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Redwood City,October 25th.1918-3o'cloak,P.M. <br />Special Meeting of the Board of 'Town Trustees held. <br />Upon roll call there were present Trustees,: -President Carl K.Mabie,M.E.Ryan,Geo.W. <br />Mc.Nulty,Geo-A-Xreiss,City Clerk 1' i'.A.Price,Absent J.C.Jones. <br />Trustee Ryan presents the following resolution and moves its adogptinn,Trustee <br />ivlc.Nulty seconds the motion. <br />RESOLUTION REQUIRING TILE <br />WEARING OF GAUGE MASKS <br />In the Town of Redwood City, as a <br />Preventative to Spanish <br />Influenza. <br />The Board of Trustees of the Town <br />of Redwood City hereby resolve as <br />follows, to -wit: <br />Section 1. --During the period of <br />the epidemic of the so-called "Span <br />ish influenza," which is now preval- <br />ent in the Town of Redwood City, <br />every parson appearing on the public <br />streets, in any public place, or in any <br />assemblage of persons or in any, <br />place where two or more persond'are <br />congregated, except in holies where <br />only two mempers..oE the family. are <br />present, and -every person engaged <br />In thesale, handling or distribution <br />of foodstuffs or wearing apparel shall <br />wear a mask or covering, except <br />when partaking of meals, over the <br />nose and mouth consisting, of four- I <br />a <br />ply material known e b&ier -cloth <br />or of fine-mosh gauze, at the four <br />corners of which are attached tape <br />or other fastoning, so that the mask s <br />or, covering can be made to firmly j <br />cover the nose .and mouth, said mask <br />to be not less than five inches in ; <br />width and seven in length. <br />Section 2. Every person who shall <br />violate any of the provisions of sec- <br />tion 1 of this resolution shall be <br />deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and f <br />shall be punished by it fine of not <br />leas than five ($5) dollars or more <br />than one hundred ($100) dollars, or <br />by imprisonment in the county jail i <br />for a period not exceeding ten days„ <br />or by both; such fine and imprison- <br />ment. <br />Section 3: This Resolution shall <br />be in force and take effect immediate- <br />ly and shall remain in effect until <br />repealed. <br />Passed and adopted by the.Board <br />of Trustees of the Town of Redwood. <br />City, at a. special meeting "of said <br />Board duly called and held on the <br />25th day of October, 1918, by the <br />following vote: i <br />Ayes and in favor of the passage <br />of the foregoing Resolution: Trus -.j <br />tees M. 15. Ryan, Geo. W. McNulty, <br />Geo. A. Kreiss, Carl K. Mahie. <br />Noes and against the passage of <br />I the foregoing Resolution: Trustees <br />r None. ap i <br />Absent, Trustee J. C. Jones. <br />CARL K. MARIE, <br />President of the Board of Trustees <br />of the Town of Redwood City. <br />Attest: W. A. PRICE, <br />Clerk of the Town of Redwood Cit! <br />I hereby approve the fdregoing Res- <br />olution this 25th day of October, <br />1918, <br />CARL K. MARIE; <br />President of the Board of Trustees <br />of the TowaSt Redwood City. _ <br />Moved by Trustee Krei$8,seconded by Trustee Mc.Nulty that we do now adjourn. <br />CAU <br />— ------------------------ <br />City Clerk. <br />465 <br />�Cso/uifa�C <br />Wear/n <br />&auseMasX5 <br />