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

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NORTH CAEOLINA BOARD OF HEALTH.
u majority did not meet. If there was no lawful meeting there was no
legal election. Wlien the County Board fails to meet, as authorized by
law, the Board of Commissioners must elect a Superintendent. A majority
of the Board of Health of Perquimans county did not meet, so the letter
states, and did not elect Dr. J. T. Smith to the office of Superintendent,
therefore that office has never been legally lilled. It is vacant now and
must be filled in accordance with section 5, chapter 214, Laws of 1893.
The County Commissioners must therefore, if they have not already done
so, elect the Superintendent.
With reference to the other questions in the letter, permit me to say
that I will answer them at any time they may become practical, or whenever
you deem it
necessary for me to do so.
Yours respectfully,
F. I. OSBORNE,
Attorney General.
In accordance with this opinion the County Commissioners
elected Dr. J. W. Speight, the present incumbent,
the
Board of
same gentleman that had been chosen by the County
Health.
In view of this decision of the Attorney General it is of
great importance that the physicians of the State should
not forget when the time for the next meeting to elect a
Superintendent arrives on the first Monday in September,
1895, that a majority must be present to make a legal
quorum.
WATER AND WATER SUPPLIES.
During the year a number of analyses of water under
permit of the Board have been kindly made for us by
State Experiment Station, Dr. H. B. Battle, Director.
the
Without
mentioning those devoid of special interest I will call
attention to those of the two extremes. A sample from the
deep well system recently j^ut in at the State Hospital at
Morganton showed a water of singular purity. In the
words of the chemist, "it is refreshing to see such an analysis."
On the other hand, samples last fall from the Little
river water supply of Coldsboro showed an alarming