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ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT ON SEPTEMBER 2$, 1948, ENTITLED "AN
ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLES 29-17,31)-3, AND
31-4, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF BEAUMONT REQUIRING HEALTH CERTIFICATE OF
EVERY PERSON IN A FOOD -PRODUCTS ESTABLISHMENT
WHOSE WORK BRINGS THEM IN CONTACT WITH FOOD
PRODUCTS, AND FIXING A CHARGE.FOR SAID HEALTH
CERTIFICATE; REQUIRING A MEDICAL EXAMINATION
PRIOR TO ISSUING A HEALTH CERTIFICATE TO DOMES-
TIC SERVANTS; PRESCRIBING THE. CONTENTS OF -SUCH
CERTIFICATE, AND FIXING A CHARGE THEREFOR; AND
REPEAL OF.ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES
INCONSISTENT. OR CONTRARY HERETO."
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS:
That Section 1 of the ordinance entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLES 29-17, 31-3,
AND 31-4. RESPECTIVELY, OF THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF BEAUMONT. REQUIRING HEALTH CERTIFICATE
OF. EVERY- PERSON. IN A FOOD PRODUCTS ESTABLISH-
MENT WHOSE WORK BRINGS THEM IN CONTACT WITH
FOOD PRODUCTS AND FIXING A CHARGE FOR SAID
HEALTH CERTIFICATE; REQUIRING.A MEDICAL EXAMI-
NATION PRIOR TO ISSUING A HEALTH CERTIFICATE
T:0 DOMESTIC SERVANTS; PRESCRIBING THE CONTENTS
OF SUCH CERTIFICATE, AND FIXING A CHARGE THERE-
FOR; AND REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT OR CONTRARY HERETO,"
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Art. 29-17. Health Certificate. - Every person
in a food products establishment whose work brings
him in contact with the production, handling,
storage or transportation of food products, shall
hold a certificate from the City Health Officer
certifying to the fact that the said person has
theretofore within six (6) months filed with the
Health Officer a certificate signed by a legally
licensed physician residing in Jefferson County
and registered to practice therein stating that
the said person has been physically examined by
him and that the said person does not have a
venereal disease in a communicable stage and that
said person does not have tuberculosis of an active
type which would be considered dangerous to public
health and that said person is free from acute ex-
anthemata or acute infectious or contageous skin
diseases or any other infectious or contageous di-
seases considered dangerous to public health by
the examining physician; said physiciants certifi-
cate shall be accompanied by a report from a labor-
atory operating in The City of Beaumont whose pro-
ficiency in making tests required for public health
purposes shall have been proven to the satisfaction
of the Health Officer showing that a Wassermann
test has been made within five (5) days prior
thereto and giving the results thereof; said
physiciants certificate shall also be accom-
panied by -a report showing the results of an
X-ray examination for tuberculosis made within
the previous thirty (30) days. The City Health
Officer shall charge a fee of $1.25 for each
health certificate issued by him, as provided
herein."
Section 2 of said ordinance is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Articles 31-3 and 31-4 of the Code of The City of
Beaumont be and the same are hereby amended to
read:
"Art. 31-3. Examination prior to issuance_. -
The health certificate shall be issued by the
City Health Officer to any domestic servant ap-
plying therefor only after a medical examination
has been made of said applicant. The City Health
Officer shall charge a fee of $1.25 for each
health certificate issued by him as provided
herein."
"Art. 31-4. Contents of certificate. - The
health certificate, when issued, shall certify
to the fact that the person has theretofore
within six (6) months filed with the City Health
Officer a certificate signed by a legally licen-
sed physician residing in Jefferson County and
registered to practice therein, stating that the
said person has been physically examined by him,
that the said person does not have a venereal
disease in a communicable stage and that said
person does not have tuberculosis of an active
type which would be considered dangerous to pub-
lic health, and that said person is free from
acute exanthemata or acute infectious or conta-
geous skin diseases or any other infectious or
contageous diseases considered dangerous to pub-
lic health by the examining physician; said phy-
siciants certificate shall be accompanied by a
report from a laboratory operating in The City
of Beaumont whose proficiency in making tests re-
quired for public health purposes shall have been
proven to the satisfaction of the Health Officer,
showing that a Wassermann test has been made
within five (5) days prior thereto and giving the
results thereof; there shall also be filed with
the physiciants certificate a report showing the
results of an.X-ray examination for tuberculosis
made within the previous thirty (30) days.
Section 3 of said ordinance shall read as follows:
Separability- and Savings Clause. - If any section, sub-
section, sentence,.clause�, phrase or portion of this Ordinance
is for any reason held invalid or'unconstitutional by any court
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of competent jurisdiction, such section, subsection., sentence,
clause, phrase, or portion shall be deemed a separate, dis-
tinct and independent provision and such holding shall not
affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining por-
tions thereof.
Section 4 of said ordinance shall read as follows:
All parts of ordinances inconsistent or contrary here-
to are hereby expressly repealed.
PASSED by the City Council this 13th day of November,
A. D. 19.51.
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