The Republican journal., 1903-04-09

naval reserve shall be considered the
equivalent of a company of infantry.
Section g. Said act is hereby further
amended by adding the following section
| thereto:
| Section g. When the commissions now
issued are vacated the lieutenant COM
manding the ships company shall be
| elected by the division commanders. The
!: election of the division commanders shall
| be as prescribed for the election of COM
pany officers
[Approved March III
Chapter SO.
! balming and the transportation of the
bodies of persons who have died of in
fectious diseases.
| Section l. For the preservation of the
public health the state board of health
| is empowered to make such rules and reg
ulationS as it may deem necessary, relat-
| ing to the transportation of the remains
OF persons who have died of infectious
diseases, said rules and regulations SO far
as may be deemed practicable and safe,
to be uniform with those which are now
| in effect, or which may be in effect in the
other North American states and prov
| inces.
Section 2. The state board of health is
also authorized to make, alter or amend
! rules and regulations governing the prep
aration and transportation by rail or
otherwise of all bodies dead of an in
fectious, contagious or other disease.
Section g. Every person who shall on
the approval of this act. be engaged in
| the business of undertaking and practice
and shall desire to continue in that bust
ness, must before the first day of Sep
ten1ber, nineteen hundred three register
his name, age. length of time in the bust
state board of examiners, and shall re-
Geive certificate certifying that he is a
registered undertaken and embalmer un-
der which he shall have all the privileges
of licensed embalmer.
Section 4. Any person wishing to be-
come an undertaken an embaitner of dead
human bodies, or engage in the business
OF caring for and preparing dead human
bodies for BURIAL transportation or Gre
nation, as a regular and permanent bust
ness or profession, shall have an intelli-
gent comprehension of the art of embalm-
, , ing, and of such rudiments of anatomy,
and Of the characteristics Of, and the dan
gers from the contagious and infectious
diseases. and of the actions and uses of
disinfectant agencies, as the state board
of health may prescribe as necessary for
the protection of the living, before he is
permitted to practice said business or pro-
fession within this state, and shall also
be required to pass an examination be-
fore q board of examiners created and
empowered by this act.
Section 5. After the examination has
been completed the state board of exam
iners shall judge of the qualification of
the applicant, and, if satisfactory, the
certificate of a licensed embalmer shall
be issued to him, under which he shall
have legal authority to prepare bodies
dead of infectious or contagious disease
for transportation, and to do any work
coming within the province of his voca-
ton.
Section 6. The state board of examiners
has authority under the law to revoke,
for cause, any license it may issue, and
! the regulations of the state board of
health shall be deemed sufficient provo
Section 7. Examinations for licenses
shall be given by the state board of ex-
aminers at least twice annually, at such
time and place as they may determine.
The examination papers shall contain
such questions relating to the subject OF
embalming as the state board of eXamin-
ers may deem necessary to determine the
qualifications of the applicant for the
business, and if found qualified. certifi-
cate, as provided fer in section five of this
act shall be granted him.
Section s. The board Of examiners shall
consist of four members made up as fol-
lows: Two members of the state board
of health. one of whom shall be the sec
retarV of the state board OF health, and
who shall be the cler. of the board, and
The board of examiners shall be appointed
by the governor by and with the advice
and consent of the executive council, and
the three appointive members Shall hold
office for one. two aud three years respec-
lively and until others are appointed to
fill their places. AT the expiration of the
first term of office of each member, future
appointments shall be made for three
years. In case of g vacancy due to death.
resignation or other cal Sc. the vacancy
shall be filled by an appointment fer the
uueXpired term, as is provided tor oriSl-
nal appointments.
Section 9. The state board of health
may adopt such blanks and forms of pro
cedure as it may deem necessary and best
to carry out the provisions of this act.
and it shall keep on file a list of all regis
tered and licensed embalmers and q
record of examinations, together with the
examination papers, all of which shall be
open to public inspection.
Section 10. No person shall inject into
any cavity or artery of the body OF any
person who has died from an accidental
or sudden death or under suspicious cir
cumstances, any fluid or substance until a
legal certificate of the cause OF death from
the attending physician has been OBJ
tanned, nor until legal investigation has
determined the cause of death. If a Grim
inal cause of death is alleged or suspected,
no fluid or other substance shall be in
jected into a body until the cause OF death
is legally established.
Section H. The board shall keep a
record, containing the names and resi-
dences of all persons registered hereun-
der, and a record of all moneys received
and disbursed by said board, and said
records, or duplicates thereof, shall al
ways be opened to inspection in the office
of the secretary of the state board of
health during regular office hours. Said
board shall annually report to the state
board OF health, on or before the first day
OF January in each year; the report to
contain a full and complete account OF
all it's official acts during the year. to-
gether with a statement Of the receipts
and disbursements of the board and such
comments as may be deemed proper.
Section T. The fee for registration
under this act shall be one dollar, and for
examination FIVE dollars. The money
| thus received by the board of examiners
shall constitute a permanent fund Ior
carrying out the work provided in this
| act. From the money thus received the
expenses for printing, for stationery, tor
postage, for other expenses necessarily IN
| CURED under the provisions OF this act,
| and FOR the full compensation OF the merl-
| bers of the board of examiners, shatl be
| paid The board OF examiners shall he en-
| titled to five dollars each per day ana eN-
| penses during session. The clerk of the
examining board shall be paid one hun
| dred dollars for the first yea' of his ser
vices, and therea fter ne shall receive the
same compensation as the other mem
| bers Of the board; any balance shall be
| turned into the treasury of the board OF
| examiners. The clerk of the examining
board shall act as treasurer of the board
| and shall deposit or otherwise care fol