, 1877-10-10

Chamberlain,
Commander Of Dq~nebrog md DaaneBro.saand,
MAKES KNOWN: On the most submissive
ELIl representation of the Ministry of Finances
His Majesty the King has been most graciously
pleased by Resolution of End February this year
to sanction the following Ordinance, by which the
Law of 4lh February 1871 concerning vaccination
il extended to be valid in the Danish West India
Islands, passed by Bird discussion in the Colonial
Council of st. Croix aud the Colonial Council of
st. Thomas and st. John respectively the 18th
Julv and 23th August last year:
The Law of 4h February 1871 concerning
Vaccination is Hereby extended to be valid in the
Danish " est India Islands, IN the manner hcre~
matter enacted:
Every person, who has not had snail pox, shall be-
vacciuatGd before the completed age OF | year. All
children und. r IS years Of age, who at the time when the
present Ordinance takes effect, have reached the age of /
year, without having been yacciuated, shalt be vacclnated
within The space OF one year from the time upon which
the Ordinance takes effect. II his be omitted, the pa.
rerts concerned, or whoever in regard to the support OF
the child are IN tie parents stead, become amenable to a
fine not exceeding IS.
1t is the duty of the police together with the School
commissions in accordance with the rules that are con-
tanned in the following, or that might be given by the
SuPeioT Authority, to sec that the cnactmenls OF this
Ordinance be duly observed.
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Every conductor of a school, public or private, shall
ascertain, by means of medical certificate, whether the
shove mentioned obligations have been fulfilled n regard
10 the children who attend the school. If this be not
the case, or if the parents or other parties concerned omit
IS The request Of the conductor 0! the school, TO produce
.uc3 c~,rlGcate, toe conductor Of the school shall report
the case 10 the School Board, which Transmits the report
"a The poIicenasteg of the Jurisdiction. Tie po!icem&s-
ter shall thereupon inVestlgat" the case and, If the child
is found not to be vacciuated, enloin the parties concerto
ed, under Z Gne of so cents tor every week exceeding
the term specified in the Injunction, to cause the child
to be vaccinated 1t The first public vaccination.
Every conductor OF q school shall keep in the school
journal a column, wherein entry shall BE- nadc whether
the child is vaccnated or a9t, sta ing, il v&cclnatcd. by
whom, or, if not, the measures taken in the matter. II
is the duty of the School Board to examine the said
entries orca every year and to afix their signatures in
proof Of such examination. The School Board shall,
likewise, if il find that the entries have not been correctly
made or kept, or in the case of any other transgresSion of
the enactments of the present Ordinance, report the mat
ter to the policenaStcT of the jurisdiction. Transgres-
sions of the duties with which conductors Of schools are
charged by the present 5 render the transgressor Liable to
a fhe of not less than 50 and not more than SO.
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With regard to the children who receive instruction. in
their homes. it is the duty of the School Board to ascer-
tain by means Of medical %certiicate. as to whether the
aforementioned obligations have been fulfilled, and, i'll
the case of non.ful6lnent, to report the matter to the
Policemaster, who shall 90 the needtuI i'll accofilhce
with the preceding s.
Every School Board shall be provided with a protocol
in which the names of the children mentioned III the pre-
sent s shall be entered, and which shall contain a column
or space fer the record of ths vaccinatf ,nicertificltes
which have been produced. The protocol, which 10
provided at the expense of the colonial treasury of each
respective municipality, shall be kept by thu Chairman OF
the School 60ard, but must once every year bs provided
win the signatures Of the whole Board Tue protocol
shall at all times he open for the inspection of the superb
or authority. >" n''
Transeressiors of the duties with which the School