News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-09
Act Establishing State Laboratory OF
Hygiene.

hygiene.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly OF the state OF Vermont:
Sec L. The State Board of Health
is authorized TO establish and equip
with the proper and necessary appar-
atus, utensils and instruments, a lab
oratory OF hygiene, for the chemical
and psychological examination of
water supplies, milk and all food pro-
ducts, and the examination of cases
and suspected cases of diptheria, ty
phoid fever, tuberculosis, malaria and
other Infectious and contagious dis
eases, and may conduct a school of
instruction tor health officers of the
State, at least once a year, at such
time and place as they shall direct.
They may, at their discretion, issue a
periodical, the on ct of which shall
be to publish the results of the work
done at the laboratory, and also the
latest approved methods for the pro
lection OF the public health, said pub
lication to be furnished free to all
health officers of the state.
Sec. 2. The State Board of Health
shall appoint, and may remove in
their discretion a director of such
laboratory, who shall keep record
OF all specimens sent to him for exam
ination by the residents of the state,
and examine these specimens without
unnecessary delay. Heshall biennially
before the first day of January make
a full report to the State Board of
Health of all matters pertaining to
the laboratory, and shall make other
and special reports as the State
Board may direct. The director of
the laboratory, with the approval of
the State Board of Health, may ap-
point such assistants as may be re-
quired.
Sec 3. The annual salary of the
director shall not exceed three thous-
and dollars, the com bined annual sal
aries of the first and second assistants
shall not exceed twentyseven hun
dred dollars, which salaries shall be
fixed by the State Board of Health.
Sec 4. The use of the laboratory,
and all Investigations mentioned in
this Act therein made, shall be free to
the people of this state. And when
ever the States Attorney of any
county, on the order of Judge of the
Supreme Court, shallrequest for use in
any criminal case pending in his o.
fee, an expert investigation, chemical
or pathological, OF any substance,
such investigation shall be made at
the laboratory forthwith, without
charge to the state, and the expert
making such investig iatiOn shall sub
NIT the results OF his work to the
States Attorney at whose re quest it
is done and shall attend court us a
witness al any placein the state when
required to do so by subj &c IA and
submit in court The results OF his in
designations, and shall be paid as
such witness his actual expenses of
attendance, when summoned by the
state.
SEC. s. Thesu of two thousand
dollars is hereby appropriated for the
purpose of procuring the additional
necessary apparatus, utensils and in
struments for the equipment OF such
laboratory; and the of ten thous
and dollars is hereby appropriated
annually to pay the salaries, procure
the nescessary supplies, and to meet
the other necessary expenses of said
laboratory, and to pay the expenses
of conducting the school of instruc-
tion for health officers, and the ex-
pense of issuing the periodical, which
sum, or such portion of it as they
deem necessary, shall be expended
under the supervision OF the State
Board of Health. The total annual
expense of maintaining said lahora-
tory shall uot exceed the sum of ten
thousand dollars.
SEs 6. No. 115 of the Acts of 1898
entitled can Act relating to Public
Health" is hereby repealed.
Sec 7. This Act shall take effect
from it's passage.
Approved November Is, 1900.