The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-09-14

A. J. MELANcoN, City, Clerk. .
Donaldsonville, La, Sept. 4, 1913.
A special meeting of the commits
sion council was held this day, with
DR.. E. K. Sims and Alexander Bloom
enstiel present; absent-John 4
Schaff.
This special meeting was called for
the following purposes:
Ordinance No. a., c. c. Series:
An ordinance repeating Sections rs, IT. IS
and 10 of Chapter XVII. of the Code OF
| Ordinances adopted by the town council
| Of the town of Donaldsonviiie IN the
year 1901. providing for a resctricted
district within the limits of the town
| of Donaldsonville. 81
Section l. Be it ordained by the COM
mission council of the city of Donaldson.
| vile. that Sections Z s. and ~ OF
Article XVII. Of the Code Of Ordinances
adopted by the town council of the town e. @
| Donaldsonville in the year 10 OIL. providifg
/ for q restricted district within the eornorats
limits Of the city Of Donaldson Pc ana
the same are hereby repealed.
The motion was seconded by DR..
Sims, roll-call resulting as follows
Yeas-Sims, Bloomenstiel; absent
Schaff
Mr.. Bloomenstiel then moved the
adoption of the following ordinance:
Ordinance No. as, c. c. Series:
! An ordinance prohibiting the conducting or
maintenance of any designation OF
bawdy house or house of ill-fame with,
1 in the corporate limits of the city OF
"A Donaldsonville, and providing penalties
for the violation of the same.
| Section 1. Be it ordained by the com
mission council of the city of Donas dson-
Il conducting
| or maintaining any designation or bawdy
4 house or house, of ill-fame within the cor
rorate limits of the city of Donaldsonvile,
shall be deemed guilty of m is =,
and upon conviction thereof, shall be lined
not less than five dollars nor 1nore than
twenty-five dollars, and in defatt OF pay
4 ment of such fine, shall be imp soned Tor
q period not to exceed thirty dan OF poth
at the discretion of the court.
Section 2. Be it further ordained etc, tnat
any person or persons, whether III agent OF
owner, renting, leasing, or hiring mouse,
| building or room to any woman person
or persons for immoral purposes or the
lfsa;,,r If @,ny .ssjpnation or bawSy house
4 or house of ill-fame within the HorpoTate
limits of the city of DonaldsonvlAe' shai,
10 a.an,ad oui1ty of a rnisdeme5 Tor and
10, nany;ct;on shall be fined not Ess than
1 FIVE dollars more than tWentyvRVe aot'
lars, and in default OF payment OF 2Sn hhe
shall be imprisoned for period no ex-
ceed thirty days, or both, at the q hon
OF the court. 28H 5Gg
4 Section 8. Be it further ordained etc.
that each days violation Of any Of then
4 visions of this ordinance shall constitute
separate and distinct offense.
Section a. Be it further ordained, etc.
that this ordiance~'hall take eftect rom anu
after its PRONUNCIATION.
| The motion was seconded by DR.
Sims, roll-call resulting as follows
-Simse Bloomenstiel, absent
ISchaff.
DR.. T. H. Hanson, president Of the
City BoardDpf Health, being present
stated that:
/ Whereas, the prevention of the introdue
ton and spread of venereal diseases and ths
/ isolation. care and treatment of those m
I fected with such diseases is a most i'm
4 portant duty in the interest of the public
| heath; and =, M. non.rtu.nt ~ an,
United States has undertaken nationa
campaign to prevent the spread of and tt
/ Eliminate yeneral diseases, and has re
luested the city government to lend It's az
thereto. and to enact the ordinances neces
;ary to this end, and is endeayoring to hav'
I:uch laws uniform throughout the unltet
States; and
/ Whereas, the authorities of this city, ap
! preciating the benefits to the public which
must result from such activities, and deslr
to continue to cooperate to it's full author
ity in all war measures, he recomnennes
1 chat a., ordinance be adopted by the com
mission council to better protect the publ
health against the spread Of venereai dis
a eases. s55SA5 +
DR.. Sims then moved the adoption
of the following ordinances:
Ordinance No. IS, c. c. Series:
An ordinance to better protect the publ
health and particularly to prevent. tn
introduction into, and the spread Q
venereal diseases in the city of Don
i. aIdsonviIe; to define venereal diseases
to provide for the inspection of sus
spected and reported cases, and tn
isolation, care and cure of persons in
fected with such diseases, under tn
authority and direction of the board o
health for the city of Donaldsonville
; and providing penalties for it's viola
/. ton.
Section l. Be it ordained by the com
mission council of the city of Donaldson
vile, that venereai diseases are hereby de
fined to be syphilis, gonorrhoea. and chanc
roid. and are declared to be contagious. IN
:, fectious, communicable and dangerous to tn
public health.
Section 2. Be it further ordained. etc
: | that whenever any person charged with tn
8 violation of ordinance No. 45, C. C.. Series
( or with the violation of any other ordinance
: relating to prostitution lewdness, the keep
q ing setting up of a house of ill-fame
g brothel or bawdy house, street walking o
81 soliciting for prostitution or for any i'm
moral purpose, pandering or vagrancy, i
~ urrortod shaf1 he the futv 0f the OerEol