Show OVERRIPE MEAT health board will ask amendment of law to apply to emergencies salt lake feb 3 during the moet ing of the board of health saturday the piece of beef loin that was recently taken from a local bold storage plant by W J Fra alor inspector of provisions was with the result that the board instructed the inspector to confiscate the stock of moat the tainted meat is the property of one of the restaurants and according to the ac of the owners has been in cold storage about five when dr W R stewart the health was questioned about the condition of the meat yesterday he remarked it was bad in fact it was rotten asked if city chemist harms had analyzed the cample lie replied that a analysts was not as it was general ly arted by the chemist and the members of the board that the meat was unfit for consumption mr frahler notified the owner of the meat that it must not bo used he will proceed to confiscate the stock on monday nothing further has town dona by the officers concerning the fish an 1 l poultry which Is stored in the same room with the tinted beef lions and which inspector frazle was requested not to molest when attempted to take for alon last friday inasmuch aft tho authority of the inspector to seize and confiscate foodstuff which he believes Is for use has been questioned as it is almost impossible to secure convictions under the present statutes for violations of the food laws the board ot health decided to ask tho legislature to amend tho statutes so that there will be no question as to his dalles and authority and as to the penalty for infractions of the law the city attorney will ha asked to prepare an amendment to be submitted to the legislature for its consideration tho board of adalth decided thai hereafter physicians must report all cases of cerebra spinal meningitis and that all houses where such disease is discovered must be placarded pla carded the physicians somewhat as to whether the ia contagious there were seventeen deaths from meningitis in salt lake during january |