The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-04
MUST Be vAcc|NATED
An Order Issued by the School
Trustees.
TO STAMP OUT DISEASE
admission VIII Be Refused Pupils Who
Do Not Bring Cert.flcates-Are
Given Until Novem-
Der 8.

The board OF school trustees have TAX
en- action in the matter Of the smallpox
epidemic. Precautionary steps were
taken yesterday at special meeting of
the board. Chairman Mueller called the
meeting and Trustees Clinton, White,
Giard and Mcdonald responded.
Vice President Lane is out of the state;
the absent member, Mr.. Moulthrop,
could not be found, or undoubtedly he
would have been in attendance. The
chairman called the meeting for the
purpose of taking some steps toward
checking the spread of the dread dis
ease and in order to discuss the matter
in a formal way. Drs. Freund, Leggat
and Renick We're in attendance. ALI
present expressed their Willingness to
do something in the way of stamping
out the disease or take measures to
prevent its spread Several suggestions
were offered and it was finally agreed
to submit the proposition to the county
commissioners.
Chairman Mueller of the school board
said to reporter for the Standard after
the trustees had met and adjourned:
There is smallpox in this city and of
course it is necessary for the school
board to take some action in the mat
ter. For that reason called the meet
ing this afternoon.i OF course we did
not assume to issue an order compelling
school children to be vaccinated, but we
did issue an order directing Superinten-
dent of Schools Hendricks to notify the
pupils OF the several schools that on or
after next Wednesday they will not be
admitted to the school unless they be
vaccinated or can show doctors GER
tiffcate that they have been vaccinated
within the past two years. This much
we have the power to do and we have
done it. While there may not be any
great Immediate danger, yet 1t is very
well to take the thing in hand in due
time"
The trustees issued the following or
der:
'On or before Wednesday next, Nov.
8. every pupil admitted to the public
schools must file with the teachers a
certificate of vaccination, signed by
practicing physician. certifying to the
fact that he has been vaccinated within
the period of one year from the date of
this order All the pupils falling to COM
ply with the provisions Of this order on
or before the date named shall be de-
MED admission to the schools until the
vaccination certificate is filed with the
principal or teacher
In accordance with the order of the
board, City Superintendent Hendricks
notified all principals and teachers to
require certificates from all school chill
dren on or before 8 o'clock next Wednes-
day morning. All children who have
already been vaccinated were directed
to bring their certificates on Monday
morning.
After the boards meeting in the high
school, the trustees went to the court
house to confer with the county COM
missioners, who met as board Of
health. They held a long conference
with the school trustees and it was de-
cided to take stringent measures to pre-
vent a spread of the disease.
D. Giard, w. Nee. White of the
school board, City Superintendent
and County Attorney Connolly met the
board of health. The school trustees
made a statement of what they had
done and that notice had been given in
the schools that after next Wednes'
day no child would be admitted until
it could present doctors certificate of
vaccination within two years. To make
their rule effective they asked the
county board to make an order, under
it's general authority, requiring all
school children in the county to be
vaccinated on or before Nov. S, and
making vaccination compulsory after
that. Chairman Clark Of the county
board had some doubt as to their au-
thority to make such general order and
the county attorney was called in for
an opinion. He read the following sec
lions from the codes:
1T is the duty Of the board of health
to establish for the county or any part
thereof such sanitary rules and regu-
lations as may be necessary to prevent
the outbreak or spread of infectious
or contagious diseases. Any person
fci
obey such rules and regula tons is
guilty of misdemeanor.
Ihe board of health of any county
may declare quarantine therein, OF any
part thereof, against contagious or in
fictitious diseases prevailing in any
other place, and against all persons
and things likely to spread contagion
or infection. The board has power
and authority to enforce such quaran-
tine until the same is raised by it,
and may confine any person affected
with, or likely to spread, contagious or
infectious diseases to the house or
premises in which he resides: or If
such person has no residence in the
county CO.., 10 place to be provided by
the board for the purpose"
Under the law. Mr.. Connolly said,
the board had authority to do anything
it considered necessary to stop A
spread of the disease. He said he had
read authorities on the subject and
they all held that health boards were
justified in taking most stringent meas
ures, even to go to the extent of de-
priving persons of liberty and destroy
ing property, and that courts would
not inquire into their acts.
Chairman Clark was willing to do
anything but did not think the whole
burden of expense should rest on the
county. The city board. he said, had
the same authority as the county
board and should do its share.
Both have the authority, and one
should exercise it, said Mr.. Connolly.
In answer to a question asked him,
DR.. Sheeran said vaccination was good
only for two years and should be re-
newed at the end of that period. There
was some talk Of making the order of
the county board applicable to every
person in the county, but that was
considered too sweeping. and the order
was finally made to apply to all school
children.
Under the law all persons refusing to
comply with any rule laid down by
the nj of l,ool+1 ;c guilty Of mis-