The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-08-28
In Case OF Quarantine ii Would Order
Trains Not to Come, Or to Run
Through Without Stopping.
CITIZENS COMMITTEE CALLS ON
THE MAYOR THIS AFTERNOON
The Local Board Of Health Today Ratified the Agree.
ment With Tennessee Authorities.

The city board OF health met this
morning TO hear the report of Mayor
ID. A. Yelser and DR.. II. y. Sights.
the committee appointed to confer
with Memphis and Tennessee state
board OF health authorities relative
to honoring health certificates issued
from Paducah in Tennessee. The
board unanimously concurred in the
report.
Mayor Yeiser and DR.. Sights had
no difficulty in convincing the Ten
nessee authorities that false light
had been thrown on Paducah and
the following brief agreement was
ratified in every particular. when pre-
sented this morning to the board:
The Agreement:
Memphis. Tenn, Aug. go. 1905.
Or. n. p. Sights and Mayor Vel
ser. representing Paducah. and J. A.
Albright and Heber Jones. repre-
senting the Tennessee state board OF
health. have agreed that Paducah
certificates of health viii be accepted
by West Tennessee inspectors pro-
yided they are issued at the health
Office in Paducah and signed in per-
son by DR.. w. T. Graves and DR.. Hor-
ace Rivers
They must also be accompanied
by affidavit made by the holder be-
fore an officer authorized TO admin
lister oath.
(Signed). HERBERT JONES.
Vice President State Board OF Health
of Tennessee.
J. A. ALBRIGHT,
Secretary State Board of Health.
Issue Certificates From Mayors Office
Following the ratification of the
above. motion was made that
Health Officer Graves. and DR.. Hor-
ace Rivers. the latter issuing certih-
Gates for the state board of health.
be instructed TO issue certificates
from the Mayors Office in the city
hall. where a notary public, Miss
Byrd Burlington, city stenographer,
is stationed. between the hours of Z
and II In the morning. and ! and 5
in the afternoon.
Or. Rivers is to serve from to Q,
and DR.. Graves from . to IL. In the
afternoon Dr. Rivers Is to serve from
] to 3. and DR.. Graves from to 8.
The motion was adopted and per
sons will have to appear at the May
or's Office within those hours to re-
cure certificates and the necessary af-
hdavits. and will have TO bring some
reputable person to vouch for them
before certificate will be issued.
To Keep Non-Resident List.
The board OF health decided to re-
quire the health officer and DR.. Riy-
ers to keep nonresident from the
infected district south OF the Ohio
river" list for reference. In this
way certificates issued to non-resi-
dents can be recorded, which will IA
cilitate the local board keeping in
touch with every stranger who Sc
cures certificate out of Paducah
State Board Threatens TO Stop Trains
At this juncture DR.. Horace Rivers
stated that he had conferred with
DR.. j. N. Mccormack, OF Bowling
Green, secretary of the state board
of health, relative TO the proposed
action of the city in passing an ordi
nance requiring a quarantine. He
stated that DR.. Mccormack stated
to him that the state board of health
had ordered him. as secretary OF
the board, TO raise within six hours
any quarantine Paduoah might es
tablish. and II the city persisted IL
maintaining the quarantine, that hi
had ordered Supt. A. II. Egan, of tho
|. c.. TO order all trains run through
Paducah at the rate of 12 miles al
hour and had furthermore instruct
ed the :. c. a. st. l.. road to not rur
any trains into Paducah at all.
DR.. Rivers explained that he made
this report simply TO let the board
know where they stood. and what t
expect.
Mayor Gets Hot In the Collar.
Mayor Yeiser. who has been TO