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methods for the care and treatment of persons resident in this state who are affected with epilepsy in any of its forms and conditions and report to the general assembly, at its January session, 1907, the result of such investigation, together with what is deemed by said committee to be the most practical plan to be adopted for such care and treatment by the state as shall secure the most humane and curative results.

SEC. 2. The members of such committee shall serve without compensation, but the necessary expenses of said members shall be paid by the state, and the comptroller shall draw his order on the treasurer for such expenses upon the presentation of vouchers therefor duly approved by the governor.

SEC. 3. The sum of three hundred dollars is hereby appropriated to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for all the purposes of this resolution.

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In accordance fereyit on July 31st, 1905, Governor Henry Roberts appointed Drs. Max Mailhouse of New Haven, Edwin A. and Frank K. Hallock of Cromwell, a committee to investigate plans

Down of Hartford, or the care and treatment of epileptics in

this state and report their conclusions and recommendations to the next general assembly. This committee is now at work and will be prepared with its report when the legislature again meets.

Now for the success of this movement it is incumbent upon the members of this society to interest citizens who have the public welfare at heart, in that they spread the gospel of a colony for epileptics throughout the state so that when the legislators meet again in Hartford the movement will have numbers from all counties back of it. To this end we bespeak the assistance of every member of this society.

MAX MAILHOUSE,
For the Committee.

(13) Report of Committee on Vaccination, by Dr. E. J. McKnight (Hartford). Report of Committee to Prepare a Pamphlet on Vaccination. Mr. President and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates:

Your committee regrets exceedingly that the ill health of the chairman, Dr. C. A. Lindsley, made it impossible for them to carry

out in the early part of the year the work for which they were appointed. After his death and the appointment in his place of Dr. W. E. Ray of Hartford, it was considered advisable to postpone action until the documents in the office of the secretary of the State Board of Health were arranged and classified in the new office in the State Capitol in Hartford.

Your committee therefore respectfully reports that they have been unable to complete their work and ask that they be continued with the understanding that a suitable pamphlet be printed before the opening of the next session of the General Assembly.

E. J. MCKNIGHT, Chairman,
WYETH E. RAY, Clerk.

WILLIAM L. HIGGINS.

The committee was continued for another year.

(14) Report of Committee on National Legislation, Dr. Elias Pratt (Torrington).

Read by the Secretary in the absence of Dr. Pratt.

Report of the Member of the National Legislative Council. Mr. President and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates:

The National Legislative Council of the American Medical Association met in the New Willard Hotel, Washington, D. C., Jan. 9th, 1906, at I P. M.

Sixteen states were represented by delegates. In addition to these delegates there were present Surgeon-General Walter Weyman, Surgeon-General R. M. O'Reilly; William H. Welch and William L. Rodman of the National Legislative Committee; George H. Simmons, Editor of the Journal of the A. M. A.; and H. W. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry, Agricultural De

partment.

At this session the chairman, Dr. Charles A. L. Reed, made an address on National Medical Legislation and also laid out the plans for the work of the council.

On Jan. 10th, at 9.30 A M., the members of the council met at the War Department, where they were received by the Secretary of War, William H. Taft. In the course of the interview that fol

lowed, Secretary Taft asked the aid of the council and of the medical profession in maintaining the present scale of compensation paid to the sanitary department of the Isthmus of Panama and also spoke of the importance of the Army Reorganization Bill.

* A visit was then made to Mr. Hepburn, chairman of the House Committee having in charge the Pure Food and Drug Bill known as the Hepburn Bill.

Following the call on Mr. Hepburn, the council went to the White House, where they were introduced to the President by Secretary Taft.

The President spoke of the work of the medical men in Panama and in the Army and Navy. He urged upon the members of the council the importance of the medical department of the Army and Navy in time of war and that it was during times of peace that the efficiency of that department should be developed. Provision should be made for an ample corps of doctors who should be trained to meet those conditions which arise during war.

At 2 P.M., the council met to act upon the various measures brought before it by the chairman.

After due consideration they voted to support the bill To increase the efficiency of the Medical Department of the United States Army," and expressed their belief in the importance of this bill for the welfare of the Army of the United States. They also adopted an address to be presented to the Committee on Military Affairs of the House of Representatives.

After discussing the provisions of the Pure Food and Drug Bill and listening to remarks by Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry, they voted to give the influence of the council to the passage of this bill. This same measure has been introduced into several sessions of Congress. Two years ago and one year ago it passed the House but failed to pass the Senate. At the present writing the bill has passed the Senate and is now in the House. Mr. Hepburn has worked hard for its passage. It has now reached the stage where it may be called up for action at any time.

Your delegate has personally interviewed Messrs. Hill, Lilley, and Higgins in regard to the bill and they have promised to support the measure.

The council then voted to support a measure creating a Department of Public Health with representation in the cabinet of the President. They also voted to support the Anti-nostrum crusade and to urge upon Congress the need of legislation regulating the sale of such preparations.

The council then voted to advise the Legislative Committee to refer the matter of the National Incorporation of the American Medical Association back to the House of Delegates with a statement which shall make clear the impracticability of obtaining a charter of a truly national character or any charter which would be more advantageous to the association than the present one.

They voted to indorse the bill for the relief of Mrs. William A. Hammond, widow of the late Surgeon-General of the Army. After listening to reports of the workings of the Anti-canteen Law they voted to urge the repeal of said law.

The council then resolved to commend to the government of the United States the recognition of the services of Doctor James Carroll, the only surviving member in the Army of the United States of the Yellow Fever commission and who was one of those who subjected himself to the bite of a mosquito infected with yellow fever, being the first person to contract the disease experimentally.

At 10 A. M., Jan. 11th, the council waited in a body upon Senator W. B. Hepburn, to whom they expressed their appreciation of his services in obtaining pure food and drug legislation.

At 10:30 A. M., the council appeared before the House Committee on Military Affairs urging the passage of the Army Medical Reorganization Bill and presented the address adopted the preceding day.

Visits of courtesy to the Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Wilson, and to the Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Hitchcock, closed the session.

ELIAS PRATT.

(15) Report of Delegates to the American Medical Association. Dr. W. H. Carmalt (New Haven) spoke briefly on the enjoyable meeting held at Portland in the summer of 1905.

Dr. W. L. Hammond (Killingly) was unable to attend this meeting as a delegate.

(16) The next order of business was the election of Dr. Maurice H. Richardson, of Boston, and Dr. William T. Bull, of New York (both having been nominated the year previous) as honorary members of this Society.

On motion of Dr. E. J. McKnight (Hartford), the Secretary was instructed to cast a ballot for their election into the society. Carried. Their election was then announced by the President.

(17) Miscellaneous Business.

The Secretary here read the letters of acceptance received from Dr. George M. Sternberg, of Washington, and Dr. Francis Delafield, of New York, in response to letters from the Secretary, informing them of their election as honorary members of the Connecticut State Medical Society.

Dr. Gustavus Eliot (New Haven): Mr. President, I was requested to suggest or propose two or three amendments to the constitution in regard to matters which were explicitly stated in the old constitution but which were not stated in the new constitution. The first is in regard to the remuneration of the county clerk's or secretaries for the collection of the annual tax. It was customary, under the old constitution, to allow the clerk of each county society five per cent. of the tax collected, for his trouble in collecting it. I would therefore move an amendment to the present constitution to the effect that the clerk of each county society be allowed five per cent. from the taxes collected annually, for his remuneration. Also, it was customary to give the county five per cent. of the taxes collected, to pay the county expenses. I would move, therefore, a further amendment to the constitution that each county be allowed to retain five per cent. from each annual tax collected, to pay the expenses of the county society.

Under the old constitution, furthermore, the treasurer was allowed a salary of $25.00 per annum for his services, and I would move an amendment to the constitution that the treasurer be paid $25.00 per annum for his services. The Secretary, also, by the old constitution was allowed $150 a year, and I move that the constitution be amended so that the secretary shall receive $150 per annum for his services. I believe the proper way is to refer them to a committee, and I would suggest that they be referred to the com

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