Show FiiiTH HDARDS HFIM F H 1 yrdojj I Decline to Modify Their Vaccination Vac-cination Order MELD A SPIRITED MEETING The Meeting Was Held to Consider auc s1 i Petitions From County School deepc I Trustees Asking Modification of everJonJ Order Relating to County Schools tt she Isnij County Board Was Held to Have I No Authority to Act and Members mellon f of State Board Said That Organiza Is the ti ton Would Stand Pat 11 and C re Who h 1 role dlsr The order of State and County Boards lost neop1 of Health excluding unvaccinated chll Such wojl dren from tho schools of the county I sch w o l ill remain in force The county trus IY oC thel tees wl say however that they will immediately I y have their im-mediately take the matter into court i martyrsj The County Board of Health com mnrtyn1 rising the members of the Board of I 1 S UChn J J Bounty Commissioners and Drs Rob then ho oc m rtson Straup Jones and Anderson S trifling Sainet In the rooms of the Commission trlfng r jSfers yesterday afternoon to consider the cal afernoon cator ° r lhI petition of the trustees asking for a I f pttono r own lifes modification of the boards order revaccination ehold is J i Bpectng re-vaccination so that unvacci i 5 fated children may attend school In rough 1 4 chidren g her 1 districts not afflicted with the disease le The order In question provided that L not thelri none but vaccinated children be admit fijjca to the schools of the county and asH and g ct as-H t jfhcrCs are a number of school districts however fifn thc county in which smallpox does hat the tla not exist aL present the trustees or tn such districts have insisted that the he tension I order should be so modified that unvaccinated IW Th unvac-cinated children In those districts who 5fKad not been exposed to the disease roves this i could attend school id J A communication was also received consult a r from Oscar VunColJ R Lawllns ng quiet eCefand Peter James Sanders on behalf of coUnty principals asking for a modifi I om some fcsfcation r of the order and pointing out that she aDDli H while unvaccinated children were not allowed to attend school they constantly J con-stantly attended dances socials and other gatherings It was also set out i Vegetable G I j that no smallpox existed In twenty 1 ills wSfl three of the thirtysix school districts tfijBeforc proceeding to the consideration know it It ot < the petitions James Anderson was and con J Reeled chairman of the board I HAD NO POWER TO ACT h 11cr tr At tho very outset of the proceedings proceed-ings County Attorney Christensen gave Alolne jffort for a It as his opinion that the order made ars to rely Jbv the count board was in perfect iCe in thejs harmony with thc order of the State board A lull co Mhoard cowsMwiTlialf ot course settled the entire iflced hersiu matter as It showed that the county in upon htc board has not exceeded its jurisdiction for er health ijfp11 I therefore there was no reason henlht iiiodiflcatlon but two hours were con word asit Hlimed in talk before any definite ace ac-e so much fa Jion was taken upon the petitions The er hard W 1 Action finally taken was to deny the f 4 petitions and a committee with power 1 to act vas appointed to look into the ng us SSci matter of public gatherings with a view broken in h Jo stopping them id we urgo VAN COTT FOR PRINCIPALS id lengthen Oscar Van Cott was permitted to dc lIver a brief address in which he protested j pro-tested vigorously 1 against the action taU ta-U cn by the health boards and insisted 1 thai as long as dances and parties were N being held it would do no good to close the schools I > I G JN i I Dr Beatty of the State board was I also heard He first said that the board would stand by Its original order He then said that every man woman and child In the State should be vaccinated lysician But as that could not he done the vaccination vac-cination of school children was the next best thing and would help to eradicate the disease He also said that there II 4 I had been 4000 cases of smallpox In the II 1 I t t State and that thirty deaths had re 1 n S I 1 I Bulted He thought it would be sev L IJtL 2ral years before the disease could be jjvipexl out Dr Beatty said further that President Snow and other high church officials agreed with the State I board that heroic measures should beD be-D PROPBJIJtakcn and that President Snow agreed Tto have withdrawn the opposition from I ascertain quarter with which the efforts S of the board had been met PROTEST FROM ANDERSON Dr Beatty also referred to the unlawful un-lawful opposition to the boards or filer and Chairman Anderson protested against the use of thc term as applied Itb th petitioners because the order or the ooard allowed them to vaccinate their children or not just as they k1 pleased D1 catty admitted that the execu tiyc committee of the State board issued is-sued the original order before the board iHad ratified the action and the County R ttorney was asked to give an opinIon opin-ion later as to whether or not the order or-der was binding before ratification 5 MAY STOP DANCES AND SOCIALS After denying the petitions for the reason that tlit county board had no discretion In the matter a committee commit-tee comprising James Anderson Henry I Harker V J Home and Dr Andcr ibn was appointed to Ipok into the S matter of public gatherings and formulate for-mulate rules to prohibit them under pertain conditions If such lA course Is t deemed advisable lsl I was decided to extend the 2 cenl rate for vaccination to February Ju and the county will pay for the vacci ration of Indigent children S County trustees to the number of about thirty were present and expressEd 1 ex-pressEd great indignation over the action ac-tion of the board Several declared that they intended taking the matter uat mater into court at onceI I The matter will be i ifully considered however at a moot ling to be held at Murray on Tuesday morning next |