Douglas Island news., 1915-11-10

SECTION Whenever a case of any cone taeious or infectious disease shall eXlst ln any household or tenement, or other placS within the corporate limits or the town Ot Douglas, and it shall be deemed ineNpealehs to remove such person or persons SO aInleteu to the proper pest house, it shall be the uuty of the health officer to require all such per sons to be kept closely confined m such house or place, aud he shall immediateiy cause to be placed in a conspicuous place m front of said house or place, @ yellow nag and a suitable placard setting forth the Tact 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 dam ger of the spread of such disease Is past.
 SECTION 10. No person or persons except physicians, undertakers, clergymen, or those having written permits from the health Oth- cer shall enter or depart from any mouse or place where any Of the diseases mentioned in Section herein, or where any other con tagiOus or infectious disease exists, or while the body of any person who shall have died with such disease remains in said house or place, until such house or place shall have been properly disinfected or otherwise dis posed of to the satisfaction of said Health Officer.
 SECTION n. The Health Officer shall have the power during the prevalence of any con- : tagious or infectious disease to tumigate and disintect any 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 passenpers 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, and no such person or persons l so afflicted 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 oti- cer of said town.
 SECTION IS. 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 of 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 14. Any person or corporation 1 who iuterferes with a Health Officer in the discharge of his duty, or who interteres with any officer enforcing or attempting to 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 of this ordi- nance or any regulation made hereunder ! shall be deemed guilty of a miSdemeanor; i and shall, upon conviction thereof before | the Municipal Magistrate, be punished by
 fine not exceeding SluO, or by imprisonment ! in the town iail for a period of ninety (SO) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment 1 in the discretion of the said Magistrate. SECTION 15. All ordinances and parts of or dinauces in conflict herewith are hereby rec pealed.
 l SECTION 16. This Ordinance shall be pub- ! lished iu the Douglas Island News, a news
 paper publisl. ed at Douglas, Alaska. on the
 Sd and 10th days of November, l9l5 and shall
 be in force from and after the date of its pas
 sage and approval.
 ! Passed by the common council of the town
 of Douglas, this 18th day of October 1915.
 PETER JOHNSON.
 President of Common Council and Ex- Offici O
 Mayor.
 ATTEST: NELs SoRBY, City Clerk.