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AN ORDIEANCE declaring a public emergency to exist in tl~e City of Bremerton on
account of the prevalence of smallpox in a neighboring community, and appropriating
funds to meet such emergency.
THE CITY OF B~RTON DOES ORDAIN:
Sectionl. That a public emergency exists in the City of Bremerton, which
could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time of making the budget for the
year 1946, in that a virulent form of mnallpox is prevalent in Seattle and King Cou~
and the health department of the City of Bremerton and the City Council deem it
urgently necessary and advisable that free vaccination centers be established
throughout the community in order that as large a part of the population of the
City of Bremerton as possible be vaccinated to prevent the spread of smallpox to
and in the City of Bremerton.
Section Z. That the said emergency affects all of Kitsap County as well as
the City of Bremerton and that the emergency program of providing free vaccinations
will require the expenditure of the total sum of $4500.00 for Bremerton and Kitsap
County; that the County Commissioners of the County of Kitsap have appropriated
two-thirds of the said sum, to-wit, the sum of $5000.00 and that the total expense
to the City of Bremerton, for furnishing free vaccinations, through and by the aid
of the joint public health program participated in by the City of Bremerton, the
County of Kitsap, the State of '~ashington and the U.S. Public Health Service, will
be the sum of $1500.00 for vaccine, professional help, chemicals, supplies and
mis cella ne ous.
Section 5. That the Mayor and the City Clerk are hereby authorized and di-
rected to issue emergency warrants not exceeding the said sum of $1,500.00, in
payment of the expense occasioned by said emergency, which warrants shall be issued
to the Public Health Pooling Fund, after the submission of vouchers approved by the
City Health Officer.
~ection 4. If this ordinance is approved on first reading, it shall be read
for final passage one week after the date of its first reading.
Section 5. That an emergency exists which affects the public peace, health
and safety in the City of Bremerton, and this ordinance shall take effect in,media-
tely following passage and publication.
APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton on first reading this
5rd day of April, 1946.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor,
and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage, this 15th day
of April, 1946.
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