The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-23

osseaSe, or 70 those who have been ex- posed thereto. An employees needed to enforce the measures of control agreed upon shall, subject to the approval of the committee Of public health of the Coun- ty board of health, be selected and em- ployed by the health officer or officers having charge of the work of extermina- tion of the disease, and shall be subject to removal by said officer or officers, like wise on the approval of the committee of public health of the county board of health. Whenever a contagious infec- tious or pestilential disease. or one sus- pected of being such, appears in a county, city or town, of such grave and dangerous character as to render 1t important and urgent that prompt and immediate measures to pre- vent its spread be enforced the health officer of such County
 incorporated city or town, shall have the
 right to institute and enforce such meas
 ures.
 Sec. IA. Whenever the health officer of a county, incorporated city or town, shall
 re commend to the Judge of Probate and County Commissioners, or Board of Reve- nue.. or to the Mayor or intendant ard council of an incorporated city or town the isolation and detention of such per-
 SOI1S dS are ldDOIiue uuuCti VI A0NC DSSAs exposed to, any of the diseases named in
 Section 13 hereof, it shall be the duty of said Judge of Probate and Commissioners,
 or Board of Revenue, or of said Mayor
 or intendant and council of said incor-
 porated city or town, to enforce under
 such penalties as said authorities may
 respectively prescribe the isolation and
 detention of said persons either at their
 own homes or ct such places as may he
 designated by the said Judge of Probate
 and County Commissioners, or Board oe
 Revenue, or by the said Mayor or inten-
 dant and council of an incorporated city
 or town; provided, that said recommen-
 dations end rules for the isolation and
 detention of said persons shall receive the
 written endorsement of at least one mem-
 Der of the committee of public health of
 tho county board of health.
 Sec. 15. Whenever complaint shall be
 made in writing to a health officer of a
 county, city, or town that there is on any
 lot, piece of ground, or Tn any house, or
 vessel or in any pond. lake. or stream
 owned or maintained by 6 private indl- vidual or corporation, any source of in
 lection or unsanitary condition, which is
 prejudicial to the public health, or likely to become so. or any material or thing that is grossly offensive or indecent, 1t shall be the duty of such health officer to thoroughly investigate such complaint. If, upon investigation, said health officer shall be of the opinion that said com plaint Is well founded, he shall at once notify the person responsible therefor that he must remove or abate, at his own expense, said source of infection, unsan- itary condition, or grossly offensive or material or thing. Should said person responsible for said nuisance re- fuse or neglect to obey such order. said health officer shall refer the matter to tho county board of health for investigao ton. and either party to the contest may request the State Health Officer to be pres ent and participate in the investigation. Should said county board of health agree with the opinion of said health officer and should the person responsible for said nuisance or for said indecent material or thing still refuse or neglect to comply with the decision reached by said county board of heakh, the health officer to whom said complaint was first made shall proceed with as little delay as possible to cause said source of infection, unsani- tary condition, or grossly offensive ma- terial or thing to be removed or abated at the expense of the person responsible therefor.
 Sec. IS. Whenever complaint shall be
 made in writing to the health officer of a county, city, or town that person, not at his-own home, is afflicted with dangerous malady, infectious or conta- gious in character, 1t shall be the duty of such health officer to thoroughly and promptly investigate said complaint. If upon investigation said health officer shall be of the opinion that said complaint Is well founded, it shall be his duty, if his opinion be concurred in by at least one member of the committee of public health of the county board of health, to cause such person so afflicted to be removed to such place as may be provided for such cases in the county, city or town in which such person shall be found; or, if there be no such place provided for such cases, then, to such place as said health officer shall deem suitable. The re- moval of said person shall be at the ex- pense of said person. or in case the per son removed be a minor, then at the ex- pense of his parent or guardian, or If. the person removed be indigent, then. at the expense of the town. city or county In which such person is found.
 Sec. 17. If in the attempt to perform any duty injoined upon him by either of the two preceding sections, the said health officer of a county, city or town SndlI De IOTClDly icSlStCN' oi bC bhAS ened with forceful resistance, said health officer shall make affidavit before the fudge of probate. or any justice of the peace of said county, that said forceful resistance has been made, or threatened. whereupon the officer before whom said affidavit has been made shall at once is- sue his warrant directed to the sherin, or to any bonded constable. of said coun- ty commanding said sheriff, or consta- ble to remove or abate said unsanitary condition source of infection. or offensive or indecent material or thing, and to re- move said afflicted person under the di- rection of said health officer, and 1t shall be the duty of said sheriff, or constable, to whom said warrant shall be delivered to promptly execute said warrant. In ex- ecuting every such warrant said sherin. or constable, shall have the right to en- ter by force into any such lot, piece of ground, house. or vessel, and upon any such pond, lake or stream.
 Sec. 1S The board of health of any county may, subject to the approval of the State Board of Health, prescribe the rules for the inspection of grocery house, markets, restaurants, understands, eat
 Ing places dining rooms. pantries, kitch- ems, and yards adjacent thereto, in said county, but no inspection of any such place shall be made until after the writ ten consent of the proprietor, owner. or keeper of the place to be inspected has been filed with said board of health of said county after which an inspection of said place may without previous notice he made at any hour of the day or night up to 10 o'clock p. m. Once every month said board of health of said county may publicly give notice of all places in- spected during the previous month which, judged by rules as to sanitation prescrib- ed by said board of health of said county and approved by the State Board of