St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-08-31
Proceedings of tine Police Jury.
OPELOUsAs, August 18th, 1878.

OPELoUsAs, August 18th, 1878.
The Police Jury met pursuant to
call of the President. Present: R. H
Littell, President; A. Guidry, D.
Salzan, 6. T. Hawkins, E. Dubuisson,
Haas, F. Savoy and B. E. Clark.
Ihe President announced that he hat
called this special meeting of the Polio,
Jury Tor the purpose of calling thei
attention to certain grave omissions il
the late quarantine ordinance, and fO
a revision Of the same.
On motion of Mr.. Guidry, the follow
ing ordinance was submitted, and aftel
having been read by section, was uni
mously adopted:-
AN ORDINANCE
To provide for the quarantine of the
parish OF St. Landry against the in
production of yellow fever and other
infectious diseases, and to create quar-
antlne officers, defining their duties
l. and powers, and to constitute Board
OF Health for st. Landry parish, and
to declare how violations of this or
dinonco, and of regulations made in
virtue thereof, shall be punished:
SECTION 1. Be it ordained by the
| Police Jury of St. Landry, That no
person, nurses and physicians excepted,
coming from any place infected with
yellow fever, cholera, small pox or other
infectious diseases shall be allowed to
enter or to remain within the limits of
the said parish, or within limits of such
quarantine stations as may be estab-
| iished, until ten days shall have elapsed
since SAID person had left such infected
place. And any person who shall vio-
late or attempt to violate the provisions
or TINS section shall be fined the sum of
nifty dollars recoverable before any
justice OF the peace, One-half for the
lnformer, and one half for the parish.
SEC. 2: BE it further ordained by the
Police ) ury OF st. Landry, That no
dry goods, baggage, coffee, merchandise
or any other object which may be des-
lghated by the Board of Health of the
parish OF st. Landry, coming from any
place infected as aforesaid. shall bt
brought within the limits OF the parish
OF St. Landry, or beyond the limits of
sucfkquarantine stations as may be es-
tabllShed. until they shall have been
Ventilated and disinfected continuously
for ten consecutive days by such persons
ana at such places us may he 'tesl slglated
hy the officers Of this parish created by
THIS ordinance, except mess pork, mess
beef, flour, meal grlts, rice. liquors in
barrels or demijohns, lard in tlcrc.s OF
kegs, coal oil, turpeutine, oils in barrel,
or cans, all canned goods to be opened
and the packing destroyed, all liquors
and medicines in glass to be opened und
the packing destroyed, all machinery,
Wagons, ploughs and farming impic-
ments, hardware not packed in boxes,
salt in sacks aud lime shall be al
lowed to pass after being inspected
al n aptIS to fNf bat
the officer in charge of the quaran-
tine stations. Aud if the provisions
OF this section are violated or attempted
to be violated, the said dry goods, bag
gage, coffee, merchandise or other OBJ
jects designated by the Board of Health,
shall be seized by the officers of this
parish, carried to the places designated
and placed in custody of persons charged
with ventilating such and after being
ventilated, they shall be sold for cash
to the highest bidder, half of the pro-
ceeds to go to the person making the
seizure and half to go to the parish |
treasury; moreover the person violating |
or attempting to violate the provisions |
Of this section, shall be fined one hun
dred dollars, and imprisoned ten days, |
half OF the fine to go to the informer,
ana hail to the parish treasury.
SEC. 3. That it any town or place
within the limits of this parish should |
become infected as aforesaid with yellow
fever, or any other infectious disease;
the provisions of sections one and two
shall be inforced as far as practicable
against persons, dry goods, baggage,
merchandise or any other object desig-
mated by the Board of Health, coming
from such town or place, local nurses,
physicians and ministers of the gospel
in the discharge of their duties ex-
,epted.
SEC. 4. The President of the Police
Jury shall have power to determine and
shall proclaim what city, town or place
$ infected as aforesaid, and to estab-
lsll such quarantine stations, and to ap-
1olnt such quarantine officers as he may
,hink proper; and he shall have power
% make contracts for rent of necessary
buildings for pay of officers, ETC., until
he next meeting Of the Police Jury
tfter his proclamation. And it is hereby
made his duty to assemble the Police
Jury within ten days after such pro-
;lamation if necessary.
SEC. 5. That any person aiding and
any person in violating the
provisions OF sections one and two of
his ordinance, shall be subject to .the
anne penalties as are provided against
he principal, and the fines recovered
rom such person shall be disposed in
he same manner as those imposed by
aid sections one and two.
Sec. 6. That no person who shall have
lied of yellow fever, or any other in
ectious disease, outside of the limits
# the parish of st. Landry, shall be
nterred within the limits of this parish,
xcept under such regulations as may
e established by the Board of Health.
Sec. =. That any person who shall
ave died within the limits of the parish
rom yellow fever or any otherinfectious I
isease, shall be envelopcd and buried
$ speedily as possible in the nearest
urial ground, and shall not be subse-
uently disintered and removed, except |
nder such regulations as may be es- t
lblished by the Board of Health. And t
he house in which such person shall r
ave died, shall at the expense of the
roprietor, be cleansed, fumigated ard j
isinfected by such agents and in such t
lanner as may be designated by the
oard OF Health and the articles which