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Sec. 341. Quarantine.

Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Mayor that
a malignant or contagious epidemic disease prevails, it shall be
his duty, with the advice of the Board of Health, to quarantine
against the introduction of said disease in the city, and make
such regulations for the preservation of the health of the inhabitants
of the city not inconsistent with existing laws, as they
deem necessary or expedient to carry into effect the object of this
section.