Previous false state of commercial paper. payment of money made or endorsed or accepted or owned in whole or in part by him individually or by the firm or corporation with which he is so connected, or; Fourth, havment for sale ing previously delivered or having knowledge that another has previously delivered to any note broker or other agent for the sale or negotiation of commercial paper, a statement in writing respecting his own financial condition or the financial condition of any firm or corporation with which he is connected as aforesaid, shall afterwards deliver to such note broker or other agent for the purpose of sale, pledge or negotiation on faith of such statement, any note, bill or other instrument for the payment of money made or endorsed or accepted or owned in whole or in part by himself individually or by the firm or corporation with which he is so connected, knowing at the time that such previously delivered statement is in any material particular false, as to the present financial condition of himself or of such firm or corporation, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, the penalty for which shall be a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each offense, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Approved March 31, 1909. Penalty. Authority for transfer. [No. 26.] AN ACT to provide for the transfer of certain military property belonging to the State to the State Board of Agriculture and the board of trustees of the Industrial School for Boys at Lansing. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. When application is made therefor by the State Board of Agriculture or the board of trustees of the Industrial School for Boys at Lansing, the Quartermaster General, with the approval of the State Military Board, is authorized to transfer to said State Board of Agriculture for use at the Agricultural College or the board of trustees of the Industrial School for Boys at Lansing such of the guns, belts, bayonets and bayonet scabbards belonging to the State and now in the possession of the Quartermaster GenControl, where eral, as the applicants desire. Such property so transferred shall remain subject to the control of the State Military Board if any emergency arise which may make it necessary to use any of such property. to remain. Approved March 31, 1909. [No. 27.] AN ACT defining the powers and duties of local health officers and boards of health in the matter of the protection of the people of the State of Michigan from the disease known as tuberculosis. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Reports by physicians and others.-Tuberculosis is hereby declared to be an infectious and communicable disease. It shall be the duty of every physician in the State of Michigan to report in writing on a form to be furnished as hereinafter provided, the name, nativity, age, sex, color, occupation, place where last employed if known, and address, of every person known by said physician to have tuberculosis, to the health officer of the township, city or village in which said person resides, within twenty-four hours after such fact comes to the knowledge of said physician. It shall also be the duty of the chief officer having charge for the time being of any hospital, dispensary, asylum or other similar private or public institution in said State of Michigan, to report in like manner the name, nativity, age, sex, color, occupation, place where last employed if known, and previous address of every patient having tuberculosis who comes into his care or under his observation, within twenty-four hours thereafter. SEC. 2. This report shall be upon a blank form furnished by the State Board of Health, and such blank, in addition to the name, color, age, sex, nativity, occupation, place where last give also the evidence upon which the diagnosis of tuberculosis has been made, the part of the body affected and the stage of the disease. All cases in which the sputum, urine, pus or any other bodily discharge, secretion or ex faeces, cretion shall contain the tubercle bacillus shall be regarded as open cases of tuberculosis, and the rules given below providing for disinfection of premises occupied by cases of tuberculosis shall apply only to such open cases. All other cases Ishall be reported for statistical purposes and shall be subjected to frequent examinations. In the event of these becoming open cases they shall become subject to the same restrictions as herein provided for all open cases. For each complete report sent in the physician reporting shall be allowed a fee of one dollar after said report has been accepted by the State Board of Health. SEC. 3. Examination of sputum.-It shall be the duty of every health officer of a township, city or village, when so requested by any physician or by authorities of any hospital or dispensary, to make or cause to be made a microscopical examination of the sputum or other bodily secretion or discharge forwarded to him as that of a person having symptoms of tuberculosis, which shall be forwarded to such officer in a package specified by the State Board of Health, accompanied by a blank giving name, nativity, age, sex, color, occupation, place where last employed if known, and address of the person whose sputum' it is. It shall be the duty of said health officer promptly to make a report of the results of such examination free of charge to the physician or person upon whose application the same is made: Provided, That the examinations provided for in this section shall be made, on request of local health officers, by the State Board of Health. SEC. 4. Protection of records. It shall be the duty of every health officer of a township, city or village to cause all reports made in accordance with the provisions of the first section of this act, and also all results of examinations showing the presence of the bacilli of tuberculosis made in accordance with the provisions of the third section of this act, to be recorded in a register to be furnished by the State Board of Health, of which he shall be the custodian, and a copy of which he shall transmit quarterly to the State Board of Health. Such register shall not be open to inspection by any person other than the health authorities of the State and of the said township, city or village, and said health authorities shall not permit any such report or record to be divulged so as to disclose the identity of the person to whom it relates, except as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act. SEC. 5. Disinfection of premises.-In case of the vacating of any apartment or premises by the death or removal therefrom of a person having open tuberculosis, it shall be the duty of the attending physician, or if there be no such physician or if such physician be absent, of the owner, lessee, occupant or other person having charge of the said apartments or premises, if he knows or has been notified that such deceased person or persons who have been removed therefrom had open tuberculosis, to notify the health officer of said township, city or village of said death or removal within twenty-four hours thereafter, and such apartments or premises so vacated shall not again be occupied until duly disinfected, cleansed or renovated by the local board of health, in accordance with the methods endorsed and recommended by the State Board of Health. SEC. 6. Health officer to direct disinfection, cleansing or renovation. When notified of the vacating of any apartments or premises as provided in section five hereof, the local health officer or one of his assistants or deputies shall within twenty-four hours thereafter visit said apartments or premises and shall order and direct that, except for purposes of cleansing or disinfection, no infected article shall be removed therefrom until properly and suitably cleansed or disinfected; and said health officer shall determine the manner in which such apartments or premises shall be disinfected, cleansed or renovated in order that they may be rendered safe and suitable for occupancy. If the health authorities determine that disinfection is sufficient to render them safe and suitable for occupancy, such apartments or premises, together with all infected articles therein, shall immediately be disinfected by the health authorities at public expense. Should the health authorities determine that such apartments or premises are in need of thorough cleansing and renovation, a notice in writing to this effect shall be served upon the owner or agent of said apartments or premises, and said owner or agent shall thereupon proceed to the cleansing or renovating of such apartments or premises in accordance with the instruction of the health authorities, and such cleansing and renovation shall be done at the expense of the said owner or agent. SEC. 7. Prohibiting occupancy until order of health officer is complied with. In case the orders or directions of the local health officer requiring the disinfection, cleansing or renovation of any apartments or premises or any articles therein as herein before provided, shall not be complied with within forty-eight hours after such orders or directions shall be given, the health officer may cause a placard in words and form substantially as follows to be placed upon the door of the infected apartments or premises: "Tuberculosis is a communicable disease. These apartments have been occupied by a consumptive and may be infected. They must not be occupied until the order of the health officer directing their disinfection or renovation has been complied with. notice must not be removed under the penalty of the law except by the health officer or other duly authorized official." Prohibiting carelessness of a person having tuber SEC. 8. This culosis. Any person having tuberculosis who shall dispose so as to cause offense or danger to any person or persons 1 of offense or danger. Any person failing or refusing to comply with orders or regulations of the local health officer of any township, city or village, requiring him to cease to commit such nuisance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one nor more than ten dollars. SEC. 9. Protection of patient's family.-It shall be the duty of a physician attending a patient having tuberculosis to take all proper precautions and to give proper instructions to provide for the safety of all individuals occupying the same house or apartment, and if no physician be attending such patient this duty shall devolve upon the local health officer, and all duties imposed upon physicians by any section of this act shall be performed by the local health officer in all cases of tuberculosis not attended by a physician. SEC. 10. It shall be the duty of every local health officer to transmit to every physician reporting any case of tuberculosis, or to the person reported as suffering from this disease, provided the latter has no attending physician, a circular of information provided by the State Board of Health. This circular of information shall inform the consumptive of the precautions necessary to avoid transmitting the disease to others. SEC. 11. Penalty for failure of physician to perform duties or for making false reports.-Any physician or person practicing as a physician who shall fail to report any case of tuberculosis or who shall knowingly report as affected with tuberculosis any person who is not so affected, or who shall wilfully make any false statement concerning the name, nativity, age, sex, color, occupation, place where last employed if known, or address of any person reported as affected with tuberculosis, or who shall certify falsely as to any of the precautions taken to prevent the spread of infection, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. SEC. 12. Reporting recovery of patient.-Upon the recovery of any person having tuberculosis, it shall be the duty of the attending physician to make a report of this fact to the local health officer, who shall record the same in the records of his office, and shall relieve said person from further liability to any requirements imposed by this act. SEC. 13. General penalty.-Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished, except as herein otherwise provided, by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars. SEC. 14. Repealing all acts, et cetera.-All acts and parts of acts contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved March 31, 1909. |