A Special Meeting of Ratepayers was beld in the Town Hall at 6 p.m. on Monday for the purpose of sanctioning additional health By-laws. Fears that the necessary quorum to transact the basines for which the meeting was called proved groundless, The presence of ratepayers holding 589 votes was necessary to constitute a quorum, and 621 ratepayers, representing 1035 votes were actually present at the meet-g. "A" Company of the 8. V. had been detailed to attend the Town in case of any emergency of hostile demonstration, but although rumour credited the Chinese with the intention of stoning the ratepayers
and the Castomse' Company at hastily y-laws being adopted as proposed, event of cee Health mobilized at Headquarters, nothing in the nature of @ hostile demonstration occurred either before or after the meeting. The meeting was called to order at 5.10 p.m. It finished about 6.30.
The Resolution which the meeting was convened {o sanction read as follows Resolution, That the following additional Bye-awa, relatiog to matters affecting the Pablic Health, be passed and approved.
XXX A, Infectious disease to be notified. Every person ising medicine surgery or mid wi mich limita shall fornish the Health Officer with immediate notice in writing of every case coming under his or ber care suspected of being emall-pox, cholera, typhoid fever, typhus fever, diphtheria, scarlet fever, tnbercalocie, plague, anthrax, glanders. leprosy, bydroybi beri-beri, and any other infections discase of which the Health Officer may from time to time require notice, which notice shall include the name and address of the sick person and the nature of the disease. If any inmate of any bauding or part of a building used for haman habitation be suffering from any such infectious disease ud be not ander the care of any such person as aforesaid the liability to notify the Health Officer of auch disease or of a suspicion of such disease shall rest with the oooapisr or keeper of such premises, or in default of such
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