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Home My WebLink AboutORD 12-A-2t An Ordinance defining the power and duty of the city Health Officer in. cases of postilaatial, coutageous "and infectious dessases in the city. Be it ordain.ad by the city council•- cf the.,city of Beaumont- Texas-'` Sjec 1. That the city Deal th officer with the approval of this mayor, shall have power should he deem it necessary for the public health of the II; city 1 to cause any person who may be i.nfectaid with or known to have b` i 1 , exposedt;o con.tageon fro1r, any desease of a pastiliantial, contageous or 1n. -to-be-rem©v�d �o the pest house- of -the-ci-Vy-=-anal i-n— ca.se of assistance it shall bi his duty to call -upon the city marsnall who shall use such force as shall be necessary to.effect such removal when � so directed. Sec. 2. I t shall furth`nr be . the duty of the ci ty heal th of ftrcer, and he is hereby specially empowered in eases of pestilential, contageous or infec ti ous deseases in . the city to cause: the houses and pramisi.s so inf ac tad as well as th,a housaas- and pramises of all persons who may have bean eAposed to any of such deseases, or into whose houses or pra?nises he th8 said health officer, has reanon to believ& such deseasas has been ca.rried.,or may.bave b€,un tran:smitte?d either by exposure, contact , visitation or other. wise. to thorouo2ly clean., fumigate and disinfect any and all of said houses --anal to b ',,�a:�r:d- dos�oy a71 bodd3ng oth ung and other mov(Wable property :vtich may, be infecOod vvith :the germs of any of said desea, s°as, in wbicb event he shall report his action togitber -with a list of the articles so destroyed to the mayor, who shall replace tha same at the cost of the city. Sac .3 . It shall be the, duty of all persons inf ac ted with any desease of a pestalen.tial , cUntageous or infectious character, or who, from exposure or otherwise . to eontageon f rom such deseases, may b� liable to e ndanga"r otbors who may come iia -contact with. them , or persons xhoae houses or prem ises may have been exposad to such deseas :s to strictly observe all com mands `and. injunctions that may ba given them by the city iiealtb officer or those acting under ;els authority. �5 y�pe�.�on drat d, ahs © -th�., rrovisl©iis © til5 o dinaizc.e cr --- interfering with the dutlos of the health officer under the. provisinus of this ordinance shall bOMftwmdguilty of a tni,>domo�na axad on convic ti on in VN- c:1ty court shall.!. b� fined in any sum not exceeding ons hundred viwanwy anv ov--cn; rrovisions or anis oral-Rance,or interferinF- with the duties of The health officer under the provisimns of this ordinance wbalj. be -rye'[e-Ro'med guilty of a misdomoam. and on conviction city court steal "Ll bf- flued in any sum not exceeding' one hundred dollars., > t . 't ml