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An ordinance awending Sao. 538 of Chapter 3,of the
Revised Ordinances of the City of Fort Worth, as revised by
William D. Williams and T. J. Powell, in respect tq the
powers of the City rjysician and Health Taopoe-tors oonosrning
.fto persons and ymmises paffected with contagious and infectious
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Be it ordained by the Board of Comissioners of the
City of Fort Worths
`r That Sees, 538 of Ohapter 3, of the Revised Ordinances
of the City of F"Ort Worth, as revised by wi lli m D. Williams
and T. J. Powell, relating to the peers of C"ty Physician
w
snd health officers aver persons and praises affected with
or exposed to coutagiaue or infectious diseases, be emended
so as to read as follows!
(B) The C*ty Physician, health inepeotors, eanttary
officers, police, or any one of tom, shall have the poww-,
and are hereby autheeized .to enter upon and taws and remove
frog the premises in which they may be residing or confined
and send to the detention damp or pest house, proviOM for
ouch purposes, any and all persons infoo ted with or sutferin8
from small pox, varioloid, scarlet fever or any other, -C4�E
.t-ov contagious or infectious disease,
(B) (They, the said CTty physician, health inapector,
eanttary officer or pollos or any oee of thou , shall have the
power and are hereby autheeized to stop , ezamine and detain
any and all persons coming or suspected of coming free any
house orjiplaco in whioh any contagious or infectious disease
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may, br exist
ve jwid person or persons t*--b:s sent to the
C ty hospital or to the detention camp or pest house for
treatment, according ae it may seed most advisable for the
public health so to d.o, or said physician or other officer
under the direction of the said City physician , easy cah,se
such person or persons to be confined and isolated in the
rooms or prmiises wherein they may be confined, and take and
use such means , including vaociWAtion, as marlin the
discretion of said city physioian1be nOoessary or adapted to
prevent the spread of diseases
(0) Said city physician shall have the power to establish
a rigid quarantine over preaaises and inmates thereof, abd
isolate same from personal contact with the world duaing the
period of disease, where contagious or infectious disease
may exist and prevent personal ingress therein and p(ersonal
egress Us refrom , exdept to physicimm and health officers,
until the persons and inmates therein are disinfected and the
prowl•see, equigsents tbermt and wearing apparel ot" persons
confined therein,are ftwigated and therbughly disinfeated.e
(D) 1uy persons violating the providions of this ardluance,
cr any part thereon shall upon conviction thereof, be tined in
any sum not exceeding One hundred dellarse
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I her _y Certify that th6above ordinance was duly presented and passed
by the card of Commissioners of the city of port Worth at a sAlon
held May 25th, 1907• �•1�Y1OYl �(�
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