RHODE ISLAND.

Pulmonary and Laryngeal Tuberculosis-Prevention and Suppression. Communicable Diseases-Quarantine-Disinfection. (Ch. 1520, Act Apr. 19, 1917.)

SECTION 1. Section 35 of chapter 110 of the general laws, entitled "Of regulations for the prevention of infectious and contagious diseases," as amended by chapter 9391 of the public laws, passed at the January session, A. D. 1913, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 35. All rights, powers and duties conferred or imposed by the provisions of this chapter upon town councils, the health officers of towns and cities, the State board of health, and physicians in relation to the prevention and suppression of contagious or infectious diseases or distemper, shall apply, extend and relate to all cases of laryngeal or pulmonary tuberculosis, in addition to the diseases and distempers specifically described in this chapter. The term suitable quarantine shall be considered as meaning the isolation of the person or persons having the disease or distemper, and of such other persons as may by contact or association with the affected person become, in the judgment of the State board of health, carriers of contagion, the period of time, the manner of such isolation and the method of cleansing and disinfection shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations made from time to time by said board: Provided, That nothing in this section contained shall be construed to limit or restrict the rights, powers and duties conferred or imposed upon town councils, and the health officers of towns and cities by the other provisions of this chapter.

School Children—Notification of Dental Defects or Conditions Arising TherefromTreatment. (Ch. 1484, Act Apr. 14, 1917.)

SECTION 1. In towns providing medical inspection for schools the school physician or other person employed by or under the authority of the school committee to make an examination of the health of school children shall report to the superintendent of schools dental defects or conditions arising therefrom found by him, with the names of the children affected. The superintendent of schools shall make provision for preserving the records of health examinations of school children, and for notifying parents or custodians of children of conditions requiring professional or skilled treatment. The commissioner of public schools shall furnish to superintendents of schools such blank forms and record books as he shall deem necessary for the purposes of this act.

SEC. 2. The school committee may provide at the expense of the town proper dental treatment for children found to be suffering from dental defects or conditions arising therefrom whose parents or guardians or custodians neglect to provide proper dental treatment within one month after receiving a notice of the need thereof as required by section 1 of this act.

SEC. 3. This act shall be in effect on and after September 1, 1917.

School Children-Physical Training-Appropriation. (Ch. 1541, Act Apr. 19, 1917.)

SECTION 1. All children above the age of 8 years, attending public schools or such other schools as are managed and controlled by the State shall receive therein instruc tion and practice in physical training under such regulations as the State board of

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education may prescribe or approve during periods which shall average at least 20 minutes in each school day. No private school or private instruction shall be approved by any school committee for the purposes by chapter 72 of the general laws as substantially equivalent to that required by law of a child attending a public school in the same city and town unless instruction and practice in physical training similar to that required in public schools shall be given.

SEC. 2. For the purpose of preparing and introducing such course of instruction the sum of $500 or so much thereof as many be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for expenditure by the State board of education during the fiscal year ending on December 31, 1917; and the State auditor is hereby directed to draw his orders on the general treasurer for the payment of said sum, or so much thereof as may be required, on vouchers approved by said State board of education.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect on and after July 1, 1917.

State Board of Health-Meetings-Compensation and Traveling Expenses of Members. (Ch. 1479, Act Apr. 12, 1917.)

SECTION 1. Section 4 of chapter 115 of the general laws, entitled "Of the State board of health," as amended by chapter 12672 of the public laws, passed at the January session, A. D. 1915, is hereby further amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 4. The board shall meet in the city of Providence once in three months and as much oftener as they may deem necessary. The members of the board, except the secretary, shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of $10, respectively, for attendance at each meeting, or for conducting an examination, but no compensation shall be given for meetings oftener than once a month. The travelling expenses of any member, while engaged in the duties of the board, shall be paid by the State. And the general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as may in their opinion be necessary and sufficient for the purposes of this section; and the State auditor is hereby authorized and directed to draw his orders upon the general treasurer for the payment to the members of the State board of health for attendance at meetings or the conducting of examinations in accordance with the provisions of this section, upon certification to him by the president of the State board of health.

Foods and Drugs-Manufacture or Sale of Adulterated or Misbranded, Prohibited. (Ch. 1489, Act Apr. 14, 1917.)

SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 183 of the general laws, entitled "Of the maintenance of purity in foods and drugs, by prohibiting the manufacture or sale of adulterated, misbranded or deleterious foods or drugs," is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, as principal, or by a servant, or agent, to manufacture, sell, or offer for sale within this State, any drug or article of food which is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this chapter, and any person, firm or corporation, as principal or by a servant, or agent, violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be punished for the first offence by a fine not exceeding $50, for the second offence by a fine not exceeding $100, and for the third and each subsequent offence by a fine of not exceeding $200, or imprisonment for one year: Provided, That no article shall be deemed misbranded or adulterated within the provisions of this chapter when intended for export to any foreign country and prepared or packed according to the specifications or directions of the foreign purchaser, when no substance is used in the preparation or packing thereof in conflict with the

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laws of the foreign country to which said article is intended to be shipped; but if such article shall be in fact sold or offered for sale for domestic use or consumption, then this proviso shall not exempt said article from the operation of any of the other provisions of this chapter.

Manufacturing and Mercantile Establishments-Water-Closets and PriviesDressing Rooms and Seats for Females. (Ch. 1522, Act Apr. 19, 1917.) SECTION 1. Section 8 of chapter 78 of the general laws, entitled "Of factory inspec tion," is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 8. In any city, town or district wherein there is a public water service, the owner, agent or lessee of any factory, manufacturing or mercantile establishment employing 25 persons or less located on, adjacent, or in close proximity to, any highway, street, road or path in which are laid public water mains, shall equip said factory, manufacturing or mercantile establishment with at least one effectively trapped and ventilated water-closet for the use of the employees: Provided, however, That if the employees are of different sex, then and in such case, there shall be at least two effectively trapped and ventilated water-closets, one for male and one for female employees separately located, with separate entrances, properly designated and so built as to ensure privacy.

The owner, agent, or lessee of any factory, manufacturing or mercantile establishment, employing more than 25 persons, shall equip said factory, manufacturing or mercantile establishment with one effectively trapped and ventilated water-closet, for every 40 employees or fraction thereof exceeding one-half: Provided, however, That if the employees are of different sex then there shall be separate water-closets for the different sexes with separate entrances properly designated and so built as to ensure privacy.

Water-closets, earth closets, or privies shall be provided in all other places where women and children are employed, in such manner as shall, in the judgment of said inspectors, meet the demands of health and propriety.

Separate dressing rooms for women and girls shall be provided in all establishments where such are deemed a necessity by said factory inspectors; and in every manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment in which women or girls are employed, there shall be provided, conveniently located, seats for such women and girls, and they shall be permitted to use them when their duties do not require their standing.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 1918.

Hotels, Restaurants, Cafes, Lunch Counters, and Markets-Licensing, Inspection, and Regulation. (Act 17, Feb. 27, 1917.)

SECTION 1. Municipalities may regulate hotels, cafes, etc.; proviso.-That full power and authority is hereby given to and vested in all towns and cities in this State to provide by ordinances such rules and regulations regarding the conduct and operation of markets, hotels, restaurants, cafes and lunch counters therein, so as to provide for the public health, comfort and convenience; and when such rules and regulations have been established to provide by ordinance for the punishment of all offenders against the same, within the limits now provided by law: Provided, That should there be a board of health in such town or city, its approval shall first be obtained.

SEC. 2. Inspection; penalty for obstruction of same.-All such towns and cities may, by ordinance, provide for the inspection of all such places by some competent person appointed by the mayor or intendant, and all persons, firms, or corporations conducting or operating such places, shall at all times permit and allow inspections to be made of their premises by such inspectors, and any person, firm or corporation who shall refuse to allow such inspection, or who shall obstruct any officer whose duty it is to make such, inspection, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be subject to such penalties as such towns or cities may impose by ordinance, not exceeding a fine of $100, or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days.

SEC. 3. Ordinances to be obeyed; revocation of licenses.-That all persons, firms and corporations within the meaning of this act shall carry out and obey all ordinances passed or enacted by any town or city, and upon neglect or refusal to comply therewith, shall be subject to the penalties herein provided: Provided, That such towns and cities shall have the power to deny or to revoke any and all licenses granted to conduct such business when, in the judgment of the mayor or intendant, such ordinances are not complied with.

Births and Deaths-Registration-Fees of Local Registrars. (Act 167, Mar. 1, 1917.)

SECTION 1. Compensation of registrar of vital statistics reduced in certain cities.— That section 4 of an act1 approved the first day of September, 1914, entitled "An act to provide for the registration of all births and deaths in the State of South Carolina," be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding the following proviso at the end of section 4: "Provided, In cities of over 50,000 inhabitants, that each local registrar shall be paid 10 cents," so that said section, when so amended, shall read as follows:

SEC. 4. That each local registrar shall be paid the sum of 25 cents for each birth certificate properly and completely made out and registered with him, correctly recorded and promptly returned by him to the State registrar, as required by the rules and regulations. And in case no births or no deaths were registered during any month, the local registrar shall be entitled to be paid the sum of 25 cents for each report to that effect, but only if promptly made in accordance with the rules and regulations. All amounts payable to the registrar under the provisions of this section shall be paid by the treasurer of the county in which the registration district is located, upon certification by the State registrar. And the State registrar shall annually certify to the treasurers of the several counties the number of births and deaths properly registered, with the names of the local registrars, and the amount due each at the rates fixed therein: Provided, That in cities of over 50,000 inhabitants, that each local registrar shall be paid 10 cents.

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SOUTH DAKOTA.

State Board of Health and Medical Examiners-Appointment-Powers-Regulations. (Ch. 353, Act Feb. 20, 1917.)

SECTION 1. That section 2 of chapter 109,' of the session laws of 1913, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 2. Immediately after the taking effect of this amendment, the governor shall appoint five skilled and capable physicians who shall constitute the State board of health and medical examiners, one of whom shall be appointed for the term ending July 1, 1918, one for the term ending July 1, 1919, one for the term ending July 1, 1920, one for the term ending July 1, 1921, and one for the term ending July 1, 1922, and thereafter on or about the first day of July in each year the governor shall appoint a member of said board to succeed the member whose term of office then expires, and such appointment shall in each instance be for a term of 5 years.

SEC. 2. That section 4 of chapter 109, of the session laws of 1913, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 4. The said board shall hold quarterly meetings in each year, two of which shall be at the State capitol, and other meetings at such times and places as the superintendent of said board shall designate, and shall have power as follows:

(1) To exercise general supervision over all health officers and boards, to take any active measures for the prevention and eradication of contagious or communicable diseases among people of the State, investigate sanitary conditions, learn the cause and source of disease and epidemics, observe the effect upon human health of localities and employments, and gather and diffuse proper information upon all subjects to which its duties relate; to gather, collate, and publish medical and vital statistics of general value, and advise all State officials and boards in hygiene and medical matters, especially those involved in the proper location, construction, sewerage, and administration of prisons, hospitals, asylums, and other public institutions.

(2) To adopt, alter, and enforce reasonable regulations of permanent application throughout the whole or any portion of the State, or for specified periods in parts thereof, for the preservation of public health. Upon the approval of the attorney general and the due publication thereof, such regulations shall have the force of law, except in so far as they may conflict with a statute or with the charter or ordinances of a city of the first class upon the subject, and in and by the same the board may control, by requiring the taking out of licenses and permits, or by other appropriate means, any of the following matters:

(a) The manufacture into articles of commerce, other than food, of diseased, tainted or decayed animal or vegetable matter.

(b) The business of scavengering and the disposal of sewage.

(c) The location of mortuaries and cemetaries and the removal and burial of the dead.

(d) The management of lying-in houses and boarding places for infants, and the treatment of infants therein.

(e) The pollution of streams and other waters and the distribution of water by private persons for drinking or domestic use.

(f) The construction and equipment, in respect to sanitary conditions, of schools, hospitals, almshouses, prisons, and other public institutions.

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