Chap. 0002 An Act to amend the twenty-sixth chapter of the general statutes, relating to the preservation of the public health.

Be it enacted, &e., as follows:
Section. 1. Section fourteen of chapter twenty-six of the General Statutes is hereby amended to read as follows: When the board thinks it necessary for the preservation of the lives or health of the inhabitants, to enter any land, building, premises or vessel within its town, for the purpose of examining into and destroying, removing or preventing any nuisance, source of filth or cause of sickness, and said board or any agent thereof sent for that purpose shall be refused such entry, any member of the board or such agent may make complaint under oath to any justice of any court of record or to two justices of the peace of the county, stating the facts of the case so far as he has knowledge thereof, and said justice or justices may thereupon issue a warrant, directed to the sheriff or any of his deputies, to such agent of the board, or to any constable of such town, commanding him
to take sufficient aid, and at any reasonable time repair to the place where such nuisance, source of filth or cause of sickness complained of may be, and the same to destroy, remove or prevent, under the directions of said board.
Section 2. Section forty-five of said chapter is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: And whoever obstructs the selectmen, board of health or their agent, in using such means to prevent the spreading of the infection, or wilfully removes, obliterates, defaces or handles the red flags or other signals so displayed, shall forfeit for each offence a sum not less than ten or more than one hundred dollars.
Section 3.   This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 28, 1873.