Advertise ments, etc., for to State. fully paid, and shall be collected in lawful money of the United States, together with, and in the manner provided, or that may hereafter be provided for the assessment and collection of other State taxes, and, when collected, shall be especially set apart for the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds. 33. [SEC. 7.] It shall be the duty of the Auditor of Public Accounts and State Treasurer, once in each year, to give public resale of bonds notice, by advertisement for thirty days, in one or more newspapers, published in the cities of New Orleans and New York, of the amount of money in the treasury applicable to the redemption of the bonds, issued under the provisions of this act, and to invite sealed proposals for the sale of said bonds to the State of Louisiana, which sealed proposals shall be opened on the day and at the hour named in the advertisement, in presence of the Governor, Secretary of State and President of the Board of Public Works, and the lowest bids then made shall be accepted to the extent of money in the treasury applicable to the purchase; and the bonds thus purchased shall be defaced and canceled by the officials above named, and their proceedings made public through the official journal of the State, and also reported to the General Assembly at its next session; provided, that no bid shall be accepted which demands more than the face of the bond, and the interest accrued since the last preceding coupon. Cancellation of bonds. 34. [SEC. 8.] In the construction of the levees of the State, the No discrimina Board of Public Works shall not discriminate between different tion in building levees. sections of this State, but shall use all the means in their power to secure to all the people of the State, whose lands are subject to overflow, adequate levees to protect them, and to this end such levee work, as may be by the Board of Public Works deemed necessary to have done during the years eighteen hundred and seventy and eighteen hundred and seventy-one, shall be paid for in like manner as is hereinbefore provided for the payment of works already done; and any surplus fund remaining in the treasury of the State arising from the special tax levied under the provisions of this act, after the principal and interest of the bonds aforesaid shall have been fully paid, shall be held subject to the order of the Board of Public Works, to be used in the repairs of levees and stopping crevasses on streams in the State liable to overflow. Payment for future work. 1. [SEC. 3032.] There shall be a Quarantine established below 1855-471. the city of New Orleans, on the river Mississippi, at a distance not Quarantine less than seventy miles by the river from the city. established. Board of Health antine ground, to locate quar receive transfer, and draw for amount appropriated. Proviso. session. Board of Health Commissions. Power to ap 2. [SEC. 3033.] The Board of Health is hereby authorized to locate the Quarantine Ground, receive the transfer of the necessary land in the name of the State, and to draw upon the Treasurer of the State for the necessary amount out of the fund appropriated under this act; provided, the consent of the Governor of the State is given to said purchase. 3. [SEC. 2.] There shall be a Board of Health, composed of 1870-54, extra nine competent citizens of the State, three to be elected by the Council of New Orleans, on joint ballot, and six to be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The said members shall be selected with reference to their known zeal in favor of a quarantine system. The members of said Board shall be commissioned by the Governor for the term of one year, after having subscribed and filed in the office of the Secretary of Oaths of office. State an oath well and truly to enforce and comply with the provisions of said act and this amended act; and in case of neglecting or failing to comply with said required oath within ten days after their appointment or election, their office shall be considered vacant. The said Board shall have power to appoint Sanitary Inspectors, not point inspectors 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. 1855-471. 4. [SEC. 3035.] The Board of Health shall meet once a month from the first of November to the first of June, and once a week Meeting of the from the first of June to the first of November, and as often as they may deem necessary. Board of Health Time of meet zation. 5. [SEC. 3036.] The Board of Health shall meet and organize on the third Monday in April, and elect out of their own number a ing and organi President, whose duty it shall be to reside in New Orleans and Duties of Presi- superintend the different Qarantine Stations of the State, and it shall be his duty to visit them as often as the Board of Health shall deem necessary. He shall have the power to issue, during the adjournment, to Constables or Sheriffs, all orders and warrants provided by the provisions of this act, and shall report to the Attorney General all violations of the same. It shall be his duty to lay before the Board at each meeting the business to be transacted and a book in which he shall enter copies of all letters written by him, orders and warrants issued, and a detail of all his acts. He shall present at each meeting all communications forwarded to him and a report of the Resident Physicians and Treasurers, His removal. His salary. and perform all duties, as shall be assigned to him by the Board of Health. He shall only be removed by impeachment, and shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars a year. 6. [SEC. 3037.] Four members of said Board shall form a quorum; provided, however, that no contract for building shall be Quorum. entered into without the consent of a majority of the Board. 7. [SEC. 3038.] The Board of Health shall have power to appoint secretary and a Secretary, who shall act as Treasurer, who shall furnish security Treasurer. 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 authority of said Board. session. assistants. 8. [SEC. 6.] The Board of Health shall have power to employ nurses and assistants to attend the sick, and such other persons as 1870-54, extra may be necessary to carry out proper quarantine regulations, and to Nurses and fix their compensation; to fix the number of days of quarantine for vessels liable to it under sections ninth and thirteenth of this act Duration of quarantine. (three thousand and forty-third and three thousand and forty-ninth), not to be less than ten days; to determine how said quarantine shall How quaran tine performed. be performed, and to make all legal regulations not provided by this act, nor contrary to the same, 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 Quar- Order and antine Ground, and to impose penalties for the breach thereof; to contract for the necessary buildings at the Quarantine Grounds; Buildings. to appoint a Secretary, who shall act as Treasurer, whose salary Secretary shall be fifteen hundred dollars a year, and who 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 authority of said Board. police. ties, etc. stances, re The said Board shall have the power to remove, or cause to be Offensive subremoved any substance, matter or thing which they may deem detri- moval of Sick persons. Ordinances. Collection of fines. Powers of mental 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 disinfection 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. The said Board shall have power to pass and enforce by adequate fine, not in any case to exceed fifty dollars, sanitary ordinances for and within the cities of New Orleans and Jefferson, and the parishes of Orleans and Jefferson, on the right bank of the Mississippi river, and for the purpose of enforcement of said ordinances, as well as of this act and the act entitled "An Act to establish quarantine for the protection of the State," and the amendments thereto, the said Board shall have power to sue in its own name, in any civil court having competent jurisdiction, for any fines or pecuniary liabilities imposed by said ordinances or by said acts or amended acts; and said fines or moneys so recovered shall become a portion of the funds of said Board. 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. The Board shall have control of the Sanitary Police within the aforesaid cities, and the said portions of the aforesaid parishes where such Sanitary Police is upon duty, which force shall at all times consist of not less than one officer for each of the four districts of the city of New Orleans, one for the City of Jefferson, and one for the parishes of Orleans and Jefferson, on the right bank of the Mississippi river; and, in case of actual or threatened epidemic, said Board shall have power to call upon the Board of Metropolitan Police for such additional Sanitary Police force as said Board of Health shall deem necessary. The Board of Health shall have power to define the duties of officers employed by them and impose additional duties on officers |