The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-20

QUARANTINE ORDINANCES.
At special meeting of the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the City of
Brookhaven Miss, held at the Mayors
office in said city, on Monday, Sept
18th, 1899, at o'clock p NJ. according
to law, there were present His Honor
j. B. Daughtry, mayor of said city:
Aldermen Schnorrenberg, Willoughby
and Abrams; absent, Moreton and
Seavey. l. Abrams was elected clerk
pro tenn.
The following is copy of the call
for said meeting and the subject mat
ter to be acted upon:
MAYORS OFFICE,
BRooKHAvEN, MISS, Sept. Il, 80.
TO Aaron Hurst. Marshal:
This is to command you to summon
A. E. Moreton, l. Abrams, J. H. Will
loughby, Chas. Schnorrenberg and W.
III. Seavey, Aldermen of said City, to
appear at the Mayors office in said
City to hold special meeting of the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen on Mon
day, Sept. 18th, 1899, at 2 o'clock P. M,
to make some provisions about quaran-
tine and to have this summons there
then.
Witness my hand this Sept. 1lth 1899
j. B. DAUGHTRY,
Mayor
The following return made on same:
Executed the within notice by sum
moning Chas. Schnorrenberg, l.
Abrams and J. H. Willoughby; Alder
men Moreton and Seavey not to be
found. The above summons was exc
cuted 3 hours before the time to meet,
this Sept II, 80.
[Signedl A. HURST,
City Marshal.
His Honor the Mayor stated the OBJ
ject of the meeting was to take some
action for the prevention and spread
| of yellow fever which is reported to be
at Jackson and Mississippi City, Miss,
and New Orleans, La.
Whereas, The State of Mississippi
has now established regular quaran-
tine against Mississippi City and New
Orleans, and the State Board of Health
has reported one case at Jackson, Miss;
therefore acting on the official infor-
nation of the secretary of the State
Board of Health.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the City of
Brookhaven, Miss, that a strict quar-
antine be and the same is herenOw es-
tablished against Kinds county, and
Mississippi City, Miss, and New Or
leans, La, and all other infected
points, and hereafterno persons or per-
SOnal baggage shall be allowed from
either of said points until further or
ders of this Board
Be it further ordained, That all per-
sons from non-infected points that de-
sire to come into BrOOkhaven must be
provided with a health certificate from
some reputable physician that they
have not been exposed to yellow fever
or other contagious fever within ten 90
days prior to the issuance of such GER
tificate. Persons not able to secure
such certificate by reason of being
strangers, must make affidavit before
"A Notary Public, to the effect that they
have not been exposed to the conta-
giOn and must give their whereabouts
for 10 days prior to date of affidavit
and such affidavit must be accompan-
led by certificate from physician,
that the person is in good health and
shows no symptoms of fever of any
kind. All certificates and affidavits
will be respected only for continuous
trip to destination from date of issue.
| Be it further ordained by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the City of
| Brookhaven, Miss, that the City Mar
shall and his assistant, |. Forsytbe, be,
and they are hereby ordered and di-
rected to place ropes north and south
of the depot, and to exclude any and
! all persons from the platforms during
the arrival and departure of trains, eX-
cept persons who get the permission of
said officers to go to the platforms or
waiting rooms to purchase tickets or
take and pay for freight, railroad and
express employees and such persons as
may alight from the cars of the Illinois
! Central Railroad Company from disin-
fected points with clear health certifi-
Gates.
No person or baggage shall be allow
ed to enter the City of Brookhaven
from the aforesaid infected points.
Be it further ordained, That any and
all persons violating the above and
foregoing ordinances shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction before the Mayors court, be
fined not more than Ten $1,000 Dol
lars and costs for each offense and
stand convicted until said fine and costs
are paid.-Ayes, Willoughby, Schnor-
renberg and Abrams; nays, none.
SPECIAL POLICE.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board or Aldermen of the City of
Brookhaven, Miss, that A. ID. McClen-
don and Hardy Magee be and they are
hereby this day appointed Special
Police" for the City of Brookhaven,
Miss to be removed at the pleasure of
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of
said city, whose duties shall be to police
the streets, alleys and avenues of said
city from o'clock a. m. to o'clock p
m, to meet all trains, demand certifi-
Gates of all strangers, and to carry be-
fore the Mayor all suspects found with
in the corporate limits of said city.
Thav sha1l in addition tn said duties