Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-27
QUARANTINE WIS.

| WHeTei rove aDlueS must elluuTe tHEu-
| out all time.
QUARANTINE LAWS.
IDes Moines Register.l
| Frank Forbes, the mayor of Sioux
Rapids, has an article in the Press of
| that city. in which he reviews the quar-
antine laws of the state in an interest
ing as we'll as valuable manner. and
then advises that all boards OF health
be abolished, and their rules replaced by
Legislative enactments to be enforced
the same as any other laws. He points
out that our health and quarantine laws
would be more respected if they We're
made by the legislature rather than by
boards. and would be enforced more eff
lfectually if done by the courts rather
than by town trusteesband local boards.
1t is his opinion that as conditions exist
our most effective health laws are those
that are contained in the code ''rather
than in these paper bound pamphlets
of the board and that 1t will certainly
be great Improvement when all our
Iowa health laws will be found within
the code.
In reviewing the quarantine laws
Mayor Forbes points out some mistaken
ideas entertained by the public. There
is no more common error, for instance.
than that the attending physician is
supposed TO establish and enforce quar-
antine. This error is magnftied when
some physician has been made advisor
to the board of health and it must be
confessed that the physicians them
selves are not free from the idea Then
there is popular idea that the board
of health may order a quarantine and
that all expenses, including medical at
tendance, must be borne by the public.
but Forbes, who is a lawyer of twenty
years practice, says the law does not
contemplate that any one shall be cared
for and treated while in quarantine at
the expense of the public any more than
at any other time. In conclusion, he
says he feels that the legislatures are
from responsibilities by creating boards.
commissions. etc, and this he con-
dernns, and says: The necessity and
good results of thorough quarantine of
contagious diseases are more clearly
apparent every year, and legislators
should give the matter careful atten-
ton
VOLUNTEERS WANT MORE PAY
Davenport Democratl
Ever since muster out of the Iowa
troops in 1898 and 1899 the idea has
prevailed among the ex-vounteers that
they We're entitled to additional COM
pensation from the state of Iowa IN adj
dition to what they received from the
federal government. The majority of
them have waited, but some turnout
the state have filed their claims with
the auditor of state. The section of the
code on which they base their claims is
as follows:
Section 2,169. When a requisiton
shall be made by the president of the
United States for troops. the governor.
as commander chief shall order in
to service the National Guard of the
state, or such portion thereof as may
be necessary, and If insufficient, so
many of the militia as is required,
designating the same by draft if suf-
hcient number shall not volunteer. and
shall organize the same and commits
sion officers therefor; and while SO in
service the National Guard and militia
shall be subject to the same regulations
and receive from the state the same
compensation and subsistence as the
army of the United States receives"
However, these claims not thus filed
with the auditor are now legally barred
by section % of the code. which pro-
vides that all claims against the state
must be filed within two years.
Efforts are now being made to have