Douglas Island news., 1915-11-03

SECTION 9. Whenever ease or any con tagiOus or infectious disease shali eNist m any household or tenement, or other placS within the corporate limits of the town or Douglas. and it shall be deemed ineXpedient tO remove such person or persons SO ahhlcJeu to the proper pest house, 1t shall be the auty of the health officer to require all such per sons tO be kept closely confined m sucn house or place, and he shall immedlately cause tO be placed in a conspicuous place m front of said house or place, yellow nag and suitable plaCard setting forth the iacJ that such disease exists in such house or place; and it shall be unlawful for any per- son to remove said flag or said placard dur ing the existence of such disease, and until, in the opinion of said Health Officer, all dan ger of the spread of such disease is past.
 SECTION 70. No person or persons except Dhysiciaus undertakers, clergymen, or those having written permits from the health ofii- cer shall enter or depart from any house or place where any of the diseases mentioned in Section herein, or where any other com tagiOus or infectious disease exists, or while the body of any person who shall have died with such disease remains m sald house or place, until such house or place shall have been properly disiufected or otherwise dis- posed of to the satisfaction of said Health Officer
 SECTION II. The Health Officer shall have the power during the prevalence of any com tagious or infectious disease to tumigate and disintect auy premises within the ccr- porate limits of the town of Douglas which. in his judgment, requires disinfectiOn.
 SECTION 12. Any individual or corporation operating vessels or other craft carrying passengers to the town of Douglas and haY- ing on board of same any person or persons afflicted with any contagious or infectious disease, or having on board such vessel or craft any person or persons who have been exposed to any such disease shall. before permitting any person tO land at any wharf or other place in said town, notify the Health Officer, mayor or city marshal of said town that such person or persons are on board such vessel, aud no such person or persons SO affii icted or having been SO exposed, shall be permitted to land in the town of Douglas without having first obtained written per- init SO to do, from the mayor or Health Oth- cer of said town.
 SECTION 18 It shall be the duty of the City Marshal, City Clerk. Police Officers, Watch men and all other officers of the town of Douglas to aid and assist in the enforcement of the provisions Oi this ordinance, and when required SO to do, to carry out and enforce any order or regulation made by the said Health Officer under the provisions of this ordinance.
 SECTION IA. Any person or corporation who iuterferes with Health Officer in the discharge of his duty, or who iuterferes with any officer enforcing or attempting 10 en- force any of the provisions of this ordinance or any order or regulation of the said Health Officer, or any person who breaks quaran- tine, or removes any flag or placard, without the permission of the Health Officer, or who violates any of the provisions or this Ordi- nance or any regulation made hereunder, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor; and shall upon conviction thereof before the Municipal Magistrate be punished by fine not exceeding Sl.O or by Imprisonment in the town jail for a period of ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and Imprisonment in the discretion of the said Magistrate.
 SECTION 15. All ordinances and parts of or- dinauces in conflict herewith are hereby rec pealed.
 SECTION 16. This Ordinance shall be pub-
 ished in the Douglas Island News, a news paper publisl. ed at Douglas Alaska, on the Sd aud 10th days of November, 1915. and shall sage and approval.
 Passed by the common council of the town of Douglas, this 25th day of October, l9l5
 PETER JOHNSON.
 President of Common Council and EX-Ofdcio
 Mayor.
 ATTEST; NELs SoRBY City Clerk.