Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-01
HEALTH BILL READY
FOR CIVIC GROUP
Measure TO Be Presented to-
Montgomery Federation
Week from Tomorrow.
~ stan correspondent of The Star.

~ Stan Correspondent of The Star.
SILVER SPRING, Nd, February 20.
"A proposed legislative act authorizing
the creation OF county board Of
health and defining its composition,
duties and powers Is ready for preSen-
tation to the Montgomery County Civic
Federation for consideration at its
March meeting week from Monday
night.
The measure, prepared by the feder-
atoms Committee on Sanitation and
Public Health, is substantially the same
as the proposed bill recently submitted
by the committee to county officials and
legislators. Several minor changes
have been made with view to avoid
ing anticipated opposition, but the
main features are unaltered.
Shaw Approves Plan.
President Lacy Shaw of the Board
Of County Commissioners already has
expressed his approval of the general
plan as desirable solution of the
county's problem of providing adequate
health protection without increasing
materially the cost of administration.
The board OF health, as outlined in
the bill, would draw the majority of
It's members from persons already in
the employ of the county. who would
receive no additional compensation for
their services. The members not en-
ployed by the county would be paid
$40 for each meeting they attended,
provided the compensation Of no in
dividual amounted to more than $50
for any calendar year.
Personnel Of Board.
The board would be composed of the
president Of the Board of County Com
missioners, the superintendent Of
schools, the president of the County
Medical Society, the president of the
county farm bureau, the States attor-
ney, one sanitary engineer representing
the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, two practicing physicians
and one veterinarian.
The principal change made in the
original draft Of the bill related to the
supervision Of the board of health over
organizations doing social welfare, clin-
1cal or charitable work in the county.
As originally provided, the board would
have had supervision over all activities
OF these organizations. In the revised
draft, however, the board would have
supervision only "in so far as such
activities affect the health Of any In
dividual or group Of individuals"
A provision in the original bill
authorizing the county commissioners
to receive private donations for health
work has been stricken from the fnal
copy. This was done, according to
Ralph Lee, chairman of the committee,
would have to be embodied in sep
arGte act.
Working On General Code.
Having finished the health board bill,
the Sanitation and Public Health Com
mittee now Is working on a general
health code for the county, but this
probably viii not be completed until
the April meeting Of the federation,
He explained that there is no hurry
IN the preparation of the health code
since 1t does not require legislative
sanction,
Besides the proposed board of health
bill, the federation Is expected TO dis
ctlss at its March meeting the appli-
cations Of the Kensington Chamber of
Commerce and the Kensington Board
Of Trade for membership.
Consideration Of the two applications
at the last federation session threw the
body into an uproar which threatened
for Q time to get beyond the control
Of President Stephen James.
The. trouble started with q motion
that the Membership Committee,
headed by George II. Lamar, be COM
PEELED to bring in q final report on
the matter at the March meeting. Mr..
Lamar previously had reported that the
two organizations were overlapping, and
his committee was trying to work out
q remedy for the situation.
The greatest 'comn1otion was caused
when Maj e. Brooke Lee of Silver
Spring proposed that both organizations
be admitted since they were political
in character and the vote Of enc would
neutralize the vote Of the other. Wig
orcus protest was made against the
injection of any political element into
discussion on the floor Of the fedora
ton.