, 1877-10-13

Chamberlain,
Commander Of DQnaebrog and DannsbroSmnand,
ATAKES KNOWN: On the most submissive
mi representation of the Ministry of Finances
His Majesty the King has been most Sracious'y
pleased by Resolution of 2nd February this wear
70 sanction the following Ordinance, by which the
Law of 4th February 1871 concerning vaccination
is extended to be valid in the Danish West India
Islands,-passed by 3rd discussion in the Colonial
Council Of st. Croix and the Colonial Council of
st. Thomas and St. John respectively the 18th
July and 9th August last year:
The Law of 4th February 1871 concerning
Vaccination is hereby extended to be valid in the
Danish " est India Islands, in the manner here
matter enacted:
Every person, who has not had small p0x, shall be
vacCinated before the completed age of | year. All
children under Is years of age, who at the time when the
present Ordinance takes effect, have reached the age OF l
year, without having been vaccinated, shall be vacclnated
within The space of one year from the time upon which
the Ordinance takes effect. It this be omitted, the pa
reuts concerned, or whoever in regard to the support OF
the child are in tie parents stead, become amenable to q
fine not exceeding s..
1t is the duty of the police together with the School
commissions in accordance with the rules tbat are con-
tanned in the following, or that might be given by the
Superior Authority, to see that the enQctmen's of this
Ordinance be duly observed.
@2.
Every conductor OF a school, public or private, shall
ascertain, by means of medical certificate, whether the
above mentioned obligations have been fulfilled N regard
to the children who attend Ne school. If this be not
the case, or if the parents or other parties concerned omit,
at the request Of the conductor Of the school, to produce
sucb certificate, the conductor OF the school shall report
the case to the School Board, which transmits the report
to the policemaster of the jurisdiction. The posicemas-
ter shall thereupon investigate the case and, II me child
is found not to be va3cinated, eniOin the parties concern
ed, under a fine of so cents tor every week exceeding
the term specified in the injunction, to cause the child
to be vaccinated at the first public vaccination.
Every conductor of a school shall keep in the school
journal a column, wherein entry shall be made whether
the child is vaccinated or not, stating, if vacGnated, by
whom, or, If not, the measures taken in the matter. 1t
is the duty of the School Board to examine the said
entries once every year and to afix their signatures in
proof of such examination. The School Board shall,
likewise, if it 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 p~olicemaster of the iurisdiction. Transgre5-
sions of the duties with which conductors of schools are
charged by the present 5 render the transgressor liable to
a fine of not less than So and not more than $40.
So
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 certificate, as to whether the
aforementioned obligations have been fulfilled, and, III
the case of non.fulfIment, to report the matter to the
Policemaster, who shall DO the needful IN a~ccordance
with the preceding s.
Every School Board shall be provided with q protocol
in which the names Of the children mentioned ia the pre-
sent s shall be entered, and which shall contain a column
or space fer the record of the vaccinatfon-c ~erti6cates
which have been produced. The protocol, which Is
provided at the expense OF the colonial treasury OF eacn
respective municipality, shall be kept by tho chairman OF
the School Board, but must once every year b3 provided
with the signatures of the whole Board. The protocol
shall at oil times be open for the inspection OF the saperl-
or authority.
Transgressiors of the duties With. which the
pnnr1 L. rksxwn1 hv fho Nroannf mad fhp snfncedinO q, are