No. 21879.
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS v. MANGIARISINA.
(April 24, 1916. Rehearing Denied May 22, 1916.)
PROVOSTY, J. The accused was prosecuted before the Second recorder's court for violation of the following ordinance:
An Ordinance Defining Rat-Proofing of All Buildings.
An ordinance to better protect the public health, and particularly to prevent the introduction and spread of bubonic plague, by providing for the rat-proofing of all buildings, outhouses and other superstructures, stables, lots, open areas and other premises, sidewalks, streets and alleys in the city of New Orleans.
Whereas, during the month of June, 1914, the bubonic plague made its appearance in the city of New Orleans, and thereby threatened the health and lives of the people through the ravages of the dread disease, and menaced the prosperity of the entire community through the imminence of destructive quarantines....
