The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-01-12

had power ITO establish and declare sue
rules and regulations and bylaws as the
may deem necessary for the proper organ
zatlon, tuition and good government {
the college" Under this provision ril
or bylaw was declared by the board Great
ing the Office. To the Office compehsa
ton was attached greater than that allow
cd 70 any Of the professors. The Facult,
have the general management and care q
the University under the Board Of Regents
suggest that the Faculty elect one o
their number as presiding officer durinJ
the year, and that the offices OF Presiden
and Vice President be abolished,
presiding OiIiCerthus appointed Coult
discharge all the duties heretofore per
formed by the President ior the compensa
ton given him rs professor, and the adj
ditlonal expense heretofore incurred saved
! do not concur in the Recommendation
OF the Regents, ito enlarge the professional
schools, SO as TO enable the University L
graduate students in law and medicine
This will require additional professors O
these schools 10 he appointed, and eonse
quently demand increased appropriation!
for their salaries. The condition OF thu
State Treasury will not at present permit
any additional burthen. Il also appear
from the report that Il majority Of tic stu.
dents now in attendance upon the Univers
ityare in thepreparatory departments. This
would seem to indicate that the number
who are 80 fur advanced Us to be benefit.
ted by these schools, must necessarily be
small. Itwould be unwtse to make appro.
priations for the enlargement Of the schools,
unless a sufficient number Of students
should DO in attendance desiring instruc.
ton IN departments to justify the out
lay.
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
An act was passed at the last session Gre.
ating State Board Of Health, and regulat.
ing the practice Of medicine and surgery
in this State.
The Board was appointed as required by
the act, and they at once entered upon the
discharge Of their duties The practicinv
physicians in the State entitled 10 certifi.
Gates have been registered, and county
Boards established in each county.
Certificates were issued to S43 physicians
found to be entitled thereto under the act,
By the provisions Of the act all MONEYS
received by the Board in payment OF Ger.
tifcates, fines and special taxes collected
under it, were 10 be paid into the Treasury;
and OF the money so paid in $1,000 was
appropriated to enable the Board to deftay
the expenses incurred in carrying it into
effect.
The revenue to be derived from certif.
Gates issued 10 practitioners in the future
must necessarily be small, us only those
who desire TO practice without having a
diploma, and require an examination, are
required to pay. The special tax and zines
mentioned in this act cannot be relied on
for revenue. The revenue received has
been exhausted in putting the act into
operation. The money SO far received has
been used in attending the several districts
to examine physicians, and generally 10
regulate the practice Of medicine, leaving
nothing TO beApplied 10 the equally i'm.
portant branch Of the act to make lroyis.
ion for the preservation OF the public
health.
The preservation Of the public health
should be Que OF the first concerns OF gov.
eminent. It has received the attention OF
The National Government, resulting in
National Board Of Health. Most Of the
States OF the Union have enacted laws
upon the SAME subtect-none, however, so
lar as am informed, having a more eff.
cient law than the one enacted by your
honorable body.
Our act lacks, however, one important
element to make it as efficient as it should
be; that is, sufficien appropriation
10 enable the Board 10 eafore
it. The object to be attained
is for the common good. The medi.
cal profession should not be taxed 10
keep in operation law, the benefit to be
derived from which is common to all.
1t cannot be expected that the members
the Board will give their time
and perform the necessarily labor to enforce
so valuable law as this is, without some
provision DO made to at least cover their
expenses AS the income in the future
from the sources in the law named will be
wholly inadequate to defray the necessary
expenses in executing the law, an appro-
prlation for that purpose is recommended.
A report OF the operations OF the Board
since its organization is laid before you,
and your attention invited to its considera.
ton.