1913 private laws – Ch.59 Sec.1

The board of commissioners are hereby given, within the corporate limits of the city of Raleigh and within the boundaries of Raleigh Township, all the power and authority that is now, or may hereafter be, given by law to the county superintendent of health or county physician, and such further powers and authority as will best preserve the health of the citizens. The board of commissioners is hereby given power to make such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws ‘ of the State, for the preservation of the health of the inhabitants of the city as to them may seem right and proper. Said board of commissioners may establish and maintain a hospital, or hospitals, or pest-houses, slaughter-houses, rendering plants, incinerators and crematories in the city of Raleigh, or within three miles thereof ; may stop, detain, examine, or keep in a pest-house or houses of detention persons having, or suspected of having, any infectious, contagious, or other communicable disease; may quarantine the | city or any part thereof; may cause all persons in the city limits to be vaccinated ; may, without incurring liability to the owner, remove, fumigate, or destroy furniture, bedding, clothing, or other property which may be found to be tainted or infected with any contagious or infectious disease, and may do all other proper and reasonable things to prevent or stamp out any contagious or infectious disease, and to better preserve the health of the citizens; | and all expenses incurred by the city in disinfecting or caring for. any person or persons, by authority of this section, may be recoy-. ered by it from the person, persons, or property cared for; and when expense is incurred in caring for property, same shall become a lien on said property. That any person who shall attempt by force, or by threat of violence, to prevent his removal, or that of. any other person, to the pest-house, house of detention, or hospital, or who shall in any way interfere with any officer while performing any of the duties allowed by this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Said board of commissioners may elect: a health officer and create such other offices and employments as to them may seem right and proper, and fill the same and fix their compensation.