Supreme Court of New Jersey November 27, 1912 (Board of Health v. Court of Common Pleas)

The opinion of the court- was delivered by

Minturn, J.

The legislature (2 Comp. Stat., p. 2662) empowered all local boards of health to pass, alter or amend ordinances, and make rules and regulations in regard to the public health, within their several jurisdictions, for the following purppses, inler alia, section 12:

*393“To prevent the spreading of dangerous epidemics or contagious diseases,