A neatly framed copy of the rules and regulations now in force, together with the prices of baths and attendant's fees, both separately and combined, printed in large black type on white cardboard, shall be conspicuously posted in the office of each bathhouse. PHYSICIAN'S APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION. To the board of physicians appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to pass upon the qualifications and character of physicians to prescribe the waters from the Hot Springs Reservation: 1. I was born at 2. My preliminary education was obtained (State common school or collegiate.) (If the latter, name of college and date of degree.) 3. I graduated in medicine from (give name of college), on the (When and where.) (When.) ; State 7. I have practiced at my present location the following places for the years named ; American Medical Asyears, and have practiced at (Give places of 8. I now hold or have held the following positions trust or honor held now or in the past, prizes received, and dispensary or college appointments.) 9. I have during the 10 years next preceding the date of this application resided at the following-named places, and was engaged in the following busi(State period of residence at each place and business engaged in ness while there.) 10. I am (Yes or no.) (State "general practitioner or specialty, if any.) 11. Do you employ drummers to solicit business? 12. Do you pay commissions on any of your professional business, either directly or indirectly? — (Yes or no.) 13. Have you paid commissions on any of your professional business or given anything of value, either directly or indirectly, for such purposes during the past two years? (Yes or no.) 14. If so, when did you quit, and why? (Date.) 15. If registered, will you faithfully observe the rules and regulations approved by the Secretary of the Interior regarding the use of the waters of the hot springs? Street; telephone number, (Yes or no.) 16. My office is Street; residence, Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this In consideration of the issuing of this permit, I hereby certify that I am not under the care of a physician, and if I employ or consult any physician it will be one whose name is on the Government's registered list. I fully understand that it is a violation of the law if I bathe, or attempt to bathe, while treating with any nonregistered physician, and that I lay myself liable to a fine of $100 for each offense, and this permit becomes void. (Signature of applicant.) Home Address- sell said person a bath ticket, f he [she] 191-. it will permit you to having employed no physician. This permit must be returned to the superintendent's office with your daily report not later than the day next succeeding the day on which it is used. REGULATIONS OF JULY 7, 1900, FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FREE BATHHOUSE. These baths are provided and maintained by the United States pursuant to the requirements of the act of Congress approved December 16, 1878 (20 Stat., 258), for the use of the indigent only; neither the manager nor attendants are authorized to supply them to others. The manager of the free bathhouse is required to enforce a strict observance of the following rules and regulations: RULE 1. No baths will be supplied except on written applications made on blanks furnished at the office of the bathhouse, making full answers to the questions therein propounded; then if the applicant is found to be indigent (in accordance with the common acceptance of the word), the manager will issue a ticket good for 21 baths, which may be reissued on the same application if necessary. RULE 2. Persons using the free baths are required to maintain quiet and orderly deportment while in or about the bath house, to abstain from the use of tobacco, either by chewing or smoking, while in the pool rooms, dressing rooms, or office, not to scatter rags or paper on the floor, or to loiter in or about the building after bathing. RULE 3. The wanton exposure of person or entering any of the front rooms in a nude state, the use of loud, vulgar, or profane language, the use of rags, paper, soap, or any foreign substance in the pool rooms is positively prohibited. RULE 4. Persons using these baths are not allowed to stand or sit on or in any way interfere with the water pipes or valves or to stand on the chairs or benches. All persons entering the house are required to clean their feet at the door and avoid as much as possible bringing dirt or mud on the floors. Boys over 5 years of age will not be allowed in the female department during bathing hours. RULE 5. Any willful or repeated violation of these rules, or any disorderly or contemptuous conduct, will subject the persons so offending to suspension or expulsion, at the discretion of the superintendent of the reservation. RULE 6. Neither the manager nor the Government attendants shall be allowed to receive or become responsible for any valuables or to charge any fees for any service rendered to bathers which comes within the direct line of their duty. RULE 7. The manager is required to enforce all the foregoing rules and to maintain good order in and about the bathhouse, to see that all indigent persons applying are supplied with baths, and to make a written report to the superinendent each month on blank forms supplied for that purpose. He may reject any application for free baths if he has reason to believe the applicant has made false answers in his written application, and the aggrieved may appeal to the superintendent of the reservation. APPLICATION FOR BATHS AT THE GOVERNMENT FREE BATH HOUSE AT HOT SPRINGS, ARK. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. HOT SPRINGS RESERVATION. No. Persons desiring to use the free baths are required to answer the following questions, in writing, and sign the same, giving full name: Name, ; town, years; have you a family? ; county, ; State, ; present address in Hot Springs: Street, No. -; native of what country, ; how many in family? -; occupation, ; are you employed now? by whom? do you wish to bathe for your health? ; how long afflicted? ; are you able to work? ; in what capacity? -; with what disease are you afflicted? ; are you under treatment of a physician at Hot Springs? ; if so, give his name and address, ; do you own any real estate? —; what is the value of your personal property? $; how much money have you? $- The act of Congress approved December 16, 1878 (20 Stat., 258), restricts the use of free, baths to the indigent; in other words, to persons who are poor, needy, in want, or without means of comfortable subsistence. Do you regard yourself as an indigent person? — Persons accepting and using these baths are required to report to the manager once each week whether they are being benefited by the baths or not, and also when they discontinue bathing. [SEAL.] |