The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-06-27
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.

81. FTduClSVllio, Id, JUNE 20, 1917.
At a special meeting of the Police
Jury held this day, the following mem
bers were present: c. F. Howell, pres
ident; Messrs. Brasseaux, Weydert,
Bickham. Richardson, Wright, Row and
Cutrer.
The president stated that the object
of the meeting was to take proper
precautions to prevent an epidemic of
Charlton in the parish.
Judge Lawrason, representing mass
meeting of citizens held earlier in the
day, appeared before the Police Jury
and presented the following ordinance,
which, upon receiving proper motion
and second, was adopted:
ORDINANCE
Be it ordained by the Police Jury Of
the Parish of West Feliciana:
/. That whereas the Parish is threat
ened with an epidemic of Charlton, the
Police Jury, by virtue of the authority
conferred on it by the Revised Laws of
the State of Louisiana and particularly
by Act No. lat of the Acts of the General
Assembly of the year 1894, resolves itself
into a Live Stock Sanitary Commission
for the Parish of West Feliciana, and
adopts the following rules and regulations
for the prevention, control, and suppress
sion of Charlton now threatening the live
stock of the Parish.
2 That during the present epidemic of
Charlton the importation of stock or COM
munication by horseback or vehicle
from any infected locality is absolutely
prohibited and the moving of live stock
through the Parish or from one part of
the Parish to another is prohibited, with
out special permission from the inspectors
herein provided for
8. That all stock in the Parish of West
Feliciana shall be inoculated for the pre-
vention of Charlton under the direction of
the inspectors herein appointed; and said
incubation is made compulsory within
10 days from publication.
4, That for the purpose of enforcing the
quarantine herein provided for and the
other provisions of this ordinance, there
are hereby appointed one inspector, who
shall have authority to enforce it's pro-
visions by himself or deputies appointed
by him, two in each ward. without pay
for whose acts he shall be responsible.
., r. S. Towles is hereby named as the
Inspector appointed under this ordinance.
and as compensation for his services,
he shall receive the sum of Two Dollars
and Fifty Cents per day, and he shall
hold office at the pleasure of the Police
Jury.
6. That any one failing to recognize the
authority of the inspector herein appoint
ed under this ordinance, and failing to
comply with the provisions thereof, or in
any manner violating same, shall be deem
ed guilty of a misdemeanor and on con-
vlction upon an. indictment or informa-
ton in competent Court, shall be fined
not less than Five Dollars or more than
Fifty Dollars, or be imprisoned not more
than thirty days, or both, at the dis
erection of the Court.
Z. That the Louisiana State Live Stock
Sanitary Board be requested to appoint
the inspector named by this Police Jury
as inspector under said Board, with au-
thority to carry out the provisions of the
Act appointing said Board, and it's rules
and regulations, as well as the provisions
of this ordinance in so far as not con-
trary to said Act and the rules and regu-
lations of the Louisiana State Live Stock
Sanitary Board.
There being no further business, the
meeting adjourned
G. F. HOWELL, President.
w. H. RICHARDSON, Acting Secty.