The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-09-20
GOV. FRANCIS Talks
About the Cholera Situation and
What Missouri will
Do.

What Missouri will
Do.
jefferson City, Sept. 15.-Gov.
Francis was asked to-day as to the
power of the State Board Of Health
in the matter of quarantining against
cholera, aud in reply he said:
Eyes, the State Bo ard Of Health
has the right to establish quarantine
regulations against any infected city
or district, as will be seen by Section
542O, revised statutes of 1889, which
is as follows:
Section 5420 reads as follows:
Whenever the State Board Of
Health shall be satisfied that any
malignant, contagious or infectious
disease exists in any city. district or
part of the country To such an extent
Is to endsnger the lives of the inhabi-
tants of any part OF the State of Mis-
souri, having direct communication
with such infected city. district or part
of the country, said board shall have
the power, by . majority vote, to e.
tabIish quarantine regulations against
such infected city or district, and may
determine and regulate to what ex-
tent and by whom any communlca-
ton or business transaction with such
infected city or district may be had,
and establish such rules and regula.
tons as may BE- deemed necessary to
prevent the introduction and spread
If such disease; and aaid board u
hereby empowered to call upon any
executive officer of the state to en-
force such rules and regulations, and
it shall be the duty of all public of.
6cers, sheriis and constAbles, and
other executive officers of the state to
assis, the State Board of Health to
carry out the provisions of this
chapter.
"You will observe that it is made
the duty of executive officer of the
state to enforce these quarantine reg
ulations when established and pro-
mulgated by the state board of health.
No appropriation has been made to
provide for the enforcement of quar-
sntine regulations. The state board
of health has held several meetings
within the past few weeks for the pur.
pose of comforting % to what steps
should be taken to prevent the spread
OF cholera in Missouri. Suggestions
have been made by the state board to
municipal authorities and to the local
boards Of health Is the statutes pro-
vide. fully pointing out the course to
be followed to guard against the
spread of cholera. At . joint meet
ing of the Missouri and Kansas state
boards Of health, held at Kansas City
on Saturday last, . resolution was
passed requesting that the secretaries
and members Of the executive COM
mittees Of the boards of health Of
those states be appointed to temporary
duty ~ inspectors in the United
States Marine hospital service. That
action was communicated Immediately
to the secretary Of the treasury, but
a. yet no reply has been received
thereto. DR.. Atkinson, secretar, Of
the Missouri state board, appears to
have been in conference with the
state boards Of health Of Illinois, Min.
nesota, Wisconsin. Iowa, Michigan,
Kentucky and Ohio at Chicago on
yesterday. Rules were adopted there
to regulate the admission of immi-
grants to the respective states, and
those rules will be enforced to the ex-
tent possible.
"As long as cholera remained out
side VI the country NJ fear was enter
tanned Of its spread throughout the in
teri"r, but now that it has appeared
in New York City, every prec sution
will be adopted to prevent i,s intro
duc,ion into Missouri. do Not think
there is any cause for alarm, but no
effort will be spared to protect our
p-ople from its ravsges. 1 am in COM
muuication with the state board of
health, and have by wire called .
MEETING of the board for Tomorrow
at Jefferson City. Should like for tho
above section Of the statutes to be
given rs wide circulation Is possible
in order that all public officers, sher-
ids and instables, and other execu-
tive officers of the state may UNDER
stand that it is their duty to see that
the regulations of the state board of
health are observed and enforced"