The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-08-26

BE 1T ORDAINED that the Mayor and
members of the Council, together with
DIR R. l.. Randolph, shall be constituted
and is hereby constituted Board of
Health for the City of Alexandria, La;
that DR.. R. L. Randolph shall be its
President, and Mr.. A. B. Rachal shall act
as Secretary,
That it shall be the duty of said Board,
through its Secretary, to keep a register
of all physicians and midwives in the City
of Alexandria, each physician and mid
wife beirg required to register within ten
days after the PRONUNCIATION of this ordi-
nance, under penalty of not less than
one dollar and costs, nor more than TWEEN
tytive dollars and costs. and in default of
payment shall be imprisoned in the city
lotkup not mose than forty -eight hours.
For each physician or midwife so regis
tered the Secretary shall be paid Que
Dollar.
The Secretary shall also keep record
of all births and deaths within the cOrpo-
rate limits, the same to be furnished him
by the head of the family in which the
said birth or death shall occur, the first
within ten days after birth, aud the lat
ter within twelve hours after death, I'M
der a penalty of not less than one dollar
and COSTS nor more than twenty-five dol
lars and costs, aud in default of payment
by imprisonment in the city lookup for
not more than forty-eight hours. For
! each birth and death so recorded the
Secretary shall receive fee of 80 cents.
He shall issue certificates of burial for
all persons dying within the corporate
limits, and shall require such certificates
to be obtained from the Board before such
burial can take place. For each certif-
cate SO issued he shall receive u fee Of
so cents.
The Board shall receive the reports of
physicians of contagious and infections
diseases, and every physician who shall
fail to report cases of contagious and in
fictitious diseases shall he deemed guilty
of all offence, and shall be fined by the
Mayor for each offense not less Than ten
dollars and costs, nor more than fifty
dollars and costs, aud in default of pay
ment shall he confined in the city lock-
up for not more than forty eight hours.
The Board shall fix day for its regu-
lar meetings, and shall have called meet
ings whenever it becomes, in the opinion
of its President, necessary; it shall also
establish place for its meetings.
The Board shall have power to pass all
laws that it may deem necessary for the
sanitary purposes of the City and its in
habitants, and shall have the same ad-
vertised and posted up in public places.
1t shall give reasonable notice of said
law, and all persons failing to obey said
laws as made by said Board shall be fined
In sum not less than one dollar and
costs, and n Ut more than twenty-five dol
lars and costs for each offense, and in de-
fault of payment shall be confined in the
city lookup for not more than forty -eight
hours.
For each fine imposed by the Mayor for
violation of the provisions of this ordi-
nance and all ordinances passed by this
Board. the Secretary shall receive the
sum Of ST., the same to be paid by the
party so offending, as part Of the costs.
Sanitary Rules and Regulations of the City
| Of Alexandria,, L., for the
Year 1891.
l. Be it ordained that it shall not be
lawful for any person to keep hog or pig
within the city limits from May 1st to
/ November LIST.
2. No person shall deposit kitchen offal
or garbage on the streets or sidewalks, or
i'll the drains or bitches of the City, but
said garbage must be put IN a box Ut bar
rel, placed in some convenient place, so
that same can be easily removed by the
City garbage cart at stated intervals.
Said refuse shall be put into the river be-
low the corporate limits of the City.
3. No warehouse for the storage of hides
or bones shall be allowed within the cor
porate limits, unless properly disinfected
by the owner.
| 4. All onthonses, yards and vaults must
be properly cleaned and disEfected by
the owners OF occupants thereof. Espe-
cial attention is directed to the care of
privies or vaults during the summer
months, and this regulation will be
strictly enforced.
For the convenience of those interested
the Board recommends the following as
cheap and efficient disinfectant: Dissolve
four pounds Of copperas in two gallons of
water, and add one pint of common car
bolic acid. One gallon of above solution
put in a vault will destroy the odor, and
by adding one quart each week, the vault
will be kept free from disagreeable and
disgusting smell.
Lime or copperas should be freely sprn-
killed. over all damp and foul places,
drains, etc.
Be it further ordained, That the prem
Uses of householders can be visited at any
time by the inspector or police, and any
violation of these rules will he promptly
punished by the Mayor.
| Be it further ordained, That any one
who shall fail to obey or who shall vio-
late any eff these rules from l to inclu.
siye, after being notified by any member
of the Board or by any City Marshall or
his assistant, and reasonable time Civ
en- to comply with the same shall be fined
for each otfense not less than five dollars
and costs, and not more than fifty dollars
and COSTS and in default of payment
shall be imprisoned in the city lookup not
longer than forty-eight hours.
| N. l.. MCGINNIS,
A. b. RACHAL, Mayor.