1893-1894 - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

14 NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF HEALTH.
properly equipped station cannot be established by the
State. If not the United States have the law and ample
means to do so.
After a full discussion of the above statement from the
Marine Hospital Service the following motion was introduced
by Dr. Battle and unanimously adopted
Moved, that in view of the inability or the unwillingness of the city
of Wilmington to contribute its part towards carrying out the act of the
last General Assembly providing for the erection of a first-class Quarantine
Station at Southport, the Secretary of this Board be instructed to
officially request the United States Marine Hospital Service to take charge
of and operate that station; and that the Secretary be authorized to
explain this action on the part of the Board.
The Auditing-
Committee reported that they had examined
the accounts of the Treasurer and found them correct.
Report adopted.
On motion the Board adjourned to meet in Salisbury in
Se^^tember.
RICH'D H.
LEWIS,
Secretary.
MINUTES OF THE MEETING AT SALISBURY,
SEPTEMBER 13, 1894.
Salisbury, N. C, September 23, 1894.
The Board met after the adjournment of the Health Conference
in private session at the Central Hotel. Present:
Drs. Bahnsou, Battle, Thomas, Whitehead and Lewis.
Drs. Bahnson and Lewis were elected delegates to the
American Public Health Association. The appointment of
delegates to the National Conference of State Boards of
Health was left to the President. A letter from Dr. C. O.
Probst, Secretary of the National Conference of State Boards
of Health, stating that the annual dues of North Carolina
for 1892, $10, had not been paid, was read. Upon a state-