WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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loss or expense incurred by him in carrying into

effect the provisions of this section.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That any person who

knowingly lets for hire any house, room or part of a

house in which any person has been suffering from

any dangerous infectious disorder, without having

such house, room or part of a house and all articles

therein liable to retain infection disinfected to the

satisfaction of a qualified medical practitioner, as

testified by a certificate signed by him, shall be

liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and

Must be dis-
infected.

fifty dollars; and any person letting for hire or

showing for the purpose of letting for hire any

house or part of a house or room, who, being ques-

tioned by any person negotiating for the hire of

such house or part of a house or room as to the fact

of there being, or within six weeks previously hav-

ing been therein, any person suffering from any

dangerous infectious disorder, knowingly makes a

false answer to such questions, shall be liable to a

penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to

imprisonment for a period not exceeding twelve

months.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That when the body

of any one who has died of any infectious disease

is retained in a room in which persons live or sleep,

or any dead body which is in such a state as to endan-

ger the health of the inmates of the same house or

room, any health officer or justice of the peace may,

on a certificate signed by a qualified medical prac-

titioner, or the application of three persons living

in the neighborhood, order the body to be removed

Order body to

and buried at the cost of the city, town or county,

be removed.

within a time to be limited by such order; and un-

less the friends or relatives of the deceased 'under-

take to bury the body within the time so limited,

and do bury the same, it shall be the duty of the

said health officer or justice of the peace to have

such body buried at the expense of the city, town or

county; and any person or persons obstructing the

Penalty for

execution of any order made by any health officer or

obstructing.

justice of the peace under this section shall be liable

to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars, or

imprisonment not exceeding six months.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the municipal or

county authorities may provide for the use of the