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

FIFTH 15IEXNIAL REPORT. 15
ment from the Treasurer of the Board that such was the
fact, due doubtless to the prolouged ilhiess of the Treasurer
at that tiuie, a motion was passed ordering it paid.
On motion the Secretary Avas ordered to have printed in
pamphlet form, and generally distributed, the article on
"The Prevention of Tuberculosis," by Dr. S. Westray Battle,
and that on "Drinking Water in its Relation to Malarial
Diseases," by the Secretary, just read before the Health
Conference.
On motion Mr. J. C. Chase, the Engineer of the Board,
was requested to make a thorough inspection of the various
State institutions and of tlie water supplies and sewerage systems,
present and prospective, of the more important cities
and towns of the State and to report the results of the same
to the Board.
On motion tlie meeting adjourned.
RICH'D H.
LEWIS,
Secretary.
PROCEEDINGS HAD IX REGARD TO THE ELEC-
TION OF A PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD TO
SUCCEED DR. H. T. BAHNSON, RESIGNED.
Having been notified by his Excellency the Governor
of the resignation from the Board of Dr. H. T. Bahnson,
of Salem, for many j-ears its active and efficient President,
I addressed the following letters to each member of the
Board. They show the method of the election of Dr.
George Gillett Thomas, of Vvilmington, as his successor in
the presidenc}^ :
Raleigh, N. C, November 21, 1894.
My dear Doctor :—Dr. Bahnson, being a member of two boards, has
tbought it proper to resign from one of them, and has, I am sorry to
say, elected to give up ours. We are, therefore, without a President,
and tlie machinery of our law requires one. In order to save expense
and time it has occurred to me that it would be best for me to call for