Duties of Seeretary and Treasurer.

point inspec

tors.

He shall present at each meeting all communications forwarded to him and a report of the resident Physicians and Treasurers, and perform all duties, as shall be assigned to him by the Board of Health. He shall only be removed by impeachment.

SEC. 169. The Secretary and Treasurer shall furnish security in the sum of ten thousand dollars.

It shall be his duty to keep a minute of the proceedings of the Board and all vouchers and expenditures made by its authority. Powers to ap. The said Board shall have power to appoint Sanitary Inspectors, not to exceed six in number, one for each of the four districts of the City of New Orleans, and one for the City of Jefferson, and one for the portions of the parishes of Orleans and Jefferson, situated upon the right bank of the Mississippi river; which said Inspectors for the said four districts of the City of New Orleans shall be in place and lieu of the four Health Officers now appointed by the Council of New Orleans. The annual salaries of each of said Inspectors, shall not exceed the sum of two thousand and four hundred dollars, and said salaries shall be paid by the respective cities and parishes for which said Inspectors shall be appointed; the parish of Orleans, right bank of the Mississippi river, paying two-thirds, and the parish of Jefferson, right bank, paying one-third of the salary of the Inspector appointed for said portions of said parishes. Said Inspectors shall be subject to removal at the pleasure of said Board.

Salaries.

1870-54, extra session. Nurses and assistants.

Duration of

quarantine.

SEC. 170. The Board of Health shall have power to employ nurses and assistants to attend the sick, and such other persons as may be necessary to carry out proper quarantine regulations, and to fix their compensation; to fix the number of days of quarantine for vessels liable to it not to be less than ten days; to determine how said quarantine shall be performed, and to How quaran make all legal regulations not herein provided, and necessary to carry out a proper system of quarantine, and to enforce the same by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars; to make rules and regulations for preserving good order and police within the limits. of the Quarantine Ground; to impose penalties for the breach thereof; and to contract for the necessary buildings at the Quarantine Grounds.

tine performed.

Order and police.

Buildings.

stances, removal of.

The said Board shall have the power to remove, or cause to be Offensive sub- removed, any substance, matter or thing which they may deem detrimental to health, whether such substance, matter or thing be in the cities of New Orleans or Jefferson, or in the parishes of Orleans or Jefferson, on the right bank of the Mississippi river, and the respective Street Commissioners of said cities, and Police Juries of said parishes, shall, without delay, execute the orders of said Board with reference to the removal of such substance, matter or thing, and the expenses necessarily incurred in making such removal, as well as those incurred for purposes of disinfecSick persons. tion and removal of sick persons, shall be borne, respectively, by said cities, and said portions of said parishes from which such removal or wherein such disinfection shall take place.

And should any street commissioner, or street contractor, or any person, contracting or employed to clean the streets, after having been duly notified, neglect or refuse to obey any necessary sanitary order or ordinance of said Board coming within the purview of this act, such street commissioner, or street contractor,

or person contracting or employed to clean the streets, shall be held personally liable, the same as if the matter or thing complained of was by his original fault.

ferson and St.

dropped into

wharf or land

ings.

SEC. 171. It shall not be lawful for any person, firm, company 1882-52. or corporation acting under any city or parish ordinance, or No offal, garbage and night under any laws of this State, to cause or allow to be dropped soil in parishes from any wharves or landings within the parishes of Jefferson, of Orleans, Jef Orleans and St. Bernard any offal, garbage, night soil, or dead Bernard to be animals; that it shall be the duty of all persons, firms, compa- Mississippi riv nies or corporations engaged in removing offal, garbage, night er from any soil, or dead animals, to provide or cause to be provided suitable boats at each nuisance wharf or landing designated for the purpose by the proper authorities in the above mentioned parishes, in which boats all offal, garbage, night soil, or dead animals shall be dropped; that it shall be the duty of said persons, firms, companies or corporations to cause such boats to be towed daily to the lower limits of the City of New Orleans, there to be deposited in the middle of the Mississippi river. It is further provided that sewerage and night soil in the liquid may be conducted into the Mississippi river beyond low water mark, and not less than twelve feet below said low water mark, through iron pipes controlled by means of steam pumps, and at such points and under such conditions as may be approved by the Board of Health of the State of Louisiana; provided, they shall obtain the consent of the City Council to dig up the streets, and provided further that they replace the streets in the same condition as they were before said pipes were laid; and provided further, that said pipes shall not be placed in such a manner as to discharge into the river above the suction pipes of the water works.

Construction

for.

SEC. 172. All boats used for the purpose of receiving night 1877-19, extra soil shall be water tight and provided with proper appliances for session emptying the same; they shall be covered with air-tight decks of boats thereand hatches, upon which pipes of heavy sail cloth, or any other suitable material shall be adapted, and through which night soil shall be dropped. An air hole shall be provided on each of said boats for the escape of gases; on all such holes there shall be kept constantly burning a charcoal furnace of sufficient capacity to consume all gases escaping therefrom, or any other proper appliance, approved by the Board of Health.

mals in Jeffer

be dropped into

SEC. 173. It shall not be lawful for any person, firm, company offal, garbage or corporation slaughtering animals or disposing of the same in and dead aniany manner, within the parishes of Jefferson, Orleans and St. son, Orleans and Bernard, to empty into the Mississippi river from wharves or St. Bernard to landings, any offal, or droppings of said animals, or any dead middle of Misanimals. It shall be their duty to provide suitable boats, into sissippi river which shall be emptied all such offal, droppings, or dead animals, and to cause the same to be towed daily to the lower limits of the City of New Orleans, there to be emptied in the middle of the Mississippi river.

by boats.

SEC. 174. All persons violating any of the provisions of the Penalty. three preceding sections, or cause the same to be violated, shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and shall be punished by fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court; all fines not to exceed five hundred dollars, and imprisonment not to exceed

of Health.

1877--123, extra session.

Duty of Board thirty days. It shall be the duty of the Board of Health to prosecute all persons violating any of the provisions of the three preceding sections. Any resident of the parishes of Jefferson, Orleans and St. Bernard shall have a right to enjoin any and all parties from performing or causing to be performed any action contrary to the provisions of the three preceding sections; he shall further be dispensed with furnishing any bond therefor. SEC. 175. It shall be lawful for any person or persons to Authority to engage in the cleaning of vaults or privies and remove fœcal and any person or stercoraceous matter in the City of New Orleans, provided applipersons to en- cation be made and permission obtained from the City Council cleaning of and Board of Health, who shall require of the applicant or vies, with the applicants good and solvent surety in the sum of five hundred concurrent con- dollars for the faithful performance of his or their duties, and the faithful observance of the laws and city ordinances in reference to the subject.

gage in the

vaults and pri

sent of city council and Board of Health upon giving security.

To be done

by odorless pro

cess.

SEC. 176. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to clean and remove from any privy or vault the focal and sterco raceous matter deposited therein when in a liquid state, otherwise than by an odorless process.

SEC. 177. The City Council and Board of Health shall desigCity Council and Board of nate the odorless apparatus to be used, selecting such as is best Health to designate apparaadapted to secure the objects contemplated by the two preceding sections.

tus.

Manner of disposing of fœcal matter taken from

SEC. 178. No person or persons engaged in the cleaning and removing from privies, vaults, etc., focal and stercoraceous matter, shall dispose of or dump the focal and stercoraceous matter taken therefrom, except in such manner and places as the Board of Health and City Council, or any law of this State may direct, vaults or pri- and any violation of this law shall be considered a misdemeanor, and shall subject the person or persons so offending to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and imprisonment not to exceed thirty days in the Parish Prison, at the discretion of the court.

vies.

1877-117, extra session.

vaccination.

SEC. 179. The said Board shall have power and authority to make all needful rules, regulations and ordinances upon the Rules, etc., subject of vaccination within the parish of Orleans; provided, with regard to that nothing in this act shall be construed to render vaccination in any case compulsory; but the board shall encourage vaccination, and shall furnish pure and fresh vaccine matter to the district sanitary inspectors and city physicians for the purpose of gratuitous vaccination, and the furnishing of such vaccine matter shall be paid for by the Board of Health.

Powers and

vide means for

SEC. 180. The said board shall have power and authority, on duties to pro- the concurrence of the City Council, to provide for, protect, and the health of preserve, by adequate means, the health and salubrity of the New Orleans. city of New Orleans, and, in the exercise of such power and

authority, may, with the assent of the City Council, incur such necessary and reasonable expense as occasion may warrant, which expenses shall be paid by the city of New Orleans, after approval of the same by the said board, out of the budget appropriation as herein provided; and no expense beyond such budget may or shall be incurred chargeable upon the city of New Orleans. It shall hereafter be the duty of the said board to

forward to the Mayor and City Council, annually, and in time to be included in the budget of expenses of the city of New Orleans, an estimate of the probable sum required to meet the expenses aforesaid for the ensuing year, and other expenses herein provided for to be paid by the city of New Orleans; and said estimate shall include the salaries of the sanitary inspectors appointed under existing laws for the different districts of the said city, as well as the reasonable expenses of the said sanitary inspectors for rent of office and stationery for their official duties. The said board shall also make at the same time, to the City Council, a detailed statement (verified by the oath of the president and secretary thereof) of all fees, fines, forfeitures, and sums of money which have been received by the said board during the year past as well as an estimate of the probable receipts for the ensuing year; and it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council of the city of New Orleans, after considering such report and estimate, to make such appropriation as may be by them deemed necessary for the expenses of the said board, and place it on the annual budget of expenditures. And should the fees, fines, forfeitures, and sums of money which have been received by the said board, under the provisions of this act during the year exceed the expenses of said board, the said excess shall be paid into the treasury of the city of New Orleans. SEC. 181. The Board of Health, through its president or other proper officer, shall have power and authority to call upon the ities required to police authorities for necessary aid and assistance in enforcing cing the ordi any of the authority or powers conferred upon it by this act, as well Board. as enforcing any of its orders, rules and regulations. And it shall be the duty of the police authorities to render to the Board of Health such necessary aid and assistance, when so called upon, by the use of the police force as may effectually accomplish the intentions of this act, and of the orders, regulations, and ordinances of the said board.

SEC. 182. The said board shall, in any civil suit or proceeding in which it may be a party, obtain all writs, appeals, or other process without being compelled to furnish bond.

QUARANTINE.

Police author

assist in enfor

nances of the

Board dis pensed from

giving bond in suits.

shall have pow er to establish

quarantine stations and ap point Resident

SEC. 183. The Board of Health shall have power and authority The Board to establish quarantine stations upon any of the approaches to the city of New Orleans whenever in its discretion such stations may be rendered necessary to protect the health of the city of New Orleans or the State, and to make all needful rules and Physicians. regulations with reference to the management and police of such stations. It shall regulate the duties and obligations of masters of vessels and other persons there arriving, and any master of a vessel or other person who shall violate any of the rules ordinances, or regulations of the said board, made with reference to the management or police of such stations, or to vessels or other means of conveyance or transportation at, or arriving at, such stations, or shall evade or refuse visitation of the proper health or quarantine officer, or shall refuse to allow such quarantine officer to inspect, disinfect, or fumigate such vessel or other means of conveyance or transportation, shall be liable to said board in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for each and

1855-471.

every offense, to be recovered by civil suit wherever such offender, vessel, or means of conveyance may be found, and said board shall have a lien and privilege for the payment of such liability on such vessel or other means of conveyance or transportation, to be enforced by writ of provisional seizure, in which case the release bond shall be for an amount not exceeding six hundred dollars. All quarantine physicians and other officers or employes of quarantine stations, both for those now existing or that may be established hereafter, excepting the Mississippi Quaraftine Station, shall be appointed and their salaries fixed by the board.

SEC. 184. There shall be a quarantine established below the Quarantine city of New Orleans, on the river Mississippi, at a distance not less than seventy miles by the river from the city.

established.

Board of

quarantine

SEC. 185. The Board of Health is hereby authorized to locate Health to locate the Quarantine Ground, receive the transfer of the necessary ground, receive land in the name of the State, and to draw upon the Treasurer draw for of the State for the necessary amount out of the fund appropriated amount appro- under this act; provided, the consent of the Governor of the State is given to said purchase.

transfer, and

priated.

Quarantine Station at the

the Atchafa

laya.

SEC. 186. There shall be a quarantine Station at some point on thre Rigolets and on Rigolets, and another on the Atchafalaya river, two miles below "Pilots' Station," at the mouth of the Wax Bayou. The Board of Health is hereby empowered, and it shall be their duty, to locate them agreeably to the provisions of this section, but the provisions of this act shall only apply to the Station at the Rigolets from the day of the issuing of the proclamation of the Governor, as provided by section two hundred and one, declaring any port on the lake shore or on the Gulf of Mexico to be an infected place, and shall remain in full force until suspended by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Board of Health.

tr

The provisions of this act shall apply to, and be enforced at, the Quarantine Station on the Atchafalaya river from the first of May to the first of November of each year; and also when the Governor shall have issued his proclamation, as provided by section two hundred and one, and in such a case shall remain in full force until suspended by a resolution voted for by twothirds of the members of the Board of Health.

There shall be no permanent building erected at "Pilots' Station," on the Atchafalaya river, but the Board of Health shall use as a hospital for the reception of the sick, hulls and cabins of steamboats. The Board of Health shall employ an officer, whose duty it shall be, and who is hereby empowered to require from captains of vessels, steamboats or crafts, having passed the station at the Rigolets, or on the Atchafalaya river, the permit of the Resident Physician..

Appointment SEC. 187. The Board of Health shall appoint a Resident

of Resident

Physicians.

Physician for each of the two Quarantine Stations, on the Rigolets and on the Atchafalaya, and such other persons as may be necessary; provided, their salary shall run only during such time as they shall thus be employed, and shall in no case exceed, for the time thus employed, the salary of the same officers at the Quarantine Station, for the same space of time, on the Mississippi.'