St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-28
Proceedings of the Police Jury.
OPELOUsAS, August 18th, 1878.

The Police jury met pursuant to
call Of the President. Present.: R. H.
Littell, President; A. Guidry, D. ?.
oazan, G. T. Hawkins, E. Dubuisson, S.
Haas, F. Savoy and b. E. Clark.
The President announced that he had
called this special Meeting OF the Police
Jury for the purpose of calling their
attention to certain grave omissions IN
the late quarantine ordinance, aud inr
a revision of the same.
On motion of Mr.. Guidry, the follow
ing ordinance was submitted, and after
having been read by seCtint, WAS uni
mously adopted:
AN ORDINANCE
To provide for the quarantine of the
parish Of ST. Landry against the III
PRODUCTION Of yellow fever and other
infectious diseases, and to create Quar-
antine officers, defining then Gut'eS
and powers, and to constitute Doard
of Health for St. Landry parish, and
to declare how violations OF tins OF
dinonco, and of regulations made III
virtue thereof, shall be punished:
SECTION l. 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 estaD
lished, until ten days shall have elapsed
since said person had left such Infected |
place. And any person who shall ylo-
late or attempt to Violate the provisions
of this section shall be fined the sum OF
fifty dollars recoverable before any
justice of the peace, one-half for the
informer, and one ehalf for the parish.
SEC. 2. Be it further ordained by the
Police Jury of St. Landry, That no
dry goods, baggage, coffee, merchandise
or any other object which may be des-
ignated by the Board of Health OF the
parish Of St. Landry, coming from any
place infected as aforesaid, shall be
of st. Landry. or beyond the limits OF
such quarantine stations as may be es-
tablished. until they shall have been
ventilated and disinfected continuously
for ten consecutive days by such persons
and at 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 III
barrels or demijohns, lard i'll tierces or
kegs, coal oil, turpentine, oils in barrels
or cans, all canned goods to be opened
and the packing destroyed, all liquors
and medicines in glass to be opened ana
the packina, destroyed, all machinery
Wagons, ploughs and farming lmple-
ments, hardware not packed in boxes,
salt in sacks and lime shall be al
lowed to pass after being inspected
and cerfcate to that effect, given by
the officer in charge of the quaran-
tine stations. And if the provisions
of this section are violated or attempted
to be violated, the said dry goods, bag
gage, coffee, merchandise or other OBJ
ieCts 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 EentiIating 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 60 TO the parish
treasury; moreover the person violating
or attempting TO violate the provisions
of this section, shall be fued one hun
dred dollars, and imprisoned ten days.
half of The fine to go to the lnf"rmrr
and half to tie parish treasury.
SEC. 3. That if any town or place,
within the limits nf this parish should
become infected as afresaid with yellow
fever, or any other Infectious disease
shall be inforced as far as practicable
against persons. dry goods, baggage
merchandise or any other object des'g-
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-
SEC. 4. The President of the Police
Jury shall have power to determine and
shall proclaim what city, town or place
is infected as aforesaid, and to eSfab'
iish such quarantine stations, and to ap'
point such quarantine officers as he may
think proper; and he shall have power
to make contracts for rent OF necessary
buildings for pay of officers etc, unit
the next meeting of the Police jury
after bis proclamation. Andit is hereby
made his duty to assemble the Police
Jury within ten days after such pro
clamation il necessary.
SEC. 5. That any person aiding and
assisting any person in violating the
provisions Of sections one and two OF
this ordinance, shall be subject to ::the
same penalties as are provided against
the principal, and the fines recovered
from such person shall be disposed IL
the same manner as those imposed 10y
said sections one and two.
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died of yellow fever, or any other in
fectious disease, outside of the limits
OF the parish of st. Landry, shall be
interred within the limits of this parish
except under such regulations as may
be established by the Board of Health
SEC. 7. That any person who shal
have died within the limits of the parish
from yellow fever or any otherlnfectlOus
disease, shall be enveloped and buried
as speedily as possible in the nearest
burial ground, and shall not be subse
auentiy disintered and removed, except
nnder such regulations as may. be es
tablished by the Board OF Health. Anc
the house in which such person shal
proprietor, be cleansed, fumigated anC
1isinfected by such agents and in sucl
mannera as may be designated by the
Board of Health and the articles which
such diseased person may have used
shall at his expense also be cleansed and
disinfected or buried. Il.
Sec. s. That Board of Health, COM
posed OF five practieing physicians, shall
be annually appointed by the Police
Jury at its first meeting in January.
That such appointments shall be COM
municated within ten days from said
first Police Jury meeting in January, to
each of the physicians SO appointed,
and published in the proceedings of the
Police Jury.
SEC. 8. The members of the Board
of Health shall meet on the first Mon
day in February after their appoint
ment, and will organize by appointing
one of their own number President and
one Secretary, and any three of them
will form a quorum.
SEC. 10. They shall keep record of