The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-10-17

An ordinance constituting the mayor
ana counclmen of the city Of Chick
asha oklahoma a board Of health
ana defining their duties and pow
ers providing for the appointment
OF city superintendent of public
health and defining bis powers and
duties; prescribing the powers and
duties or pracliclng physicians pre-.
scrbing 4 penalty for the violation
OF same and repeating alI ordinances
in confict herewith.
n De II ordained by the mayor and coun-
cilmen of the city OF Chickasha
Grady county Oklahoma
Section VI That the mayor and the
councilmen Of the city OF ChicSashu,
Oklahoma, are hereby constituted \
board OF health for said city and the
mayor BY and with the advice and con-
sent Of the councilmen shall hereby
have The power and is hereby author
ized 70 appoint a city superintendent
Of public health who shall be a regu-
larly licensed and practicing physic-
ian. in good standing and Of good
moral character and a resident Of said
city. and fl is hereby made the duty Of
the mayor and councilmen to enforce
the rules aud regulations in regard to-
! pubic acslth OF the city, and 10 estab-
4 lish and maintain a quarantine, under
The supervision of the ci,y superin-
tondent Of the public health as pre-
scrbed under the rules and regulations
Of the state board Of health, with
reference to an contagious and infec-
tious diseases.
Section q That It shall be the duty
4 Of an practicing physicians in this city
TO make a report 70 The city superin
tendent oi public health on forms pre-
ycribed and furnished by the state
board Of health Of an cases OF con-
tagious and infections diseases as soon
ais discovered by him or coming 70 his
J lxnowledge, and any physician falling
to make such report Of such disease
as herein provided shall be deemed
guilty OF al misdemeanor and upon CON
viction thereof shall be fined in any
sum ol not less Than twenty-five
4 (S25.00) dollars nor more than one
hundred (Slo0.oOl dollars
Section g. That upon receiving re-
pors of any contagious Or infectious
disease it shall be The duty Of the
city superintendent Of public health
to issue an order Or quarantine to the
mayor Of said city, on such forms as
may be stipulated bs the rules and
regulations Of the state board OF
health. requiring the MAYOR 10 serve
OF have served a true copy Of said Or
der of quarantine upon such person Or
persons having such contagious or in-
fectious disease and upon the person
having charge Of such person Or per
sons in the same manner as crimi-
nal process is served: and thereupon
said person having such contagious
or infections disease shall be by the
mayor and city council composing the
board Of health. isolated and confined.
and any person having such disease
/ OF SO exposed to such contagious or in
fectious disease who shall leave tho
place where ne has been isolated or
confined BY the board 81 health OF any
officer or any person acting under any
order OF the city board Of health shall
be deemed guilty Of misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined in any sum OF not less han
twenty-five ts25o0) dollars nor more
than one hundred (sie00O dollars.
and any person isolated BY the board
OF health shall not be relieved or rel
leased Of such isolation or qaaran-
4 tine without an order from the city
superintendent Of public health made
to the city board of health
sectiSn i, That whenever any prac-
ticing physician discovers a case Of
contagious or infectious disease he
shall have the power and is hereby au-
ihorized to place into effect tempo
rary quarantine under such rules and
regulations as prescribed by the state
board Of health and until proper au-
th5risy can order quarantine. and
the penalty herein provided for the yio-
lation of the quarantine shall be en-.
forced against violations Of quaTan-
tine orders made by such physician.
Section ;. That every praciicing
physician within the city Of Chickasha
shall report to he city board Of health
all cases Of births and deaths which
may happen under his charge within
ten ti0l days after the expiration Of
the month ip which such deaths oF
births occurred and for TIE purpose
OF making such reports the otis board
or health shall provide blank forms
printed on paper on which shall be
stated such information As the board
OF health may require Ii such report