The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Election of ofQuarantine Physicians
Fixed for Thursday Next.

"
Fixed for Thursday Next.
The board assembled last evening. DR.. Jones
the president, In the chair. and full board
present,
DR.. Jones said the meeting had been called tc
elect quarantine officers and to consider what
steps should be taken by this board regarding
quarantine. He had called on the Attorney
General and placed In his hands documents
obtained from DR., Bemiss regarding the or
| ganization OF the National Board OF Health.
| DR.. Jones also read to the board a eommuiea
tion from the Attorney General, asking towing
| to the importance of the questions propounded
to HIM to be given time until next week to
| answer them.
That DR.. Bemiss requested immediate ao lon
by the Board Of Health Of the State of Louist-
| ana on the propositions contained IN his COM
munica ion, as the quarantine buildings were
not yet commenced at Ship Island, and that HE
action rs q member of the National Board of
Health would be influenced TO cerfain extent
by the response given to bis propositions by
the Board of Health of the State Of Louisiana.
The Preside mt had replied to the au hor of the
would be impossible to les pond immediatsly
and caegorioally to those proposi Ions whi h
related to the resumption OF certain pewers by
and the commerce Of the Mississippi valley. as
hey involved questions OF civil and commercial
Without entering into an exhaustive analysis
of the com munteation from the msmbec OF the
National Board of Health, the President d.
rected the attention of the Board OF Health Of
the State of Louisiana to the second proposi-
will the State Board of Health order vessels
this port In eontravention to these rules. except
under any peculiar circumstances where the
State Board and the undersigned, acting for
the National Board, might concur In opinion
that 1t was safe and proper to direct otherwse2"
The Board of Health OF the State OF Louisiana
the aets of the Legislature OF Louisiana. aud
which powers can only be exercised Ia accord.
anee with the laws OF the State and the law of
the United States regulating the foreign and
domestic commerce of the entire county.
The several acts establishing Quarantine
framed by the legislature OF Louisiana fif-
teenth March, 1855. eighth OF February. 1858,
eighteenth of nj treh, 1858. six x'aeuth of Marc1.
1870 twenty fourth of March. 1876 and April 90.
1877. coafer no power upon the Board OF Health
to order vessels out OF the waters Of Louisiana
TO any foreign or domestic port. or to aay
island or quarantine station under the jurt5-
diction of the Uuied Sta es.
A critical examination OF the acts of CDn-
gress constituting the National Board of
Health. approved March 8. 1879. and entitled
An act to prevent the introduction Of infectious
aud contagious diseases into the aired States
and to establish a National Board of Healih:'
and the subsequent acts to erevent the fatro-
duction Of oontaatous aud infectious diseases
into the United States approval June 2. 1879.
confer no power either upon the National Board
OF Health or upon iocal boards OF health 20
control foreign and domestic commerce to the
extent Of orde1ioG ships from The pnrts OF their
dest.na Ion to points beyond the jurisdiction OF
As 1s tbs 81 Board oi Health oi tho state OF Lou