Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-26

OF his visit to Wallagrass. DR.. Elfnt
was acting as inspector for the board
along the border. This did not give
him authority to make agreements With
local boards that the State would nav
Tor such work. The truth of the mat
Ter was that DR.. BOulay had but re-
Gently settled in the plantation and DR..
Flint thought it would be doing him a.
good turn to have him appointed on the
board of health-would give him an op-
portunity to become acquainted. The
secretary of the State board did not
question but what DR.. Boulay did good
work i'm stamping out the disease. but
the work was done for the plantation
and to that he should look for his pay.
There was no question but what DR.
Flint did furnish some vaccine, but the
state did not pay for it, as it was part
Of lot which the inspector, which the
/. ;. marine hospital had had on the
border, had left. Was old, too and not
very good, so he understood.
Here DR.. Young was asked q number
Of questions by members of the council
as to what the instructions to inspec-
tors. such as DR.. Flint. were, and, also,
if DR.. Flint had told DR.. Boulay that
the State would pay il the council was
t" regard him as being an agent. DR..
Young answered the last question in
the negative.
Dr. Flint told Of going to Wallagrass
and having the board OF health formed.
He had DR.. Bculay put upon that board
as he was n new conner and he thought
1t would give him 4 chance to become ac-
Quaintcd. By going from house to house
he would get to know the people and gain
thereby Told the doctor so. Did not tell
MIN that the State would pay, but that
he would have to look to the planta ton
of Wallagrass. Eagle Lake plantation
was not mentioned in their talk When
DR.. Boulay came to him to send his bill
to the State board he refused and told
him that the State would not pay the bill
When the second request was made he
refused and explained that it was not the
plan of the State board to pay such bills.
DR.. Boulay then told him that he would
send it himself and take his chances of
getting something out of it.
In answer to question of Mr. Lalibcrte
the doctor said that he Gid not know why
the people throughout the section where
they lived should think that he had au-
thorty to compel them to do such things.
and that the State would pay, for he had
never said so. Mr.. Laliberte insisted that
such was the feeling and said that he had
supposed that the doctors position as in
spector for the State Board gave him that
authority.
DR.. Flint was subjected to a series Of
questions by the members of the coun-
Gil as to whether he considered the con-
ditiOns under which the work was done
as an emergency and said he did.
The deposition of Stanley Burrill. drug
2ist of Fort Kent. to the effect that he
heard DIR. Flint tell DR. Boulay that the
State would not pay for the work or sup
ply the vaccine was read.
This concluded the hearing. excepting
that Mr.. Laliberte explained To the coun-
Gil that for attending and fumigating the
4G cases of smallpox in WallagraSs the
plantation had settled, that this bill was
for tn evaccination of others to prevent
the spread of the disease
The matter was referred to the COM
mittee on accounts and claims till the
| next meeting.