Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-15
TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

Be it known, That on this 9Th day Of
NAV, A. D. 1914, it being the first Tues
day of said month, and the day fixed by
law for the regular meeting of the Board
of Aldermen of the Town of st. Joseph,
said Board met at the Office of the Mayor
this day.
There were present: Hon. W. NJ.
Davidson, Mayor, and Messrs. Jos. Cur
~, Oscar Levy, B. F. Young and Louis
Buckner, Aldermen, and Josiah p. Scott,
Clerk.
A quorum being present, the Board
proceeded to business as follows:
On motion, the reading of the minutes
of the last meeting was dispensed with.
Dr. L. A. Murdoch, Town Health Of
ficer, appeared before the Board and
made report of sanitary conditions OBJ
tanning generally throughout town.
1t was moved and seconded, That the
Mayor employ Sanitary Inspector to
serve during the ensuing summer months
whose duty it shall be to notify all parties
whose premises are foul and mclean to
have same put in sanitary condition and
to report any who may neglect to COM
ply with said precautions; to see that all
cisterns and other water containers are
properly screened or oiled and all closets
and cess pools of any nature lined and
maintained in conformity with this reso-
luton.
The compensation of said Inspector to
be determined by the Mayor, and his
tenure of Office to be only such time a. in
the opinion of the Board such service is
necessary.
On motion of Mr.. Curry, seconded by
Mr.. Levy, the following ordinance was
unanimously adopted:
ORDINANCE No. 81.
An ordinance providing against tie keep
ing of hogs within the corporate lin
its of the town of St. Joseph.
Be it ordained by the Mayorand Board
of Aldermen of the Town of st. Joseph,
That whereas it has been call TO the at
tention of the Board of Aldermen OF the
Town of St. Joseph, that hos are being
kept in enclosures within the corporate
limits of the said town, and
Whereas same are declared to lie
public nuisance and menace to 'he gen.
eral health of the community, ti,e hog
pens being breeding places for flies and
germs of disease, causing tire Surrounding
atmosphere to become malodorcus, nm
pleasant, unsanitary and unhealthy, there
fore
Be it ordained by the Mayor and the
Board of Aldermen of the Town Of st.
Joseph, That it shall be unlawful to keer
or maintain any hog or hogs within the
corporate limits of the said Town, wheth-
er confined within pens or allowed to
roam within enclosures.
Be it further Ordained, That all per-
sons violating the provisions of this Or
dinance shall be sAbject to fine not ex-
ceeding Ten $4,000 Dollars or impris-
oned not more than Ten (lO) days, or
both at the discretion of the Mayor.
And a vote being taken on the above
Ordinance said vote resulted as follows:
For the passage of the Ordinance:
Curry, Young, Levy and Buckner.
Against the passage of the Ordinance:
None.
Adopted May 5, 1914.
w. M. DAVIDSON, Mayor,
Josiah P. Scott, Clerk.
On motion of Mr.. Young, and second
ed by Mr.. Levy, the sum of Ten Dollars
be and is hereby appropriated to pur-
chase a gold medal to be awarded the
graduate of the st. Joseph High School
Of the Class Of IA making the highest
general average for said year.
On motion of Mr.. Curry, seconded by
Mr.. Young, the sum of Fifty Dollars be
and is hereby appropriated to Ike used in
the extension now being made to the
Hall.
On motion the following bills were al. |
lowed and ordered paid:
There being no further business, on
motion the Board adjourned, sine die. !
w. M. DAVIDSON, Mayor,
Attest: Josiah p. Scott. Clerk.