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during the progress of said vaccine disease, was punctured, or had
sustained other injury, shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit
and pay a sum not less than one hundred nor more than five
hundred dollars for each offence.
1864, ch. 269, sec. 6.
30. It shall be the duty of every parent and guardian to have
his or her child vaccinated within twelve months after its birth,
if it shall be in proper condition, or as soon thereafter as prac-
ticable; and if such parent or guardian shall have any other
person under his or her control or care, not duly vaccinated, he or
she shall cause such person to be vaccinated prior to the first day
of November of each year. Any person failing to comply with
the provisions of this section shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit
and pay a sum not less than five nor more than ten dollars for
each offence.
Ibid. sec. 7.
31. No teacher in any school shall receive into such school any
person, as a scholar, until such person shall produce the certificate
of some regular practising physician that such applicant for ad-
mission into the school has been duly vaccinated. Any teacher
so offending shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a fine of
ten dollars for each offence; and no public school trustee or com-
missioner shall grant a permit to any child to enter any public
school without such certificate, under the same penalty.
Ibid. sec. 8.
32. All fines imposed under the provisions of the four preced-
ing sections, shall be recovered before a justice of the peace, in
the same manner as small debts are recoverable, for the use of the
school fund of the county or city in which such offence shall
occur.
1867, ch. 6. 1872, ch 257, sec. 11.
33. The State vaccine agent is hereby required to take all steps
necessary to reproduce from the cow true vaccine virus, for the
use of physicians residing and practising medicine and surgery in
the State, and shall furnish none more than four removes from
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