OCR Text |
Show Ip ",i COMMISSIOHEBS MEET j . :j 10 REORGANIZE . 2 Refuse to Assist, in Epidemic of 1 j Scarlet Fever at Orphans' . jl Home. j At tho meeting of the county commls- I; ,i sloncrs Monday tho rearrangement of tlic 1, i committees of tho board mado ncccs- I sary by tlic resignation of Commissioner 1 1 i ) James E. Clinton nnd the. selection of I 1 I James D. Murdoch as his successor was ' ' i perfected. Mr. Murdoch wan appointed 1 j as chnlrman of the buildings and grounds i . committee, tho position formerly hold l by Mr. Clinton, Tho other two members I , of the board will continue on tho com- ., , mlttces to which they were appointed I -j when Mr. Clinton was a member of the board. ' ' - Several women connected with the Or- t phans' Homo and Day nursery on State street appeared before iho commlsslon- I crs and asked the assistance of tho board f in providing at least two trained nurses ; for duty at the home during the epi- I demic of scarlet fever which now exists there. The commissioners, after consulting con-sulting tho county attorney, decided that J j they could render no aid In such mnl- . lei's. Inasmuch as no county patients arc i , afflicted with the contagion. |