The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-14
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proclamation this day issued. ana such or
ders as may be given you by the proper
authority
You Will be governed by the resolutions
of the sanitary board hereto attached
You will be careful while enforcing orders
to use the utmost courtesy in dealing with
all persons. You will proceed upon the
first train for your post
p. w. Meldrim,
Mayor Of Savannah.
All the officers, who have not already
gone to their posts. WI do so by the early
train this mornir 6. The reQu' site station
aFy including banks and so FORTH was
provided some Of them last night
When seen al the city exchange last
night. just after the proclamation had
been issued and the main part Of the even
lnS's work had been disposed of. Mayor
Meldrim said 10 a Morning News reporter:
These men whom we have selected will
see to ii that no enc comes within the
quarantine lines unless they have a certi-
hcate from the mayor the health officer.
a practicing physician, clerk Of the SUI
perlor court or court of ordinary. The
certificate must give the place Of his resi-
dlnce and that he has not been in any in
tected territory within the past ten days
Il teegraphed to-day to the
respective mayors of Charleston
Jacksonville ana Brunswick, suggesting
that, for mutual protection, they cooper
ate with us l have received replies from
Jacksonville and Brunswick The former
has already quarantined and Brunswick
wired me to-day that council of that place
would at once be called, and, further, that
1t was likely that they would take the
action which I had suggested. Nothing
has been heard from Charleston With
reference to the quarantine here the score
hoard will fix Hot f,ta
from time to time, as may be necessary
for the successful maintenance of the
quarantine. We had decided that we
would surely quarantine when the yellow
fever reached Mobile, so that, when l re-
ceived the telegram from DR.. Stone in
forming me of the case which had devel-
oped there, l at once called council ana
the sanitary board into session to taxa
steps toward executing the plans of the
quarantine, which had been formu-
lated last Friday, the day preceding DR.
Stones departure. We expected the inevi-
table and hence prepared ourselves. so that
no time would have to be unnecessarily
consumed in preparations.
Persons from the infected districts will
not be permitted TO enter the city except
upon complying with the conditions as set
out in the proclamation. Instructions have
been issued to the officers of the posts, and
they win be constantly kept in close touch
The Information before me yesterday, to-
gether with other information, of which 1
had been previously possessed was amply
sufficient, in my Judgment, 10 warrant the
course in declaring the quarantine and
protecting the city.
kilograms have been sent to all railroad
officials of lines entering the city, so they
may at once give advices to the patrons
of their lines and save them unnecessary
inconvenience. / have sent messages to
Vice President Egan of the Central OF
Georgia railway, General Manager Cecil
Gabbett of the Georgia and Alabama rail-
road Supt. Gadsden of the Charleston and
Savannah railway and General Manager
Maxwell Of the Florida Central land Pc,
ninsular This information l have given
to the different railroads that they may
warn their patrons to get certificates"
The following resolution was adopted BY
the sanitary board yesterday and pre-
scribes the conditions under which per-
sons may enter the city:
No person will be allowed to pass the
quarantine lines established by the city
of Savannah, unless such person has a
certificate from the mayor, health officer,
a practcng physician, clerk of the SUI
perior court or ordinary OF the county in
which such person resides, giving name,
place of residence and stating that such
person has not been in any territory In
fected with yellow fever within ten days.
If not In possession of said certificate,
such person shall be detained until the
sanitary authorities can be communicated
with. p. W. Meldrim, Mayor.
J. c. LeHardy, Health officer.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Glen Grady and Mr.. J.
E. Grady. who were stopped at Meldrm
by order of the health officer Sunday night,
they being direct from New Orleans, were
allowed 20 enter the city yesterday, after
it had been found that they were properly
equipped with certificates and upon their
statements that they had not been in the
infected neighborhood nor anywhere near
them.