New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-17

THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
STATE OF LOUISIANA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Forry.fifth Days Proceedings.
House. OF REPRESENTATIVES
New Orleans, March S, 1874.
The House met pursuant to adjournment
and was called to order by the Chief Clerk
who called Mr. Mathews, Of Tensas, to tn
hair.
On cali Of the roll the following member
answered to their names:
Messrs. Antoine, Bowman, Bryant, Baker
Boyd, Benham, Blackstone, BOatner, Blck
ham, Butler, Barrow, COckerham, Cousin
Demas, Davidson, d. C. Davis, r. K. Davis
Devices, Elliott, Fernandez, Forstall, Grant
Greene, Guichard, Heffner, Humble, Hill
Hahn, P. Jones. NJ. Jones, Heating, Ken
yon, D. King, Keys, v. O. King, Lewis
Landry, Lawes, Moreland, Murrell OF La
Mathews, Price, Peyton, Page, Provost
Sawyer, Sartain, Southland, Sewell, Smart
Trahan, Thomas, Tureaud, Vickers, Viii
Hams, Wilson, Washington, Ward, Wands
Young-64.
A quorum present.
Prayer by the Rev. E. Green.
On motion of Mr.. Murrell, of Lafourche,
the reading of the journal was dispensed
with.
On motion the journal was approved.
Mr.. Wands, of Tangipahoa, called up
House bill No. 44S, entitled an act to incor-
porate the Crescent City Health and Acct
dent Insurance Company.
Was read the third time, and finally
passed, title adopted, and ordered sent to
the Senate for concurrence.
Under suspe nsion Of the rules Mr.. Bar
row, of Orleans, called up House bill No.
449, entitled an act to prohibit the unlaw-
full employment of sailors at work upon the
Ievees or banks of the rivers in this State,
and to punish the violations Of this act.
Passed its several readings under suspen-
sion of the constitutional rules, and finally
passed, title adopted, and ordered sent to
the Senate for concurrence.
Mr.. Heffner, of Caddo, chairman of the
Committee on Health and Quarantine, sub
mitted the following reports:
CoMmITrER ON HEALTH AND QUARANTINE
New Orleans, March 2, 1874.
To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of Representatives.
Your Committee on Health and Quaran-
tine beg to report that, to the knowledge of
your honorable House, the city of Shreve-
port was, during the past year, desolated
by an epidemic of yellow fever, unexampied
in severity and power. 1t is n0u, however,
known that the city Of Shreveport was, be-
fore the date of the epidemic for some
years, has since been and now is in a very |
foul and filthy condition. None of the con- |
ditions OF sanitary precaution have ever |
been observed there. No authority has ex- !
listed there whose special duty it was to |
exact of citizens the observance of those |
duties which every one owes to the health |
and well being of society. All the elements |
which probably contributed to the inau-
guration of the past epidemic still exist,
and without sensible alienation.
The city is the second in the State, one of |
the most important cotton and business
centres of the Southwest, and her interests
demand attention from your honorable body
Those interests demand the institution of
. board of health OF the city of Shreveport,
which like that Of New Orleans, shall pos
soss sufficient authority to preserve the |
citizens from the consequences of their
own inattentiOn, and ensue the proper OBJ.
servance of the laws of sanitary science
Your committee therefore report here
with bill entitled an act to create a board
OF health for the city of Shreveport to |
define it's duties, and to provide for it's sup
port, and most earnestly recommend it's
passage.
JAMES HEFFNER, Chairman:
CHARLES MONTALDO,
II. MAHONEY,
w. n. KIRKMAN,
A. c. BICKHAM,
JOHN BARROW,
V.O. KING.
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND QUARANTINE.
New Orleans, March 3, 1874. 5 |
10 the Honorable Speaker and Members of the
House of Representatives:
Your Committee on Health and Quaran-
inc beg to report that during the present ,
ession they have devoted all the time at |
heir disposal to the careful investigation | .
f the many perplexing and important
uestions involved in the subject which it .
vas their duty to consider.
1t is difficult to overestimate the impOr- |
ance of these questions, involving as they
o the physical, and to some extent the I,
aoral health OF a great people, and to a u
egree little understood, the physical and ,
1Oral stamina of coming generations. I'm =
,ense interests are involved. 1t is not to
Q denied that the reputation of Louisiana
broad tpartlally undeEervedl tor mlas- |
latic and pestilential atmosphere, Tor de- :,
astating epidemics, and death rate in 9 8
years very far above other
tates OF the Union, has operated to pre- r,
ent immigration, to deter the investment of =
lpital within our borders, and drive from :.
nOpg our people individual and capital "
ready in our midst and disposed but for this N
Get disadvantage to remain among u.s. -.
our committee repeat that this evil repu- al a.
ton is partially undeserved, but only IL
lrtially. 1t is easy to understand while -,
g greater portion of our State enjoys a u
gree of public health in advance of great :,
ctions of the Union situated far to the gu
nth of us, that the report and fame of the 81
rrible epidemics of past years in New Or -,
ans, and latterly in the inland city of ~ ~
reveport, should in the minds of distant :.
mmunities give a general impression :. "a
tai to the reputation of the State. These y, "
idemics have arisen at least in part from =. ~
uses within our control, and have been " "
. large extent preventable. Medical sci ~
ce ID the one which has probably made
Q greatest progress during the present af
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