The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-07
House Votes to Amend CONTAGIOUS
Disease Statutes
IS EMPOWERED TO FoRcieLY
vAcclNATE ALL PERSONS
EXPOSED TO SMALLPOX.


house today, house bill No. 80. intro
duced by Sheets, was passed. The bill
amends the law for the prevention of
the spreading of contagious diseases
and reads as follows:
Section 1. That section -one of an
act entitled, AN act for the preven-
ton of the spread of contagious dis
eases; defining the methods and fixing
| the penalty for the violation and re-
pealing sections in conflict with this
act" approved March IL. 1903. be and
the same is hereby amended to read
as follows: Section l. The board OF
county commissioners Of each and
every county in this state shall be con-
stituted a county board of health for
such county, and said county board of
health's jurisdiction shall be cO-ex-
| tensive with the boundaries of said
county, except that nothing herein
contained shall give said board juris-
diction in cities of the first class. The
/
commissioners shall be the president
O fthe county board of health, and the
county auditor shall be the clerk there
of. They shall On or before July LIST
next following each general election,
appoint legally qualified physician
county health officer whose term OF
office shall be for two years from July
1st next following each general cleo
ton and shall fix his compensation.
| Doctor. a Member.
The county health officer shall be ex-
officio member of the county board of
health and shall be the executive off,
Ger thereof and may be county physi-
clan. The county board of health may
appoint as many sanitary officers as
they deem necessary and fix the COM
pensation of all appointees. who shall
serve during the pleasure of the board.
In case of refusal or neglect of any
county board of health to appoint a
county health officer for 80 days after
July LIST next following any general
election, or if vacancy shall exist in
I
period exceeding 80 days, the state
board of health may make such APP
pointment for such county for that
term and fix the compensation and a
health officer so appointed shall have
the same duty. power and authority as
| though appointed by the county board
| of health. The county board of
| health shall be subject to the super
! vision of the state board of health and
shall make such reports to the state
| board of health as the state board may
| require.
City Health Officer.
| Sec. 2.-That section 1-2 is hereby
added to said act to read as follows:
Sec. 1-2. The mayor of every inCor-
porated city and town except cities of
the first class. shall each year appoint
! a legally qualified physician city
health officer whose compensation shall
be fixed by the city council and whose
compensation shall be fixed by the city
council and whose term of Office shall
be until December 31st of the year in
cessor is, appointed and qualified; pro-
vided. that in cities in which he is
appointed or until his successor is ap-
pointed and qualified: provided, that in
cities of the second class having a
| board of health the board of health
vided further, health officers of the
| ton shall hold such office until the ex-
third class elected al the last city cleo
piration of the term for which they
| were elected.
Sec. 3. That section 3 of said act be
and the same is hereby amended to
read as follows: Section 3. The county
health officer shall have supervision
over all matters pertaining to the pres
ervation Of life and health of the peo-
pie of his jurisdiction, subject to the
supervision and control of the state
board Of health. He shall have author
| ity to order the abatement or re-
moval of any nuisance detrimental to
the public health and if such nuisance
is not promptly abated or removed to
cause it's removal or abatement at the
expense of the owners of the property
on which the nuisance is maintained.
Said expenses. if not promptly paid, to
be collected, with cost, by due process
of law.
To Control Disease.
He shall cause proper measures, in
accordance with the rules and regula-
tons and orders of the state board of
health, to be taken to prevent, sup
press Or control any dangerous conta-
gious or infectious disease that may
occur within the county. He shall re-
port Immediately to the state board of
health every new outbreak of any con-
tagious or infectious disease and shall
make weekly reports to the county
health officer of all contagious or in
fectIous diseases occurring within the
city.
1t shall be the duty of all health Of
ficers. upon the appearance Of any
dangerous contagious or infectious dis