§ 366. Certain cities; commissioner of health and health officer;
powers and duties. 1. The commissioner of health or the health officer
in cities having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five
thousand shall:

(a) exercise all the powers and be charged with all the duties now or
hereafter conferred upon or required of local boards of health or local
health officers by the laws of this state so far as the same pertain to
cities, except as limited or extended by the provisions of this article;
and,

(b) possess such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed
by ordinance of the common council or similar legislative authority by
this chapter or otherwise by law.