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"AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN
ISOLATION HOSPITAL FOR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES', AND', PROVIDING FOR THE ,
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PAYMENT BY THEOITY OF BOZEMAN . ,OF A PROPORTION OF THE COST AND EXPENSE .
OF MAINTAINING A DETENTION mN~ FOR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES, ESTABLISHED
AND MAINTAINED AS A PART OF THE BOZEMAN DEACONESS HOSPITAL, UNDER AND I
~VIRTUE OF THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 2469 and 2470 AND SECTION 5039,
PARAGRAPH 45, PQJJ:TICAL CODE, - R.C.M. 1921, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 20,
LAWS OF MONTANA, TWENTIETH SESSION, 1927."
WHEREAS
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1. Neither the County of Gallatin, nor the City. of Bozeman has
a,n Isolation Hospital where persons suffering from contagious or in-
fectious diseases may be cared for.:; and the Board of County Commissioners
of the.County of Gallatin and the Commission of the City of Bozeman have
been negotiating with the Bozeman Deaconess Hospital of the City of
Bozeman, County of Gallatin, State of Montana, for the purpose and to
the end that a
DETENTION UNIT FOR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES "
sha~l be established and maintained as a part of the Hospital where
patients Buffering from ~ontagious and infectious diseases may be properly
quarantined and cared for, and, in the beginning, it was contemplated that
the City of Bozeman would be a party to the agreement' therefor, and would
contribute not only toward the establishment, but, likewise, to the main-
tenance of the Detention Unit, and as a result of these negotiations, an I
understanding has been had by and between the Board .of County Commissioners
of the County of Gallatin and the Bozeman Deaconess Hospital, whereby the
ei~ of Bozeman has been eliminated from that part of the agreement which
compr~hended the establishment of the Detention Unit, and it is to be a
party, only, to the maintenance thereof,
II. The Board of County Commissioners has entered into an
agreement with the Bozeman Deaconess Hospital for the establishment and
maintenance of a Detention Unit, which agreement is dated October 3lst, 1929, .
And this agreement provides, among other things:
(a) The Bozeman Deaconess Hospital sets apart for the Detention
Unit, the first floor of the east side of the Deaconess
Nurses Home.
(b) The Board of County Commissioners is to defray the expense
of making the necessary changes and repairs for the install-
ation of the unit.
(0) The Board of County Commissioners is to pay $50.00 per month
for four years from the date of the acceptance of the
building as renovated, and thereafter $100.00 per month
during the life of the contract. I
( d) The said agreement to continue in force for the term of
fifteen yea~s after the acceptance of the unit'by the Board
of County Commissioners, and shall be subject to renewal, at
the option of the Board of County Commissioners, for ten years.
(e) That a copy of the said agreement, made and entered into as
aforesaid, has been filed with the Commission of the City of
Bozeman, and is hereby referred to forfullpartioulars with
reference to the terms and conditions thereof.
III. Under the terms and conditions of the agreement hereinbefore
referred to, the City of Bozeman is eliminated from any expense in the
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matter of the installation of the De,tention Unit and renovation of building
therefor; that it is to contribute only towards its mafntenanoe, and this
contribution is to be at tLe rate of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per month from
I the date of the acceptance of the building as renovated, and is to continue
thereafter during the life of the oontraot, or any extenaion thereof.
IV. ' lJhe monthly paymt.nt by .the County and City are in the mature of a
'ready to serve' charge, and are independent of the regular oharses for room
and attention; that upon the payment by the City of Bozeman of said monthly
'ready to serve' charge, the City is to be relieved from any and all further
expense in oonneotion with the establishment and maintenanoe of said Detention
Unit.
v. Under and by virtue of the provisions of Sections 2469 and 2470
and'Seotion 5039, Paragraph 45, Politioal Code, R.C.M. 1921, as amended by
Chapter 20, ~ws of Montana, Twenti.~h Session, 1927, the City of Bozeman is
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authorized and empowerBd to establish and maintain an Isolation Hespital where
patients suffertng from contagious or infectious diseases may be properly
quarantined and eared for.
VI. The Commission of the City of Bozeman deems and considers that
the arrangement and agreement made and entered into by and between the Board
I of County Commissioners of the County of Gallatin and the Bozeman Deaconess
Hospital, for the establishment and maintenance of a Detention Unit for the
quarantine and care of patients suffering from contagious and infectious
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diseases, is necessary and proper, and is sufficient, and meets the demands ,
and requirements for the establishment and maintenance of an Isolation
Hospital where patients suffering from contagious and infectious diseases may
be quarantined and oared for,
VII. The City of Bozeman is relieved from any expense incurred by
reason of suoh establishment, it 1s proper that it should contribute toward
the maintenance thereof in the nature of a 'ready to serve' charge therefor,
and that the payment of the gum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per month during the
life of said contract or any extension thereof, is reasonable,
NOW, THEREFOR$, BE IT ORDAINBD BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN:
ISOLATION HOSPITAL ESTABLISHID
Section I. That the ~~~~de and "entered into by and between
the Boa'rdof County Commissioners of the County of Gallatin, state of Montana,
I and the Bozeman Deaconess Hospital of the City of Bozeman, County of Gallatin,
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State of Montana, under date of Ootober 31, 1929, herein referred to, for the
purpose and to th.e end that a Detention Unit for oontag ious dis~e.es shall be
established and maintained as a part of the Bozeman Deaconess Hospital where
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pati*nts Buftering from smallpox or o.ther very contagious diseases may be
properly quarantined and eared for, .bef and the same is hereby approved,
ratified and confirmed.
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PAYMENT 'READY TO SERVE' CHARGE, MAINTENANCE
Section II. That the City of Bozeman, from and after the date
of the aoceptanoe of the Detention Unit by the Board of county CO,mmissioners,
pay to the Bozeman Deaooness Hospital, the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) .
per month during the life of. said agreement, or any renewal thereof; 1-
that the payment by the City of Boze~an of said monthly sum shall be
and is in the nature of a 'ready to serve' oharge and is independent of
the regular charges tor room and. attention; that the charges for room
and attention are to be paid by the patients themselves or by the Boa~d
of County Commissioners, as the circumstances may warrant and demand;
that upon the payment of the said sum of FittyDollars ($50.00) monthly
as hereinbefore provided, the City of Bozeman is relieved from any other
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oharge or expense in the nature of maintenance of said Detention Unit or
the oost and expense of caring for spy patients therein.
BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION
Section III. That in the Annual Budget of the City of Bozeman,
provision shall be made for the payment to the Bozeman Deaooness Hospital .
of the. sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) per annum in monthly install-
ments of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) each, and an appropriation therefor shall'
be made eaoh year in the Annual Ap:propriation Ordinance; that on the I
first day of each and every month, the Bozeman Deaooness Hospital shall
file a claim with the City of Bozeman for the sum of $50.00; that as of
the first day of each and every month, the Director of Finance be, and he
is hereby, authorized and directed to draw a warrant payable to the
Bozeman Deaooness Hospital in the saId sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00);
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that these monthly payments shall oontinue during the life and term of
said agreement, or any extension thereof, or unless otherwise discontinued
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as in said agreement provided; that the appropriation of said sum and the
payment of said warrant shall be made fro~ the General Fund.
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EFFECT
Seotion IV. That this Ordinanoe shall be in full force and
effect from and after thirty days after its passage.
Finally passed by the Commission of the City of Bozeman this
6th day of December, 1929.
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Introduced, read for the first time, and provisionally passed by
the Commission ot the City of Bozeman, this 29th day of November, 1929;
final passage fixed for meeting of Commission December 6th, 1929.
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Published in the Bozeman Daily Chroniole, Deoember 8th, 1929.
Effeotive January 5th, 1930.
I I, Walter Davis, Clerk of the Commission of the City of
Bozeman, Montana, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No.
582 of the City of Bozeman, Montana, was published by title in the
Bozeman Paily Chronicle, a daily newspaper of general circulation,
printed and published in the City of Bozeman, in the issue of
Dec. 8, 1929, and that d~ proof of said publication was made and filed
in my office.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and the corporate
. seal of said City this 8th day of December, 1929.
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