Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-31

situation because he had six children,
 and five of them were in school If |
 the appointee doesn't have anything |
 to do but sit tight, S1OO Is enough for |
 kim, but if he is a real inspector that |
 is another matter Dr. Cassidy said that the school l
 pl ysician must visit the school every | morning if required by the town school |
 board. Mir. Beckwith wanted to know
 it the town school board is superior to
 the statutes of Connecticut Authority of State Secretary. Town Counsel Pettis said. in regard to Secretary Hines position, that the town cannot give him its certificate if | the school inspector is not appointed. ard thereby the comptroller Is given I the opportunity to hold up the grant. President Murphy said that Attorney | Barnes was clever in giving his inter-
 pretation of the law, but there is | diversity of opinion there among the ! lawyers. The president and secretary of the school board must give their | oath that the school has been run in
 conformity with the law, and this is | the authority on which the state secre- | tery rests. One hundred dollars Is | out of the question; you will have to | appropriate a larger sum.
 Health Officer Doesn't Want Job. MT. Davis asked if the town school | beard had tried to take advantage of | the clause giving the power of trans ! lIlt WoIk 10 the board or nealLn and ke produced his copy of the public 1 acts The city health officer is not overworked, he thought, judging from ! the glowing reports of the Board of Trade, Norwich Chamber of Commerce and eastern Connecticut included as to | hygienic conditions in the Rose of
 Sew England. President Murphy said
 that the city health officer had refused
 U take the school inspection job at any
 price.
 Work of the Health Officer.
 George H. Stanton asked if the
 health officer could refuse to do this
 wJ rk if asked, and Dr. V. F. Lewis
 was asked how things went when he
 was in office. pr. Lewis said he was city health officer for l2 years and all the school inspection during that time was done by himself There were not
 Tlany serious epidemiCs in that time ] and not many times were the schools closed. Last year there was a p1TtiC- , ! uiGrly difficult situation at the Hobart
 l aN enuc school. and several years ago
 tFCrC was an outbreak of scarlet fever at the Broad street school when some children returned in the desquamating ! stage of the disease and spread the fever. X medical inspector would not 7 l have prevented that. The law. as in
 | teTpreted by him. requires only the . annual examination. not a regular i'm sDeCtion. He told of the New Norl;
 system. The town physicians could
 d1 the work for the poor school chil- ' dTen. who would not number more than
 4cO-5OO. They do no more charitable {! work than any other physician In I town. Tn case of cOutaEfous diSpa sos D iJ is the duty of the health officer Go ! ! attend. particularly in schools. The \ majority of the citizens do not fee that the town of Norwich Is in posi- |, l uop to materially increase it's taxes z | and if it can be done this transfer tC U t'e health officer is good way out. ' Thought Health Officer Would Resisr e Attorney Browning discussed tn, - statutes a. some length, and whether C the act be wide or not. he urged abid
 ! ing by the law without endeavor tS
 get around it by any subterfuge. At
 l tOrneE Barnes, following him came C r. the defence of the goo specific dol N lars and favored the transfer of thu L. medical inspectors duties to the healtl r officer. He will either do the worl $ or get out. said the attorney. Tn, = city. town or district may make thi e transfer according to the statutes. an, e Attorney Brown!AS suggested a towl l. meeting but he thought the health of s fiCer would resign if the work wer n thurst on him, and he feared it woulj ?, be hard to get doctor 10 take tha g position.
 O Would Refuse to Sign.
 v Shephard F. Palmer asked if tn S president and secretary of the schoC ' board would be prepared to sign tn l ttTIlIClLes III NleW or Lle method ~ elucidated by the lawyers. Presiden "a Murphy said he would absolutely re if fuse and Secretary Herbert M. Lero , said he would too. Mir. Palme Is thought there was only one thing [ ,4 do. since the comptroller will not pa the s14OOO without the signatures e is thees tow gentlemen. Mir. Davis aske "a whc was willing to take the job. IT Special Meetings to Vote Transfer. le Attorney Allyn L. Brown raised tn r. question. if before spending the ssO L. it would not be wisdom to have tn SC necessary city and town meetings an "a vote to require the respective healt ly officers to take the work of inspectini e. possibly with the aid of the tow e. physicians. He suggested voting th 10 present proposition down. Attorne al Barnes said that that was the mos " sensible suggestion he had heard a at the evening. Mir. Browning agai
 raised the question of COntinuou
 succession of resignations, but one .r the lawyers thought that there woul m m.h be a doctor somewhere to take the io se A left to right vote was taken in frOI hI of the chair and 4S votes were cas III III 32 were Nos and the resolution ws po declared defeated. Adjournment ws
 | immedfa tely taken ar Q g0