the town or city in which the disease occurs, or the health officer, if the case is without the corporation of cities or towns, and such notice shall be given either verbally or by written communication, mailed or delivered to such health officer or board.

6724c. Quarantine, placards, penalty.-3. The health officer having jurisdiction, upon being notified in any way of the existence of either of the diseases named in section 2, or of other communicable diseases which are or may be listed in the rules of the state board of health, shall immediately, in person, or by deputy, quarantine the infected house, rooms or premises, so as effectually to isolate the case, or cases, and the family, if necessary, in such manner and for such time as may be necessary to prevent transmission of the disease; and, whenever a house, tenement, or room is placed in quarantine, a placard shall be posted in a conspicuous position, giving the name of the disease in letters not less than two inches long, and also containing the following quarantine order: "All persons are forbidden to enter or leave these premises without special permit from the health officer having jurisdiction, and all persons are forbidden to remove or mutilate this card, or to in any way interfere with this quarantine without orders from said health officer," and when visiting persons afflicted with smallpox, diphtheria, membranous croup, scarlet fever, or other infectious disease named in the rules of the state board of health, all physicians and health officers shall take such precautions as are directed in the rules of the state board of health covering the matter. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof in any court of this state, be liable to a fine of ten to fifty dollars, to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months.

6724d. Disinfecting premises.-4. Immediately after the recovery or death of any infected person or persons, the health officer having jurisdicion shall cause the infected premises and infected persons to be thoroughly disinfected and cleansed according to the methods prescribed in the rules of the state board of health, after which the said premises and said persons shall be released from quarantine.

6724e. Children kept from school.--5. Parents, guardians or persons having custody of any child or children, shall not permit such child or children, if infected with any communicable disease, and if it or they have been exposed to any communicable disease, to attend any public or private school, or appear in public in any way, and all school teachers, public, private or parochial, shall exclude from their schools all such children unless a written permit to attend is given by the health officer having jurisdiction.

6724f. Attending state board meetings.--6. It shall be the duty of the secretary, or a representative of all boards of health, to attend a meeting of the state board of health, when requested by the latter, for consultation or conference concerning the restrictions and prevention of contagious and infectious diseases, or for the consideration of other important sanitary matters, and the expenses of the delegate shall be paid by

the board appointing him, out of the general funds of the county, incorporated city or town where such board is established.

6724g. Removal of sick persons.-7. The state board of health and county board of health and any local board of health or a majority thereof, shall have power to remove or cause to be removed from any hotel, boarding house, boarding school, or other building of like character, tenement or apartment houses, to a proper place designated by such board, persons sick with any contagious, infectious or pestilential disease, and such board shall also have power to remove or cause to be removed to a proper place to be so designated, all things and articles within the jurisdiction of such boards, which, in their opinion, shall be infected with any matter likely to communicate disease to the inhabitants of any county or other municipality of this state, and said boards may destroy, or cause to be destroyed, such articles or things, when in their opinion the safety of the public health requires it, for which the board of health having immediate jurisdiction shall pay the owner thereof the actual cash value out of the general funds of the town, city or county wherein the same is established: Provided, however, That no person shall be removed under this act, except after examination and determination by two physicians in good standing and practice that such person is sick with a contagious, infectious or pestilential disease. The boards of health above mentioned may, by resolution, delegate the authority herein conferred to any health officer in the employ of such boards.

6724h. Investigations by officers.-8. Whenever a health officer shall know or suspect or be informed of the existence of any communicable disease, dangerous to the public health, and there be no physician in attendance, or should any physician while in attendance fail or refuse to immediately report such case to the health officer, it shall be the duty of such health officer, or deputy, to examine such case or cases of alleged communicable disease dangerous to the public health, and if, in the judgment of such health officer, such afflicted person should be isolated and quarantined in a building set apart for the care and treatment of persons afflicted with said contagious or communicable disease, it shall be the duty of such health officer, and he is hereby empowered, to remove such afflicted person or persons to such building, and all expenses of such removal shall be paid by the board having jurisdiction of such cases, out of the general funds of the incorporated city or town wherein such board is established, or if without such city or town, then out of the general funds of such county, and if at the time of such removal such health board having jurisdiction of such case or cases, shall not have provided the necessary attendant or attendants, nurse or nurses, to care for such afflicted person or persons, and there be no person or persons present at the time of such removal to care for such afflicted person or persons, it shall be the duty of the secretary of such board of health to immediately employ proper nurse or nurses, medical and other necessary attendant or attendants to care for such afflicted person or persons, and the service of such nurse or nurses, attendant or attendants, shall be paid by such

board, as above provided: And be it further provided, That it shall be the duty of said board, or such health officer to provide said building where such person or persons shall be quarantined as provided in this section, with suitable beds, bedding, cooking utensils, and such other articles necessary for the comfort of said afflicted inmates; and said board or said health officer shall also from time to time, as the same may be required, during said period of quarantine in said building, furnish the necessary food for the sustenance of said afflicted inmates, and the said nurses and attendants during said period of quarantine, and the expense incurred for the supplies herein provided for shall be paid by the said board, as provided herein before in this section.

67241. Funerals, when private.-9. In all cases of death from cholera, bubonic plague, leprosy, typhus fever, yellow fever, smallpox, diphtheria, membranous croup, scarlet fever, and cerebro spinal meningitis, the funeral shall be strictly private, and the burial shall be made within twenty-four hours after death. No public or church funeral shall be held or any person permitted to enter the house containing the remains, excepting the undertaker and [his] their assistants, unless by permission of the health officer, and buried remains shall not be disinterred nor removed without permission from the state board of health.

6724j. Disinfecting cars, penalty.-10. All trolley, steam or electric cars or other public conveyances which are known to contain the infection of any disease, or any such cars or public conveyances which may reasonably be supposed to contain such infection, shall, upon order of the state health officer or any health officer in whose jurisdiction the infected car or other public conveyance may be found, be disinfected according to the rules of the state board of health, and the cost of disinfection shall be paid by the company, person or persons owning said cars or other public conveyances: Provided, That any and all inspections and fumigations of such cars be at such times and places as not to interfere with the general traffic of the road. If at any time any city, town or region is under quarantine, all trolley, electric and steam railroad companies passing through any such quarantined city, town or region, shall obey the quarantine orders of the state board of health, which are issued for the purpose of preventing the spread of infection. Each violation of such order shall be a separate offense, for which a fine of one hundred dollars shall be assessed.

6724k. Expenses, payment, peace officers.-11. The expenses incident to disease prevention shall be paid by the cities and towns in which the work may become necessary, and when without the corporation of cities and towns such expenses shall be borne by the county. If at any time the authorities of any county, city or town fail, neglect or refuse to enforce the statutes and the rules of the state board of health for the restriction of dangerous, communicable diseases, then the state board of health, if in its opinion it becomes necessary, shall take charge and enforce the law and the rules, and all expenses shall be paid by the county, city or town in which such enforcement becomes necessary. Sher

iffs, constables, marshals, police and all peace officers shall, if called upon by health officers, aid in the enforcement of this act.

67241. Penalties, exception.-12. Any person who violates any provision of this act, or any rules or regulations of the state board of health [f]or the enforcement of this act, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, except as herein otherwise provided: Provided, That this act shall not be so construed as to apply to any litigation now pending in any of the courts of this state, but cases now pending shall be tried and determined as though this act was not in force.

CHAPTER 76.

HIGHWAYS.

Section numbers to notes refer to Revised Statutes of 1901.

Sections omitted have not been construed since 1901.

LOCATION, VACATION, CHANGE.