panied by a duplicate of such certificate signed by such attending physician or coroner; and no common carrier shall receive any such body for transportation unless such certificate shall state that the disease of which such person died is not contagious, which duplicate shall be securely attached to and remain upon the outside of the coffin or other receptacle containing such dead body.

SEC. 31. It shall be the duty of each local board of health, when it shall come to its knowledge that a case of smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, or other infectious or contagious disease exists within its jurisdiction, immediately to examine into the facts of the case, and if such disease appears to be of the character herein specified, such board shall adopt such quarantine and sanitary measures as in its judgment tend to prevent the spread of such disease, and may immediately cause any person infected with such disease to be removed to a separate house, if in the opinion of the health officer or superintendent of public health, such person can be so removed without danger to his health, and, if such infected person can not be removed without danger to his health, the local board shall make such quarantine regulations as it deems proper with reference to the house within which such infected person is, and in such cases may cause the persons in the neighborhood to be removed and take such other measures as it deems necessary for the safety of the inhabitants, and shall immediately notify the Territorial board of health of the existence and nature of such disease and of the measures adopted by it with reference thereto.

SEC. 32. Each local board of health may provide such temporary hospital or place of reception for persons afflicted with infectious or contagious diseases as it judges best for their accommodation and safety of the inhabitants, and all such hospitals and all private houses or other places in which exists any infectious or contagious disease, shall, during the existence of such disease, be under the control and subject to the regulations of the local board of health, and all the inmates of such house or other place during the existence of such disease therein must conform to the regulations and obey the instructions of such local board with reference thereto.

SEC. 33. Any local board of health may cause to be destroyed any bed or bedding, clothing, carpets, or other articles which have been exposed to infection from such infectious or contagious disease, and may allow reasonable compensation for the same, or may provide a proper place with all necessary apparatus and attendants for the disinfection of such articles, and cause all such articles to be disinfected thereby, and may provide a carriage for the conveyance of such articles or of persons suffering from such contagious or infectious disease.

SEC. 34. Local boards of health may employ such persons as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this article and the regulations established by them and such physicians as they deem necessary, and provide such necessaries of life as in their judgment shall be needed for the maintenance, welfare, and comfort of persons afflicted with contagious or infectious diseases. All expenses incurred by any local board of health in carrying into effect the provisions of this article and in providing for the care and maintenance of such sick persons and all expenses incurred under any of the provisions of this section shall be audited and allowed by the board incurring the same; such expenses, in case of city board of health, shall be certified to the city auditor and paid out of the general fund of the city, and, in case of county boards of health, shall be certified to the county auditor and paid out of the general fund of the county; all expenses incurred by such boards of health for the care, medical attendance or support of any such sick person shall be a charge upon such person and upon the person legally chargeable with the support of such person (except where persons are unable to pay, then such expenses shall be chargeable to the county in which such person resides), and may be collected by suit in the name of the county or city which shall have incurred such expense: Provided, That if a physician is called at the instance of such local board of health to attend a person infected with a contagious or infectious disease, it shall be at the expense of such city or county.

SEC. 35. Any person who willfully secretes himself or others known to have a contagious or infectious disease, or any health officer, superintendent of public health, or any member of any local board of health who shall neglect or refuse to conform to any of the duties required to be performed by him under the provisions of this act, and any person who fails to comply with or violates any of the provisions of this act, or neglects or refuses to confirm any rule, regulations, or measures adopted by the local board of health within whose jurisdiction he shall at the time be and which shall have been published or shall have come to his knowledge, or refuses or neglects promptly to obey any orders, directions, or instructions given to him by such board of health, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, or by both.

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VITAL STATISTICS.

SEC. 36. A book of record shall be kept by each county superintendent of health, recording all cases of contagious or infectious diseases, by whom reported, location, measures adopted, termination, and other facts necessary to record.

SEC. 37. The health officer of each city and superintendent of the county board of health in each county in this Territory shall obtain and register the following facts concerning the births and deaths occurring therein, separately numbering and recording the same in the order in which he obtains them, designating in separate columns, viz, in the registry of births, the date of birth, the name of the child (if he have any), the sex and color of the child, the names and places of birth of the parents, and the date of the record; in the registry of deaths, the date of death (the name of the deceased), the sex and color, and the condition, whether single, widowed, or married, the age, and place of birth, the names and places of birth of parents, the disease, and cause of death, and the date of record. The county clerk of board of supervisors of each county shall furnish each health officer within his county, at the expense of the county, a book in which to register the facts concerning the births and deaths as provided. And the superintendent of each county board of health shall keep his records in the office of the probate judge of said county.

SEC. 38. Notice to health officer.-Parents shall give notice to such health officer of the births and deaths of their children; every householder shall give like notice of every birth and death happening in his house; the oldest person next of kin shall give notice of the death of his kindred; the keeper or other proper officer of every workhouse, poorhouse, reform school, jail, prison, hospital, asylum, or other public or charitable institution, shall give the like notice of any birth or death happening among the persons among his charge. Whoever neglects or refuses to give such notice for the period of ten days after the occurrence of a birth or death, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine, collected as other fines are collected by law.

SEC. 39. Physician's certificate.-Any physician having attended a person during his last illness, shall, within five days after the decease of such person, furnish for registration to such health officer a certificate of the duration of the last illness, the name of the deceased, his age, the disease of which the person died, and the date of his decease. And any physician or midwife having attended a case of confinement shall, within five days thereafter, furnish for registration to said health officer a certificate of the date of the birth, sex, and color of the child, with the names, dates, and places of birth of the parents. If any physician or midwife neglects to make such certificate, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

SEC. 40. Health officer shall transmit certified copy.-The health officer of each city shall, on or before the fifth day of each month, transmit to the superintendent of the board of health of the county in which said city is situated, upon blanks furnished him by the county, a certified copy of the registry of births and deaths which have occurred within said city during the calendar month immediately preceding. For obtaining, registering, and returning the facts herein required, such health officer shall be entitled to receive from the county treasurer of his county ten cents for each birth or death so obtained, registered, and reported, and for neglect to perform such duties he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

SEC. 41. Reports.-The health officer shall make quarterly reports on suitable blanks, giving date and other particulars as prescribed in the preceding section to the Territorial superintendent of health.

SEC. 42. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 43. This act shall take effect and be in force upon its passage.

BY-LAWS.

THE BY-LAWS OF THE TERRITORIAL BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE TERRITORY OF

ARIZONA.

ARTICLE I.-Officers of the board.

SECTION 1. The officers of the board shall be a president, a vice-president, and a superintendent of public health, who shall be secretary of board, as directed by section 1 of the act establishing the board.

ARTICLE II.-Duties of officers.

SECTION 1. The president shall preside at the meetings of the board, preserve order, and perform such other duties as custom and parliamentary usage require. He shall be ex officio, a member of all committees.

SEC. 2. The vice-president shall perform the duties of the president in case of the absence of the president.

SEC. 3. The superintendent of public health shall be secretary of said board. He shall keep a record of the proceedings of the Territorial board of health and of his own acts as such superintendent, and he shall perform such other duties as are prescribed by this act, or which may be prescribed by the Territorial board of health. The records kept by the superintendent shall be at all times open to the inspection of the public. All communications from the secretary to the board shall be in writing.

ARTICLE III.-Meetings.

SECTION 1. The regular meetings of the board shall be held on the third Wednesday in April and the third Wednesday in October at the capitol, Phoenix, Ariz. SEC. 2. Special meetings may be called by the president, at such time and place as he shall designate, upon request in writing from the secretary of the board. SEC. 3. A majority of the members of the board shall, at all meetings, organize and constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

ARTICLE IV.-Order of business.

SECTION 1. At regular meetings the business shall be conducted as follows:

1. The secretary shall register the names of the members present.

2. The minutes of the last regular meeting shall be read.

3. The minutes of special meetings since the last regular meeting shall be read. 4. Report of the secretary.

5. Reports of standing committees.

6. Reports of special committees.

7. Unfinished business.

8. New business.

9. Presentation and audit of accounts.

10. Adjournment.

SEC. 2. At special meetings the following shall be the order of business:

1. Registration of names of members present.

2. Reading of minutes, if called for.

3. Presentation of special subject.

4. Presentation and audit of accounts.

5. Adjournment.

ARTICLE V.-Annual report of the secretary.

SECTION 1. The superintendent of public health shall, at the meeting in October, make a full report of his official acts during the year ending October 1 preceding, and accompany the same with the recommendation of such measures as he shall deem necessary for the preservation of the public health and the faithful execution of the law.

ARTICLE VI.-Committees.

SECTION 1. All committees, standing or special, shall be appointed by the president at any meeting, regular or called, of the Territorial board of health.

SEC. 2. All reports of committees shall be in writing and shall be submitted at the next regular or special meeting.

ARTICLE VII.-Finances.

SECTION 1. All accounts against the board shall be filed with the secretary, and may be presented at any meeting of the board, when they shall be acted upon in open session; and all accounts allowed shall be indorsed, Approved by order of the Territorial board of health," and shall be signed by the president and secretary.

SEC. 2. The secretary shall record in a book reserved for that purpose all accounts of expenditures ordered or made by the board and its several members, and shall, before presenting any bill, account, or voucher to the auditor, cause a copy of the same to be recorded, and shall have stamped upon such voucher, account, or bill, the audit and date, as the board shall provide.

SEC. 3. No purchases shall be made or expenses incurred except by order of the board or of the superintendent of public health; and the board shall not incur any indebtedness beyond the amount appropriated by law.

ARTICLE VIII.—Rules of order.

In conducting the business of the meetings of the board, the usual parliamentary rules governing deliberative bodies, shall be followed.

ARTICLE IX.-Amendments.

These by-laws may be altered or amended at any meeting of the board by twothirds vote of the members present.

REGULATIONS.

RULE I.

Attention of boards of health of separate cities and counties is particularly called to sections 24 to 33, inclusive, of the act entitled "An act to protect public health," published herewith, and to all other provisions of said act relating to the prevention, cure, and spread of any contagious, infectious, or malarial diseases among persons and domestic animals.

RULE II.

When a domestic animal, such domestic animal as is contemplated in the act heretofore referred to, being affected with contagious or infectious disease, is found or reported, it shall at once be taken by the health officer and isolated, and when he shall have become satisfied that said animal is so affected, he shall cause such animal to be killed and destroyed and disposition made of his carcass, and also the disposition of any such domestic animal which may die of such infectious or contagious disease, as follows:

RULE III.

The methods of destruction or disposal shall be of a kind that will completely destroy or securely sequester the poison, germ, parasite or infected agent of the disease with which the animal was afflicted at the time of death. The following methods of disposal or destruction shall be allowed:

1. Complete burning or cremation of the carcass and of all its parts and products. 2. Boiling the carcass and all of its parts and products in water or heating the same with steam at the temperature of boiling water for at least two hours.

3. Burying the carcass and all of its parts and products in a place that is not subject to overflow from ponds or streams, that is distant not less than 100 feet from any water course, well, spring, public highway, or building used as a house or stable, and in the following manner, to wit: The grave shall be of such a depth that when the carcass and the parts and products thereof are placed in it, and the grave is filled with earth and the top is smoothed to the level of the surrounding surface, the uppermost part of the carcass and of its parts and products shall be completely covered; and further, the grave shall be so protected that the carcass can not be dug out or exposed by dogs or other animals. Before the carcass and its parts and products are covered with earth they shall be covered with lime to a depth of not less than 3 inches. Any other method of destroying or disposing of carcasses shall be approved by the superintendent of public health of the Territorial board of health.

RULE IV.

Whenever it shall come to the knowledge of the superintendent of public health that adulterated, impure, or diseased milk or other food is being offered for sale or sold at any point within the Territory, the said superintendent shall cause the local board of health to examine into the case, and report the facts to said superintendent, who, if he becomes satisfied from his own investigation of the case, finds that such milk or other food is being sold or offered for sale and is injurious, may condemn said milk or other food and cause the same to be destroyed and the sale thereof discontinued.

RULE V.

Whenever there shall exist, in the opinion of the Territorial board of health, imminent danger of the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the Territory of Arizona, by means of railroad communication with other States, the board of health may, and it is hereby made their duty, to make or cause to be made,

under the direction of the superintendent of public health, an inspection of all railroad cars coming into the Territory at such point, or between such points within the Territorial limits as may be selected for the purpose. Such inspection shall be made, where practicable, during the ordinary detention of a train at a station, or while in transit between stations, and in all cases shall be so conducted as to occasion the least possible detention or interruption of travel or inconvenience to the railroad companies, so far as consistent with the purposes of this rule. Should the discovery be made of the existence among the passengers of any case or cases of dangerous, contagious, or infectious disease, the said board of health or the superintendent, under rules and conditions prescribed by them as being applicable to the nature of the disease, shall have power to cause the sidetracking or detention of any car or cars so infected, to isolate the sick, or remove them to a suitable place for treatment, to establish a suitable refuge station, to cause the passengers and materials in such infected car to be subjected to disinfection and cleansing before proceeding farther into the Territory, and, in case of smallpox, to offer free vaccination to all persons exposed in any car or at any station.

RULE VI.

In addition to the registry, reports, and returns required by section 37 of the "Act to protect public health," the officer or officers shall register, report, and return all marriages.

RULE VII.

All reports, certificates, returns, and records required to be kept, returned, and reported by local boards of health shall be in accordance with such forms as shall be directed by the superintendent of public health.

SETTLEMENT OF LANDS.

Two land districts are comprised within the limits of the Territoryone the Gila, located at Tucson, Pima County; the other the Prescott district, located at Prescott, Yavapai County.

The Tucson land district includes the southern portion of the Territory, and embraces 45,318 square miles.

The Prescott land district is in the northern portion, and embraces 68,000 square miles.

Status of lands in the Prescott land district at the close of business June 30, 1903.