The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-04-29

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Mr.. Newman offered the following
ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE
TO regulate the police of cattle in
the parish of Ascension; to
regulate live stock sanitary
matters; to prevent the intro
duetion and spread Of Texas fe-
yer, or any infectious or contagi-
Gus diseases of live stock; to
clothe all live stock sanitary in
spectors appointed by the Loulsl-
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. /. Be it ordained by the po-
lice Jury Of the parish Of Ascension,
that this police jury does hereby ac-.
eept from the Louisiana State Live
Stock Sanitary Board and the United
States government such financial and
other assistance as the said board and
the said United States government
may offer for the eradication of cat
tie fever ticks and other infectious
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
airy or other compensation for their
services by the police jury Of this par
ish unless it be out Of funds especial
lily contributed by said board to this
parish for the purpose Of paying said
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.
See. 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
dinance. relative to the compulsory
disinfecting of cattle IN the parish of
/ Ascension, and to the 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 for
/ the eradication Of cattle fever ticks
aad other infectious or contagious dl-
seases among cattle and other live
stock III the parish Of Ascension.
The said parish live stock sanitary
inspectors shall serve during such Pc
RODS of time as may be designated by
| the chief executive officer Of the Lou
isiana State Live Stock Sanitary
I Board, and as aforesaid, receive their
compensation as above provided only
for the months III which they are ac-
taally occupied as Inspectors under
this ordinance,
See. 8. Be ii further ordained
1 etc, that from and after the passage
4 of this ordinance. no cattle shall be
4 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-
antined by the United States secre-
tary of agriculture to prevent the
Fspread of splenetic or tick fever in
cattle, until they have been dipped in
an approved manner in the standard
arsenical solution OF otherwise prop
i erly disinfected under the supervision
of duly authorized inspector of the
i Louisiana State Live Stock Sanitary
i Board, or a veterinary Inspector of
1 the United States bureau Of animal
Industry duly commissioned as an in
spector of the Louisiana State Live
Stock Sanitary Board.
Sec. 4 Be it further ordained,
1 etc, that from and after the passage
of this ordinance, horses and mules
entering the parish Of Ascension shall
be free from cattle fever ticks, {mar-
garepus annulatus) When any cat
i tie, horses or mules are received at a
railroad station III this parish from
any point in the United States that is
quarantined by the United States sec
Rotary of agriculture to prevent the
4 spread Of splenetic or tick fever in
cattle, it shall be the duty of the said
railroad agent to notify the nearest
/ live stock sanitary Inspector, and the
4 #cattle, horses or mules must not be re-
4 moved from the station stock-pens I'M
til permission to do SO has been re-
i =ceived from the live stock sanitary in-
Ispectof of this parish who may be
nearest to said railroad stoek-pens, OF
from a duly authorized Inspector of
the Louisiana State Live Stock SAM
tary Board.
Sec. s. Be it further ordained,
4 etc, that from and after the passage
of this ordinance. all persons owning
or having in their charge as owners
agents, or otherwise, cattle in the
parish of Ascension, Louisiana, that
are infested with, or exposed to cat.
/ tie fever ticks, shall have all Of such
cattle at regular disinfecting sta
ton situated in the ward in which
said person may reside, on. in which
his cattle may be, at such times al
may be designated by the parish live
stock sanitary inspector or inspectors
OF by any Of the inspectors appointed
! by the Louisiana State Live StoeE
Sanitary Board working IN this par.
/ ISL, for the purpose Of having sale
cattle properly disinfected; provided
that all such persons shall, when sale
s inspectors intend to disinfect sale
4 cattle for the first time after the pas
sage of this ordinance, receive d writ
q ten notice from said Inspector or in
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