Las Vegas City Ordinances, July 18, 1911 to March 31, 1933, lvc000013-110

AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION R. J. Young, Jr., being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is a citizen of the United States, over the age of eighteen years; that he is the Chief Clerk of the Clark County Review, a weekly newspaper of general circulation printed and published at Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, and that the City Ordinance No. 72 of which the attached is a true and correct copy, was published in said paper Two (2) consecutive issues, on the following dates, to-wit: June 29 and July 6. R. J. Young, Jr., SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 7th day of October, A. D. 1918 Henry M. Lillis, (SEAL) Notary Public in and for Clark County, Nevada My commission expires March 9, 1918. ORDINANCE NO. 73 An Ordinance of the City of Las Vegas establishing regulation to prevent the introduction and spread of Spanish Influenza or La Grippe into or within said City of Las Vegas, providing for the wearing of antiseptic masks, and other matters properly relating thereto. The board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: Whereas an epidemic of Spanish Influenza or La Grippe is spreading over said City of Las Vegas, and an emergency exists for the establishment of regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of such disease or diseases into or within said City of Las Vegas, and all the Commissioners of said Board assenting thereto, it is hereby ordained as follows: Section l. That on and after ten o'clock A.M. of November 4, 1918, all persons residing, being or sojourning within the corporate limits of said City of Las Vegas, or who shall during the time limited in this ordinance reside, be, or sojourn within the corporate limits of said City, shall at all times and in all places, until the further or other order of this Board wear upon the face a mask approved by the Board of Health of the County of Clark, State of Nevada, constructed as follows, viz: Such mask shall consist of four thicknesses of gauze material, five inches wide by eight inches long in size, with an eight inch tape attached to each corner thereof, and shall be worn fitted firmly to the face so that the nose and mouth are at all times fully cove red by said mask. Such masks may be as provided by the American Red Cross, to be furnished the wearer at a small cost, or the masks may be homemade from clean sterilized white gauzy material of the above dimensions. Such masks may also be made of the above dimentions from White Lisle or silk hose. Section 2. Each person wearing such mask shall sterilize the same at least once every four hours by dipping the same in boiling water or by dipping the same in an antiseptic solution of Boric Acid, made by dissolving one teaspoonful of Boric Acid in a pint of boiling water. Such masks may also be sterilized by dipping the same in a diluted solution of alcohol at least once every four hours. Section 3. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the city jail not more than sixty days, or by both. Section 4. It is the duty, strictly enjoined upon each and every member of the police force, every special officer, and every peace officer within said City of Las Vegas to enforce or cause to be enforced the provisions of this Ordinance. Passed by the Board of Commissioners as an emergency Ordinance, this 4th day of November, 1918, upon the following vote: Commissioners W. H. Elwell, John F. Miller, C. P. Ball, J. M. Ullom, and His Honor the Mayor voting aye. Noes None. Read for the first and second times this fourth day