Douglas Island news., 1912-12-18

cholera, yellow fever, diptheria, or scarlet fever, or other contagious or infectious dls- ease shall exist in any household or tene- ment, and it shall be deemed ineXpedienT to remove the person or persons so afflicted to the proper pest.house, it shall be the duty or the Health Officer to require all such per sons to be kept closely confined III thelr rel spective dwellings,, or places of abodei ana he shall immediately cause to be erected ma conspicuous place in front of said dwelling or place of abode, q yellow nag, or otheE suitable notice, setting forth the facts; and it shall be unlawful for the occupants there of or any other person to remove said nag or notice as long as in the opinion or the Health Officer the same ought to remain on said premises.
 QUARANTINE REGULATIONS
 Sec. s. No person or persons, except phy- sicians, clergymen, undertakerS. or those having written permits from the Health OI- hcer, shall enter or depart from any mouse where smallpox, yellow fever, cholera, diph- theria, scarlet fever, or other contagious or infectious disease, exists, or while the corpse of any person who shall have died of such disease remains within the house, nor with in ten days thereafter, or until said building and it's contents shall have been distntected or otherwise disposed to the satisfaction ot the Health Officer.
 HEALTH OFFICER To DIsINFEcT PREMISES
 Sec. 9. The Health Officer shall have, the power, during the prevalence Of an epidem- ic. to fumigate and diSinfect any premises which in his judgment require disintectlon. CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS TO REPORT TO
 MAYOR BEFORE LANDING PERSONS AF-
 ELECTED WITH CONTAGIOUS DISEASE
 Sec. 10. Any individual or corporation, Operating vessels carrying passengers to this town and having on board ot any ot those vessels any person or persons ahlGted with cholera, smallpox, diptherla, yellow fever or any other contagious or infectious disease, or having on board such vessel any person or persons who have been exposed to any such disease, shall, before permitting any of it's passengers to land at any wharf or this Town, notify the Health Officer or Mayor of the Town that such person or persons afflicted with any of such diseases Is on board such ship, or that any person or persons who have been exposed to any such disease is on board: and any individual or corpora tiou operating vessels and carrying pasSen- gers to this Town, and having on board any person afflicted with any of the diseases heretofore mentioned in this section, or nav ing on board any person or persons wh00 have been exposed to any such disease Shau not allow any of it's passengers to lana at any wharf in this Town unless given written permission to do so by the Mayor ot the Town.
 Sec. II. Any person or corporation who ! shall resist, or attempt to resist the entrance of the Health Officer into any boat, vessel, building, room, lot, or other place In this Town, while in the performance ot his duty, or any person or corporation who snail neg lect to comply with the lawful orders or the Health Officel, or resist such Health Othcer in the discharge of his duty, or who shall land passengers at the Town of Douglas Tn violation of this ordinance, or any section thereof, or who shall violate in any manner any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, ana shall, upon conviction thereof by the Munl- cipal Magistrate of the Town of Douglas, be punished by d fine of not more than one hun dred dollars, or be imprisoned ill the Munich pal Jail of the Town of Douglas for period not exceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion or the Municipal Magistrate, together with costs of prosecution.
 REPEALING CLAUSE Sec. F. All ordinances, or parts of ordin- ances of the Town of Douglas, ill conflict, or inconsistent with this ordinance are, to the extent of such conflict or inconsistency hereby repealed
 TIME OF TAXING EFFECT
 Sec. 1S This ordinance shall be published on the 1lth and 18th days of December, lsl2 in the Douglas Island News, q newspaper published in the Town of Douglas, and shall take effect and be in force from, and after the date on which it is passed and approved.
 Passed aud approved this 9th day ot De- cember, 1912. NM' Sl ohbINo'
 President of the Common Council
 and eX-Otficio Mayor of the Town Attest: of Douglas
 JOHN HENSON,
 Clerk of the Town of Douglas.