the salary and actual traveling expenses of the hotel commissioner provided for under this act.

Barbers and Barber Shops License Required-Examinations. (Chap. 292, Act Mar. 17, 1913.)

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to follow the occupation of a barber in this State unless he shall have first obtained a certificate of registration, as provided in this act: Provided, however, That nothing in this act contained shall apply to or affect any person who is now actually engaged in such occupation, except as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 2. A board of examiners, to consist of three members who are now and have been citizens of this State for at least three years next preceding the date of their appointment, is hereby created to carry out the purposes and to enforce the provisions of this act. Such board shall be appointed by the governor: Provided, That all barbers shall have had at least five years' practical experience as a barber prior to his appointment. Each member, before being so appointed, shall appear before the State board of health, whose duty it shall be to determine whether or not such proposed member possesses sufficient knowledge of contagious and infectious diseases to enable such member to pass judiciously upon the qualifications of others in the occupation of barber. If such board of health shall reject such proposed appointee, then the governor shall select another in his stead as before. If the appointment be approved by the board, said board shall issue a certificate to that effect, and all appointments made under the provisions of this act shall date from the approval thereof as aforesaid by said board. Each member of said board shall serve for a term of three years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, except in the case of the first board, whose members shall serve one, two, and three years, respectively, as specified in their appointment. Said board shall, with the approval of the State board of health, prescribe such sanitary rules as it may deem necessary to prevent spreading of infectious or contagious diseases. A copy of such rules shall be furnished each person to whom a certificate of registration is granted. Each member of said board shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, give a bond in the sum of $2,000, with a surety or sureties, to be approved by the secretary of state, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, and shall take the oath provided by law for public officers. Vacancies upon said board, caused by death, resignation, or other cause, shall be filled by appointment in the same manner as provided herein for regular appointments.

(Secs. 3-5 provide for the organization of the board, compensation to the members at $5 per day, with actual traveling expenses, and quarterly reports to the governor.) SEC. 6. Such board shall hold public examinations at least four times in each year at such times and places as it may deem advisable, notice of such meetings to be given by publication thereof in at least 2 newspapers published in this State at least 10 days prior to such meetings.

SEC. 7. Every person now engaged in the occupation of barber in this State shall, within 90 days after approval of this act, file with the secretary of said board an affidavit setting forth his name, residence, and the length of time and the place where he has practiced such occupation, and shall pay to the treasurer of said board $1; thereupon a certificate of registration entitling him to pursue such avocation during the calendar year ending December 31, and each such barber, 30 days prior to the expiration of their respective certificate, shall make application for the renewal of the same, stating the number of expiring certificate, and shall in each case pay to the treasurer of said board the sum of $1 therefor. For any and every license or certificate given or issued by the board a fee of $1 shall be paid by the person receiving

the same.

SEC. 8. Any person not following the occupation of a barber at the time of the taking effect of this act, desiring to pursue such occupation in this State shall make application to said board therefor, and shall pay to the treasurer of said board an examination fee of $5, and shall present himself at the then next regular meeting of the board for the examination; whereon said board shall proceed to examine such person and, being satisfied that he is above the age of 19 years, of good moral character, free from contagious or infectious diseases, has either studied the trade for one year as an apprentice under a qualified and practicing barber, or studied the trade for at least one year in a recognized barber school or college under instructions of a qualified barber, or practiced the trade in another State for at least one year, and is possessed of the requisite skill in such trade to properly perform all of the duties thereof, including his ability in shaving, hair cutting, preparation of tools, and all duties and serv ices incident thereto, and is possessed of sufficient knowledge concerning the common diseases of the face and skin, to avoid the aggravation and spreading thereof, shall enter his name in the register hereinafter provided for, and shall issue to him a certificate of registration, authorizing him to practice said trade in this State: Provided, That whenever it appears that applicant has acquired his knowledge of said trade in a barber school or college the board shall be judges of whether said barber school or college is properly appointed and conducted to give sufficient training in such trade. All persons making such application for examination under the provisions of this act shall be allowed to practice the occupation of barbering until the meeting for the next regular examination by the said board, and no longer, and the secretary shall give him a permit to do so: Provided, however, That such time may be extended by the board for good cause shown.

SEC. 9. Nothing in this act shall prohibit any person from serving as an apprentice in such trade under license issued by the board under a barber authorized to practice, nor from attending as a student in any school or college teaching such trade.

SEC. 10. Said board shall furnish to each person to whom a certificate of registration is issued a card or certificate, in such form as it shall adopt, bearing the seal of the board and the signature of its president and secretary, certifying that the holder thereof is entitled to practice the occupation of barber in this State, and it shall be the duty of the holder of such card or insignia to post the same in a conspicuous place in front of his working chair where it may be readily seen by all persons whom he may serve. Said board shall keep a register, in which shall be entered the names of all persons to whom certificates are issued and to whom permits for serving appren ticeship or as students under the provisions of this act, and said register shall at all times be open to public inspection. Said board shall have power to revoke any certificate of registration granted by it under this act for habitual drunkenness, gross incompetency, failure or refusal to properly provide or guard against infectious or contagious disease, or the spreading thereof, in the practice of the occupation afore said, violation of the rules of the board, or for any extortion or overcharge practiced: Provided, That before any certificate or premit shall be revoked the holder thereof shall have notice in writing of the charge or charges against him, and shall, at a day specified in said notice, at least five days after the service thereof, be given a public hearing on said charge by said board, and full opportunity to produce testimony in his behalf and to confront the witnesses against him. Any person, firm, or corporation whose certificate or permit has been revoked may, after the expiration of 90 days, apply to have the same reissuea, upon a satisfactory showing that the disqualification has ceased.

SEC. 11. Any person practicing the occupation of barber without having obtained a certificate of registration as provided in this act, or knowingly employing a person to serve as barber, who has not such certificate, or failing to keep the certificate, card, or permit mentioned in this act properly displayed, or failing to comply with such

sanitary rules as the board, in conjunction with the State board of health prescribes, or for the violation of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof they shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than 10 days nor more than 90 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.

MONTANA.

Communicable Diseases-Control of. (Reg. Bd. of H., Apr. 3, 1913.)

TUBERCULOSIS.

REGULATION 1. Care of tuberculosis in hospitals.—All hospitals accepting for treatment or care any person suffering from tuberculosis shall provide separate quarters, rooms, or wards for such cases, and such quarters, rooms, or wards shall not be used for the treatment or care of any persons not afflicted with tuberculosis.

REG. 2. Where tuberculosis patients are committed to any county hospital or county poor farm provisions for their care must be provided as required for hospitals, as in regulation 1.

REG. 3. All sputum must be received in a sputum cup that can be burned, or in napkins. All cups must be removed at least three times in 24 hours and as much oftener as may be necessary. Immediately after changing the sputum cup, or napkins, they must be burned.

REG. 4. All surgical dressings removed from a tuberculous lesion must be immediately burned.

REG. 5. In hospitals or other institutions of a public character where persons suffering from tuberculosis are received for care or treatment separate bedding, towels, dishes, and nappery must be provided for such persons, and all such bedding, towels, etc., must at all times be kept entirely separate from those provided for other patients. REG. 6. When any dwelling is vacated after having been occupied by any persons known to have been suffering from tuberculosis, such dwelling shall be thoroughly disinfected in the manner prescribed by the State board of health for all other communicable diseases, except that the time the house shall remain closed for the action of formaldehyde gas shall be eight hours instead of four.

REG. 7. When any room or compartment in any hotel, lodging house or compartment house has been occupied by any person known to have been suffering from tuberculosis, such room or compartment, upon being vacated, shall be thoroughly disinfected in manner prescribed in regulation 6.

WHOOPING COUGH.

REG. 1. When a case of whooping cough is reported to the local or county health officer, he must placard the house in which such case occurs with a card bearing the words "Whooping cough here," in letters not less than 6 inches high, and he must notify occupants of such house that no person suffering from whooping cough shall be allowed to attend school, church, or other public gathering, nor shall such a person be allowed to enter a railway car or other public conveyance until such time as the local, county, or State health officer shall determine that the case is no longer capable of transmitting the disease.

REG. 2. No milk can be sold from a dairy on whose premises a case of whooping cough exists unless such case is isolated in a manner meeting with the approval of the local, county, or State health officer.

POLIOMYELITIS (INFANTILE PARALYSIS).

REG. 1. Patients suffering from poliomyelitis must be isolated as thoroughly as possible, and room in which patient is confined must be thoroughly screened against

REG. 2. The house in which a patient suffering from poliomyelitis is confined must be placarded by the health officer, thus, "Poliomyelitis here," in letters not less than 6 inches high.

EPIDEMIC CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS.

REG. 1. Houses in which a case of cerebrospinal meningitis occurs must be placarded by the local or county health officer, thus, "Cerebrospinal meningitis here," in letters not less than 6 inches high.

REG. 2. Cases of cerebrospinal meningitis must be isolated as thoroughly as possible.

REG. 3. On recovery or death of such cases, rooms in which cases were confined must be disinfected in the manner prescribed by the State board of health,

Common Drinking Cups and Common Towels-Prohibited in Public Places. (Reg. Bd. of H., Apr. 3, 1913.)

REGULATION 1. The use of the common or public drinking cup is hereby prohibited in all hotels, restaurants, lodging houses, and other public places.

REG. 2. The common roller towel is hereby abolished in all hotels, restaurants, lodging houses, and other public places.

Public Conveyances and Stations Communicable Diseases in Sanitary Regulations for. (Reg. Bd. of H., Apr. 3, 1913.)

The following rules and regulations of the Northwestern Sanitation Association were also adopted by the Montana State Board of Health:

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.

REGULATION 1. No person having reason to believe that he or she is suffering from cholera, diphtheria (or membranous croup), plague, scarlet fever, smallpox, yellow fever, chicken pox, or measles shall enter, nor shall any person permit any one under his or her care so infected to enter, any public conveyance or common carrier.

REG. 2. All conductors of railroad trains and street cars and captains of boats, if they have any reason to suspect any passenger to be suffering from any disease enu merated in regulation 1, shall immediately notify the nearest health officer or company physician (when the health officer is not available) located on their route, by the most direct and speedy means possible, of their belief, and such health officer or company physician must meet such railroad train at the station or such street car or boat at the nearest possible point and make a thorough examination of such person and determine whether or not such disease exists.

REG. 3. When the health officer or physician notified as provided in regulation 2 shall find any person in a car, boat, or other public conveyance to be afflicted with smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, or other quarantinable disease, the car, boat, or other public conveyance shall be turned over to the health officer or physician, who shall treat such conveyance as infected premises. When. in the judgment of the health officer or physician, the case is in such early stage of development that other passengers are not affected, the patient shall be removed from the conveyance and it shall be allowed to proceed. If the health officer or physician shall deem that the exposure is such as to have infected other passengers, he shall call upon the person in charge to remove infected conveyance from service at the first place where suitable accommodations can be secured, and such health officer or physician shall notify the health officer in whose jurisdiction the infected conveyance is left.

SPITTING AND CUSPIDORS.

REG. 4. No person shall spit on the floor, furnishings, or equipment of any public conveyance, eating room, depot, platform, waiting room, deck, or wharf. Each common carrier is hereby required to post or display in each day coach, smoking car, or boat a notice in form or substance as follows:

For cars: "Spitting and throwing of refuse on the floor, furnishings, or vestibules of this car are prohibited by law."

For waiting rooms, eating rooms, toilets: "Spitting and throwing of refuse on the floor or furnishings of this room are prohibited by law.”

For boats: "Spitting and throwing of refuse on the deck, floors, or furnishings, or in toilet rooms of this boat are prohibited by law."

REG. 5. Each sleeping car shall be furnished with one spittoon for each section or compartment. Each smoking compartment in day coaches, chair, parlor, and sleeping cars shall be furnished with at least two spittoons. Each smoking car shall be provided with at least 12 spittoons. Each combination smoking car shall be provided with at least six spittoons. Each boat carrying passengers shall provide one spittoon or more for each stateroom and general smoking saloon.

DRINKING WATER AND ICE.

REG. 6. The drinking water and ice supply used in stations and on public conveynces shall contain no ingredients deleterious to health. In the construction of new equipment all receptacles for drinking water should be so constructed that they can not be opened readily by anyone except those having charge of them. Nothing but ice and water shall be placed in the receptacles used for the storage of drinking water. The receptacle for drinking water shall be kept thoroughly clean at all times and shall be drained and flushed at car-cleaning terminals. When a waterborne disease has developed in epidemic form in a municipality, water from such place for car tanks shall not be used without the approval of the State board of health.

COMMON DRINKING CUPS.

REG. 7. The use of the common or public drinking cup is prohibited on all public conveyances and in waiting rooms.

CLEANING.

REG. 8. All public conveyances, including toilet rooms therein, shall be kept in a reasonably clean condition at all times. Dry sweeping and dusting of occupied conveyances is strictly prohibited.

REG. 9. At cleaning terminals all passenger equipment shall be thoroughly cleaned and aired and after such cleaning the hoppers, urinals, and toilet floors shall be mopped with a 1 or 2 per cent solution of official formaldehyde.

REG. 10. Upon arrival at cleaning terminals, sleeping cars shall be cleaned as follows: The windows, doors, and ventilators shall be opened; the upper berths let down; the seat bottoms and backs lifted out; the mattresses, blankets, pillows, cur tains, etc., loosely arranged for airing. If the weather permits, the removable articles mentioned above shall be taken out of the car, dusted and aired in the open, and exposed to the sunlight for a time. The rest of the cleaning of the car shall be carried out as directed for day coaches under regulation 9.

FUMIGATION OF SLEEPING CARS.

REG. 11. Sleeping cars shall be fumigated at least once every two months, and after the car is known to have carried any infectious disease. Fumigation shall be carried out before the carpets have been removed or the cleaning of the car begun, and record