Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-18
THE SANITARY COUNCIL.
A Trip 10 Presidents Island-Pres4bie
and E~ssOlafIoas Adopted by the
Executive Com mtttee.

A visit of inspection wss made TO the
quarantine station yesterday b. President
H Idden and others. No changes will be
made in the service, and the Council will try
and worry through without the parspherna-
liza Of the National Board, IS long as the
supply OF dug-ouis does not cease.
tn rules for the government of III ser
vice were agreed upon at a meeting held on
the 2lst Of last month al the Peabody Hotel.
They were kept from the general public at
the time for various reasons, AMI appear now
for the first time in The public prints.
HI RESOLUTIONS.
At the meeting the following members of
the Sanitary Counci were in a~Iiend~uce: DR..
Writ Johnson. OF Mi,s:ssippi, prs dent;
David r. MADDEN, of Memphis, vice. presi.
dent; DR.. John d. Raucb, OF Illinois. secre-
tary. d.. g.. B Thornton, president Of the
MymDhis Board Of Hesltb, and member of
the Teone-see S ate BosrJ, wac also present
by invitation. After thoroughly canvsesing
toe stu ttion, which up TO this date was con-
s;d-red slIoge,her encouraging, the following
PR amble and resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, The Inspection Service now
conducted by the National Bo ard of Health
in the Mississippi Valley will Cease on the
S1th of June, on accouut of want of funds
for lis further maintenance; and whereas, the
Commercial welfare, 10 less than the health
interests OF the valley, demands that these
precautions be Continued during the summer
monihs; therefore be it
Resolved, That the supervision of this ser
v;c., from snd after June Both, be assumed
b. tue Similarly Couucil If the Mississippi
Valley, in accordance with tine action Of the
Council hal al It's fifth annual meeting, in
The city OF Jackson, Mise, April 8 and 4,
1888.
RESOLVED. That the insps cliou station now
maintained by the National Board Of Health,
below Memphis, be con'iuusd at The exp ause
OF the TaxiEg-Disuict government OF Mem
Phis.
R~esotUed, That the Mississippi State Board
CT Health should establish aud paint ain an
inspection station on the Mississippi river al
come poin. between Vicksbnrg and the Lou
lei ana State liue.
ResolUed, b the present corps Of TO-
| spectors oil the National Bosrd of Health,
on duty at the Mississippi, river quarantine
station below NV Ofleacs, and on the river
and rsilro ads st New Orieau', be continued,
nndeT direc N of the Executive Committee,
rom and at'er Jul lie 30,h.
Resotved, That the HIles and regulations oil
the NauoIal Board of Health, for the con-
ducl OF this Insp, ciion Service, BE-, aud the
sams 5re hereby, adopted for its further
con,iua ance under the direction of the San.
lisry Council.
RESOLVED, Inst the supervision OF this ser.
vice, On bshsif of tie Executive Committee
De assigned TO tue s.cretars of the G unci'
D.. Jonn H. Rlush. Springfield, H., Il
WON sli reports Of inspectors aed com
nunIcatious pertaining to the servics shou'C
be addressed.
1t MSS further sgreed that on and sftel
July lst, only the certificates given by In,
Inspectors of the Sanitary Council OF Tn
Mississippi Valley would be recognized b.
the Inspection Stations along the river, an,
by thu health authorities 10 The towns ant
CT les in those S aiEs which sre msmbsr rs o
The C5uucil. 1t IS expected that the othe
SAFES whieh are members of the C5uuci
viii contribute to The support of these insPtc
tons rs per agreement.
The mise ing sdjouraed subj CT TO III Cal
# the secretary. E~yeTyihi0g is nov !,
readiness TO assume control of the in p c
tiors siihout Interruption, AMI to c,ntiuu,
them up to the 1t Ct O;fob,r, CT lor ger, /
uec-sssIy.
Should c:rlums.ancSs ariss TO -n>csasitat
gu b measuse-, M:ssis ippi will piSee in
spectors on Gu y a. or nesr LIE Louisian'
Stale line GU the north and south railroa'
Ines, md Tennessee viii, d. the same a
Chauauoosa, Corintb, Grand Janc,ioa snd
possibly, Grenade, or sons othsr paint o
the MississIp 81 aud Tenness g railro I'D. c
coarse this . i'll not b. don, uoless the beait
conditions of The Gulf cos-t sni lower Mi
sissipp are suca as 10 mske it necessary.