Section 14-47-130 - Public health jurisdiction

(a) The board of directors shall have power to pass such ordinances and to make and enforce such rules and regulations as shall be necessary to promote the public health and to prevent and control disease.(b) Their jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to health and sanitation, and for purposes of quarantine, shall extend five (5) miles beyond the city limits.Acts 1921, No. 99, § 21; Pope's Dig., § 10109; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-721.