Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-30
FHE CITY IS BOTTLED UP
ne al uFF BOARD EXCLUDES FREleHTs FROM IN.
eec1eo POINTS, AND ALLOW NOBODY TO ENTER CITY Ex
cspT ON PERMIT FROM OF HEALTH
QUARANTINE SEEMS UNREASONABLE SEVERE

tablished against the entire state Of
Mississippi as against both freight
and passengers; and that instructions
are hereby issued to all quarantine
officers not to respect any certificates
Of health issued from the state of
Mississippi
Mr. Honnet wanted to know just
what all the "rumpuss" was about. He
saw no reason for the hullabaloo.
Mayor White informed him that the
resolution was introduced because of
the spread of the yellow fever over
The state of Mississippi.
DR.. Gallagher moved to adopt the
reolHtion. The motion received Sec
ond, and the vote resulted in eight
ayes and three nays. The chair de-
clared the resolution adopted The
following resolution was then present
ed:
BE it resolved, that quarantine
is hereby established by the board of
health of the city Of Pine Bluff, ef
fe ctive on the 2Oth day of August,
1905. against the city of Memphis;
and the quarantine officers are in
structed not to regard or respect any
1,x,f hoa p1
Of health Of the city of Memphis; and,
ir case any suspicious stranger, who
the quarantine officer may have the
right to believe has recently been in
the city of Memphis, said quarantine
officer is instructed not to allow such
person to get off the cars in the city
of Pine Bluff
A motion to adopt resulted in vote
OF seven ayes and seven nays, and the
chair declared the motion lost. Not
withstanding this motion, however,
subsequent one really covers the
ground Pine Bluff is in fact today
quarantined against Memphis. The
following resolution was next submit
ted:
'Be it resolved, that all quarantine
officers are hereby instructed not to
permit any person to alight from any
train in the city of Pine Bluff unless
upon permit issued by the chairman
of the board of health of the city of
Pine Bluff
The motion to adopt resulted in
eight ayes and six nays, and the chair
declared the motion adopted.
This Is the motion which, after
all. practically bottles up Pine Bluff
and establishes quarantine against
the world.
The matter of permitting freights to
eEter the city came up for discussion
again, and the following resolution
hearing upon the subject was offered:
"Be it resolved. that quarantine
is established by the board of health
of the city of Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
effective August 80, 1905. against all
freight originating in the state cf
louisiana
After considerable discussion the
motion to adopt was put to vote and
resulted in seven ayes and five nays
the motion carrying. Mayor White
then offered the following:
Resolved. that all passenger trains
entering this city be required to sep
arate the passengers for Pine Bluff
from all the. other passengers on the
trains, and all doors to be locked and
quarantine officers are instructed to
only respect the health certificates
of persons arriving in the city. The
doors of the cars to be kept closed
until all passengers destined for this
city have been inspected and the cars
containing passengers not for this
city will be kept closed and the win
dows down while the said cars remain
in the CITY,"
The resolution was adopted unani.
mously.