in the same manner and under the same conditions as are required by section 1, and

113. All plans, specifications and contracts for the above buildings shall be submitted to and approved by the Governor of the State; provided, that

114. The cost of said buildings shall in no case exceed the amount hereinbefore appropriated.

Section 26. Be it further enacted, etc.,

Section 27. Be it further enacted, etc.,

115. That the Board of Health and their successors is hereby created a body corporate, under the name of the Board of Health of the State of Louisiana, to sue and be sued under that title.

Section 28. Be it further enacted, etc.,

116. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed.

117. Be it further enacted, etc., That this act shall take effect from and after its passage.

ACT 14, A. D., 1870.

[Approved March 16, 1870.]

AN ACT

To amend "An Act to Establish Quarantine for the Protection of the State."

Socong. Be it further enacted, etc.,

that the Board of Health shall have power to employ nurses und assistants to attend the sick and such other persons as may necessary to carry out the proper quarantine regulations. and to tx their compensation, to fix the number of days of squal pitme for vessels liable to it under sections 9 and 13 of Latex act not to be less than ten days;

carmine how said quarantine shall be performed, and To take all legal regulations not provided by this act, nor coachay to the same, and necessary to carry out a proper sysqua: intime, and

121. To enforce the same by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars;

122. To make rules and regulations for preserving good order and police within the limits of the Quarantine Ground, and

123. To impose penalties for the breach thereof; *

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124. To appoint a Secretary who shall act as Treasurer, and

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125. Who shall furnish security in the sum of ten thousand dollars. 126. 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 * for the purpose of the enforcement of

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** * * this act and the act entitled "An Act to establish quarantine for the protection of the State" and the amendments thereto, the

127. 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 acts or amended

acts; and

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128. Said fines or moneys so recovered shall become a portion of the funds of said Board. * * *

129. The Board of Health shall have power to define the duties of officers eniployed by them and impose additional duties to officers appointed under this act;

130. To issue warrants to any constable, police officer or sheriff in the State;

131. To apprehend and remove such person or persons as can not otherwise be subjected to the provisions of this act, or who shall have violated the same, and

132. Whenever it shall be necessary to do so, to issue their warrant to the sheriff of the city or parish where any vessel may be, having violated the provisions of this act, commanding him to remove said vessel to the quarantine ground and arrest the officer thereof;

133. All which warrant shall be executed by the officer to whom the same shall be directed, who shall possess the like power in the execution thereof and be entitled to the same compensation as if the same had been duly issued out of any Court of the State.

ACT No. 68, A. D., 1876.

[Approved March 24, 1876.]

AN ACT

To authorize the Board of Health of the State of Louisiana to detain and disinfect, and to pass after disinfection, vessels from infected ports at and from Quarantine Station, in lieu of a time of quarantine detention in certain cases, and to repeal conflicting laws.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the State and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,

134. That the Board of Health of the State of Louisiana be and is hereby authorized and empowered at its discretion, at any time to cause the detention at Quarantine Station for the purposes of disinfection and fumigation, and to disinfect, fumigate and purify any or all vessels from ports in which yellow fever usually prevails, or from ports where other contagious or infectious diseases are reported to exist, and

135. After such disinfection, fumigation and purification at quarantine, to permit the passage to the city of New Orleans of such vessel or vessels, without any prescribed time of detention, when it is satisfied that the same have been properly and sufficiently disinfected and purified so that said vessels or vessel may safely be permitted to pass without damage to the public health or risk of contagion.

Section 2. Be it further enacted, etc.,

136. That all laws or parts of laws conflicting with this act be and the same are, so far as respects the operations of this act, hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect from and after its passage.

ACT No. 80, A. D., 1877.

[Approved April 20, 1877.]

AN ACT

To render more efficient the Board of Health of the State of Louisiana; to define its powers and prescribe its duties and those

of quarantine and other officers under its control; to provide for its expenses and for the recording of births, deaths and marriages in the parish of Orleans, and to provide penalties for the enforcement of this act and for violation of the same, and for the ordinances and orders made in pursuance thereof. Section I. *

Section 2.

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Section 5. Be it further enacted, etc.,

137. That the Board of Health, through its proper officers, shall have power and authority to call upon the police authorities for necessary aid and assistance in enforcing any of the authority or powers conferred upon it by this act, as well as enforcing any of its orders, rules and regulations. 138. And it shall be the duty of the police authority 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 said board.

Section 6. Be it further enacted, etc,,

139. That the said board shall, in any civil suit or proceedings in which it may be a party, obtain all writs, appeals or other process, without being compelled to furnish bond.

Section 7. Be it further enacted, etc.,

140. That the said board shall have power and authority to establish quarantine stations upon any of the approaches of 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

141. To make all needful rules and regulations with reference to the management and police of such stations.

142. It shall regulate the duties and obligations of masters of vessels and other persons there arriving, and

143. Any master of a vessel or other person who shall violate any of the rules, ordinances or regulations of 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 who 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 every offence, to be recovered by civil suit wherever such offender, vessel or means of conveyance may be found, and said board shall have lien and privilege for the payment of said liability on such vessel or other means of conveyance or transportation, to be conserved by writs of provisional seizure, in which case bond shall be given in amount to be determined by the judge issuing the writ, and the release bond shall be for an amount not exceeding six hundred dollars.

144. All quarantine physicians and other officers employed for quarantine stations, both for those now existing or that may be established hereafter, excepting the Mississippi Quarantine Station, shall be appointed and their salaries fixed by said board.

Section 14. Be it further enacted, etc.,

145. That this act shall not be construed so as to deprive the Board of Health of any powers or authority it has under existing laws, and

146. That all acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

ACT No. 31, A. D., 1882.

[Approved July 1, 1882.]

AN ACT

Fixing the salary of the Assistant Resident Physician at the Quarantine Station on the Mississippi River.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana,