The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1878-08-31
The Thibodanx Sentinel.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE PARISH OF
LAF0URCHE AND OF THE TOWN
OF THlBODAUX. ar
ISSlIED EVERY SATURDAY
S. 7. GRISAMORE EDITOR.
]. SAMOAN, PrO'r Il Business Manager
OFFTCE COR. GREEN &LEVFE STS
ORDINANCE NO. ia:

To establish quarantine in the Parish of
Lafourche, to prevent the introduction
into said Parish of contagious or epede-
mich diseases. appointing boards of
health, and defining their duties. invest
ing President of Police Jury with certain
powers. and providing fines and penal
ties torlthe violationsof certain ordinances
and empowering certain officers and EN-
ployees to inforce the provisions Of the
same.
Section. /. Be it ordained by the Police .yu-
ry Of the Parish Of Lofourche That Ordi-
nance No. LA be and the same ia hereby
amended 90 IA to read as follows: That from
and after this date it shall not be lawful
for any person or persons to come within
the limits of the Parish Of Lafourche. who
may have been absent from the city of
New Orleans or from any other point or
place in which Yellow Fever is prevailing,
less than fifteen days, under the penalties
herein after specified, provided that this
section shall not be so construed as to pre-
vent common carriers, allowed in the Par
stopping sufficiently long to land or deliver
the articles not prohibited by this Ordi-
| nance and to receive freight
Section. 2. BE ii further ordained ETC.,
That from and after this date no person or
! persons shall be permitted to bring, ship or
import within the limits of the Parish of
Lafourche from the city of New Orleans
or from any other infected place whatsoev-
er, any dry goods OF any kind or descrip.
ton either by the piece, Bale or Box and
that any dry goods so shipped, brought OF
imported shall be seized without legal for
mality. and detained in such place or pla-
ces as 'the President. Of the Police JURY
shall designate, and such goods etc so de-
tainfd shall be returned to the owner only
when all the danger of infection, shall
have ceased, and then only upon payment
by the owner of all charges incurred, by
the detention and guardianship of said dry
| goods, Provided that in default of payment
of such charges incurred it shall be Lawful
for the President of the Police Jury to have
the said goods sold at Public Auction, ant
that any surplus remaining from the pro
ceeds of said sale, after payment of charges
shall be returned to the owner. And prov
ded further that the term dry goods q
used in this section shall not be 30 constr1e,
as to include empty Rice sacks but til
President of the Police Jury under the ad
vice of the Board of Health. may detail
such sacks at such places as he may desis
nate and have the same disinfected in sue
manner as said Board of Health NAV pr,
scribe before the same are delivered to th
conslgnees.
Section 3. Be 1t further ordained etc., Th,
the following named citizens ,fthe Parish |
and are hereby appointed who shall be al
constitute Board of Health or Santa,
Commission for the Parish of Lafourcll
!, whose duty it shall be to advise the Pref
J dent of the Police Jury to establish su,
quarantine stations as in their judgeme
they may deem necessary to keep thamselv