National Republican., 1883-04-05
TO TIE PRESIDENT.
Passage OF ResolutlOns-An Appeal by the
Sanitary Council OF the Mississippi
Valley.

Passage OF ResolutlOns-An Appeal by the
Sanitary Council OF the Mississippi
Valley.
JACKSON, MISS, April 4.-Tho second
days session of the sanitary council Of the
Mississippi valley began at 0 o'clock this
morning. The first business transacted was
tho adoption of the following resolutions re-
ported by the business committee:
Whereas as It is the sense Of the sanitary coun.
Gil Of Mississippi valley that the natoGRi ,h board
fidence of the states of tue valley, II is there.
! fore recommended that committee be appointed
by the president of the council to petition the
president of the United States to place tue 100000
epidemic iund in the hands of the national board
of health for disbursement in case its use is de-
manded.
Resolved, That in case the national board of
health Is deprived of the power OF making inspec-
tions of persons and freight when demanded by
the supervision Of representatives OF the sanitary
council Of tho Mississippi valley shall be accepted
as valid by the board Of health of the Mississippi
valley, provided that said inspections be carried
under the rules ana regulations heretofore pre-
scribed by the national board OF health.
! Resolved, That the sanitary council recommends
that the states Of the valley make voluntary con-
| tributious to be expended under the executive
commission of The council to continue the rive, river
are placed in the hands of the national board oil
health for this purpose.
Resolved, That the sanitary council recommends
| for the guidance of the health, organizations Of
this valley the system of inspection isolation, dis
| Infection and quarantine heretofore adopted by
| the national board of health.
Resolved, Thatthe communication OF the Louis
lana state board of health be received in the spirit
In which II Is rendered, and their corporation
with the sanitary council of the Mississippi val
ley in protecting the valley from epidemic disease
be cordially approved and acknowledged.
In accordance with a resolution, President
Devron appointed n committee of one from
each of the eleven states represented, to petit
tion the President Of the United States in
reference to the placing of tho necessary
funds in the hands of the national board of
health to enable that body to continue the in
speCtion, or for other services that might be
required. The governor of the respective
states will be solicited to indorse the petition.
The afternoon session was devoted to pass
ing the usual vote of thanks to the officers of
the council. Writ Adams, of Mississippi, was
elected president and David L. Hadden of
Memphis, vice president. The date of the
next meeting was changed to the third We'd
nesday in March next. Tho executive com
mittee is composed of the president, vice
president, and secretary. The council at 3
o'clock adjourned sine die.
The following Is u copy of the petition
which will be forwarded to the president in
accordance with the resolutions adopted this
morning:
We, the committee appointed, humbly but sin
cerely petition that the fund Of 100000 in the
event Of an outbreak of yellow fever or other
epidemic disease on tho coast of our country be
placed at the disposal OF the national board of
health. That body can give confidence to the
people of the valley to the necessary precau.
lions and safeguards yearly demanded by the ex-
posure Of southern ports to the ravages OF yellow
fever. Their inspection stations, and the methods
their officers have adopted In the matters of sOla.
ton aud disiniection and in establishing quaran-
tine only when the emergency of th9 occasi ion de-
mands II, have earned for the national board a
degree of confidence that OF itself alone is worth
millions Of dollars to the commerce of the cOun-
try To supplant this body or withhold fromit the
necessary funds to maintain the inspection sta
tions at all exposed points will, In our humble
judgment, cause the wheels of commerce to clog,
bring about feeling of distrust and on the first
alarm, be IL true false, cause recourse to shot
gun policy of quarantine which can but prove de-
sructive 10 the commercial interests OF the Mis-
sssippi valley, which in measure affect the en-.
tire union. With these views submitted with full
faith in the appreciation and solicitude, you must
feel for the public health and welfare, we here
with subscribe ourselves your most humble petit
TONERS.
Signed by delegates from Ohio Indiana iii.
nois Kentucky, Iowa, Tennessee, Missouri, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mis-
ss6ippi