The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-05
HAS NOT DECLARED
 QUARANTINE YET Board of Revenue Defer Action Until This Morning HOLD CONFERENCE TODAY County Will Put All Sections Out Of Incorporated Towns In Sanitary
 condItion-To Appoint
 Inspector.

Without having declared a quarantine against Montgomery, as requested by the Jefferson County Medical Society acting as the board of health, the Board of Reve- nue adjourned yesterday afternoon to convene this morning at 10 o'clock and confer with a committee from the board of health
 The Board of Revenue, however, is de- termined to render the county clean and put all territory outside of the corporate limits of any municipality in thoroughly sanitary condition.
 County Attorney John H. Miller rem dered his decision in regard to the re- quest of the Jefferson County Medical so- ciety for quarantine. He decided that the request was mandatory. The board would not, however establish the quar- antne and instead instructed Clerk Will liam S. Morrow to communicate with the secretary of the county board of health and request that committee be appoint ed to confer with the Board of Revenue this morning.
 The letter was addressed to Secretary A. F. Toole and was referred to Pres ident William M Jordan. The committee will be appointed this morning, and it is very probable that final action will be taken on the matter by the Board of doctors.
 Quarantine Act.
 The decision of Attorney Miller was based on the following act: "An act to provide for quarantine and for the pro- lection of the public health of Jefferson county-The Board of Revenue of the county may establish quarantine against contagious or infectious diseases any where within the county at any time that it deems such 8 quarantine necessary for the public health of Jefferson county, and must establish such quarantine when requested to do so by the county board of health.'
 It was the unanimous opinion of the board that the county should leave noth- ing undone in improving the sanitary condition of all thickly populated com munities. Looking towards an accomplish ment of this Capt. H. w. Crook intro duced the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted "Resolver, that
  a large force of hands at work draining all stagnant ponds and disinfecting all places necessary and wage a war of ex- termination against the mosquito in the most popuious parts of our county. Said work shall not include municipal corpora tions The work to be done under the direction and approval of the county health officer"
 Sanitary Inspector.
 It was also deci.ed by the board to instruct County Road Supervisor J. E. Haigler to apopint sanitary inspector to investigate the condition of all parts of the county not in the limits of an incor- porated town, and make such recommen- dations for improvement as he may deem necessary
 The road supervisor was also authorized to hire three crews of men to do the work that the sanitary inspector would lay out for them. Each crew will consist of a foreman one team driver and one hand Mir. Haigler will probably carry out the instructions today and the work will begin at once.
 A committee of doctors appeared before the board yesterday afternoon to ascer- tain if the resolution adopted by the board of health was in conformity with the law. The board expressed the opinion that the resolution conformed in every way with the law.