The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-08-09
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.

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POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.
MONROE, OUACHITA PARISH, La,
August 6, 1878.
The Police Jury met at the Court
House in special session, pursuant to
the call of the President.
Present-W. G. Kennedy, President;
I. Garrett, Jr., ]. w. Scarborough, A.
Calhoun, Thos. Mcclure, A. J. Wood.
ABSENT. T. Swan, John Fuller.
A. Calhoun, overseer of Section No.
81 of the Vernon road leading from
Claiborne road to Travellers road, hav-
ing changed his residence, o. J. Cal.
houn was appointed overseer of said
Section No. 81 to fill his place.
The following ordinances were in
troduced, read the first time, the second
time by their titles, on motion the
rules were suspended, the ordinances
read q third time and adopted:
ORDINANCE NO. 346.
An ordinance to establish quarantine
and to protect the public health, and
providing penalties and fines for the
violation of the provisions of this
ordinance.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Po-
lice Jury Of Ouachita parish, That it
shall be unlawful for any person COM
ing from any place at which yellow
fever, small pOx, or any contagious
or infectious disease prevails, to come
within the boundaries of Ouachita par
ish or for any person to bring within
said parish any merchandise from any
place in which yellow fever or other
infectious disease prevails, without first
obtaining in writing permi ssion from
the proper health officer endorsed by
the President of the Police Jury.
Section 2. Be it further ordained, &C.,
That it shall be unlawful for the mas
ter of any water craft, any railroad
company, any common carrier, or any
person Whomsoever, to bring within
the boundaries of Ouachita parish any
person coming from any city, town or
place at which yellow fever or other
son sick with yellow fever or any con-
| tagious or infectious disease.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, &C.,
That any person violating any provis-
ion of this ordinance, shall on convic-
ton be fined two hundred dollars, and
in default of payment be imprisoned
not less than thirty days in the parish
Jail and it is made the duty of the
District Attorney to prosecute any such
violation by information on the a1ii-
davit of any reliable citizen.
Section 4. Be it further ordained, &C.,
That there shall be established the fol-
lowing quarantine stations: At La
fourchc crossing on the Vicksburg,
Choudrant toll bridge on the Claiborne
road at Cuba on the Ouachita river
below Monroe. The health officers
appointed by the authorities of the city
of Monroe at the several stations named
in this section arc hereby empowered
to act in the same capacity for the par
ish of Ouachita.
Section 5. BE it further ordained, &C.,
That ono hundred copies of this ordi.
nance be Immediately printed and dis
tributed throughout the parish that
copies be posted in Monroe and Tren-
ton, and furnished the Vicksburg,
Shreveport and Texas Railroad, and
the Shreveport stage line at Monroe
and the transfer company at Trenton.
Section 6. Be it further ordained, &C.,
That this ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after its adop-
ton. Adopted August 6, 1878.
w. G. KENNEDY, President.
JOHN f.. HANNA, Clerk p. J.
ORDINANCE NO. 347.
Changing certain road hands assigned
to work road section No. Al, James
G. Dowdy, overseer, and assigning
said hands to work road section No.
&C, a. Roy, overseer.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Police
Jury of Ouachita parish, That the
hands subject to road duty on the J. G.
Clampit, James Clampit, John Ray,
John Malone and Doc Pierce places be
transferred from road section No. Al,
James Dowdy, overseer, and that they
be assigned to work road section No.
66, in charge of n. Roy, ovcrscer.
Sec. 2. BE it further ordained, &C.,
That all ordinances or parts of ordi-
nanccs in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed, and that this ordinance take
effect from and after its adoption.
Adopted August 6, 1878.
w. G. KENNEDY, President.
JOHN Z. HANNA, Clerk p. j.
There being no further business, on
motion the Police Jury adjourned to
meet the first Monday in September,
1873. w. G * ENNEDY, President.
JOIN e. HANNA, Clerk +. j.