St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05

Saizan, 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, and TOR
a revision of the same.
On motion of Mr.. Guidry, the follow
ing ordinance was submitted, and after
having been read by section, was uni
mously adopted:
AN ORDINANCE
To provide for the quarantine OF tue
parish of ST. Landry against the IN
PRODUCTION of yellow fever and other
infectious diseases, and to create quar-
antine officers, defining their. duties
and powers, and to constitute q Board
of Health for St. Landry parish, ana
to declare how violations of this or
dinonco, and of regulations. made IN
virtue thereof, shall be punished
SECTION /. 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 OF 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-
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 I
fifty dollars recoverable before any
justice of the peace, One-half for the
informer, and onehalf for the parish.
SEC Q. 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
brought within the limits of the parish
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
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 I'D
barrels or demijohns, lard in 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 and
the packing 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 ceTficate 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
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 ventiiating 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
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 90 to the infOrmer,
and half to the parish treasury.
Sec. 3. That if 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,
VI OltlCI OpJCSu
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-
cepted.
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 estab-
lish 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, until
after his proclamation. And it is hereby
made his duty to assemble the Police
Jury within ten days after such pro-
clamation If necessary.
Sec. S. 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 in
the same manner as those imposed by
said sections one and two.
SEC. 6. That no person who shall have
died of yellow fever, or any other in
fcctious disease, outside of the limits
OF the parish of st. Landry, shall be
inferred within the limits of this parish,
except under such regulations as may
be established by the Board of Health
Sec. z. That any person who shall
have died within the limits of the parish
from yellow fever or any otherinfectious
disease, shall be enveloped and buried
as speedily as possible in the nearest
burial ground, and shall not be subse-
quently disintered and removed, except
under such regulations as may be es-
tablished by the Board of Health. And
the house in which such person shall
have died, shall at the expense OF the
disinfeeted by such agents and in such
manner 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.
Sec. g. That Board of Health, COM
posed of five practicing 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. 9. 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 n quorum.
SEC. 10. They shall keep record of
their proceedings, to be transmitted to
their successors.
SEC. II. The Board of Health shall