The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-10
Novel Quarantine Restric-
 lions of Council. ESPIONAGE ON STRANGERS Passengers on Local Trains
 to be Questioned. After Interesting Debate, Aldermen Pass Enforcement of Protective
 Laws Up to Acting Mayor,
 Who Has Power.
ESPIONAGE ON STRANGERS

Qudrhutiuc uo Pus VII oo"ASs all points infected with yellow fever.
 The quarantine so far as it was out lined by the special committees report provides that every passenger who en- ters the City of Montgomery shall register at the union passenger station. giving the place he came from and writing down the address at which he proposes to stop in Montgomery.
 The committees quarantine proposes, too. the supervision Of all local pas senser and all through and intra freight trains. The ways and means of this supervision are left to the Acting Mayor. The committees report. it might be said, invested the Acting Mayor with pienary powers. It con- firmed the powers which had been given him by the State and city codes without binding him down by any spe- cial or exact directions.
 Extremists Were Disappointed.
 The Aldermen who were anxious to have au extreme quarantine were frankly disappointed with the report. It was a defeat for those who wanted an extreme quarantine. The report, which left matters so largely In the hands of the Acting Mayor. went through with flying colors, there being only three votes against it. the votes OL VhcsSTS. HUBS, INuth anu touiAiN It may be said of the Acting Mayor. who will have plenary powers in the administration of the quarantine. that he has not been a quarantine extremist.
 The Aldermen present at the meeting which was called for the purpose of hearing and acting upon the report of the special committee were Messrs. Forbes. Coins, Gunter. Mcintyre. Jack son. Lobman, Teague. Strauss, Ruth. II4II
 The courtesies of the floor were voted Alderman-el J, H. Harley and W. F. vandiver. a member of the spe- cial committee.
 Before the report of the special com mittee had been presented Alderman Strauss presented a resolution creat- ing a General Sanitary Committee for the city which was to assist in the sanitary work. The resolution provid- ed that the committee should consist of the two Aldermen from each ward, the Aldermen from at large and three citizens from each ward who were to be selected by the Council The reso- lution was adopted by the Council.
 Securing a suspension of the rules AL derman Lobman had passed an ordi- nance providing for the appropriation from the waterworks funds of the city the sum of $6,s00 to pay for the remod- CAiAhB tht sldtlOH, part or which had been accomplished.
 Report of the Committee. N
 The report of the special committee was then presented by the chairman Alderman Gunter. In full the report was as follows: -.
 Montgomery. Ala, August 9, 1905. ITO the Honorable City Council of
 Montgomery:
 "Gentlemen-Your committee, to whom WY ey by the City Council of Montgomery at the meeting of August Sth, 1905, beg leave to report that they held a lengthy session in the office of the Mayor today at 12 o'clock. and invited before 1t the State Health Officer, Dr. W. 1T. Sanders who explained fully and minutely the State quarantine and it's method of op- eration. They have examined the State and municipal laws upon the subject and are convinced that no further laws are necessary. and that the executive officers of the city of Montgomery are clothed with sufficient authority to an- swer all purposes.
 The committee Is satisfied that in- telligent and effective efforts are being made by the State quarantine authori- ties to prevent persons from coming into the State on passenger trains from infected points or localities. We find that no effort to inspect local or intra- state passenger or freight trains, either local or through, is being made We think 1t unwise and dangerous to this city, that these trains are not under quarantine regulations. and recommend that the city of Montgomery shall im- mediately take such steps as are nec- essary to properly protect the interests of this city from persons entering same on local passenger and all freight trains coming from or in the direction of yell low fever districts. e
 We recommend. further, that strict surveillance of strangers, the registra- tion of all passengers coming into the city, requiring them to name place where they propose to stop while in the city and a rigid enforcement of tho quarantine laws.
 Respectfully submitted,
 "Gaston Gunter. J. K. Jackson. N. Lobman, W. F. Vandiver."
 Sullivan Not Satisfied.
 Alderman Sullivan was recognized when the reading of the report had been completed. He was, he said, dis appointed in what the committee had brought before the Council. He was not at all satisfied with the report He recited instances in which he said the State quarantine officials had been evaded. He declared that 1t had been brought to the attention of the police department yesterday that a man had gotten In Montgomery from New Or leans and had been removed from the city by the police department
 'T want to be put on record" said Mir. Sullivan, here and now. as being unal- terably in favor of not only a rigid and severe quarantine on all trains of all sorts. but a rigid quarantine on all the highways and byways that lead into the city"
 Alderman Strauss was convinced that the committee which had brought In the report was as strong and as able a com mittee as could have been named. He was nevertheless opposed to the report 1t had brought in.
 T do not see that a registration booth at the union depot is going to be of any benefit" declared Mir Strauss. If a man will lie on the train he will lie at the registration. We've got to have a quarantine against liars. and ! am for the quarantine that will be most effective against liars.
 "I want to say. too, that the city of Montgomery is mistreating and deceiv- Ing its people. The people believe we have a quarantine against New Or leans. but Montgomery has no quaran tine against New Orleans. The Mayor has issued a proclamation. but he has not put if into effect. The city of Mont Romery has not a single quarantine of ncial The State has on a quarantine against New Orleans. but Montgomery has not"
 GumteF Defends Report.
 MT. Gunter spoke briefly for the com n,ittee's report He went over the work of the comittee which had been in session for over three hours. He explained that the State and the city