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          Synopsis of Ordinances, 1841-1937


Subjects beginning with letter H

Main Heading Subheading1 Subheading2 Ordinance Number & Series Date Synopsis Notes
Health, Board of

6365 OS 1865 Creating the office of Analytical Chemist for the City of New Orleans. See also 5631 NCS - authorizing appointment of a recognized alienist for the treatment of insane persons, and to give expert testimony in courts.
Health, Board of

16168 CS 1900 Directing that the Committee on Legislation draft an amendment to the City Charter, or the State Constitution, proposing the abolishment of the City Board of Health.
Health, Board of

9909 CCS 1927 Approving the action of the Board of Health fixing the salary of the Chairman and Superintendent at $485.00 per month.
Health, Board of Establishment
Resolution 1841/06/19 Providing for the nomination of members to compose a Board of Health for the City of New Orleans, as contained in ordinance establishing a Board of Health passed on June 8th, 1841.
Health, Board of Establishment

1846/07/16 Establishing a Board of Health for the City of New Orleans and defining its powers. General Council sittings.
Health, Board of Establishment

1850 An act establishing a Board of Health State Act of 1850. See small book entitled "City of Lafayette"
Health, Board of Establishment
1145 CC 1853 Providing that the Common Council shall elect a group of fifteen citizens, not more than one half to be practicing physicians, who shall form a Board of Health in and for the City of New Orleans. Defining the powers and duties of said Board.
Health, Board of Establishment
1187 CC 1853 Providing for the location and establishment of a Quarantine Station by the City of New Orleans.
Health, Board of Establishment
1933 OS 1855 Petitioning the State Legislature to make appropriation for the establishment of a Quarantine and Board of Health in the City of New Orleans, and requesting that a portion of the State Improvement Fund be used for drainage.
Health, Board of Establishment Supplemental ordinance, General Council Sitting June 21, 1842
1842 Imposing a fine on physicians and undertakers for failure to furnish a certificate of death as provided for in Ordinance of the General Council of June 8th, 1841. Providing also that no one shall bury a corpse within the city limits except in the established cemeteries, and then not without an undertaker's license or permit from the Mayor.
Health Laws




See - Rice Chaff, Aninals - Dead, Garbage and Incinerators, Markets, Milk - Milk Products - Dairies, Bakeries, Cisterns, Ice - Ice Cream - Weeds and Grass, Rat-Proofing, Hospitals - Laundries, Drainage - Drains and Gutters, Moral Code.
Health Laws Animals, Diseased or Dead
15524 CS
Must report infectious disease of animals.
Health Laws Animals, Diseased or Dead
6129 NCS
Pertaining to the removal and rendering of dead animals. See also 370 NCS & 9917 CS.
Health Laws Animals, Diseased or Dead
6533 AS
Prohibiting the slaughtering of diseased animals, and the landing of same in city.
Health Laws Animals, Diseased or Dead
6648 AS
Pertaining to the removal and rendering of dead animals. See also 370 NCS & 9917 CS.
Health Laws Animals, Diseased or Dead
7741 CS
Providing that animals suffering with glanders shall not be brought within the city limits
Health Laws Animals, Diseased or Dead
3121 OS 1856
Article I, Section 28 and Article II, Section 3.
Health Laws Animals, Diseased or Dead
1881 AS 1872 Making it unlawful to turn out on the streets any diseased horse or other animal.
Health Laws Animals, Limits for Keeping



See Animals
Health Laws Animals, Limits for Keeping
2565 CCS
Extension of hog limits beyond present locations.
Health Laws Animals, Limits for Keeping
4530 CS
Establishing limits in which stables may be operated.
Health Laws Animals, Limits for Keeping
7709 CCS
Amending 13335 CS and 1202 CCS providng dairy limits.
Health Laws Burials
1171 CS
Requiring the burial of all diseased persons in the cemeteries belonging to the city, and without delay.
Health Laws Burials
2763 CCS
Regulating the transporttion of bodies into the city for burial or other disposition. Repealed by 2799 CCS.
Health Laws Burials
3036 CS
Unlawful to bring into New Orleans any indigent dead or indigent insane person for burial or treatment.
Health Laws Burials
3121 CS
Article III, Section 7 of this Ordianance.
Health Laws Burials
3174 OS
Forbidding burial without a ceertificate. Governing construction, and permits to open tombs, rules for Sextons, reports of burials, rates of entombments, etc., etc.
Health Laws Burials
1582 OS 1854 Providing for the issuance of burial certificates and the burial of charity subjects.
Health Laws City Chemist
6365 OS 1865 Creating the office of Analytical Chemist for the City of New Orleans.
Health Laws Contagious Disease



Leprosy under special caption.
Health Laws Contagious Disease



Yellow Fever under special caption.
Health Laws Contagious Diseases
10 NCS
Providing for an Isolation Hospital.
Health Laws Contagious Diseases
12908 CS
Making it unlawful to tear down or destroy flags indicating the presence of Small Pox, Yellow Fever, Diphtheria, etc.
Health Laws Contagious Diseases
1410 NCS
To make unlawful to harbor a leper or lepers.
Health Laws Contagious Diseases
15709 CS
Rules governing operation of Laundries. See also 800 CCS.
Health Laws Contagious Diseases
16017 CS
Making it unlawful for any common carrier to transport into the Parish any person suffering with an infectious or contagious disease.
Health Laws Contagious Diseases
16238 CS
Restricting movements of persons in homes where contagious disease is prevalent.
Health Laws Contagious Diseases
216 CS
Appointing Sanitary Police Officers and prescribing their duties.
Health Laws Contagious Diseases
2777 CS
Making it unlawful for any person to expose any child or minor to contagious, infectious, other disease.
Health Laws Contagious Diseases
2873 NCS
Providing for the purchase of a vehicle for transporting diseased persons.
Health Laws Contagious Diseases
5112 CCS
To prevent the spread of venereal disease. See also 5464 CS. - See Moral Code.
Health Laws Contagious Diseases
6046 AS
To provide for fumigation of buildings, water crafts, bedding, clothing, etc. Amended by 3232 NCS.
Health Laws Contagious Diseases
612 NCS
Prohibiting spitting on sidewalks or floors of public places.
Health Laws Contagious Diseases
7655 NCS
Providing for the destruction of breeding places for flies.
Health Laws Contagious Diseases
85 CS
Prohiting the attendance in public schools, traveling on street cars or other public vehicles of children, or other persons, in whose families contagious diseases exist.
Health Laws Contagious Diseases
8968 NCS
Providing for the prevention and spread of Bubonic Plague through the medium of rats. Amended and re-enacted by 1442 CCS - See Ratproofing
Health Laws Contagious Diseases
3308 AS 1875 Prohibiting persons with contagious diseases from riding on street cars. See Hospitals - See Quarantine
Health Laws Food and Drink
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???? Meat (not considered game) in the city limits before inspection by the Board of Health.
Health Laws Food and Drink
10086 CS
Covering the adulteration of molasses.
Health Laws Food and Drink
14548 CS
Regulating the slaughtering of cattle and other animals at all abattoirs, and providing a system of inspection of meats.
Health Laws Food and Drink
14807 CS


Health Laws Food and Drink
15488 CS


Health Laws Food and Drink
2417 NCS
Prohibiting the adulteration of candy, regulating the use of coloring matter, providing that same be protected from flies. See also 5298 and 5299 NCS.
Health Laws Food and Drink
2564 CCS
Regulating the manner of handling food stuffs by protection against dust, insects and other contaminating influences.
Health Laws Food and Drink
2570 CCS
Requiring persons handling foodstuffs, also persons stabling animals on premises, to obtain permit from the Bd.
Health Laws Food and Drink
3118 NCS
Prohibiting the sale of fish after being condemned by health officer.
Health Laws Food and Drink
3738 NCS
Providing sanitary regulations regarding cooking in tenement houses.
Health Laws Food and Drink
4389 NCS
Prohibiting the sale of food or drink when sour or decomposed.
Health Laws Food and Drink
485 NCS
Prohibiting the pickling of tainted or unwholesome meat.
Health Laws Food and Drink
8617 NCS


Health Laws Food and Drink
6533 AS 1880 To prevent the sale of adulterated articles used as food. See also General Health Law
Health Laws Garbage: Trash - Oyster Shells
12037 CCS
Providing for the collection and disposal of garbage. See Garbage and Incinerators.
Health Laws Garbage: Trash - Oyster Shells
3081 CCS
Prohibiting the emptying of garbage, ashes, cinders, etc., onto the sidewalks or streets. See 6022 AS.
Health Laws Garbage: Trash - Oyster Shells
31 AS
Providing for the collection of garbage and trash.
Health Laws Garbage: Trash - Oyster Shells
5445 OS
Govering hotels and boarding houses.
Health Laws Garbage: Trash - Oyster Shells
6987 NCS
Providing for the removal of oyster shells from saloons, restaurants, depots, etc.
Health Laws Garbage: Trash - Oyster Shells
1590 OS 1854 Regulating offensive material placed on streets sidewalks and in yards. See also 3121 OS, Article I, Section 12, 13 and 14
Health Laws Garbage: Trash - Oyster Shells
4028 OS 1858 Amending Articles 544 and 545 of Section 13 and 14 of the "Revised ordinances of the City of New Orelans: relative to the sanitary conditions of the city.
Health Laws General Health and Sanitary Laws
11299 CCS
Regulating bathing beaches and swimming pools as to safety and sanitation.
Health Laws General Health and Sanitary Laws
12070 CCS
Prescribing sanitary rules and regulations for barber and beauty shops, also hours. Amended by 12555 CCS.
Health Laws General Health and Sanitary Laws
2321 CCS
Demolishing Sugar Shed "C" (Ratproofing)
Health Laws General Health and Sanitary Laws
2566 CCS
Requiring proprietors of hotels, restaurants, shops, factories, tanneries, manufacturers, etc., to have names and addresses written plainly and displayed in a conspicious place. Also on carts, wagons, and delivery trucks. See 2564 and 2570 CCS.
Health Laws General Health and Sanitary Laws
2568 CCS
Providing for the sanitation of Theatres and Picture Shows. 2569 CCS - RR.
Health Laws General Health and Sanitary Laws
2569 CCS
Disenfecting R. R. trains.
Health Laws General Health and Sanitary Laws
2571 CCS
Prohibiting dry sweeping in streets & public places.
Health Laws General Health and Sanitary Laws
2572 CCS
Regulating Privy vaults and cesspools.
Health Laws General Health and Sanitary Laws
2573 CCS
Regarding sewer connections.
Health Laws General Health and Sanitary Laws
2923 NCS
Making it unlawful to sell impure or polluted water or to manufacture ice from such water.
Health Laws General Health and Sanitary Laws
612 NCS
Prohibiting spitting on sidewalks and floors of public places.
Health Laws General Health and Sanitary Laws
6583 NCS
Governing laundries.
Health Laws General Health and Sanitary Laws
7709 CCS
Amending 13335 CS and 1202 CCS providing sanitary rules for Dairies.
Health Laws General Health and Sanitary Laws
8665 CCS
Prohibiting the subdivision of lands without proper water supply and sewerage service and fire protection.
Health Laws General Health and Sanitary Laws
3121 OS 1856 Article III, Sections 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14.
Health Laws General Health and Sanitary Laws
6022 AS 1879 Governing foods, drugs, sanitation of factories, dairies, slaughterhouses, stables, etc. Providing for the removal of garbage, prohibiting obstrction of gutters, condemning unhealthy buildings, etc. See 235 NS as amended by 1658 NS.
Health Laws Leprosy
5185 CS 1891 Authorizing the employment of a physician at $25.00 per month per patient, for treatment of persons, suffering with leprosy. See 1410 NCS - making it unlawful to harbor a leper or lepers.
Health Laws Streets, Drains, and Gutters
5111 CCS
Requiring that drains and plumbing fixtures be kept in usable condition.
Health Laws Streets, Drains, and Gutters
6835 CCS
Providing for the removal of weeds and unhealthy growths from streets and sidewalks. See 3080 CCS and 3081 CCS, also 6022 AS as amended by 235 NS and 1658 NS.
Health Laws Streets, Drains, and Gutters
4788 AS 1875 To provide for the cleanliness of streets and gutters, prescribing the duties of householders and the duties of police.
Health Laws Vital Statistics



See separate Vital Statistics section.
Health Laws Vital Statistics



See also section on "Burials".
Health Laws Vital Statistics
7084 NCS 1911 Requiring that births be reported to the City Board of Health by the Physician or Midwife within 72 hours, and by the parents within 30 days after birth of any child. Also 4053 CCS. Amending and re-enacting 7084 NCS.
Health Laws Yellow Fever
3231 NCS
Providing for credit through the Fiscal Agents, for $60,000.00 to be used to eradicate Yellow Fever
Health Laws Yellow Fever
3232 NCS
Amending and re-enacting 6046 AS by giving authority to health officers to enter, prevent access to, or egress from, or cause to ve vacated, any buildings deemed to be infected.
Health Laws Yellow Fever
3196 NCS 1905 Prescribing the manner in which water liable to breed mosquitoes shall be stored within the city limits. See 3277 NCS.
Highways

4853 NCS 1907 Directing the building with the forces of the Municipal Repair Plant, and entirely at the expense of the city, 2 miles of earthen roadway on the prolongation of Gentilly Avenue toward Chef Menture; in accordance with plan of the Motor League of Louisiana.
Highways

8673 CCS 1925 Accepting the sum of $15,516.75 raised by private interests to be used in the construction of the Algiers-Belle Chase Highway Route No. 31, and transferring same to the Louisiana Highway Commission.
Highways

10778 CCS 1928 Authorizing acceptance from Alfred Danzinger of certain portions of Magnolia and Beka Plantations required for the extension of the right of way of the Lower Coast River Road.
Highways Algiers Cut-Off Highway, Route No. C-1373
14409 CCS 1936 Providing for the exchange of certain unused street property in the Fifth Municipal District, for other property required for the opening of Algiers Cut-Off Highway, Route C-1373.
Highways Orleans-Hammond Highway No. 33
12157 CCS
Authorizing Mayor to accept donation from N. O. Land Co. of land for right of way.
Highways Orleans-Hammond Highway No. 33
12158 CCS
Accepting donation from the Jefferson & Lake Pontchartrain R.R. Co., of right of way.
Highways Orleans-Hammond Highway No. 33
12367 CCS
Exchanging portion of Kenison Street for property in 7th District for right of way.
Highways Orleans-Hammond Highway No. 33
13240 CCS
Authorizing purchase of New Basin Canal-Kenner Intersection Highway and other property at and near West End, for right of way.
Highways Orleans-Hammond Highway No. 33
14363 CCS
Authorizing purchase of a portion of Square 27 in the 7th District for right of way.
Highways Orleans-Hammond Highway No. 33
12156 CCS 1930 Revoking dedication of certain street areas north of the Stafford, Derbes and Roy tract and authoring exchange for other property required for the right of way of the Orleans-Hammond Highway.
Highways Route No. 2, Project No. 4500 - Chef Menteur
12783 CCS
Authorizing payment to land owners whose fruit and nut trees were destroyed by construction of highway.
Highways Route No. 2, Project No. 4500 - Chef Menteur
12830 CCS
Authorizing purchase of property on Gentilly Road for right of way.
Highways Route No. 2, Project No. 4500 - Chef Menteur
13774 CCS
Authorizing acceptance of donations of property for right of way.
Highways Route No. 2, Project No. 4500 - Chef Menteur
13957 CCS
Authorizing purchase of ground for right of way, in Flowerdale Addition, Third District.
Highways Route No. 2, Project No. 4500 - Chef Menteur
12782 CCS 1930 Authorizing purchase of right of way in Rosedale Subdivision, Thrid District, and dedicating same to highway New Orleans to Chef Menteur.
Highways Route No. 2, Project No. 4500 - Chef Menteur
14519 CCS 1936 Authorizing the purchase of property in Woodlawn Heights, Third District, for right of way.
History and Biography

5140 CC May 3, 1860 Resolved that the Surveyor be and he is hereby authorized to lay out the intersection of that portion of Canal Street between Dryades and Burgundy Streets so as to be adaptable for the erection of a monument to the memory of the man whose genius embodied the revolutionary idea of American Independence and whose patriotic wisdom confirmed the perpetuity of the American Union by the acquisition of Louisiana. The ordinance, give in toto, does not mention the name of the man for whom this statue was intended. There is no record of a statue having ever occupied the site mentioned. The fact that the monument to Henry Clay which was first erected in Canal Street between St. Charles and Royal, prior to the date of the above ordinance, precludes the possibility of any reference to Clay.
History and Biography Andrew Jackson
695 CC 1843 Authorizing an appropriation of $1000 for the purpose of obtaining a portrait of General Jackson for the Council Chamber of the Municipality; representing the General as he was at the defense of New Orleans in 1814 and 1815.
History and Biography Andrew Jackson
846 CC 1844 Approving the portrait of General Jackson as submitted by Moise and Amans (or Amous), which was accepted and payment of $1000 authorized.
History and Biography Andrew Jackson
2017 CC 1855 Directing the Surveyor to make the necessary filling in Jackson Square to provide proper slope for the base of the proposed Jackson Monument. See also 4210 CC - providing for an iron railing around Jackson monument.
History and Biography Battle of New Orleans
1288 CC 1854 Authorizing an appropriation of $500 for the annual celebration of the Battle of New Orleans on January 8th.
History and Biography Battle of Vicksburg
6367 NCS 1910 Appropriating $500.00 for placing suitable markers showing the location of the Louisiana Troops on the Battlefield of Vicksburg.
History and Biography Benjamin Franklin
1427 AS 1872 Accepting from C. A. Weed a statue of Benjamin Franklin, made by Hiram Powers, to be erected in Lafayette Square.
History and Biography Benjamin Franklin
7025 AS 1881 Authorizing the removal of the statue of Benjamin Franklin from Lafayette Square to a point to be designated by the Mayor. It is said to have been removed to the Public Library.
History and Biography Benjamin Franklin
9173 CCS 1926 Accepting an 8-foot bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin from Henry Wodworth Gustine of Chicago; and a granite pedestal from the printers of New Orleans, sponsored by Wm. Pfaff, to be placed in Lafayette Sqaure.
History and Biography City History (New Orleans)
330 OS 1805 Approving an Act of the Legislature of 1852, pages 42, 55, and 111 of Acts of 1852, consolidating the City of New Orleans. This ordinance provides for the division of the several districts into wards, etc. See Louisiana Courrier April 12, 1852 - page 3 col. 2 - See also "Brief Facts".
History and Biography City History (New Orleans)
479 OS 1852 Providing that the following city limits be declared urban: Following the upperline of the city to the center of Metairie Road; thence to Bayou St. John; thence to Canal Marigny; thence to Elysian Fiellds and Florida Avenue; thence to Canal Des Picheurs, and up this canal to the river.
History and Biography City History (New Orleans)
Louisiana Gazette Feb. 22, 1805 An Act, published in full in the Louisiana Gazette of this date, incorporating the City of New Orleans, naming its boundaries and providing for a seal. By the Governor of the Territory of New Orleans, W. C. C. Claiborne, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof. See 101 CC under "City Government" - authorizing a seal.
History and Biography City History (New Orleans) City of Carrollton 2549 AS 1874 Providing for the annexation of the City of Carrollton to the City of New Orleans, and the transfer of all archives, records, books, property, etc.
History and Biography City History (New Orleans) City of Jefferson 2030 CC 1855 Providing for a conference with the authorities of the City of Jefferson pertaining to the boundaries between the two cities.
History and Biography City History (New Orleans) City of Jefferson 3449 CC 1857 Authorizing the Committee on Streets and Landings to confer with the Councill of the City of Jefferson regarding waste matter being thrown into the river from the nuisance wharves adjacent to each city.
History and Biography City History (New Orleans) City of Jefferson 409 AS 1870 To provide for the payment of interest on bonds and notes issued by the late City of Jefferson.
History and Biography City History (New Orleans) City of Jefferson 441 AS 1870 To provide for the settlement of accounts upon City of Jefferson payrolls for the Month of March, 1870.
History and Biography City History (New Orleans) City of Jefferson 700 AS 1871 To complete the adjustment and division of debts between the Parish of Jefferson and the City of New Orleans.
History and Biography City History (New Orleans) City of Lafayette 1861 CC 1854 Authorizing the City Attorney to appoint a clerk to take charge of the Archives of the late Municipalities, and form a classified collection of the city laws.
History and Biography City History (New Orleans) City of Lafayette 842 OS 1854 Providing for the consolidation of the assets and liabilities of the Old and New cities - creating a consolidated debt.
History and Biography City History (New Orleans) City of Lafayette 2020 CC 1855 Requesting the Recorders of the First and Fourth Districts to hand over the Archives of the late Second Municipality, and the Archives of the City of Lafayette, to the City Attorney.
History and Biography City History (New Orleans) City of Lafayette Book of Aldermen, Official Proceedings #1 April 11, 1853 These proceedings pertain to the incorporation of the City of Lafayette into the City of New Orleans.
History and Biography City History (New Orleans) Coat of Arms

In a news article of this date it is recorded that a Coat of Arms was approved by the Commission Council. Agitation was first started when the Association of Commerce suggested that the present City Seal (depicting an Indian and an alligator) be discarded and a new one created. This was opposed by the Louisiana Historical Society which wanted the Seal kept intact. A compromise was reached by agreeing to keep the seal for use on legal documents, and a Coat of Arms created to be used on letterheads, etc. A Coat of Arms was designed by P. H. F. Follet, of the Middle Research Department of Tulane University which was agreed upon. (A description of this design is contained in the news article.) Times-Picayune, July 29, 1931
History and Biography City History (New Orleans) Coat of Arms

These proceedings record the submission of the sketch of the Coat of Arms to the Council, but there is no record of any action having been taken at that time. Council Proceedings, July 28, 1931
History and Biography City History (New Orleans) Flag 3686 CC 1858 Authorizing the Mayor to have a flag made for the City Hall.
History and Biography City History (New Orleans) Flag 4889 CCS 1918 Establishing an official flag for the City of New Orleans. Accepting the design of the Bienville Bi-centennial Committee.
History and Biography City History (New Orleans) Official Flower 7395 CCS 1923 Selecting the "Oleander" as the Official Flower" of the City of New Orleans.
History and Biography City History (New Orleans) Plan of the City 2795 CC 1856 Authorizing the Mayor to contract with Jules A. D'Hemicourt to make a general plan of the City of New Orleans, planning books and general index as per specifications, for the sum of $30,000.00
History and Biography City History (New Orleans) Treatise and Digest 5279 CC 1860 Authorizing the Mayor to subscribe for thirty copies of "Treatise and Digest of the Criminal Jurisprudence of the State of Louisiana". Said work being a digest of the decisions of the Supreme Court from 1805 to 1859.
History and Biography Civil War
5475 OS 1861 Approving an act of the State of Louisiana in severing all connection with the U. S. Government.
History and Biography Civil War
5595 OS 1861 Requesting the Governor and the Military Commissioners place arms and ammnunition at the disposal of the city to be distributed to citizens.
History and Biography Civil War
5637 OS 1861 Appointing a committee to draw up such measures as they may deam necessary for the protection of the city.
History and Biography Civil War
5640 OS 1861 Requesting the Mayor to call upon Gen. Twiggs for two or three regiments to be placed in the immediate vicinity of New Orleans.
History and Biography Civil War
5642 OS 1861 An ordinance to raise money for the defense of the City of New Orleans.
History and Biography Civil War
5682 OS 1861 Appointing a commission of Military and Civil Engineers to examine the various approaches to the city to report on defense work already done and necessary work needed to complete same. See 5734.
History and Biography Civil War
5697 OS 1861 Resolved that the members of the Council wear morning for thrity days in respect for Lieut. Col. Chas. D. Dreux who was killed in action while commanding a battalion of volunteers.
History and Biography Civil War
5721 OS 1861 Placing at the disposal of the planters on the canal a new iron building at the head of Canal Street for the purpose of distributing vegetables to the families of absent war volunteers.
History and Biography Civil War
5726 OS 1861 Organizing the "Volunteers Relief Committee" for the purpose of devising some plan for the relief of the families of volunteers.
History and Biography Civil War
5752 OS 1861 City ready to cooperate with State or Confederate authorities in the construction of works for its defense See 5753 OS.
History and Biography Civil War
5753 OS 1861 Appropriating $100,000.00 to be tuned over to Major Gen. Twiggs to erect fortifications in defense of the city.
History and Biography Civil War
5764 OS 1861 Authorizing the Committee on City Defense to erect a battery on the Levee opposite Esplanade St. for artillery exercises.