The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-09-18
Health Authorities in Council
MADISON, Fla, Sep, l1th.. 1888

MADISON, Fla, Sept llth., 1888.
At a conference be- wccn the Boards of Health
Of Gadslen Leon Jefferson aud Madison coun-
ties, held in Madison to-day, which had been
previously agreed 10, there were present the fol
lowing DIR. w. l.. Moor Of Leon: Mayor Fl
L. Ray, of Quincy; DR. T. L. Wragg, from
Gads'lcn Mayor Jane, Dcnham Of Jefferson,
and Messrs Hausman, Jordan, D"z,cr, Fearnside
and Smith OF the loch Board of Health.
Upon motion -ot DR. Moor, w. H. Hausman
was called TO the chair and j. f, Pound request
ed 10 acl as Secretary.
The object of the meeting was stated To be a
conference Ofthe above named Boards of Health
for the purpose of discussing ways and means
for esa blisiIing and main taining more thorough
and rigid quarantine against infected points in
view OF the progress OF The yellow fever west
ward from Jacksonville.
DE- Moor, Of Leon, stated that a cause of I'm
easiness was the uninterrupted passage through
Middle Florida OF the operatives of the F. r. s.
n. Co., and that il WAS desrous TO have
restrictions placed upon those railroad operatives
who passed daily through infected points
Mr.. Jordan OF the local board, moved that
Messrs. Pennington, Maxwell and Thomas, rep
resentai of the F. & n Company be in
vIted to seats in The conference Which was
carried.
Mr. Pennington being called upon for infor-
nation AS 10 the method of operating trains on
the western division of the +. r. & NJ read Il
telegram from Supt d. f. Maxwell, in substance
AS follows: Crews of trains are exchanged at
Baldwin. Those running west Of that point do
not run In closer contact with those who run n
to jacksonville than one mile. No trains stop
at McClenny, and pass that station with locked
doors and closed windows at a speed not less
than ten miles per hour"
Mr.. Pennington stated that the management of
The +. r. & N Go. WAS willing to subscribe to apy
action ,he conference saw fit TO take, but re-
uts.f that
with.
After informal discussion of some length
the following resolutions were offered by Mayor
Raw, Of Quincy:
I1solocd That the management of the F. T.
d n. Co., be and they are hereby requested
not to stop any trains at McCIenny Welborn or
any other points that may become infected by
yellow fever and that all trains pass the Infected
points AT the rate of ten miles per hour
Resolcad further That the railroad officials
shall receive all notifications of infected points
from the U. s. Quarantine officer stationed at
Live Oak, and which shall be The authentic
source OF information Tor their guidance.
Which was adopted.
The following resolutions of Dr. Wragy. of
Gadsden, were also adopted
ResOtocd, That all railroad conductors he and
are hereby created Health Officers of thes conn
lies of Madison, Jefferson, Leon and Gadsdep
that they allow no person or persons TO enter
tic aioIosaiu COUNTIES WITHOUT the proper certifi-
Gates of health, signed by Mayors, Chairm.n of
County Boards OF Health, or Clerks of Circuit
Courts, with the seal ofoiflce attached. All Ger
tihcales OF passengers coming west shall be
countersgned by the u S. Health Officer sta
toned at Live Oak
Resotoed, That The thanks of the members OF
this meeting BE- extended to the town officers ol
Madison and The F. r. & N Railroad officers
Tor couricsies extended To u.s.
The Secretary Was requested TO furnish copy
OF The minutes OF the meeting to the representa-
lives OF the railroad who were present COPY
each to The Boards of Health of the four conn
lies, and copy to the Times Union and to the
several newspapers in the interested counties,
with request that they be published
The meeting then adjourned
w. H. HAUsMAN.
Mayor and President
Madison County Board of Health
>. Il. POUND, Secretary