The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-21
STARE BOARD OF HEALTH.
MesInE Or the Members or the Beard a
the Capitol This AOFnlDg.

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the Capitol This AOFning.
The following named gentlemen, com
posing the State Board Of Health. are ex.
pectsd In the city aud will meet at the Cap.
itolthis morning for the purpose Of attend.
ingto the duties imposed upon them: ]. E,
Reeves, Ohio county, George B. Motitt,
Wood county; G. Il. Carpenter, Hamp.
shire; O. D. Richardson, Jefferson; A. R,
Barbse, Mason; Isaiah Bee, Mercer.
This meeting is In accordance with Sec.
ton s Chapter 90 OF the Acts Of 1881,
which provides that the members Of the
Board shall, within twenty days after 70.
ceiVing notice Of their appointment, meet
and organize by the election Of Q Presi.
dent and Secretary,
The most important duty OF the Board,
however, to-day will be the examination
Of persons practiClng medicine, Section
8 oil chapter6 90 provides that any person
pTacticipg medicine in any OF it's depart.
ments shall possess the following qualih.
cations: Tia graduate Of medicine he
shall present q diploma TO those membes
Q" the State Board Of Health appointed
for his Congressional district for vsriHca-
ton as to It's genuineness II 1t Ia found
10 be genuine and issued by Q reputable
medical college aud recognized % such on
investigation, and II the person named
therein be the person claiming and pre-.
sentlng the same, the said two members oil
the State Board shall issue o certificate to
that effect, which certificate and diploma
shall be conclusive as tothe righto Of the law.
full holdeTS oithe same to practice medicine
In West Virginia, II not o graduate Of
suGh medical college as above described
every person praCticing medicine In this
State shall present himself before the
said two members Of the State Board In
his Congressional district, together with
the presiding medical officer OF the
local Board OF Health Of the county 10
which the respective District State BoArds
Of health may hold their examinations,
and submit himself to such examination
as said board may require; and II the
examination be satisfactory they shall
iSBue o certificate In accordance with the
facts, and the lawful holder shall be emit.
tied to all the rights and privileges herein
mentioned; except that physicians who
have been engaged In the continuous
practice OF medicine In this State for more
than ten years, a. the date Of the passage
Of this got, shall, In lieu Of o diploma or
examination by the members OF the State
Board Of Health, present TO the said
Board an affidavit as 10 the number Of
years they have been engsged in the
practice Of medicine, and the said board
shall issue iA certificate 10 such physi.
clans without requiring an examination.
Section ten provides that oil holders oil
certificates shall have them recorded in a
book kept Tor that purpose by the Score
tAry OF tue State Board Of Health.
Section eleven provides that all persons
applying for examination shall be OF good
moral character,
Section twelve Ia Ia regard to the charac'
tor Of the examination, and the branches
In which officials shall be examined.
We have not heard who the officers oil
the Board will be, but 1t Is more than
likely that DR., BArbee will BIO President
and DR.. j. 4. Reeves, OF this city, Score
tary. The last named gentleman Is probably
more familiar With the duties prescribed By
the act and has given more attention to the
subject oil eanitary reform than any other
man 10 the State, and such election would
be q graceful compliment to him, as he wat
more instrumental in getting up the bill
and having II passed in its present form
than any other man In the State.