Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-06
MAYOR MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS Appoints New Board of Health and Suggests
 City Physician.
A FORMAL PROTEST TWO NEW COMMITTEES
Realty Company Will Be Asked 10 Sell Part of New Ceme-
 tery Property.

Mayor Simon Bloom sent three brief messages to the city council last board of health, acting under the au- thority given him by the new health measure that was adopted by the re- cent legislature In the second the mayor named a park committee, pur- suant to a resolution passed at re- cent meeting of the council, and in the third he added a realty committee to the committees of the aldermanic body. All of his recommends tions were subject to the approval of the council.
 In his message, covering appoint ments to the new Board of Health, he recommended that Dr. A. G. Thompson, the present chairman of the present chairman of the board be retained with the following mem bers: Drs. J. s. Jenkins and William Crutcher and E. A. Howell and Harry Hanf, officials of the School Board. He also recommended Dr. w. T. Lowe for appointment as the "health board officer or city physician. Dr. Lowe !! was recently removed by the old coun cil when that body began cutting ex- penses of the city government.
 The mayors new park committee is composed of Aldermen w. B. Sorrells, chairman; Frank Franey and J. F. Hut. His new realty committee, which is urged to dispose of half of the new cemetery property, recently purchased by the city, is composed. of Aldermen w. B. Sorrells, chairman ;. Frank Franey and J. F. Hut. His new realty committee, which is urged to dispose of half of the new cemetery property, recently purchased by the ciyt, is composed of Aldermen Fred Fox, chairman; Ben Veil and H. V. Bahlau.
 The messages of the mayor follow: Board of Health.
 Pine Bluff, Ark, May ,, 1913. City Council,
 City of Pine Bluff.
 Gentlemen:-The general assembly of the state in 1913 passed Act No. 96, an act for the better protection of the public health and for other pur- poses I will call your attention to sections, 15, 16, 17 and IS, attached hereto
 It is the duty of the mayor to make appointments according to this law, and I will ask that the city clerk read the above sections to you for your guidance.
 Complying with this law I place l before you for consideration the fol- lowing names that will comprise the members of the City Board of Health should they accept the posi- tions:
 Dr. A. G. Thompson chairman, with DTS. John s. Jenkins and William Crutcher, E. A. Howell and Harry Hanf, making a city board of health of five, I also appoint as the city health officer, Dr. w. T. Lowe, sub ject to the approval of this body.
 In making the above selections have done so after very careful con- sideration, and believe the physicians named above are competent and will do all in their power to assist in talk i ing care of the health of our city. In naming Messrs. Howell and Hanf, l believe that you gentlemen will agree that the selection is a good one in as much as they are the president and secretary of our public school board, and will do all in their power to take care of the health of our chill dren, and see that the schools are kept in the best of sanitary condi- tions.
 In naming Doctor Lowe, this gen.