Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-20
The Anglo-Russian Compromise.


The regular quarterly meeting of the
State Board of Health was held in this city
Saturday evening; present-Dr. H. S. Orme,
President; Drs. Cole, Cluness and Tyrrell,
and by invitation, Governor Stoneman and
Z. W. Maslin.
The first business of the meeting was the
appointment by the President of the regl-
lar standing committees. as follows:
On the salubrity of public institution
schools, hospitals, prisons factories, etc
Drs. Cole, Orme and Simpson.
On statistics relating to life and health.
modes of employment and of living, and
the comparative healthfulness of different
localities-Drs. Briceland and Tyrrell.
On intoxicating liquors, inebriate asy-
lums, pathological influence of alcohol, etc
-Drs. Simpson, Cole and Crowder.
On influence of trcc-planting, etc-Drs.
Crowder, Ormc and Cluness.
On legislative business-Drs. Briceland,
Orme and Tyrrell.
Of all the committees named, the Secrc-
tary of the Board is ex officio member
The Secretary read a lengthy commune
cation from DR.. H. G.. Baldwin, of Arizona
asking for the appointment Of a Quaran-
tine Officer at Yuma, stating that he was
informed from reliable sources that yellow
fever was prevalent in Sonora. On motion
the communication was placed on file and
the Secretary directed TO inform Dr. Bald
win that no Quarantine Officer would be
appointed at present.
DR.. Orme stated that he had conversed
with some gentlemen from that section of
the country, but could obtain no positive
information of the prevalence of yellow
fever at this time.
Dr.. Cole wished to know from Governor
StOneman if the Board had any power to
obtain the means of protecting the State
from the invasion of infectious or conta-
gious diseases, now that the Legislature
had refused to appropriate any funds for
that purpose.
The Governor replied that there was no
fund at his disposal for that purpose and
no way of obtaining it except by proclama-
ton, calling upon each county to levy tax
for that especial purpose, and then such
tax would be under the control of the
county levying it, and would not be avail
able by the State Board of Health except
by and with the consent of such county.
After some further discussion of the sui
ject It was moved that
WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of Cali
fornia at its last session failed to make the
poses to protect the State from the invasion of
contagious or infectious diseases, therefore, it
was
Resolved That DR.. R. Beverly Cole member
of the Board, during his contemplated visit East
in attendance upon the American Medical
Association, be authorized and instructed to
confer with the National Board of Health with
reference to obtaining from them such assist
ance in establishing quarantine on the borders
of this State as may become necessary and,
further, that this Board request his Excellency,
George SLOVENIAN, Governor of this State, to
give his Endorsement and sanction to this arI-
thoriZaton.
Rcsol,ed That DIR. r. Beverly Cole, member
OF the Board, when in Washington, d. c., be
authorized and instructed to exert himself TO
the end of obtaining from the Government
quarantine ground as recommended by the com
mission ordered by President Hayes, and re-
ported upon July Is, 1882; and, further, that his
Excellency. George Stoneman, Governor of the
State, be requested to indorse the above reso-
utions.
Both of the resolutions were adopted,
and the Secretary instructed to prepare the
necessary credentials.
On notion the Secretary was authorized
and instructed to prepare and distribute
generally circulars to the people upon the
subject of cholera, smallpox and yellow
fevpr