The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-09-05

dent, the Police jury of the parish OF
Calcasieu met, In called session, at the
Cont House. Present: w. NJ. Perkins,
President; Simeon Vincent, j. d. w.
Miller and Abner Cole. Absent. 5.
Meadows and ID. ID. Andrus.
On motion, the reading ct the. min
utes of the last meeting was dispensed
with
! The following ordinance was submit
ted and, after being read section by sec
ton, was unanimously adopted:
AN ORDINANCE
To provide for the quarantine OF the
parish of Calcasieu against the intro
duction of yellow fever and other in
| fictitious diseases, and to create qua
rantine officers, defining their duties
! and powers and to constitute Board
of Health for Caleasieu parish, and 10
| declare how violations OF this ordln-
ance, and of regulations made in wiz
| tue thereof. shall be punished:
Section /. BE it ordained by the Po-
lice Jury of Calcasieu, That no person,
nurses and physicians excepted, coming
from any place infected with yellow fe-
yer, cholera, smallpox, or other infec-
tious disease, shall be allowed to enter
or remain within the limits of the said
parish, or within the limits OF such qua
rantine stations as may be established,
until twenty days shall have elapsed
since said person had left such infected
place. And any person who shall VIC;
late or attempt to violate the provisions
of this section shall be fined the sum OF
fifty dollars, recoverable before amy JUS
lice of the pc ace, one-haf for the lp
former, and one-half for the parish.
Sec. g Be it further ordained by the
Police jury of Calcasieu, That no dry
goods. baggage. coffee, merchandise,
or any other object which may be desig-
mated by the Board of Health of the
parish Of Calcasieu, coming from any
place infected as aforesaid, shall be
brought within the limits of the parish
of Calcasieu, OF beyond the limits of
such quarantine stations as may be es-
tablished, until they shall have been
ventilated and disinfected continuously
for twenty consecutive days, by such
persons and ut such places as may be
designated by the officers of this parish
created by this ordinance, except mess
pork, mess beef, -four. meal, grits, rice,
liquors in barrels or demijohns. lard III
tierces OF kegs, coal oil, trupentine, oils
in barrels or cans, all canned goods to
be opened and the packing destroyed,
all liquors and medicines in glass to be
opened and the packing destroyed, all
machinery, Wagons, ploughs and farm
ing implements, hardware, noi packed
in boxes, suit In sacks Md lime sh,tll he
allowed to pass after being inspected,
and certificate to that Effect given by
the ofhcel in charge of the quarantine
station. And if the provisions of this
section are violated OF attempted to be
violated, the said dry goods, baggage,
coffee, merchandise .or other objects
designated by the Board Of Health,
shall be seized by the officers of this
parish, carried to the places designated
undplaced in custody al persons charged
with ventilating such; and after being
ventilated. they shall be sold, by the
sheriff, after ten days advertisement,
for cash, to the highest bidder, half
of the proceeds to so to the person
making the seizure and half to so to the
parish treasury; moreover the person.
violating or attempting to violate tue
provisions of this section, shall be tined
one hundred dollars, and imprisoned
ten days, hah of the fine to go to the in
former. and half to the parish treasury.
Sec. 3. That if any town or place
within the limits of this parrish Should
become infected as aforesaid with yel-
low fever, or any other infectious dis
e.tse, the provisions of sections one and
two shall be enforced as far as practica-
l,le as ainst persons, dry goods, baggage,
merchandise OF any other object desig-
mated by the Board of Health, coming
from such town or place, local nurses
physicians and ministers OF the gospel,
i'll the discharge Of their duties, ex-
cepted.
Zee. 4. That DIR. w. III. Kirk man,
DR.. r.. #. Gray, DIR. j.. nj. Hilliard, DR..
j.. @. Manday and DR.. T.. j. Lyons lie
and arehereby appointed a Parish Board
of Health; amy three ofwhomshallc onst-
tute q quorum. They shall meetas soou
as practicable and elect their President
from among their members, and the
clerk of the Police Jury shall act as sec
Rotary to the board.
Sec. s. The Board of Health shall
have power to do all things necessary
to carry out the provisions of this or
.dinance, and to establish such resula-
tions as may seem to them proper for
the safety of the public health.
See. g. The President of the Board
of Health shall have power to determ-
inc and shall proclaim what city, town
or place is infected as aforesaid, and to
establish such quarantine stations, and
to appoint such quarantine officers as