State Ex Rel. Southard v. City of Van Wert

By the Court.

This court has heretofore recognized the mandatory character of orders of the state department of health, issued pursuant to general laws. State Board of Health v. City of Greenville, 86 Ohio St., 1, 98 N. E., 1019, Ann; Cas., 1913D, 52. This conclusion has been reaffirmed since adoption of Section 3, Article XVIII, of the Constitution, relative to the power of municipalities to “exercise all powers of local self-government and to adopt and enforce within their limitations such local police, sanitary and other similar regulations as are not in conflict with general laws.” City of…