The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-09-22

| steamboat, railroad, stage ineor any COM
| mon carrier to bring within the city limits
any person sick with yellow fever or any
contagious or infectious disease.
Sec. 4-That there shall be established at
Bayou I4afourche Bridge, v, S. zip. Il. r., a
quarantine station and one at Fenner's Bar
on the Ouachita river and persons coming
| from infected districts on the ", s. Il r.
K. K. shall be stopped at said Lafourche
Bridge and all persons coming by river
| shall be stopped at Fenner's Bar and per-
sons shall not enter the corporate limits of
| the City of Monroe without first obtaining
permits sion from the health officer and Il
certificate that he has been more than ten
days from any infected district and that
his entering the corporate limits.
Sec. 5-That there shall be established Il
board of health to be composed of three
members. Said board Of health shall be
elected by the Mayor and City Council and
shall elect their own president who shall be
ex-othcio health officer of the City of Mon
roe. Said board Of health shall make such
rules for their own government as they
may deem proper. They shall also make
such rules and regulations and adopt such
means as they may think proper to protect
shall have full authority to call upon the
police force of the city to enforce their reg
ulat and any persons failing to comply
with their recommendations or resisting
the same shall be fined in II sum not more
than fifty dollars and III default of payment
of fine aud costs on conviction shall be i'm
prisoned not more than ten days.
Sec. 6.-That it she'll be unlaVvtui for any
person except for officers duly authorized
to do SO to board any vessel coming from
any infected district and afterwards enter
ing the corporate limits of the city OF Mon
roe before the expiration of ten days after
being on said vessel.
Sec. THAT the Mayor shall immediate
ly issue proclamation declaring the exis-
this ordinance; he shall designate what
districts arc infected and shall as often AS
necessary issue proclamation quarantine
ing against any place which i'll his iuds.
ment IS Injected with any infectious Or
contagious disease,
Sec. s.-The police force shall arrest ali
persons without cititicates from the health
officer within the corporate limits who shall
have come from any infected district and
will Immediately take them before the Re-
corder. Said person may be ordered to
depart immediately from the city limits.
Sec. 9.-The Mayor shall make all neces-
sary arrangements to carry out the proyis-
ions of this ordinance. All persons viola
ting any of the sections of this ordinance
not less than one hundred dollars or be i'm
prisoned not less than twenty days.
Sec. lot shall be unlawful for any
land within the city limits, and it shall be
unlawful for any boat to connect with any
vessel from any infected district and after
wards land in the corporate limits.
Sec. ll.-That this ordinance shall 80 into
effect after its passage.
Adopted September 81, 1888.
A. J. HERRING, Mayor.
NJ. L. MEREDITH, Secretary.
PROCLAMATION
Now
BY virtue of the foregoing ordinances |,
Andrew J. Herring, Mayor of tho City OF
ton declaring quarantine in accordance
with the said ordinance against all districts
in any manner infected with yellow fever,
and 1 hereby declare the states of Missis-
SiNNi. A Alabama (S9Nrria and Florida In o0.
ted districts and subject to the provisions
of said ordinance.
A. J. HERRING, Mayor.
Mr.. Wright moyed that a board of health
consisting of three be elected. Carried.
Drs. L. o. Brewer, VIM. Sandel and Robt
Layton were elected by reclamation.
On motion tho Council adjourned.
Al. HERRING, Mayor.
NJ. l.. MEREDITH, Secretary.