The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-07-31

IaVOF Oh LIE. r.. 1hlDOdauX, local
registrar at Donaldsonville. This you
upderstaa sss eers s7-EE'geasssn foGez5irths
anu IS for deaths outside UI 5fle cor
porate limits of the town Of Donald
sonyilIe, said amount being due and
payable by the police jury as pro-
vided by Act No. SO of 1914.
would respectfully refer you to
this act with especial reference to
Section 5, which says, THAT the
State Board Of Health shall have the
power, right and authority to force
the compliance with this act ON the
part Of those charged with duties
hereunder, by writ of mandamus or
other appropriate summary proceed
ings and in any court of competent
jurisdiction, and that any failure to
comply with the terms of a judgment
or order in favor of said State Board
of Health, issued by court of COM
petent jurisdiction, shall be punished
as contempt of court. =
It appears that your body has ta-
ken the position that Doctor Thibo-
!, daux, who is employed as parish
health officer, for which he is paid a
nominal salary, is not entitled to fees
in his capacity as registrar. Act No.
| 1872 of 1898 as amended by Act No.
$50 of 1902, etc, provides that his
salary shall be fixed by the police jury
and paid by the parish. This, of
course, refers to his duties as parish
health officer.
| The Office Of local registrar, accord
ing to law Act No. 60} is directly un-
der the control OF the State Board Of
Health and is separate and distinct
from that of parish health officer.
Therefore, it is clear that the parish
is responsible for the fees due for
this work.
I urge that you make prompt set
tlement of the claim, otherwise it
will become necessary to institute le-
gal proceedings to see that you obey
the law
Yours very truly,
OSCAR BOWLING,
President.
A communication was received
from DR.. Oscar Bowling, president Of
the State Board Of Health, request
| ing the jury to send a delegate to the
conference of city and parish health
officers, and to defray the expenses of
| the parish health officer in attending
! the conference.
| A petition was received from Gus.
| Al. Schiller, for a permit to conduct a
barroum in the first ward of the par
ish.
/ Dir. E. z. Flower. ID. .. Mccall and
4 Drs w III. Pos6i fIes lid dressed the Jury
on the subject Of adopting an 9ordi-
nance making the dipping Of cattle
compulsory on the west bank of the
river in the parish of Ascension. At
ter q lengthy discussion of the mat
ter Mr.. Reuss offered the following
ordinance, which was read:
AN ORDINANCE
To regulate the police of cattle in
! the parish Of Ascension; to
1 regulate live stock sanitary
matters; to prevent the intro
duction and spread of Texas fe-
yer, or any infectious or contagi-
GUS diseases of live stock; to
4 clothe all live stock sanitary in
spectors appointed by the Louisi-
ana Live Stock Sanitary Board
for this parish with full power
and authority to carry out the
provisions of this ordinance; to
prescribe penalties for the viola
ton Of this ordinance, and TO re-
peal all ordinances or resolutions
of this jury in conflict herewith.
Sec. 1. Belt ordained by the po-
lice jury of the parish of Ascension,
that this police jury does hereby ac-
cept from the Louisiana State Live
Stock Sanitary Board and the United
| States government such financial and
4 other assistance as the said board and
the said United States government
may offer for the eradication of cat
tie fever ticks and other infections
and contagious diseases among cattle
and other live stock in this parish, and
to that end, all live stock sanitary in
spectors appointed by the Louisiana
State Live Stock Sanitary Board for
| this parish are hereby clothed with
full power and authority to carry out
the provisions of this ordinance in
this parish, provided that all inspect
ors thus appointed by said board for
this parish shall not be paid any sal
ary or other compensation for their
services by the police jury of this par
ish unless it be out of funds especial
/ Iy contributed by said board to this
4 parish for the purpose Of paying said
inspectors, in which event the said in
spectors shall be paid only such
amounts as may be designated
by the Louisiana State Live Stock
Sanitary Board.
! Sec. 2. Be it further ordained,
etc, that it shall be the duty of said
] parish live stock sanitary inspectors
to carry out the provisions Of this or
dinanee relative to the compulsory
disin nffae.4s4g Of cattle in Il rtas.s.1aszsish Of
Asegnsion,, saE.sks..-s - proper disin-
fecting Of other live stock, as herein
after provided, and to do all other
/ things required of them by the rules
and regulations of the Louisiana
State Live Stock Sanitary Board fol-
the eradication of cattle fever ticks
! and other infectious or contagious di-
seases among cattle and other live
stock in the parish of Ascension.
| The said parish live stock sanitary
inspectors shall serve during such pc
riods Of time as may be designated By
! the chief executive officer of the Lou.
isiana State Live Stock Sanitary
Board, and as aforesaid, receive then
compensation ais above provided only
! for the months in which they are ac
tualIy occupied as inspectors under
this ordinance.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained
ETC., that from and after the passage
of this ordinance, no cattle shall be
driven, allowed TO drift, or moved by
| rail. boat or other carrier into the par
| ish Of Ascension, Louisiana, from any
area IN the United States that is quar-.