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and may recover the expenses incurred from the owner or occupier in
default, as other fines and forfeitures are recoverable; provided, that
where the owner or occupier of any such house or part thereof is, from
poverty or otherwise, unable, in the opinion of such health authority
or justice of the peace, effectually to carry out the requirements of
this section, such authority or justice of the peace may, without enforc-
ing such requirements on such owner or occupier, clean and disinfect
such house or parts thereof, and articles; and the city, town or county
in which such house is situated shall defray the expenses thereof.

See sections 12 and 40; also, sec. 63, et seg., and sec. 94, et aeq.

As to the quarantine powers of the governor, see art. 41, sec. 17.

1904, art. 43, sec. 31. 1888, art. 43, sec. 16. 1882 ch. 155, sec. 2.

42. Any health authority in any city or town, or any justice of the
peace for the comity, m'ay direct the disinfection or destruction of any
bedding, clothing or other articles which have been exposed to infection
from any dangerous infectious disorder; provided, that when any person
sustains any damage by reason of the exercise of any of the powers of
this article, in relation to any matter as to which he is not himself in
default, reasonable compensation shall be made by the municipal or
county authorities to such person.

Ibid sec. 32. 1888, art. 43, sec. 17. 1882, ch. 155, sec. 3.

43. Where any suitable hospital or place for the reception of the
sick is provided, within a convenient distance, any person who is suffer-
ing from any dangerous infectious disease, and is without proper lodg-
ing or accommodation, or lodged in a room occupied by more than one
family, or is on board of 'any ship or vessel, may, on a certificate signed
by a qualified medical practitioner, and with the consent of the super-
intending body of such hospital or place, be removed by order of any
health authority or justice of the peace to such hospital or place, at
the cost of the city or county in which such case may occur; and any
person who wilfully disobeys or obstructs the execution of such order
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less
than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or be imprisoned
in jail, in the discretion of the circuit court for the county or criminal
court of Baltimore, not less than one month nor more than six months.

Ibid. sec. 33. 1888, art. 43, sec. 18. 1882, ch. 155, sec. 4.

44. Any person who, while suffering from any dangerous infec-
tious disorder, wilfully exposes himself or herself, without proper
precautions against spreading the said disorder in any street, public
place, shop, inn or public conveyance, or enters any public conveyance
without previously notifying the owner, conductor or driver thereof
that he is so suffering, or being in charge of any person so suffering, so
exposes such sufferer, or gives, lends, sells, transmits or exposes, with-
out previous thorough disinfection, any bedding, clothing, rags or
other things which have been exposed to infection from any such