his warrant to the sheriff of the county, sergeant of the city, or any constable or police officer, of either, requiring him to enter such house, building, or vessel, and under the direction of such health officer, remove such person to the office or clinic of the local health board or officer, or to a hospital or other place, anywhere within the State, for the reception and quarantine of those infected with such diseases.

(c) If any such suspected person refuse to come to the office or clinic of the local health board or officer for such examination, when notified in writing by the local health officer, his deputy or assistant, which notice may be deliv ered by mail or by the sergeant or any constable or police officer of any city. the sheriff, or any constable or police officer of any county, or any agent of such health officer or board; or if the health officer, his deputy or assistant deem it proper, it shall be the duty of such health officer, his deputy or assistant. or any member or agent of the State board of health or the State health commissioner, to make complaint on oath before a justice of his city or county that such person is suspected of having a venereal disease and is dangerous to the public health, and such justice shall issue his warrant making such charge and cause such person to be arrested and brought before him, and if found to be of the classifications of persons named in paragraph (a) of this rule (3) shall convict such person and commit him or her to quarantine within such limits as the health officer may designate in accordance with these regulations, for examination therefor, and if there found to be infected to be detained unti! released by the health officer of his city or county.

RULE 4. Protection of others from infection by venereally diseased persons — Upon receipt of a report of a case of a venereal disease it shall be the duty of the health officer to institute measures for the protection of other persons fr infection by such diseased person. (a) Local health officers are authorized and directed to quarantine persons who have or are reasonably suspected of having syphilis, gonorrhea, or chancroid, whenever, in the opinion of said local health officer, or the State board of health, or the State health commissioner quarantine is necessary for the protection of the public health. In establishing quarantine the health officer shall anywhere within the State, designate and define the limits of the areas in which the person known to have, or reasonably suspected of having, syphilis, gonorrhea, or chancroid and his immediate attendant, are to be quarantined and no persons, other than the attending physician, shall enter, remain in, or leave the area of quarantine without the permission or direction of the local health officer.

No one but the local health officer shall terminate said quarantine, and this shall not be done until the suspected person has been found not to be infected and the diseased person has become noninfectious, as determined by the local health officer or his authorized deputy through clinical examinations and ad necessary laboratory tests, or until permission has been given him so to do by the State board of health or the State health commissioner.

(b) The local health officer shall inform all persons who are about to he released from quarantine for venereal diseases, in case they are not cured, what further treatment should be taken to complete their cure. Any person not cured, before release from quarantire shall be required to sign the following statement after the blank spaces have been filled to the satisfaction of the health officer:

ment of said physician or clinic until released by the health officer of

or until my case is transferred with the approval of sald health officer to another regularly licensed physician or an approved clinic.

I hereby agree to report to the health officer within four days after beginning treatment as above agreed, and will bring with me a statement from the above physician or clinic of the medical treatment applied in my case, and thereafter will report as often as may be demanded of me by the health officer.

I agree further, that I will take all precautions recommended by the health officer to prevent the spread of the above disease to other persons and that I will not perform any act which would expose other persons to the above disease, and especially the act of sexual intercourse.

I agree, until finally released by the health officer to notify him of any change of address and to obtain his consent before moving my abode outside his jurisdiction.

(Signature.)

(Date)

All persons signing the above agreement shall observe its provisions and any failure so to do shall be a violation of these regulations and subject to a penalty for breaking, and a return to, quarantine. All such agreements shall be filed with the health officer and kept inaccessible to the public as provided in rule 10. RULE 5. Conditions under which the name of a patient is required to be reported. (a) When a person applies to a physician or other person for the diagnosis or treatment of syphilis, gonorrhea, or chancroid, it shall be the duty of the physician or person so consulted to inquire of, and ascertain from, the person seeking such diagnosis or treatment, whether such person has theretofore taken treatment, consulted with, or has been treated by, any other physician or person, and if so, to ascertain the name and address of the physician or person last consulted. It shall be the duty of the applicant for diagnosis or treatment to furnish this information, and a refusal to do so, or a falsification of the name and address of such physician or person consulted by such applicant shall be deemed a violation of these regulations. It shall be the duty of the physician o other person whom the applicant consults to notify the local health officer and the physician or other person last consulted of the change of advisers. Should the physician or person previously consulted fail to receive such notice within 10 days after the last date upon which the patient was instructed by him to appear, it shall be the duty of such physician or person to report to the local health officer the name and address of such venereally diseased person failing to report for treatment.

(b) If an attending physician or other person knows or has good reason to suspect that a person having syphilis, gonorrhea, or chancroid is so conducting himself or herself as to expose any other person to infection, or is about so to conduct himself or herself, he shall notify the local health officer of the name and address of the diseased person and the essential facts in the case.

RULE 6. Druggists to keep record of sales of drugs for venereal diseases.Any druggist or other person who sells any drugs, compound, specific or preparation of any kind used for or believed by the druggist or person to be intended to be used for the treatment of any of said venereal diseases, shall keep a record of the name and address of the person making such purchases, except when such drug, compound, specific or preparation is used in filling a written prescription signed by a physician licensed to practice medicine under the laws of Virginia. A copy of said record shall be mailed, or otherwise delivered, each week to the local health officer or the State board of health.

RULE 7. Spread of venereal diseases unlawful.-It shall be a violation of these regulations for any infected person to expose another person to infection with any of the said venereal diseases, or for any person to perform an act which exposes another person to infection with venereal disease, for which 180482°-20 24

such offending person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished in the manner provided by law.

RULE 8. Prostitution to be repressed.-Prostitution is hereby declared to be a prolific source of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chancroid, and the repression of prostitution is declared to be a public health measure. All local and State health officers are therefore directed to cooperate with the proper officials whose duty it is to enforce laws directed against prostitution, and otherwise to use every proper means for the repression of prostitution and to otherwise render every aid in the enforcement of all regulations, touching venereal diseases and all health laws.

RULE 9. Giving certificates of freedom from venereal diseases prohibited.— Physicians, health officers and all other persons are prohibited from issuing certificates of freedom from venereal diseases: Provided, This rule shall not prevent the issuance of necessary statements of freedom from infectious diseases written in such form, or given under such safeguards, that their use in solicitation for sexual intercourse would be impossible.

RULE 10. Records to be secret.—All information and reports concerning persons infected with venereal diseases shall be recorded by the health officers to whom furnished, but kept inaccessible to the public except in so far as publicity may attend the performance of the duties imposed by these regulations and by the laws of the State.

RULE 11. Persons in quarantine to work or pay.-All persons in quarantine, for the maintenance and treatment of whom full remuneration is not regularly paid, may be required to perform such work as is proper under the circumstances.

Venereal Diseases-Physical Examination and Commitment of Certain Persons. (Ch. 404, Act Mar. 23, 1918.)

1. That any person convicted by any court or justice of this State, of prostitution or of being a keeper, inmate or frequenter of a house of ill fame, prostitution, or assignation, or of soliciting for immoral purposes, shall be subjected to a physical examination for contagious venereal disease by the local board of health of the county or city in which such person is convicted, or by a competent physician appointed and designated by the trial justice or court, and no such person shall be released until pronounced by said board, or physician, not dangerous to the community on account of such venereal disease. 2. Any person convicted of being a prostitute, keeper, or inmate of a house of ill fame, prostitution, or assignation, or soliciting for immoral purposes, shall not be fined but shall be committed to a city farm or hospital, as in the discretion of the court or justice is deemed best, or in case there is not a city farm or hospital in which such convicted person can be confined, such person shall be committed to jail.

3. The judges and justices are authorized to commit, with the consent of the farm board, persons convicted of being prostitutes, or for keeping or conducting a house of prostitution or assignation to any county or city farm established in accordance with an act approved March 14, 1914, or any hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases which have been or may be established in this Commonwealth.

4. The State board of charities and corrections shall report to the governor all persons confined in the jails of the State for prostitution, or for keeping a house of ill fame or assignation, and the governor is hereby authorized, with the consent of the farm board, to remove such persons from the jails to city

farms or other suitable institutions. And the State shall pay to institutions receiving and caring for such persons the same that the sheriff or sergeant was receiving for their keep in jails from which they are removed.

Sexual Ailments-Advertisements Concerning, Prohibited. (Ch. 373, Act Mar. 16, 1918.)

First. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or association, except boards of heatlh or agencies approved by State board of health, to post or otherwise exhibit or distribute in any manner whatsoever in any place any advertisement or other printed matter concerning venereal diseases, lost manhood, lost vitality, impotency, seminal emissions, self-abuse, varicocele, or excessive sexual indulgence, and calling attention to any medicine or preparation that may be used therefor.

Second. For each and every violation of this act the defendant upon conviction shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100.

Tuberculosis-Establishment of Fund by Special Taxes for Prevention and Control-Care and Treatment of Patients. (Ch. 384, Act Mar. 16, 1918.)

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1. That the special taxes prescribed by this act be, and they hereby are, imposed and shall be levied upon the property hereinafter specified, and that the funds arising from such levies be applied as follows: One eighth for the prevention and eradication of tuberculosis among the people of this State, such taxes to be levied and collected on the various classes of property in this State as follows:

2. On all of the tracts of lands and lots and improvements thereon, not exempt from taxation, including rents and rents charge, and including the real estate of public service corporations, there shall be a tax of 8 cents on every hundred dollars of the assessed value thereof.

3. On all tangible personal property, as described in section 6, schedule B, of an act entitled an act to raise revenue for the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt, and to provide a special tax for pensions as authorized by section 189 of the constitution, approved April 16, 1903, as amended, and upon all other tangible property, including the rolling stock of corporations operating railroads by steam, and all tangible personal property of public service corporations, there shall be a tax of 8 cents on every hundred dollars of the assessed value thereof.

4. Upon all bonds (except bonds of the United States and of the State of Virginia), notes and other evidences of debt, including bonds of States other than Virginia, bonds of counties, cities, and towns located outside of the State of Virginia; bonds of railroad and canal companies and other corporations, bonds of individuals and all demands and claims, however evidenced, whether secured by mortgage, deed of trust, judgment, or otherwise, or not so secured, there shall be a tax of 8 cents on every hundred dollars of the assessed value thereof; and upon the capital of persons, firms, and corporations employed in a trade or business not otherwise taxed, upon the value of the principal of perronal estate and credits, other than tangible property and money, under the control of a court, receiver, or commissioner in pursuance of an order, judgment, or decree of any court or in the hands or under the control of the executor, administrator, trustee, agent, or other fiduciary, and upon the principal or personal estate and credits, other than money, deposited to the credit of any suit and not in the hands of a receiver or other fiduciary, there shall be a tax of 8 cents on every hundred dollars of the assessed value thereof, and upon the shares of stock of corporations or joint stock companies, except such corpora

tions and joint-stock companies, all of whose capital is taxed by this State or which pay a franchise tax in this State, there shall be a tax of 8 cents on every hundred dollars of the assessed value thereof.

5. Upon the shares of stock of each bank, banking association, trust or security company there shall be a tax of 8 cents upon every hundred dollars of the actual value thereof as determined by the provisions of section 17 of an act entitled an act to raise revenue for the support of the government pubbe free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt, and to provide a special tax for pensions as authorized by. section 189 of the constitution, approved April 16, 1903, as amended.

6. The taxes provided for by this act shall be in addition to any other taxes upon the property upon which these taxes are imposed which are now or may hereafter be provided for by any statutes or acts of the general assembly.

7. The taxes provided for by this act shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes upon the said property for State purposes are collected, and shall be paid into the State treasury. ** One-eighth thereof shall compose and constitute a special fund, to be known as the tuberculosis fund, which the auditor of public accounts shall segregate each year in each city and county, respectively, and keep the same separate and subject to the orders of the said State board of health, which may draw out such funds for the purposes of this act upon such forms as the said board and the said auditor may prescribe 8. The said board, so far as available funds will allow, shall make no charge to patients for treatment, accommodation, or board, and shall supply suitable clothing to patients, who because of poverty lack the same.

The funds raised hereunder for tuberculosis from each county or city, as the case may be, shall be primarily charged with the care of the patients from such county or city respectively, but any excess of funds from any county or city may be used by the board for patients from other counties or cities, preferring first patients from near-by counties or cities.

When and after the said State board has exhausted the funds available for patients from any county or city, the board of supervisors of such county or the council of such city may supplement the funds available to said State board of health for the patients from such county or city.

9. In the event that any county or city may have established and be ma'ntaining its own public sanatorium for the treatment of its tuberculosis citizens and shall desire to have the benefit of the provisions of this act in connection therewith, such county or city may by a proper resolution of its board of supervisors or council, as the case may be, turn over such sanatorium to the State board of health, to be by it conducted and supported as a State sanatorium under the provision of this act: Provided, The said State board sal deem such sanatorium suitable for such purposes: And provided further, That said State board shall approve as reasonable the terms and conditions apru which such sanatorium is offered for its use.

10. The State board of health is hereby authorized, empowered, and ciretel, supplemental to the duties and powers now given it by law, and as soon as the funds raised by this act are available, to provide enlarged and additional State sanatoria, to be located in this State, as the said board may determine, for the care, treatment, and instruction of persons, being citizens of this State, harg tuberculosis. The board shall provide separate sanatoria for white pente and colored people.

11. The board shall prescribe and promulgate reasonable and proper rules and regulations for the reception of patients into such sanatoria under the provisions of this act, but shall prefer indigent patients from the respective cont ties and cities from which the necessary funds therefor are raised hereunder.