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question which has submitted Is e. % whether
County liable for the service. Of the health oeeI IN
dnng fumigang which is has been contagious
and dangerous communicable diseases
In the case Of Tabor VS. Supervisors Beren County
page 49, that the plainly expressed
specify usual duties as health omeer
provide compensation the specified duties Inc SER
performed by (Which disnfecng and fumgang
house which and communicable dsesseS was
specified and the comensauon tnere
provided the provision for salary
made in accordance with the law
Of officer disnfectng and fum
eating a which performed under his duties ~
health officer against the township or city, and not
charge against the county.
In this connection however might state
Supervisors County 5l Mich 5o5 the
Court held as follows:
"The County is liable for formaldehyde furnished upon
City Of health disinfect premises
occupied by INDECENT person afflicted with small pox
appear decision that while the
township city liable for the services Of the health oneer IN
county formadhyde other dsnfectant used
by such health officer in such work
of supervisors whether not
certain disease which the local board of health allowed COM
provisions of the section
cited communicable disease that the County
would liable the OF the
patient?
question in the of the
Township of Cedar Creek Board of Supervisors Of Wexford
County, page 1877, which the Court said 127:
has discretionary made
by the fact that it emergency board When
from diseases which
ally communicable and dangerous the public
the disease within the statute which in plain terms
clude all diseases where there danger to the public health
from threatened spread of the disease Within reasonable
bounds that disease
communicable and is public health, must be
conuve otherwise the efficiency of health officers and
boards would be seriously eened for would be
likely hesitate furnishing medicines and
commodities, rendering services, if involved the
review by another board, with disalow
claims the ground that the disease not within the
statute, goods furnished We
of the opinion that the allowance by the township board of
health which identical with the township boards in
ships designed to be final, and, where the law
poses the liability upon countless was intended that the
supervisors to the character of the disease the necessity
the articles services furnished and tender
ed, as well as the fact that they furnished"
The decision before the amendment of 1908
Section 424 of the Compiled 1897 that amendment
permitting the filed with the Board Supervisors
without first being passed by the Township Board
Supervisors County,
page Supreme
1903, The held
'The amendment of 1903 lAct No. y of Section 4424
Compiled comforting boards of
to audit claims for services of contagious
disease, authorize the Supervisors
judgment place of of Health
to whether person had dangerous communicable
The decision followed the
County Supervisors
County, 1873 Mich S44 where it was held as follows:
Compiled Laws, 4424, allowance of an
by the local board health conclusive
board of supervisors of the which the relief
forded disease necessity fit
ness Of the articles and services furnished the fact that they
such board of had alternative allow
the claim
Citing:
Elliott Board of Supervisors Kalkaska Co.,
CHI
Township of Cedar Creekv of Super
visors, of Wexford Co, 1876 Mich 124;
Pierce Board of Supervisors of Gladwin Co.
1876 Mich. 423;
Surge Board of Supervisors ofG Co.
Mich. 425
Thomas Board of Supervisors of Ingham Co.
Mich.
Under the provisions of amendatory Act
Acts of 1917 becomes the
the local board health provide
a dangerous COM
tho
ed his other who liable
able for such assistance
borne by such otherwise becomes
supervisor file with the of
expenses n connection with cache case
1t thus from the foregoing
the health officer of the township