The Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 205, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 27, 1878 Page: 4 of 4
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IATIOX rpR emmigrants.
Wjtwijing-ion ' »imty h i natd i i latitude
,}is afthti. h'kI' lotigiiivir W® west, The
lini-'M river for»s« its eastern and the l'egwa
i-.-.vk itsnortlw»i Ixmudary 'IVtsoauty <• >n-
i.tilts au area of\ab.nit 0&i,'W ;11'i"w-1 ot laud,
v. -■'] timbered and watered; the soil is of rx-
■■i'licnt (jiiallty, well adapted to the cultivation
i>f cotton, coin, wlif.i', barley, sweet
■••iii IvWt !«)tato."4, stijrar cane, snrghfifil, etc.
All kind* of fruit-. aiv.successful!y xiwvn.-
Miere arc in the vicinity of lb etiham two I nip?
•Nur—ri«s, of established, repmati.ni,_ supplv-
i/ij; :t lavire jx»rti »n of the Stale with peae-h,
pearaud atiplc stoek-i in ali their va-
rieties. The native graces are excellent;
rattle arc kapt in tine condition upon pastures
'luring the entire year; sheep are extensively
vai.-ed and re pare l>ut little corn.
The lands bordering ii|khi the streams are
heavily timbered, but are easily brought into
» ".!tivatl'jn: larje bodies of prairie land lie
between the skirts of timber, which supply
f.iel and foneirtfi within easy distances.
Wheat, oats, barley and ryearcsowinn the
full for winter pa-tare; com is planted from
ttie loth of February to the 10th or Jlarch, and
can he housed at any time after the first of
September, but it i ^ often permitted to stand
in the Held until November or December.—
Cotton is i^nmally planted between the 20th
of March and the JOtKof April, but in ordin-
ary seasons may be planted as late as the lotti
of'Ju.o, and will make a /nod crop, Cotton
picking commences generally about the llr.it
of August and ibav be continued until Christ-
mas, immediately After .which preparation i.s
made for the succeeding crop, The average
\ ield wf cnrii, that has been properly cultivat-
ed, is fortv |
|\:iltie is Ilfty
*iffy ,
west of lirenhum, is a fertile and prosperous I Texas frontier, and we recommend* tor'tim
iioiprhhirbood; there are two physicians, one. imrjjosd a law of Cougiess authorizing the
store, blacksmith and wood shop, a line hull | iai<sinjj ol'ft siiilicient cavalry tbrai in Texas,
for afiuiscmciits; there are also nevenU school i officered by Hii/en* of'l'exas; and should the
houses and churches in the neighborhood. general government fail to extend protection.
i then Ihe .State of Texas should protect herown
! border.
We declare further that the United States
DEI it. IN
rs a hamlet four miles west from Brenham,
having the convenience of churchos ia its vi-
cinity, schools, .stores, etc
<11 vera,i, tiir.i,
Is an Important town on the II. & T. Hail-
way, ten miles east (Voin Brenham. At this
place are located Smile University ahd ('hap-
ped Hill female College, with able factuliies
and a large ntirabcrof students in regular at-
tendance. The population*)!'the town about
MXI and its btisjue--. is transacted bv three law-
yers, three or tour physicians, and a number
of merchants. Keglilar services are held in
the Baptist and Methodist churches, and a Ma-
sonic Lodge meets monthly.
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Occupies a prominent place in the history of
Texas. The fb'ttt settlement in Austin's colo-
ny was made near Independence in lJ&l. The
convention which declared the Independence
ot'Texasmetat the town of Washington in Immi;
The town of Washington was the Capital of
the ltubupllcot'Textis from November ISiti un-
til l«4vt.
The fertility ofits soil nnd surpassing beau-
ty of its scenery, attracted to Ihis county im-
migration from tlm lirst settlement of the pro-
vince of Texas, and the character of its popu-
lation in intelligence and moral worth, has
not been excelled by that of any part of the
state. A large bodyofGormanssettled in this
county Stan early day., and by their ihdustri-
mis thriltaided in the rapid development of its
rich agriculttiial resources, and the various
public roads, emerging ftt the county scat,
bordered with fields in the highest
i Wis tipr ■icre a'url K average I a,'e bordered with tlcHls in the highest state
cot er bush'el tlotton land j ^cultivation. The rapid growth of its cap-
w ill vivid one bale per acre, tl,coverage price »»»taw numerous villages have kept
id Which is fortv dollars per bale. One hand, pace with the dipeopmentot the county and
w ith team and iiroper tools, can cultivate ten ! »>"*■ lair indication ot the entire county.
acres in corn and,eight,in cotton.
The population of the county having "been
" Karniing binds of good quality can be pur-j ,1ra.w» 'Y"nialmost svery Stole" in the IJuion,
chase! at from two to lifty doll.vs per acre- ! «*'.,h.e- lm»u>'raht
the price being dependent upon locality and "ml ft lends and a heart} \M
impr"tniients—and can »h'™« ery neighborhood.
Welcome in ev-
be rented at from
two-snd-a-hnlf to live dollars per acre, or
one-fourth of the cotton and one-third of all
other products. Land owners will furnish
tenants with land, houses, teams, farming
utensils, fend for team and seed for planting
for one-half of the crop, and will advance
provisions to be paid for out of the crop.
The health of this county is exceptionally i
good; no where in the county are there any ;
local causes for sickness; the neat of the sum- i
mersun is tempered by the breezes from the |
<»ulf, laden with moisture. Hermans and |
immigrants from the Northern States can and
•do labor in the tield without suffering from the
heat. A case of sunstroke has never been
known; while the knights are uniformly cool
and pleasant.
Many varieties of garden vegetables arrow
during the entire year; Irish potatoes, Eng-
lish peas, etc.. are ready for Ihe table by the
lirst of April; tomatoes, cucumbers, etc., are
abundant by the fifteenth of May; roasting
ears, sweet potatoes, watermelons, peaches,
etc.. are in market by the first of .June; dew-
berries, blackberries and strawberries are
abundant in April and May. An industrious
farmer can live luxuriously on the products of
t . e orchard and garden, with no expense oth-
er than the labor expended in the cultivation
of the soil. The use of manure in Held culture
is unknown and seldom required l'or the gar-
•den.
f'.nRXlIAM,
Hie ounK seat, w ith a population of 5000 in-
habitant, is.situated upon the Western Branch
i>f the Houston and Texas Central Railroad,
pi; miles east of Austin, the capital of the State
PLATFORM.
by
Declaration of Principles Made
the Democratic Convention. As-
sembled at Austin, July 17,
187S.
| lion. I). K. Taylor, President of the Dem-
| ocratic State Convention:
! We, your committee platform, beg to sub-
; mit the following:
! Whereas, It is right and proper that the.
| friends of constitutional government should
[reassert their devotion to it and to proclaim
^ the principles upon which it should be admin-
! istered; therefore be it
llESotAED, by the Democratic |;arty in
| convention assembled, that we have an tibid-
1 ing confidence in the devotion of the National
Democratic party to the correct principles of
government, and we pledge ourselves to co-
co-operate with it as an integral part thereof,
in itseil'orts to restore the administration of
the government to the principles upon which
it was. founded.
2. That the power* of the general govern-
ment are restricted to the express grants of
the Constitution, and all powers rot granted
are reserved to the States aud to the people
thereof.
3. That we pledge our devotion to the
union of the Stales under the Constitution,
and to the Constitution itself.
4. That a faithful adherance to the follow
„ • . ing principles is necessary as an essential to
omiles north-we.-t from Houston, 1 v. miles to the preservation of the government, viz:
from Galveston, the principal sea-port ol'tlie
•State, and .«> luibs South from St. Louis,
having communication by rail with each of
the piaces named by two* daily trains. The
railroad facilities will soon be increased by
the completion to this olac.e of the Gulf, (,'olo-
lado and Santa l"e Kaiiroad, which will con-
nect the I'a'dtle Kaiiroad with Galveston.—
Ihe Methodist, Baptist, Episcopalian, Pres-
bvterian. Christian, Catholic and German
Methodist, have places of worship. A Public
t ree School, with graded classes, a corps of
teachers and an average daily attendance of
8u0 scholars, is In successful operation. A
commodious school hailding, with all the lat-
est educational improvements, is soon to be
erected. Several accomplished musicians in-
stinct classes at private rooms. A literary
society meets weekly for reading, music and
■conversation, and extends a cordial invita-
tion to visitors The Masons, Odd Fellows,
Knuhts of Pythias, Akiba F.gars and Knights
of Honor hold reirular meetings. Sunday
schools and bible classes, upon which there is
a large attendance, are attached to each of the
churches. There are resident in the city 00
lawyers and H physician^, irtanv of whom ave
•eminent in their professions, with reputations
e i-extenslve with the State. The business of
the city is represented by three banks, two
insurance offices, about, eight dry goods and
provision stores dointr a wholesale and .job-
bing business,and about twenty-six dry goods
and provisions stores doing a relail biisiness.
There arc in addition one crockery store,
four hardware stores, three furniture stores,
three drug stores, two jewelry (Stores, one
book store, two establishments dealing ex-
tensively in wagons and machinery, one
planing mill, one iron and brass foundry,"
four blacksmith shops, four wagon shop's,
two carriage factories, two lumber yards, ore
marble yard, four palmer*, four tailor shops,
live shoemakers, three or four saddle nod
harness makers, about six milliners nnd dress
makers. Two la' go hotels furnish accommo-
dation to travelers, and a large number of
boarding hotisss entertain numerous permn-
uentgue.shj. A wel\ conducted city market,
with eight stalls, supplies beef at 5 cents per
pyuhd, pork and mutton l'i l-'i, tl-h Ifl, and
\ eretahlesof every variety at. reasonable rates.
There i~ o-e daily and three week'y newspn-
pers published here. An Opera House, built
itt a cost of 610.twt and fitted up with all the
mode.'n sta.'e appliances and abundant scen-
ery, furnishe: a popular place of amusement.'
and a large a.id hand-oinely fitted up lecture
r >o;u supplies the public want in that re.-pect
WASHINGTON*
Is situated upin the Bra/. >s river, twenty
miles e;i-t of Brenham and «i\ miles from !
Home rule; the supremacy of the civil over
the millitary power; the separation of the
church aud state; the equality of all citizens
before the law j absolute acquiescence in the
lawfully expressed will of the majority, and
the maintenance and perfection of a common
school system.
"). That the investigation of the frauds com-
mitted in the last presidential election in
Florida and Louisiana ought to have been
made by the Electoral Commission; its refus-
al to do so was a violation of the spirit of the
law under which it was organized, and a
gross outrage on the people of tiie United
Slates; and whilst the docUion was made by
the Forty-fourth Bongress, on the question of
who should be president of the United States
for the present presidential term should not,
in our judgment, bedesturbed, that decision
ought not to preclude an investigation and
ex|K>8iire by proper authority of all the frauds
connected with that election and the due ac-
countability of all who were guiltily connect-
ed therewith.
(1. That the commercial and Industrial
stagnation which has sit long prevailed
throughout the country, and the consequent
widespread of want and sulVei lug, are due di-
re ctly to the pernicions financial legislation
of the Republican party, which we hereby ar-
raign for its act;, and charge:
AltllAtGNMKNT OF THE KBPCBMCAX PAWTtf.
1. That at a time when the country was
weighed down with debt, created by the ba-
sis of the full voimueof paper, added to both
the precious metals as money, it enacted a
sweeping change in the measure of vaiue,
wholly in the interest of moneyed capital,
by demonetizing silver and deereeingthe de-
struction ot legal tender paper, arid thereby
wrongthlly lidded, in fact, hundreds of mil-
lions to the buniden of debt and taxes upon
the peofde.
;%2,- By pursuing its merciless policy of con-
tracting the paper currency and tioamlng gold
it has greatly appreciated the value of money
and correspondingly depreciates the value of
all other property, and especially of capital
designed fny productive use and required for
the employment of labor, thus repressing in-
stead of fostering industry, compelling idle-
ness Instead of .sustaining trade and com-
merce, and no\v this party declare that the
question has been settled. ' We deny this de-
claration, and while we congratulate the
country that the downward course to bank-
niptcy and rgin involved by the Republican
party'has been partially arrested by the Dem-
ocratic measures passed at the late session of
Congress, restoring the debt*-paying powers
to the silver dollar, made a law in spileof the
, president's^veto, and stopping further retire-
Navasota, on the line of The Houston r.nrilex-! mentol' greenbacks, we demand, as further
■i< < .ottrtd hallron 1. i he population of this | ttct„ of Justice as well as nieasui'e.s of relief,
place is about :!•*!, and Us l>:Hit>es4 is «, >ue by j fjl(. repeal of the resumption act, the lawful
■ evera I lawyor--, physician < ano. iiiCchants; • liuciaiion of the coin hoarded In the treasury,
the l,aptl-t. Met.iodist ad l'ie,byterian iheremnval of all restrictions to the coinage
churches hold regula- serve-; a Masonic ,,f silver, fraudulently d-monctized. the sub-
UHm is edablUmd I,ere; tw anoiis trade* ! stiturion of United States legal tender for na-
govenimcnt should fully icimbarse the State
of Texas, for all .sums of money spent in the
defense of her frontier ,
(i. \\'e deprecate the necessity which now
exists for keeping a portion of the convicts
out of the walls of the State penitentiaries,
and declare that they should be confined
therein as soon its practicable.
7, We declare that it Is the duty
of the Legislature of this state to pass nil
tu't regulating the rales of freight and tarilf
on all railroads lb the State, in obedience to
the provisions ol'tlie Slate Constitution.
8. We pledge ourselves that no money shall
borrowed or bonds issued to meet the current
expenses of the Mate government. The rate
of taxation shall not lie increased,, and the
c.nrreut eqpenscH should be confined within
the current revenue.
!). The interest of the industrial, wealth
producing classes Is the paramount interest
of the people of the United States. Those
who*e labor and eutei-pvi.se produce wealth
should bo secured in its enjoyment. Our
warmest spnipathy is extended to the labor-
ing classes who have been thrown out of em-
ployment by the ruinous financial piiiltoand
unjust legislation of the lie pub I jean party,
and we pledge the Democratic party to the. re-
vehjal of that policy and the restoration of all
Ihe rights they are entitled to upon its ascend-
ancy to power.
10. We congratulate the country upon the
restoration of the (^institutional and pacitic
policy oflocal self government in the States
of the South so long advocated by the Demo-
cratic party, and which has brought peace
and harmony to our section of the Union.
11. Upoii this platform of principles the
Democratic party, feeling that Ihe popular
heart beats in unison w ith it, appeal* to every
lover of constitutional government, whatever
may have been his formeraffllitttious, and es-
pecially lo those who bave hitherto acted and
believed with us, but who now mistakenly
hope for relief from other parties, to unite
with us in our etlorts to maintain a just and
economic administration of the State govern-
ment, and to recue the administration of the
Federal government from the hands of the un-
scrupulous party which has ml ed it for seven-
teen yearn, and which has hesitated at no
course to perpetuate its unhallowed rule.
J. C. Hutoijenson, Chairman.
a j'l handicrafts are a l''.tna> to the. waau of
tne town aud surronnmnc country.
INDF.i't.VJlKV E
f- ei,?!)t miles nOrllt-west from Wa-hlsvirton
no t twelve miles no>t!i-ea«t from Bmdinm.
Thispla-'o is thu s<-ar of Baylor Univerd:' ,
founded in lsti. a'd Baylor Female College,
u itli able fa 'ulUes and n large number of .»tu-
il«!it- i:i regular attendance. Relleions sec-
tional bank notes, and its permanent reestab-
lisluuent as the sole paper money of the couu-
try, made receivable for till dues to the gov-
ernment nnd of equal tender with csdn, the
amount of such issue to be regulated by legis-
lative or organic law, so as to give tVse people
an assurance ot sufficiency and stability in
the volume of the currency and consequent
stability of vahe. No further increase in the
v ires are held regularly by tb« BapiisK Me;!i- j bonded"debt; no further «ile of bonds for the
odist-and K;ivseopalliras, and a3la,»osdclodge j purchase of coin for resumption purposes,
i but» gradual reduction of the public debt by
payment according to the ormdnal coutnu't
by which It was created: a rigid cconomv in
mejfs. monthly
C.AY Ilf!,f.
I- i de-ne'v pop-ilated neighborhood, with
a I'nj-ibjf'iian iind Baptist eliurch and Ma-
soriiji aiwtif six miles weitoflndepen-
d jnc»>a»,.l :.inemiles north of Brenham. Two
'tryg e»l- stones snpnly the wants of the neigh-
1. .'rbo eh t -vo |ih»',ic.ians are able to meet, the
d - na.viiir medic;d services. Live Oak Fe»
male s.oi.l'.ai'V, which has lieen conduced
v. i n gren • slice>s for overtwtuity-tlve years,
isloctiv/l be.e.
I.OW^t'OIVT
T- H'Til'tej'.hn'Jj'ie, t!uce ;ui 0* west from Gay
Hit! and id te miles >iorth-w;est from Brenham
It .nee foe centre of a large trade, which
has been transferred to
m'irroN,
A town with ft nopula'ion of about Wiuhnbi-
tantstt*ifoat«d ujioi) the Western Branch of
theH. AT. C. R .S miles south—west from
Long Point and II miles north-west from
Brenham. There are re id en t here several
lawyers, physicians nod merchant*: the Ban-
o * ind Methodi ts ha ve chnrches in which
sfrviftes a>." reifitlarl.v held, and the Masons
Fellows have regularly, organized
i. ■«
all branches of public servUce, ami ti tari.i' for
revenue only.
mOiOTKATlC fINAXn.U, rot,ICY AND PIUS CI-
I'l.KS.
1. We favor one currency for the govern-
ment and the people, the laborer aed the of-
tlce-holder, the pensioner and the siddier,
the producer and the bond bolder.
'1. We hold tha|the right of States to tax
property in the States h in violah1<», and that
the Unite 1 Stum* bond"! should bear the bi.v-
(b'n of the government equally with all other
prowrtv, and letrislation that exenqits said
AN ORDINANCE.
To-prevent the introduction of contagious
diseases into the city, and to provide for
the establishment of quarantine regulations.
He it ordained by ,the city council of the
city of Brenham.
Section I. That the mayor is hereby
authorized and empowered, whenever in
his judgment it shall be necessary, to issue
his proclamation declaring quarantine
against all places infected with contagious
diseases, which said quarantine shall con-
tinue in force until the mayor, by and with
the advice of the health physician, shall
announce, by proclamation, that the same
is suspended.
Section 2. It shall be the duty of the
city council to elect a health physician, and
one or two health inspectors if it
..shall be deemed necessary, whose terms of
office shall begin witli the issuance of the
proclamation declaring quarantine, and
shaiy_'xpire with the proclamation raising
said quarantine. They shall receive such
pay as the city council may lix.
Section 3. It shall be the duty of the
health physician to exercise a general su-
perin'.endance over the sanitary condition
of the city; to note, observe and take steps
to suppress all causes for sickness, and to
report the same to the city council, ahd
generally, in conjunction wiih the mayor,
to direct and superintend the enforcement
of the health and quarantine regulations,
and to that end, he shall, during the exist-
ence of the quarantine, exercise the powers
and duties of the city marshal in the en-
forcement thereof.
Section 4. The Health inspectors shall
be under the supervision of the health phy-
sician, and it shall be the duty of eacb to
search out and ascertain every nuisance in
the city, and to inspect and examine the
condition of the premises and out-houses of
ali persons in the city, as well as streets
ayd alleys and out-lots, &c.; and, to this
end, the heatth physician and each health
inspector shall be priveleged to enter upon
the premises, and into the houses and out-
houses of such persons and inspect the con-
dition of the same, having first asked per-
mission of the owners or occupants thereof.
And, it shall be their duty to report all nui-
sances, unclean premises, &c. to the may-
or. who shall have the same cleaned and
disinfected.
Section 5. A ny person who shall neg-
lect or refuse to observe the orders and reg-
ulations of the health physician, or resist
the health physician or health inspectors in
the discharge of thsir duties as here pre-
scribed, shall, on conviction before th may-
or, be punished by a line not to exceed
one hundred dollars.
Section 6: The owner, driver, conduc-
tor or person in charge of any stage, rail-
road car, or public conveyance, which
shall enter the city at any time, having
aboard any person sick of a malignant fe-
ver, or pestilential, contagious or infectious
disease, unless such person became sick on
the way and could not be left, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall,
on conviction thereof before the mayor, he
punished by fine not exceeding one hun-
dred dollars.
Section 7. Such owner, driver, conduc-
tor or person in charge, as enumerated in
the next proceeding section, shall, within
three hours after the arrival of said sick
person, although he may have became sick
on the way, report*in writing the facts, with
the name of such person, and the house
where he was put down in the city to the
health physician, or, if there is no health
physician, to the mayor. Any violation of
the provisions of this section shall be pun-
ished by fine, on conviction of the offender
before the mayor, not exceeding one hun-
dred dollars.
Section 8. Any person or any owner,
driver, conductor, or any person in charge
or any stage railroad car or public con-
veyance, who shall bring or cause to be
muds rt-om t.ftfetion U ^ht W
*1, We declare that ail IhiikIs and ohligu- ty ot any kind aftectcd, tainted or uitected
flons of the national government ought to lie
paid in lesal tender notes of the United States,
except where It Is otherwi se prouhled by the
original Jaw trader which they were issued;
and all that can be called and paid now
should be pah' at once, and the remainder as
Mon ftflt It can be lawfully done.
4. We heartily approve the action of Con»
gress In passing "the act known asJlie silver
ty of any . HIVipHliiPJIH
with malignant fever, or any pestilential or
inlectious disease shall be guilty oi a . lis-
demeanor, and on conviction thereof be-
fore the mayotf, shall be punished by fine
not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or
by both fine and imprisonment.
or other sick person, shall
report the fact and the name of the person
in writing within six hours after he came to
the house or was taken sick therein to the
health physician. Every physician in this
I city shall report in writing to the health
! physician the name, residence and disease
of every person whom he shall have sick of
any malignant fever, or infectious or pesti-
lential disease, within six hours after he
hall have visited such patient. Any per*
soil who siiall violate the provisions of this
section, shall, 011 conviction thereof before
Ihe mayor, be punished by fine not exceed-
ing one hundred dollars.
Section 10. It shall be the duty of the
Mayor and health physician to designate
one or more points outside of the limits ot
the city on the line of the railroad as quar-
antine station or stations. At these points
all trains approaching the city shall be
stopped, and all persons on board who
shall have left any infected place within
twenty days shall be stopped and prevent-
ed from entering the city until twenty days
have expired from the time of their leaving
the infected place. And all goods, wares
and merchandise in boxes, bales, barrels,
trunks or in any condition to carry infection
destined for Brenham shall be thoroughly
disinfected before being allowed to pro-
ceed.
Section 11. Any person who shall en-
ter the city ot any time, within twenty days
after he lias left any infected place, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
on conviction before the mayor, shall be
fined in any sum not exceeding one hun-
dred dollars, or imprisoned for any term
not exceeding thirty days, or may be pun-
ished by both fine and imprisonment.
Section 12. Any merchant, or any oth-
er person who shall at any time receive into
the the city any wares, goods or merchan-
dise in boxes, barrels, bales, trunks or in
any iny condition o carry infection coming
from any infected place, shall be deemed
guilty ofa misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof before the mayor, shall be punished
by*line not exceeding one hundred dollars,
cr by imprisonment not exceeding thirty
dys, or by both line or imprisonment.
Section 13. Each quarantine station
shall be under the supervision of the health
physician and in charge of an officer or of-
ficers appointed by him, who shall receive
such compensation as may be fixed by the
city council. They shall be sworn as city
police and shall have the powers of police-
men while in the discharge of their duties.
Section 14. Whenever in his judgment
it shall he necessary, the mayor may quar
antine any building, private house or premi-
ses whenever any person may be sick with
any contagious, infectious or pestilential
disease, and any one violating said quaran-
tine shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean-
or, and on conviction thereof before the
Mayor, shall be fined in any sum not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars.
Section 15. The conductor in charge of
any railroad car, who shall enter the city,
having on board any goods, wares, &c.,
mentioned in section 10 of this ordinance,
without having first observed and submit-
ted to the quarantine regulations of the city,
in having said wares, goods, &c. disinfect-
ed, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean-
or, and on conviction thereof before the
mayor, shall be punished by fine not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars, 0. by impris-
onment not exceeding thirty days, or by
both line and imprisonment.
Section 16. It shall be unlawful for any
box car to be opened within the corporate
limits of the city during the pendency ol
quarantine.
Section 17. It shall be unlawful to open
any bale, box, package, barrel or bundle of
goods within the corporate limits of the city
during the pendency of quarantine.
Section 18. It shall be unlawful to bring
any goods, merchandise, clothing or any-
thing into the city in boxes, barrels, pack-
ages, trunks or bundles during the penden-
cy of quarantine.
Section 19. Any person violating the
provisions of section 16, 17 and 18 of this
ordinance shall, on conviction thereof be-
fore the mayor, be punished by fine uot ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars, or by impris-
onment not exceeding thirty days, or by
both fine and imprisonment.
Section 20. All ordinances and parts of
ordinances conflicting with this ordinance,
an especially sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of
on ordinance entitled "An Ordinance for
the I'reeervation of the Health of the 'City,
to Establish a Board of Health and Define
its duties," approved January 15th, 1873,
and so much of the caption thereof as reads
as follows: "to Establish a Board of Health
and Define its Duties;" and also an amend-
ment of said ordinance entitled "Ann Ordi-
nance to Amend an Ordinance Entitled an
Ordinance for the Preservation of the
Health of the City, and to Establish a
Board of Health and Define its Duties,"
approved January 12th. 1875, are hereby
repealed, and this ordinance shall have
force and effect from and after its passage.
Approved Aug. 6th, 1878.
M. P. KERR, Mayor.
ordained by the city council of the
■ of Brenham:
lection I. That there be and is hereby
! levied for the use of the city as a special
fund, for the payment of interest and a
part of the principal of the indebtedness ol
the city for the year 1878. upon all property
in the city, both real and personal, an aim it-
i al, direct and ad valorem tax of one-eighth
of one per cent.
Section 2. This ordinance shall have
| force and effect from and al ter the date of
t its passage.
Approved August 19th. 1878.
M. 1'. KERR, Mayor,
j Attest: C. H. CARLISLE, Secretary.
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A
Tax for School Purposes :
I Be it ordained by the city council of the
I city of brenham :
Section I. That there be and is hereby
i levied for the use of the city as a special
| fund for the support of the public free
; schools for the scholastic year beginning
Sep. 1st, 1878, and ending Aug. 31st, 1879.
said c.ty. both real
and personal; an annual, direct and ail
upon all property in
valorem tax of one-fourth of one per cent.
Section 2. This ordinance shall have
foVce and effect from and after the date id
its passage.
Approved August 19th, 1878.
M. P. KERR, Mayor.
Attest: C. II. CARLILLE, Secretary.
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A
Tax for General Purposes:
Be it ordained by the city council of the
city of Brenhum.
Section 1, That there be and is hereby
levied for the use of the city as a general
fund for the payment of current expenses
for the year 1878 upon all property, both
real and personal, an annual, direct and
ad valorem tax of one-fourth of one per
cent.
Section 2. This ordinance shall have
force and cftect from and alter the date 0
its passage.
Approved August, 19th, 1878.
M. P. KERR, Mayor.
Attest: C. II. CARLISLE. Secretary,
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN
ordinance to prohibit the running aJ
large ol hogs, sheep and goats; approved
June 17, 1878 :
Pe it ordained by the city council of the
city of Bienham:
Section 1. That section 5 of an ordi-
nance entitled "An ordinance to prohibit
the running at large of hogs, sheep, and
goats," approved jime 17,1878, be amend-
ed so as to read as follows : Section 5.—
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance be and is here-
by repealed, and this ordinance shall haye
force and effect from and after the 17th day
of August, 1878.
Section 2. This ordinance shall have
force and effect from and after its passage.
Approved August 17th, 187S.
M. P. KERR, Mayor.
Attest: C. II. CARLISLE, Secretary.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN
ordinance entitled "An ordinance to
prevent the introduction of contagious dis-
eases into the city, and to provide for the
establishment of quarantine regulations,1'
approved August 0, 1878 :
be it ordained by the city council of the
city of Brenham:
Section 1. That section 2 of the ordi-
nance entitled "An ordinance to prevent
the introduction of contagious diseases into
the city, and to provide for the establish-
ment of quarantine regulations," approved
Aug. 6th, be amended so as to read as fol-
lows :
Section 2. It shall be the duty of the city
council to elect a health physician and as
many health inspector as may be deemed
necessary, whose term of.office shall begin
at the day of their appointment and shall
continue until the 1st day of December
1878. T he health inspectors shall exercise
the powers and duties of the city marsha
in the enforcement of all ordinances for th
preservation of health and the prevention
of the introduction of contagious diseases.
The health physician and inspectors shall
receive such paj as the city council may fix.
Section 2. 'I his ordinance shall be in.
force and eflect from and after its passage,
Approved August 17,1878.
M. I'. KERR, Mayor
Attest: C. II. CARLISLE, Secretary.
PROCLAMATION.
By virtue of authority vested in me by an
ordinance of the city of Brenham, entitled
"An ordinance to prevent the introduction
of contagious diseases into the city, and to
provide for the establishment of quarantine
regulations, approved August 6th, 1878,
I, M. P. Kerr, mayor of the city of Bren-
ham, do hereby proclaim quarantine against
New Orleans, (La,) Memphis. (Tenn.)
Vicksburg, (Miss.) and all other places
that may now or hereafter be infected with
yellow fever. ,
The health physician will assume his du-
ties, and all officers charged with the en-
forcement thereof will sec that the require-
ments of said ordinance are observed and
said quarantine enforced.
M. P. KERR, Mayor.
Brenham, Texas, August 20th, 1878.
G
EORGE NEESON,
Barber and Hair-Drcsscr,
Ant Street, under Central House, Brenham.
Shaving. Shampooning and Hair-cuttin
done to order, and satisfaction guarantee
Patronage solicited.
NOTICE IV PROBATE.
To the Sheriff or any Constable of Wash-
ing County, Greeting:
You are hereby commanded to publish
for twenty days in the Brenhr.m Banner,
a newspaper published in said county, the
following notice:
THE STATE OE TEXAS,
To all persons interested in the estate of
C. llotz deceased, G. \Y. Graber has filed
in the county court, of Washington county,
his final account with said estate and made
application for discharge from his trust as
administrator of said estate, which will be.
heard at the next term of the county court,
commencing on the third Monday in Sep-
tember, iS^S, at the court house thereof in
the city of Brenham, at which time all per-
sons interested in said estate may appear
and contest said application if they see
proper.
Herein fail not, under penalty of the law,
and of this writ make due return.
Witness: II. M. Lewis, clerk of said
n court, and the seal thereof at of-
I ! g | 'ice, in the city of Brenham, thi:-,
I "" the-24th day of August, A. 1).,
r— 1878.
II. M. LEWIS.
Clerk ol the county court of Washington
county.
ByC. F. HERBST, Dep'y.
I hereby certify the above is a true and
correct copy of the original now in my
hands,
J. H. HUTCHINSON, Sheriff.
By M. 11, WILLIAMS, Deputy.
Aug, 25, d 1 w 21.
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Attorneya -at -Law
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