HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 1921 11 ORDINANCE N0. / 91511
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3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
CITY OF AZUSA TO PREVENT AN EPIDEMIC OF INFLUENZA
4 FIXING APPEENNAALTTYY FOOR THEIVIOLATICNSTHEREOF AND
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6 The Board of Trustees of the City ,of Azusa do ordain
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8 SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm
9 or corporation to keep open, or to cause or permit to be kept
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11 gre#ate therein, any thsater, concert hall. entertainment or
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the Health Officer of the City of Azusa it is dangerous to the
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public health for persons to congregate or assemble until suuh
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time as the health officer shall have filed with the City Clerk
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of the City of Azusa a statement that in his judgment the danger
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from an epidemic of influenza or the spread of such an epidemic
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in the City of Azusa no longer exists.
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When in the opinion of the Health Officer of the City
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of Azusa it is dangerous to the public health of said city for
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persons to congregate or assemble in any place or places not
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specifically mentioned herein the said health officer .shall give
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notice thereof by publishing such notice in the Pomotropic, a
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weekly newspaper of general circulation published in the City of
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Azusa, or in his discretion, by posting such notice in three
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public places in said City of Azusa. Such notice may be directed
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to specific meetings ar may be by proper description directed
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to all meetings in general.
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SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any persons to
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meet or assemble together in
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referred to in Section 1 of
this
Ordinance prior to the
filing of
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the statement of the Health Officer of said City as provided in
said Section. 1 hereof.
SECTION 3. Any person, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished
by a fine oe not more than Three Hundred ($300.) Dollars or by
imprisonment in the City Jail of the City of Azusa for a period
of not more then Three .(3) months, or by both suchfine and impri—
sonment.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance is urgently required for the
immediate preservation of the public health, peace and safety,
and the following is a specific statement showirg the urgency
of this ordinance: That influenza now exists in the City of
Azusa and the same is liable to become epidemic in said City
and in order to prevent the same from becoming epidemic such an
ordinance is now immediately required.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this Ordinance by vote of four—fifths of all the members of
the Board of Trustees of said City of Azusa and its approval
by the President of said Board and shall cause the same to be
published once in The Pomotropic, a weekly newspaper of general
circulation published and circulated in said City of Azusa and
thereupon and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
Adopted and approved this �V day of October.
1918.
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C ,y of Azusa.
Attest: ��
Ci ty Cler o the City oAzusa
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
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CITY OF AZUSA.
I, J. 0. Durrell, City Clerk of the City of
Azusa, do hereby certify that the whole number
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the Board of Trustees of the City of Azusa isGand that the
foregoiy�g Ordinance was passed and adopted by a vote of four-
fifths of all its members and approved by the President of
said Board at a regular meeting there of held on the ! ,"y'day
October, 1918, and that the same was passed by the following
vote:
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NOES
ABSENT
IN WITNESS WIEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the official seal of the City of Azusa this
day of October, 1918.
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City Clerk of the City of Azusa.
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