Therefore be it ruled by the Missouri State Board of Health that the use of any common drinking cup or other utensil ordinarily used for public drinking purposes in railway stations and trains is prohibited.

It is further ruled that the use of the roller towel in railway stations and trains is prohibited.

It is further ruled that the use of the public comb and brush in railway stations and trains is prohibited.

It is further ruled that no person or corporation in charge of or control of any railway train or railway station shall permit the use of the common drinking cup or other utensil used for that purpose, or the roller towel, or the public comb and brush. Such drinking cup or other utensil used for drinking purposes, or roller towel, or comb and brush shall not be placed in railway stations or coaches; neither shall the same be furnished to the public for common use by persons in control of trains or railway stations or by employees in stations or trains, which employees are serving railroad corporations.

The Missouri State Board of Health recommends that railway officials or those in charge of railway stations and trains conveniently provide for the public individual utensils for drinking purposes, which may be purchased at the price of 1 cent each, such utensils to be placed in either railway stations or trains or both.

Be it further resolved, that the above requirements shall become effective March 1, 1912.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

COMMON DRINKING CUPS-NOT TO BE FURNISHED IN CERTAIN PUBLIC PLACES (REGULATION BOARD OF HEALTH ADOPTED FEB. 7, 1912, UNDER AUTHORITY OF CHAP. 2, LAWS OF 1911).

Whereas it has been repeatedly demonstrated that the use of what is known as the common drinking cup is dangerous and is an undoubted source of communication of infectious diseases;

Now, therefore, in the interests of public health, be it ruled by the State Board of Health of New Hampshire,

That the use of the common drinking cup on railway trains, in railway stations, in public and private schools, and the State educational institutions of New Hampshire is hereby prohibited from and after July 1, 1912.

No person, board, or corporation in charge or control of any railroad train or station, or public, parochial, or private school, or State educational institution shall furnish any drinking cup for public use. And no such person, board, or corporation shall permit on said railroad train or station, or at said public, parochial, or private school, or State educational institution the use of the common drinking cup.

NEW JERSEY.

MOSQUITOES-PREVENTION OF THE BREEDING OF (LAWS OF 1912, CHAP. 104, APPROVED MAR. 21, 1912).

1. In any county of this State it shall be the duty of the justice of the supreme court presiding over the courts of said county to appoint six persons, three of whom must be persons who are or have been members or employees of boards of health, a board of commissioners to be known as "The County Mosquito Extermination Commission," inserting the name of the county in and for which the commissioners are appointed. The commissioners first appointed under the provisions of this act in any county shall hold office, respectively, for the term of one, two, and three years, as indicated and fixed in the order of appointment, and all such commissioners, after the first appointment, shall be so appointed for the full term of three years; vacancies in the said commission occurring by resignation or otherwise shall be filled by such

justice, and the persons appointed to fill such vacancies shall be appointed for the unexpired term only; such persons so appointed, when duly qualified, constituting such commission, and their successors, are hereby created a body politic, with power to sue and be sued, to use a common seal, and make by-laws; the members of any such commission shall serve without compensation, except that the necessary expenses of each commissioner for actual attendance on meetings of said commission shall be allowed and paid. No persons employed by the said commission shall be a member thereof. Before entering upon the duties of his office each commissioner shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before the clerk of the county in and for which he is appointed to faithfully and impartially perform the duties of his office, which oath or affirmation shall be filed with the clerk of the county wherein the commission of which he is a member is appointed; every such commission shall annually choose from among its members a president and treasurer, and appoint a clerk or secretary and such other officers and employees as it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this act; it may also determine the duties and compensation of such employees, and make all rules and regulations respecting the same. It shall be the duty of the board of chosen freeholders in each county to provide such commission with a suitable office where its maps, plans, documents, records, and accounts shall be kept, subject to public inspection at such times and under such reasonable regulations as the commission may determine.

2. The director of the State experiment station shall be a member ex officio of each commission and shall cooperate with them for the effective carrying out of their plans and work. The said director shall serve without compensation, except that the necessary expenses actually incurred by him in the attendance on meetings of said commissions shall be allowed and paid. He shall furnish the said commissions with such surveys, maps, information, and advice as they may require for the prosecution of their work, or, as in his opinion, will be of advantage in connection therewith.

3. Every such commission shall have the power to eliminate all breeding places of mosquitoes within the county wherein it is appointed, and to do and perform all acts and to carry out all plans which in their opinion and judgment may be necessary or proper for the elimination of breeding places of mosquitoes, or which will tend to exterminate mosquitoes within said county.

4. Said commission shall, on or before the 1st day of April in each and every year, file with the director of the State experiment station a detailed estimate of the moneys required for the ensuing year, and a plan of the work to be done and the methods to be employed. The said director shall have the power to approve, modify, or alter the said estimates, plans, and methods, and the estimate, plan, and method finally approved by him shall be by him forwarded to the board of chosen freeholders in each county on or before the 1st day of May following its receipt.

5. It shall be the duty of the board of chosen freeholders of each county, or other body having control of the finances thereof, to include the amount of money approved by the director of the State experiment station annually in the tax levy: Provided, however, That in no year shall the amount so raised exceed the amount hereinafter specified, to wit, in counties where the assessed valuations are not more than $25,000,000, a sum not greater than 1 mill on every dollar of assessed valuations; in counties where the assessed valuations are not more than $50,000,000 a sum not more than one-half of 1 mill on every dollar of assessed valuations; in counties in which the assessed valuations are in excess of $50,000,000 a sum not more than one-quarter of 1 mill on every dollar of assessed valuations.

6. The moneys so raised, or so much thereof as may be required, shall be paid from time to time to the said mosquito commission on the requisition of said commission, duly signed and approved by the president and secretary thereof.

7. It shall be the duty of each commission annually, on or before the 1st day of November in each year, to submit to the director of the State experiment station

and to the board of chosen freeholders in their respective counties a report setting forth the amount of moneys expended during the previous year, the methods employed, the work accomplished, and any other information which in their judgment may seem pertinent.

8. Nothing in this act shall be construed to alter, amend, modify, or repeal the provisions of chapter 134 of the laws of 1906, or alter, amend, modify, or repeal any act now existing conferring upon State or local boards of health any powers or duties in connection with the extermination of mosquitoes in said State, but shall be construed to be supplementary thereto.

9. This act shall take effect immediately.

WOMEN-LIMITATION OF HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT TO SAFEGUARD HEALTH (Laws OF 1912, CHAP. 216, APPROVED MAR. 28, 1912).

1. No female shall be employed, allowed, or permitted to work in any manufacturing or mercantile establishment, in any bakery, laundry, or restaurant more than 10 hours in any one day, or more than 6 days, or 60 hours in any one week: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be held to apply to any mercantile establishment for the 6 working days next preceding the 25th day of December in each year: And provided further, That nothing herein contained shall apply to canneries engaged in packing a perishable product such as fruits or vegetables.

2. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of labor, the assistant commissioner, or the inspectors, and they shall have power, to investigate and inspect all establishments coming under the intent and provisions of this act.

3. An abstract of this law shall be prepared and furnished by the commissioner of labor to every corporation, firm, or person in this State who is affected thereby, and every such corporation, firm, or person shall post such abstract of this law and keep it posted, in plain view, in such place that it can be easily read by the employees or operatives in going in or coming out from said manufacturing or mercantile establishment, bakery, laundry, or restaurant, and shall also keep a record of the hours of work of each employee in a proper book prepared for that purpose, which book shall be open to the inspection of the department of labor as required.

4. Whoever employs any female or permits any female to be employed in violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be punished for a first offense by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $50, and for a second offense by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $200.

5. All proceedings brought under the provisions of this act shall be by action of debt, in the name of the commissioner of labor, but for the use of the State, to be instituted in any district court of a city, recorders' courts of cities, or before any justice of the peace having due jurisdiction, and the first process shall be by summons, which process shall be served on the owner or owners, person or persons, engaged in or operating the business as aforesaid wherein the alleged violation of the law has taken place if such owner or owners, person or persons, reside in the county where the offense was committed; or if the owner or owners, person or persons, as aforesaid, do not reside in the county where the offense was committed, then said process shall be served on the superintendent, foreman, or person in charge of the business. Service upon a corporation shall be made upon the president, vice president, secretary, or any director, and if none of them reside in the county where the offense was committed, and can not be found therein, then said service may be made upon the superintendent, foreman, or person in charge of the business at least 10 days before the return day thereof. All proceedings thereafter shall be the same as in an action of debt in said court. The finding of the court shall be that the defendant has or has not, as the case may be, incurred the penalty claimed in the demand of the plaintiff, and judgment shall be given accordingly. In case an execution shall issue and be returned unsatisfied, the court, on application, after notice to the defendant, may award an execution to take

justice, and the persons appointed to fill such vacancies shall be appointed for 11. unexpired term only; such persons so appointed, when duly qualified, constitutin such commission, and their successors, are hereby created a body politic, with power t sue and be sued, to use a common seal, and make by-laws; the members of any such commission shall serve without compensation, except that the necessary expense of each commissioner for actual attendance on meetings of said commission shall be allowed and paid. No persons employed by the said commission shall be a member thereof. Before entering upon the duties of his office each commissioner shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before the clerk of the county in and for which he is appointed to faithfully and impartially perform the duties of his office, which oath or affirmation shall be filed with the clerk of the county wherein the commission of which he is a member is appointed; every such commission shall annually choose from among its members a president and treasurer, and appoint a clerk or secretary and such other officers and employees as it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this act; it may also determine the duties and compensation of such employees, and make all rules and regulations respecting the same. It shall be the duty of the board of chosen freeholders in each county to provide such commission with a suitable office where its maps, plans, documents, records, and accounts shall be kept, subject to public inspection at such times and under such reasonable regulations as the commission may determine.

2. The director of the State experiment station shall be a member ex officio of each commission and shall cooperate with them for the effective carrying out of their plans and work. The said director shall serve without compensation, except that the necessary expenses actually incurred by him in the attendance on meetings of said commissions shall be allowed and paid. He shall furnish the said commissions with such surveys, maps, information, and advice as they may require for the prosecution of their work, or, as in his opinion, will be of advantage in connection therewith.

3. Every such commission shall have the power to eliminate all breeding places of mosquitoes within the county wherein it is appointed, and to do and perform all acts and to carry out all plans which in their opinion and judgment may be necessary or proper for the elimination of breeding places of mosquitoes, or which will tend to exterminate mosquitoes within said county.

4. Said commission shall, on or before the 1st day of April in each and every year, file with the director of the State experiment station a detailed estimate of the moneys required for the ensuing year, and a plan of the work to be done and the methods to be employed. The said director shall have the power to approve, modify, or alter the said estimates, plans, and methods, and the estimate, plan, and method finally approved by him shall be by him forwarded to the board of chosen freeholders in each county on or before the 1st day of May following its receipt.

5. It shall be the duty of the board of chosen freeholders of each county, or other body having control of the finances thereof, to include the amount of money approved by the director of the State experiment station annually in the tax levy: Provided, however, That in no year shall the amount so raised exceed the amount hereinafter specified, to wit, in counties where the assessed valuations are not more than $25,000,000, a sum not greater than 1 mill on every dollar of assessed valuations; in counties where the assessed valuations are not more than $50,000,000 a sum not more than one-half of 1 mill on every dollar of assessed valuations; in counties in which the assessed valuations are in excess of $50,000,000 a sum not more than one-quarter of 1 mill on every dollar of assessed valuations.

6. The moneys so raised, or so much thereof as may be required, shall be paid from time to time to the said mosquito commission on the requisition of said commission, duly signed and approved by the president and secretary thereof.

7. It shall be the duty of each commission annually, on or before the 1st day of November in each year, to submit to the director of the State experiment station

and to the board of chosen freeholders in their respective counties a report setting forth the amount of moneys expended during the previous year, the methods employed, the work accomplished, and any other information which in their judgment may seem pertinent.

8. Nothing in this act shall be construed to alter, amend, modify, or repeal the provisions of chapter 134 of the laws of 1906, or alter, amend, modify, or repeal any act now existing conferring upon State or local boards of health any powers or duties in connection with the extermination of mosquitoes in said State, but shall be construed to be supplementary thereto.

9. This act shall take effect immediately.

WOMEN-LIMITATION OF HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT TO SAFEGUARD HEALTH (Laws OF 1912, CHAP. 216, APPROVED MAR. 28, 1912).

1. No female shall be employed, allowed, or permitted to work in any manufacturing or mercantile establishment, in any bakery, laundry, or restaurant more than 10 hours in any one day, or more than 6 days, or 60 hours in any one week: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be held to apply to any mercantile establishment for the 6 working days next preceding the 25th day of December in each year: And provided further, That nothing herein contained shall apply to canneries engaged in packing a perishable product such as fruits or vegetables.

2. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of labor, the assistant commissioner, or the inspectors, and they shall have power, to investigate and inspect all establishments coming under the intent and provisions of this act.

3. An abstract of this law shall be prepared and furnished by the commissioner of labor to every corporation, firm, or person in this State who is affected thereby, and every such corporation, firm, or person shall post such abstract of this law and keep it posted, in plain view, in such place that it can be easily read by the employees or operatives in going in or coming out from said manufacturing or mercantile establishment, bakery, laundry, or restaurant, and shall also keep a record of the hours of work of each employee in a proper book prepared for that purpose, which book shall be open to the inspection of the department of labor as required.

4. Whoever employs any female or permits any female to be employed in violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be punished for a first offense by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $50, and for a second offense by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $200.

5. All proceedings brought under the provisions of this act shall be by action of debt, in the name of the commissioner of labor, but for the use of the State, to be instituted in any district court of a city, recorders' courts of cities, or before any justice of the peace having due jurisdiction, and the first process shall be by summons, which process shall be served on the owner or owners, person or persons, engaged in or operating the business as aforesaid wherein the alleged violation of the law has taken place if such owner or owners, person or persons, reside in the county where the offense was committed; or if the owner or owners, person or persons, as aforesaid, do not reside in the county where the offense was committed, then said process shall be served on the superintendent, foreman, or person in charge of the business. Service upon a corporation shall be made upon the president, vice president, secretary, or any director, and if none of them reside in the county where the offense was committed, and can not be found therein, then said service may be made upon the superintendent, foreman, or person in charge of the business at least 10 days before the return day thereof. All proceedings thereafter shall be the same as in an action of debt in said court. The finding of the court shall be that the defendant has or has not, as the case may be, incurred the penalty claimed in the demand of the plaintiff, and judgment shall be given accordingly. In case an execution shall issue and be returned unsatisfied, the court, on application, after notice to the defendant, may award an execution to take