Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-02-10
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.
COMPULSORY VACCINATION,

LEGISLATIVE GUSSlP.
COMPULSORY VACCINATION.
Hon. James S. Duncan is the author
of c. B. No. IS which provides that all
children of school age in the territory
shall be subject to compulsory vaccina-
ton. 1t devolves on the teachers of
public schools to see that no pupils at
tend school who have not been duly
vaccinated. Children who have complied
with the provisions of the act will be
issued certificates of vaccination. Any
person who refuses to allow their chill
dren to be vacinnated shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and fined from
$40 to 500 or imprisonment in the coun-
ty jail not to exceed 100 days. The
fines collected shall go to the school
funds of the counties. The same law
applies to the schools of incorporated
cities and towns, but the boards of edu-
cation shall perform the duties required
of the county school superintendent in
other localities. Vaccination will be
done by the health officer appointed by
the boards of county commissioners or
by a competent physician appointed by
the boards of education, and the parents
of the children shall pay for the same
except where they are too poor, then
the money shall be paid from the school
funds. In the case of adults, the bill
provides that the boards of county com
missioners shall make and enforce nee
essary rules relative to vaccination and
that failure to comply with the provis-
ions will subject the offenders to a fine
of 500 or imprisonment in the county
Jail not to exceed 100 days. County
commissioners shall provide the neces'
sary vaccine matter to carry out the
provisions of the act and shall pay fol
the same from the current expense
funds of the county boards of county
commissioners. City councils or town
trustees may proclaim quarantine
against any other locality when neces'
sary and enforce rules and regulations
to prevent the spread of the disease.
Notice of quarantine and its provisions
shall be published in a newspaper print
ed at the county seat or in one at tho
capital of the territory.
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INSURANCE OF PUBLIC BUILD
INGS.
Hon. II. d. Lieb of ColfaX county il
the author of a bill known as II. b. No
60, which requires the insurance of all
public buildings against loss by fire
1t provides that all officers charged with
the custody and control of public ter
ritorial buildings shall keep the same
insured against loss o. damage by fire
to such amount as may be a substantial
protection. Each board of county com
missioners of the various counties shall
keep the county buildings insured in
like manner, for the benefit Of the
counties, and that such insurance shall
be taken out with the companies OF
agents operating in the counties where
the buildings are located, and shall be
given to the company offering the low
est premium and rate of insurance
provided that such insurance shall only
be taken with the companies that have
fully complied with the laws of the ter
ritory in reference to carrying on bust
ness. Any officer violating the provis
ions of the act shall be deemed guilty O
a misdemaeanor and fined not less thar
$25 nor more than $500, OF imprisoned
in the county jail. The fines collected
shall be paid to the territorial insurance
fund. In the case of counties, thu
money derived shall 60 to the genera
current expense fund of the counties.
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY READS THU
NEW MEXICAN.
When the house Joint resolution con
graduating the president and congress
for signing of the peace treaty came be
fore the council yesterday, Hon. G. A
Richardson objected to some provision!
of the bill and desired that it be amend
ed to apply only to congress. In his re
marks he said that he would not give the
life of the humblest soldier who fell II
the recent Manila fight for the whole
Philippine archipelago. Hon. T. b
Catron replied that he was an expan.
sionist and was in favor of taking every
island in the Philippines, and Cuba as
well. After the resolution had passed
with slight amendments, Mr.. Richard
son remarked that he thought that II
should also contain a clause providing
for it's transmission to the president,
because unless the president read the
New Mexican, he might not hear of it.
Mr.. Catron stated that he was informed
that the president read the New Mexican
and the Albuquerque Citizen regularly,
but supposed it would be a good idea,
anyway, to insert a clause that the reso-
luton be transmitted to the president.