New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-16
JOURNAL OF rae ROUSE.
Thir,y.N,n,h Dn, = session.

me House met pursuant 10 adjournment.
Speaker Lowell in the chair.
The roll being called forty-nine mem
bers answered to their names:
Speaker Lowell, Alexander, Antoine,
Buckingham, Brewster, Barbee, Burrel,
Bergeron, Carr, Quincy, Deslnnde, Devices,
Dutresne. Dupsrt, Evans. E-nard, Foute,
Gair, Garstkamp, Hill, Haskell, HAnlon,
Honore. Hutchinson, Holland, Hail. lisa.
Mahi4r, McVeaD, Mansion, Morand, Mat.
ihews, Magee, Noble, Pearce, Raymond,
Reese, Slaton, aterrett Tureaud, Umpbreys.
Walsh, Washington, H. Williams, Yorke-
40.
There being no quorum present,
Mr.. McVean, of Caddo, moved that the
sergeant-at.Arms be sent in search of ab-
sent members.
Carried.
A few moments after, quorum being
present, prayer was made by Chaplain
Kingston.
On motion of Mr.. Tureaud, OF st. James,
the reading of the journal was dispensed
with.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
The Committee on Enrolment submitted
the following report, which was accepted:
ENRoLLXENT RooAs, !,
House OF Represen tstives
New Orleans August y 1873
To the Honorable Spe ker and Members Of the
House Of Representative:
Your Committee on Enrolment respect
fully reUorts that the following bills have
been duly engrossed, to wit:
An act to incorporate the New Iberia,
Vermiliionvllle, and Texas Railroad Com
pany.
An act 10 regulate the practice and the
dispatch of business in the District Courts
of New Orleans.
An act TO establish the Board of Public
| Works for the State of Louisiana and to de-
| fine the duties Of the same.
An act relative to the appointment
J Licenses Inspectors of the city of New Or
, leans.
An act to amend an act entitled an act
relative to the public printing, approved
July a, 1868.
An act to establish Board Of Pablo
| Works for the State.
| Respectfully submitted.
o. H. BREWSTER,
| Chairman Enrolment Committee.
The Committee on Public Health and
! Quarantine submitted the following report
with petition of the Board of Health
which were received, and on motion of Mr.
Morey, of Ouachita, made the special ordel
of the day for Saturday next At one O'CLOCK
P. NJ, and $50 copies of the report and peti
ton of the Board Of Health ord,red to b.
printed.
OUARANTINH, HOu-E OF REPRESENTATIVE,
New orleans, August H. 1858
To the Speaker and Members of the House Of Rep
resentatyes:
GEYrLEMEN-Your Committee on Publi
Health aud Quarantine, to whom was re-
furred House bill No g. entitled AN act II
protect the health Of the city of New Or
leans and OF the town of Algiers, on tn
right bauk, respectfully submit the follow
ing report, which report is made from per
sonal and careful observation on the part &
your committee; as also from the opinion
and personal experience of persons thol
oughly competent to judge on the question
We would inform you that we have in GU
possession petition sigDed by eleven hunC
red respectable property holders of New o
} leans, desiring the removal of this tuI
! nuisance. The first question which woul
arise on this important matter is: What b.
, comes OF the immense quantity OF Nth an
4 ofFal which is accumulated at and i'll th
! vicinity of the Stock Landing? The resu
: of our Investigations on this subject is tn;
I it all goes into the Mississippi river which
I If not preiudlcial TO the health OF New o
l leans, is certainly very revolving when "
Z consider that the immense suction pipe
the New Orleans Water Works is immed
ately below, acting AS small crevasse III
! sucking in objects floating on the water ut
r distance of IF or sixty feet. We won
, state that when the river Is low, it is II
, uncommon TO see the intestines and pc
tions of purified animal matter lodged ii
z mediately around the pipes, and Il
, haud portion of this putrif,
! matter is sucked into the reservoir, and !
testines and other filthy substances Fl
. quently seen floating on top OF the wat
! near the suction pipe.
Any vessel arriving here with cattle, {
e pecially those that have been in storm
4 have numbers OF dead cattle on boar
II which thy invariably throw into the riv
Q at the Stock Landing, These dead and pa
0 TALLY decomposed carcasses are again TAXI
g from the river and subjected to the proce
of skinning after which the CARCASS or sui
8 portions as are rejected, are again throw
: into the river. 1t is not unusual duril
q the sultry heat of the summer months,
u see these floating objects mingling with d
shipping, and detained there by the eddie
II no doubt causing all sorts OF diseas
X among the sailors on board Of these vessr
There is not the slightest doubt in t
J. mind of your committee that this lar
amount of corrupt and macerated amin
matter, constantly embracing the dense
{ | populAted shore, must be extremely pre-
10 cial to the health of the citizens of N,
Orleans, not only rs to its local influence
:, the Immediate vicinity, but the city gene
~ ally Is liable to suffer.
~ TO recapitulate We would state that
. two subjects which deserve the most imp
~ tant consideration arc
u First-The water we drink, which in su
o. mer particularly Is contaminated wi
IS macerated and decomposed animal matt
u ich water frequently makes an impr
nc sion not only on the sense OF smell but
"a ne.
Second-The air we breathe, which at tin
is contaminated to an incredible degr
d. The amount of fl h carried to the river frt
different slaughter houses is immense. B
rels filed with blood, urine and other
ba fuse matter, all in an abominable state
decomposition, are being constantly thro'
into the water, aud floating down the sho
are poieOning the air; aud this with OIL
dead animal matter floating in the riv
causes an abomin able nuisance, which a
Itc exists along the banks of the lower parl
Is the city. We w0nld mention that there
law which provides for all vessels arriv
nd with cattle to go below Slsughterho
OF Point to clean Off, aud there also thr
I'd, overheard their dead cattle. 1t wo
he clearly Seem to be to the interest of III
we people connectedlwith the Stock Landing
ed insist that the provisions OF this law be
me ried out. They seem, however, to be
tremely careless on the subject, and the q
m way to abolish the detestable nuisance i
)r- remove it TO another locality, and BIS
ppi doing subserVe the best interests Of the
he zens Of New Orleans by removing the
tst ments of disease to locality beyond
ew city limits, and by taking such steps as
th, effectually carry out the provisions of
ath law requiring vessels to clean off be
'ar- Slaughterhouse Point. By SO doing, We
St. remove an evil which is the means Of, /