The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-09-27

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Chamber ON the 10Th inst. Present, r.
O'Donnell, President; j. ]. Michic, J. Ill.
WesIing; II. Harrison, L. Bowman, +. J..
Bower and G. NJ. Powell, couneilmen. The
following Preamble aud Resolutions were sub
mittod by J. ]. Niche, and on motion adop-
ted Whereas telegraphic dispatches have
been received, announcing the existence Of
yellow Fever in Vicksburg. It is resolved
therefore, that the Board proceed to elect by
ballot, some resident Physician to act as
Health officer, whose duty it shall be to visit
all boats arriving from the Mississippi river,
and to report in writing to the Mayor of the
city in one hour after her arrival, the number
of cases of sickness on board, and the nature
of the disease; and that said officers shall
receive five dollars for each visit and report
as aforesaid.
EeesoEved, That should said Health officer
report to the Mayor any casesor cases Of yel-
low fever, or other diseases. which may be
deemed contagious or infectious, said Mayor
shall take immediate steps to have the pa
tient or patients Gf any removed to some
proper place to be selected by him outside Of
the corporation. Tin accordance with the
first Of the foregoing resolutions, DIR. J. r.
Barnett, was on first ballot elected health Of
fer.)
Resolved, That the point where the south
corporation line strikes the Yazoo river be
designated as the place where all boats arri-
wing as aforesaid shall be required to land,
and that the commanders of the same shall
be required to report to the Health oflicer'
for him to make the necessary inspection OF
of the health of the crews and passengers
At a called meeting held at the same place
on the 2lst inst, the President Of the Coun-
Gil submitted series of resolutions, passed
at public meeting Of tie citizens of Yazoo
city, held at the Court House OF fazoo coun-
ty on the 10th inst. requesting the Board to
establish quarantine laws for 4azoo CITY
which were on motion referred to a Commit
tee of three, consisting Of Messrs. Niche,
Harrison and Bower.
The President also presented TO the Board
resolution passed at public meeting Of the
citizens of Yazoo city, on the 21st inst. urg-
ing upon the Board the necessity Of estab-
fishing a stringent system of quarantine, or
in case they deemed it Incompatible with
their sense of duty to do so, respectfully re
questing them to resign; which was on mo
ton, referred to a committee of three, eonsis-
ting of Messrs. Powell, Bowman and Bower.
Z. L. Bower offered the following resolu-
ton which was adopted:
Resoleed, That DIR. ]. w. Barnett and Nj.
d. Haynes be requested to.circulate petitions
amongst the legal voters of the corporation,
in order to ascertain the sense of the same
with regard to the establishment Of a quar-
antine.
At called meeting of the Board, held at
the place above mentioned on the 22nd inst,
the committees appointed in the foregoing
proceedings reported respectively as follows,
both of which reports were on motion adop-
ted
The undersigned, TO whom was referred on
yesterday the resolutions passed at a recent
meeting of sundry citizens of Yazoo City,
requesting this Board to establish more strin-
gent Quarantine laws, DC. Having given
the same the serious attention it deserved,
beg leave to report. That this Board hav-
ing already taken action in the premises, to
the extent they deemed necessary, within the
scope OF their power, and that very large
majority of the people who created this
Board, and to whom we are responsible for
our actions, have sustained US in what we
have already done, and petitioned US to pass
no further regulations.
We conceive therefore, that it would be
wrong in country where majorities rule, to
carry out the wishes Of meeting of the Peo-
pie where hiriy-taOo persons voted for the
resolutions passed, and to disregard the adj
verse request expressed in a petition before
us signed by nearly three times that number.
We therefore recommend that the resolu-
tions passed by said meeting, be disregarded.
Believing that the same originated with a
few, under an excited and infamed state of
the public mind, and should therefore not
weigh against the more matured reflections
of SO large majority, whose competence to
decide, and whose stake IN society are at
least equal. J. ]. MIcnIE, Ch'm'n.
E. L. Bower,
III. HARRIsoN.
A majority Of the committee to whom was
referred the Resolutions of portion Of the