New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-26

''subject to the general sanitary ordinances
OF the City Council" Act No. 7, extra SEES
sion of 1870. amending the city charter of
New Orleans, gives the Department of Com
merce general superintendent of all mat
ters relating to markets." Act No. Ia of
the same session empowers the Board of
Health to appoint six sanitary inspectors
for the several districts OF New Orleans,
and gives the board control Of the sanitary
police within the city, comforting upon them
adequate power Ito remove or cause to be
removed any substance, matter or thing
which they may deem detrimental to
health" The slaughterhouse act provides
that all cattle, whether intended for sale in
public or private markets, shall be slauoh.
tered at one designated spot, and that the
meat shall be subjected to one and the same
inspection.
1t thus appeared to me that existing laws,
it properly enforced, provided fully against
any of the abuses which were charged
against thu private market system,
but as the question of the public
health was of such grave Importance |
asked the official opinion Of the Board of
Health on the subject. In reply, received
communication, which l inclOse herewith,
stating that the Board of Health has never
expressed nor formed an opinion that pri-
vate markets were prejudicial to public
health, and that no complaints have ever
been made to the board against them; fur.
cher, that the private markets are found to
be generally clean and we'll kept, and that
the food offered therein for sale is fully
equal in quality to that exposed in the
public markets.
The pecuniary consideration urged IN
favor or the bill has very little weight. If
the revenues of the city would be increased
by the suppression of private markets, it
could only be by the collection of add
tional taxation from the vendors of articles
of food, and the amount thus raised would
eventually come out of the pockets of the
consumers. Our policy should be, not to
increase the public revenues by additional
taxation, direct or indirect, but to tighten
the burdens of the people by diminished
expenditures.
can not think my approval of this act
would be for the public good. l therefore
!eel it my duty to return this bill without
my signature.
WILLIAM P. KELLOGG,
Governor.
OFFICE BOARD OF HRALrH,
state of Louisiana,
New Orleans, February %, 1874
GovERNoR-I have the honor to state, in
answer to your inquiry of February q, that
the Board of Health has never expressed
nor formed an opinion that private markets
were prejudicial to the public health, either
from the mode in which they were con-
Quoted or from the quality of the food
therein sold.
No complaints against free markets for
violation of sanitary ordinances have ever
been entered at this office.
The sanitary inspectors medical mem
report private markets generally clean and
well kept, and the quality of the food there
IN offered tor sale fully equal to that ex-
posed in the public. markets.
In the report of the board, just made,
some of the inspectors have put on record
am iaA 1r,ff In BOD
which these private markets are conducted.
Since the proposition in the Legislature
10 do away with private markets. l have
personally examined a number of them, and
lind neither in the quality of the food fur
nished nor in the method of keeping, any
thing meriting sanitary animadversion.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
c. B. WHITE, NJ. D.,
President of the Board of Health, State of
Louisiana.
To his Excellency William P. Kellogg, Governor of
Louisiana
Mr.. Montaldo, of Orleans. moved to post
pone further consideration of the veto mes
sage until one o'clock, and made the spe
cial order of the days for tomorrow. and
called for the previous question.
On which the yeas and nays were de
manded by Messrs. Young, of Concordia,
Yeas-Armstead, Antoine, Bowman,
Bryant, Boyd, Boatner, Bickham, Butler.
Barrow, Carey, Connaughton, Cousin,
Demas, d. G. Davis, Decker, Dejoie, De-
sarzant. Devezin, Elliot. Fernandez, For
stall, Greene. Grant, Guichard, Harris,
Heffner, Hubeau, 2. Jones, NJ. Jones, John
son, Heating. Kirkman, Kern, D. King,
Keys, V. 0. King, Lewis, Langles, Landry,
Lawes, Little, Murrell Of Lafourche, Mayo,
Mahoney, Marie, Mathews, Montaldo,
Nichols. Peyton, Page, Prescott, Provost,
Raby, Rodrigues, Souer, Sawyer, Stewart,
Simms, Smith, Sutton, Sewen, Thomas,
Thompson, Williams, J. p. Wilson. D.
Wilson, Ward-68
Nays-Anain, Baker. Cockerham, Il. r.
Davis, Davidson, DumOnt, Devices. Es-
tiette, Gair, Humble, Hill, Hahn, Heath,
Kenyon, Marvin. Moreland, Murrel of Mad
ison, Martinez, Norris, Price, Paris, Rochon,
Snaer. Smart, Trahan, Tureaud, Wands.
Young-2S.
The main question was ordered.
On the motion to postpone, the yeas and
nays were demanded by Messrs. Young, of
Concordia, and Hill, of Ouachita, resulting
as follows:
Yess-Armstead, Antoine, Bowman, Bry-
ant, Boyd, Boatner, Bickham, Butler, Bar
row, Carey, Carr, Connaughton, Cousin,
Demas, d. c. Davis, Decker, Devezin, De-
.joie, Elliot, Fontelieu, Fernandez, FOrstall,
Greene, Grant, Guichard, Harris, Heffner,
Hubeau, Heath, P. Jones, M. Jones, John
son, Heating, Kirkman, Kenyon, Kern, ID.
King, V. Q. King Keys, Lewis, Langles,
Landry. Lawes, Little, Mayo, Murrell OF
Latourche, Murrell Of Madison, Marie, Mon
:aldo, Nichols, Peyton, Page, Prescott.
Provost, Raby. Rodrigues, SOuer, Sawyer,
Stewart, Simms, Smith. Sutton, Sewell.
Thomas, Thompson, Williams. u. Wilson.
j. p. Wilson, Ward-69.
Nays-Allain, Cockerham, Davidson, Du.
mont, r. T. Davis, Devices, Desarzant, Es.
tilette. Gair Humble, Hill, Hahn, Moreland,
Marvin. Mahoney, Martinez, Norris, Price,
Paris. Rochon, Snaer, Southland, Smart. Ira
han. Tureaud, Wands, Young-27.
The bill was made the special order for
tomorrow at one o'clock.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.
SENATE CHAMBER,
New Orleans. February IS. 1874. |
70 the Honorable Speaker and Members OF the !
House OF Representatives,: |
am directed by the Senate 10 ask the |
concurrence of your honorable body in the |
passage OF the following bills:
Senate bill No. $50. an act relative to the |
charter of the city of Baton Rouge.
Senate bill No. 363, entitled an act to
authorize the district judges throughout the |
State to order either before or after arrest |
any person charged with committing a
crime to any Jail or prison within the State
Tor safety, when the Jail or prison of the
parish III which the crime was committed or
warrant of arrest issued is unsafe or unfit
Cor the security of prisoners.
Also. Senate bill No. 3i3, entitled an act
reducing the limit or aggregate of taxation
Tor the city of New Orleans to one per cent,
except for the support of public schools,
Also, Senate bill No. 4l9. entitled an act