Sec. 81. The commissioner of health
shall have charge of the smallpox hospital,
and shall have power to employ such as
sistantS and nurses as he may deem neceS-
Sary; and it shall be his duty to see that
said hospital is supplied with suitable fur
n1ture, nourishment, fuel and medicines,
and that persons dying therein or III any
other places under the charge of the city
expense of the city; provided, such de-
ceased persons have not the means to de-
fray their own expenses Of sickness or
burial.
Sec. 312 In case of pestilence or epl-
demic disease or of danger from antici-
pated or impending pestilence or epidemic
disease, or in case the sanitary condition
of the city should be of such character as
to warrant it. it shall be the duty OF the
said commissioner of health to take such
measures and to do and order. and cause
to be done, for the preservation OF the
public health Though not herein. or else
where, or otherwise authorized). as he may
in good faith declare the public safety and
health to demand.
Sec. 313. The commissioner Of health
may take such measures as he may from
time to time deem necessary to prevent
the spread of the smallpox, by issuing an
order requiring all persons in the city or
any part thereof requiring vaccination to
be vaccinated within such time as he shall
prescribe; and all persons refusing or
neglecting to obey such order shall be
liable to the penalty hereinafter provided;
provided, that it shall be the duty of the
commissioner to provide for the vaccina-
tion OF such persons as are unable to pay
for the same at the expense of the city.
Sec. 3l4. He shall have the power to
cause any house or premises to be cleanSed
disinfected or closed to visitors and pre-
vent persons from resOrting thereto while
any person is laboring under any peStilen-
tial or infectious disease; he may by an
order in writing direct any nuisance to he
abated or unWholesGme matter or sub
stance, dirt or filth to be removed from any
house or premises, and may prescribe the
time and mode of doing so, and take any
other measures he may deem necessary
and proper to prevent the spread of any
infectious, pestilential or epidemic diseases;
and any person who snail neglect or refuse
to obey the orders, directions and instruc-
tions of said commissioner of health shall
be subject to a penalty hereinafter pro-
vided.
Sec. 315. Said commissioner, whenever
and at such times as by him it snail be
tthe approval of the city council being first
had and Obtained). require all boats, VeS-
sells railroad cars or other public convey
ances bound for the city, before the same
landing or stopping place therein, to touch
or stop at any or either of the sites, places
or boundaries so selected ana eStahllSneu
for quarantine purposes, and leave Gll such
emigrantS, travellers or persons, with their
stores and baggage as in the opinion OF the
officers stationed at such quarantine sites,
places or boundaries shall be deemed prop
er on account of the existence or general
report of cholera, ship fever or any con-
tagious disease, or disease apprehended to
enGanger the health of the city.
Sec. SIG. Whenever it shall be deemed
necessary to issue such proclamation, it
shall be the duty of the said commissioner
to send the same, together with the sub
stance of the regulations for quarantine
and the period for which the same shall be
in force, unless sooner revoked, to Chicago,
Milwaukee, Dubuque, Sioux City and Fargo,
the cities of the state, and such otner
cities and places as by him may be deemed
proper.
Sec. 81 He shall also cause to be sta
toned at such quarantine sites, places and
boundaries as he may deem advisable, one
a. or more physicians or health officers,
whose duty it shall be to go on board and
examine all boats, vessels, cars or other
public cOnVeyances so as aforesaid required
to touch or stop at said quarantine, re-
SDectiVely, and then and there determine
what emigrants, passengers or persons Gf
any shall stop at such quarantine; and 1t
shall be the duty of all persons conducting
or in charge of any such vessel boat, car
or public conveyance to aid and assist any
such physician or health officer in the eXer-
else of his duties.
Sec 31S Said commissioner or health
officer shall attend to all sick persons who
may be landed or placed in quarantine, and
provide medicines and necessaries for their
use. and shall have general supervision of
such quarantines and compel persons there
in to purify their bodies, clothes ana bag
gage, and do all such acts and things as
Shall be proper in the premises, keeping
correct accounts of all expenditures and
wages which shall be allowed and paid by
,Ft Cai1 fsfeY1 11Nigs 81
See 80. Whenever the physician or OIL
Ger in charge of any quarantine, station or
place as aforesaid shall, upon examination,
be satisfied that there is no longer Occa-
sion for the detention of any boat, vessel,
car or conveyance at such quarantine or
place, and such boat, vessel, car or convey
ance shall have been thoroughly cIeansed,
and such persons as aforesaid landed and
placed in the care of such physician or
officer, such physician or officer shall give
such vessel, boat, car or conveyance a per
init signed by him to enter the city, which
shall be ample authority for the entry of
said boat vessel car or conveyance, and
the said officers, respectively. shall dis
charge all persons in quarantine by their
certificate for that purpose whenever they
are satisfied that such persons are free Of
disease and baggage and enectS properly
purified. Provided, however, that the com
missioner, in his discretion, by proclama-
tion for that purpose, may, during the
prevalence of cholera, ship fever or other
contagious or fatal diseases, forbid the
emission of emigrants or others peculiarly
liable thereto, in any or all or said quar-
antineS or stations, until, in his opinion,
the health of the city will Justify the same.
Sec 800. 1t shall be the duty of the sao
commissioner, whenever by hpm Il shall
be deemed necessary, to keep at the quar-
antne station or stations sufficient police
force, whose duty it shall be to enforce all
regulations by this chapter required, or ny
said commissioners to be established, and to
arrest all persons violating said reSula-
tions or committing any breaches Of tho
peace, and bring such person before any
court having jurisdiction, for trial, and to
arrest and hold for trial all persons dis
ewing or interfering with or resisting any
physician. health officer or other persons
in authority at such quarantine site, place
or station.
Sec. 321. In case any boat, vessel, car OF
public conveyance shall leave any quaran-
tine station, place or boundary without a
permit, as aforesaid, or shall fail TO stop
at the same when so. as aforesaid, re
quired by the issuing Of said proclamation,
or whenever the person in charge there {,
or any person under his command, shall
fail or refuse to obey any regulation OF
command of the said commissioner OF
health, physician or person in charge OF
any quarantine station or place, or of any
nroVisiOn or requirement of this chapr -
the said commissioner shall have the power
and it is hereby made his duty If in his
opinion the health of the city requires It,
to send sufficient police force to such boat
vessel car or public conveyance. and caust
the same, with the crew and passengers
on board, to be landed or stopped or con
veyed to the quarantine station or place
and there TO remain until properly dis
charged 10y the permit aforesaid; and the
owner. master or person in charge of any
such boat. vessel car or public conveyance
shall be liable to the city for all expenses
and costs incurred by reason thereof.
If any emigrant. Traveller or person SC
placed in quarantine, as aforesaid. shall
leave the same without permission, as
aforesaid. he may be arrested and taken
back TO said quarantine and there retained
until such permission shall be given.
Sec 322 The said commissioner shall
make such rules and regulations for the
government of the quarantine or health O1
the city as, from time TO time, ne shall
deem necessary; and the physicians OF
health officers in charge Of any quarantine
station or place shall have power to make
necessary for the proper conducting and
management thereof; and it shall be the
duty of all persons in quarantine. and aI