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YELLO-; "EVER IN MI~SISSI??I
\ffll 0@Q2.Cj	November 10,	189 7
"The Coast Beacon" - Pass Christian, '•'i^s.,	S-.t. Nov. 13,	1897	- p.	3
MISSISSIPPI BOARD RELAXING Jackson, Miss., Nov. 10, 1897.—
No new cases of yellow fever were reported to the State Board of Health today.
To-ni?ht the board issued the following ordinance:
"Be it ordained by the Executive Committee of the Mississippi State Board of Health,
That from and after this date all railway trains entering the State of Mississippi shall be allowed to stop at their depots in towns in the State of Mississippi, and the inspection of passenger trains by local authorities is hereby	ordered discontinued;	provided that	nothing in	thi:
shall be construed as	to prevent local health authorities	from	forbidding
persons from infected places getting off in their towns.
"Be it ordained, etc.,
That mail matter and newspapers from all points without and within this State shall be received at all points within the State without being fumigajt ed.
"Be it ordained, etc.,
That tropical fruits are hereby allowed to be brought into the State of Mississippi from all non-infected points.
"Be it ordained, etc.,
That the State quarantine against the city of Memphis, in the State of Tennessee, is hereby raised, and all relay stations for changes of crews on railways entering the State of Mississippi from the city of Memphis are hereby ordered to be removed.
"Be it ordained, etc.,
That oassenper and freight traffic to and from New Orleans and ^obi^e on all railroads that enter the counties of Jackson, Harrison and Hancock shall be regulated as follows:
First--r’or infected points Intercourse shall be free and unrestricted.
Second--TT'or non-infected points intercourse sha"1 1 be in
accordance with ordinances of the State Board of Health, and those not in conflict therewith imoored by local health authorities of said non-infected points.
"Be it ordained, etc.,
That passenger and frei ^ht traffic on t he Ala bama and Vicksburg Road\ between Meridian and Vicksburg, is hereby modified so as to allow all trains to stop at Bolton and Eovina.