The age-herald., 1897-08-07

fecfuaa or tn the absence of such certii- | cate such person 90 vaceirated shall ex- | hibit to. he officsr the place so vacetneted. The penalty for-thes violation of 'she or dinaTfee Is a fire of rlCE less than $1 TOT more than $100, or imprh onment or put to | hard labor for not more than thirty days, 1 one or besh at the discretion of the re- cordsr zss
 l Outing the consideration of the ordi- nance MT Hentschel waneed to know if the officers could insist upon a lady show | ing wlliare. she was vaecIanted. Upon be- | ing told they could, he brcame greatly | indignant and oh that account vo.ed | agairs' its passage.
 Aid rm3n Gray jntroducednn ordinance authorizing the officials to promptly re- move all suspected cases, either co1orsd or white, to the pest house on Red noun ain. | This precipitated ancther warm discus l sio1t and Mr. Hontscllsl said he defed | any man to move member of his fam | fly.
 At this juncture the case of smallpox in
 the family of MT. Henry Sefgle, who con- | ducts Q stall in the marke1 house, was | brought into the discussion.
 MT. Gray stp.l.d that he had been in | formed of the case, and knew that MT. | Seigle had been in the market yesterday
 morning. He said that he had besn in- formed that the h salth officers had agreed l mot to move the child to Red mountain. MT. Seigae had bern exposed to the dis ease, he ssfd, and should also be isolated. | Mayor Evans took a hand in the matter and said lhat if the negroes were to be | sent to the Red mountain camp the white l people afflicted win the diseasa would | I.e 1@. | doEle the attempt to suppress the disase | might as we'll bs disoontinued, as noth- | ing could be accomplished otherwise. pr. Woodson took the floor and spoke | in the same vein as Mayor Evans, but | from a physicians standpoint. He | stated that complete isolation was the only sure way of combating the disease. | He urged a tireless campaign of prompt
 and complete isolation and universal vac | cir ation, t--,s.
 | He became enthused and implored that | every officer be given rigid instructions to enforce the law in every instance re-
 gardless of color or social position. He | begged for the future welfare of the | city, that all cases be sent to Red noun | tain camp at once. Unless this be done, | he warned them, the eruptive disease l VIII IcuIdIH WILL us dIlu Dc Wili uS LII cold weather, the time of year it thrives. Here the delegation of doctors split on the subject of removing the victims out of the city.
 Dr. Robertson did not think it neces- sary to move them, that is, in some cases. -dsq 1Hft
 He said that the board of aldermen should have nothing to do with it further than n furnish the money and let the doctors expend it in any way they deemed best.
 | The discussion again became general and much confusion ensued MT. McCartin arose and stated that he had heard of cases in the city where the patients had not been moved and that great indignation was expressed on all sides. No discrimination should be made, he said, and no law would be passed compelling the negroes to go to the camp and allowing the white patients to remain in the city.
 On account of the bitter opposition dis played, MT, Gray withdrew his resolu- tion. stas noiie
 It was decided to enforce the follow ing ordinance adopted July 19: AN ORDINANCE To prevent the spread of contagious or in- fectious diseases by compulsory vaccina- tion.
 Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Birmingham That within nine days from and after proclamation by the mayor of danger of spread of small poX in the city, it shall be the duty of all citizens of Birmingham, and of all others who have been may hereafter be in said city nine consecutive days to cause them selves to be vaccinated until the operation proves effective, and if such person have any minor children or others dependent on him for care or custody, it shall be his duty likewise to have such minor children or others dependent on him for care cus-' tody yaceinated. Provided. however that
 ef RhSsc,an ba saying ga hat Section ?. Be it further ordained, That whenever the Chief of Police any police
 man or other agents authorized by the or she has been vaccinated effectually or has had those in his care or custody vac- cinated effectually, and if so when and by whom it shall be the duty of such person to answer truly the questions so propound- ed by such officer, and such person shall upon demand of such officers present cer-
 tifcate of the physician who performed the operation stating that said vaccination was effectual, or in the absence of such certificate such person so vaccinated shall
 exhibit to the officers the place so yaccina-
 ted.
 Section 3. Be it further ordained That
 any person who shall fail to comply with
 any of the duties or requirements hereinbe-
 fore prescribed shall be fined not less than one dollar nor more than one hundred dol
 lars, and may also be imprisoned put to
 hard labor for and not more than thirty
 Recorder. S-7-2t
 Mayor Evans then presented the fol-
 lowing ordinance, which was carried
 through under suspension of the rules:
 The meeting lasted for nearly an hour
 and a half.
 MhV0R EVANS ACTc