Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05

the board Of health or health officer
a certificate that they have taken such
precautions as to their persons, clothing clothing
bringing from the premises as are neces-
sary to insure the immunity from infec-
tion Of other purposes with whom they
son shall expose himself in any public
place. shop. street, inn or public con-
veyance without. having first adopted
such precautions
Section 10. Section forty Of chapter
eighteen of the Revised Statutes Is here
by amended by striking out the word
cholera" in line two of said section and
inserting in place thereof the words or
other quarantinable disease SO that
said section as amended shall read as
follows
ants upon persons sick with smallpox.
scarlet fever, diphtheria or other quar-
antinable disease. shall adopt for the
disinfecton and disposal OF excreta. and
clothing and other things which have
been exposed to infection. such meas
ure5 as may be ordered in writing. by
the local board of health
Section II. Section forty-one Of chap
ter eighteen of the Revised Statutes Is
hereby amended by striking out the
words measles. cholera. plague or pull
monary tuberculosis or consumption" IN
lines three and four of said section and
inserting In place thereof the words.
or other disease for which disinfection
may be required by the State board Of
health so that said section as amended
shall read as follows:
Section Al. No person shall give. lend.
transmit, sell or expose any bedding,
has been used by persons affected with
smallpox, scarlet fever. diphtheria, or
other diseases for which disinfection
may be required by the State. board of
occupied by, such persons, without first
having said articles dis!nfected to the
satisfaction of the local board Of health
seetem - Section Of chap
hereby amended by striking out the
words. specified in the preceding sec
tion." in line two Of said section and
inserting in place thereof the words.
for which disinfection may be required
by the State board Of health so that
said section as amended shall read as
follows:
Section a. When persons from houses
or places which are infected with any
of the diseases for which disinfection
may be required by the State board of
when. from any other cause. the school
room has probably become infected, the
teacher shall dismiss the school and
notify the school officers and local board
held in such schoolroom until the room
has been dis:nfected to the satisfaction
of the local board Of health, and the
school officers and board of health shalt
as possible
Section 49, Section forty-eight Of chap
hereby amended by striking out tho
whole of said section and substituting
therefor the following:
Section 49, No person shall let or hire
any house or room in n house in which
any OF the diseases have existed for
which disinfection may be required by
the State board of health. without hay
ing caused the house and the premises
;,, to hn diSt,1
fected to the satisfaction Of the local
board of health
Section II. Section seventy-fve Of
chapter eighteen of the Revised Statutes
IS hereby amended by striking out from
the end of said section the following
words. but no such hospital shall be
within one hundred rods of an inhabited
dwelling house in an. adjoining town
without the consent Of it's local board
of health" SO that said section as
amended shall read as follows:
therein one or more hospitals for the
reception of persons having the SMALL
pox or other diseases dangerous to the
Pub1ies heath or its loeal board Of
control of said board
Section Is. Section seventy-six Of
chapter eighteen Of the Revised Statutes
is hereby repealed.
Section 1G. Section seventy-seven Of
chapter eighteen of the Revised Statutes
IS hereby amended by striking out the
word "inoculated'' in line two of said
the words, who are infected. infectious;
so that said section as amended shall
read as follows:
Section Il. When hospital is SO e,s-
tablished or licensed the physicians. the
persons who are infected, infectious. or
sick therein. the nurses. attendants, and
all who come within its limits. and all
furniture , or other a1, articles so,t used S or
regulations made by the local board of
health
Section IT, Section eighty-two of chap
ter eighteen of the Revised Statutes is
words. over two years of age, in line
four of said section. so that said section
as amended shall read as follows:
Section 81 The board Of health ,o of
shall annually on the first day of March.
or oftener if they deem it prudent. pro-
vide for the free vaccination with the
pox of all the nhabtants b within ndn
under the care of skilled practicing ply
s!cians. and under such circumstances
and restrictions as said authoS'ties
adopt therefor.'-(Approved April 2, 1851
Chapter 33e.
An Act to amend Section one Of Chapter
forty-eight of the Revised Statutes as
amended by Chapter twenty of the
Public Laws of nineteen hundred nine,
relative to the employment of clerks by
the bank commissioner.
Section one of chapter forty-eght Of
the Revised Statutes, as amended by
chapter twelve of the public laws Of
nineteen hundred nine is hereby amend
ed by striking out the word "one' in the
fifteenth line Of said section and substi-
tnting therefor the word two: and by
striking out in the sixteenth line of said
section the word Commission" and in
serting therefor the word commits
soners, so that said section as amended
shall read as follows:
Section /. The governor, with the adj
vice and consent of the council. shall
appoint bank commissioner who shall
hold his Office for three years, subject
to removal at any time by the appoint
ing power. and shall not during his
any bank in the State. Wherever the
words bank examiner" now appear in
the statutes Of the State, they shall be
construed to mean bank commissioner.
The bank commissioner shall be paid
the salary now or hereafter provided by
law for that Office and his necessary
travelling expenses and the reasonable
and necessary expenses of his office.
the payment of which shall be made
and council and shall be authorized
to employ at the expense of the State.
one or more clerks as the business Of
the Office may require, the amount of
their compensation to be subject to the
approval of the governor and council.
and two of whom may be designated
as deputy bank commissioners. The
present bank examiner may serve out
the unexpired term of his office as bank
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