Near the end of 1881, a smallpox outbreak occurred, and Mayor W.C. Jackson issued the following proclamation Dec. 29, 1881, as printed in the Jan. 5, 1882, issue of the Fayetteville Weekly Democrat:
WHEREAS, The contagions disease of Smallpox exists in the town ot Fayetteville, and in view of preventing the spread of the disease, now I, W.C. Jackson, Mayor of the town of Fayetteville, do hereby proclaim and make known the following Quarantine rules and regulations, recommended by the Board of Health and adopted by the Town Council of the town of Fayetteville:
1st. All persons who have been exposed to the disease, who now have or may hereafter have cases of smallpox in their families, are hereby quarantined in their respective places of abode, unless removed by order of the Board of Health.
2nd. Infected houses shall not be visited except by permission of the physician in charge, nor shall any articles, such as letters, papers, etc., be taken from the infected premises or houses, or in any way handled by any other person.
3a. Convalescent persons shall be subject to the order of the physician in charge, and shall follow his instructions in regard to cleansing person and promises, nor shall they be permitted to leave the quarantined premises until permitted by their physician.
4th. All trains arriving, as well as stages and hacks for the conveyance of passengers shall be subject to a rigid inspection by a competent physician, and no person shall be allowed to get off or be conveyed to any part of town where there is suspicion of smallpox or varioloid, and proper officers shall be present to enforce the same.
5th. All public gatherings and meetings of any description whatever be and tho same are hereby prohibited until further notice.
6th. The Marshal and Police are hereby authorized and instructed to carry out the provisions of these Regulations.
Given under my hand this December 29, 1881.
W.C. JACKSON, Mayor.