HOT SPRINGS Rules and Regulations 1920

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF ALL BATHHOUSES RECEIVING HOT WATER FROM THE HOT SPRINGS RESERVATION.

THE superintendent of the Hot Springs Reservation is directed to enforce a prompt and faithful compliance with the following rules:

1. Bathhouses or hotels will be allowed such number of tubs as the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, deem proper and necessary for the public service and the amount of hot water will justify.

2. The constant flow of hot water for vapor or other baths, even during business hours, or the unnecessary waste of water in any manner, is strictly prohibited, and will, if continued after written notice from the superintendent to stop such waste of water, be considered by the department sufficient grounds for the cancellation of the lease of such offending lessee.

3. Rentals must be paid quarterly, in advance, at the office of the superintendent, and if not paid within five days from the beginning of each quarter the supply of water may be cut off.

4. The charge for baths at the different bathhouses shall be at the rates fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, and no bath ticket shall be sold for more than said rate, and then only to such persons as intend to actually use them for bathing. The rate or rates so fixed for baths shall include, without extra charge, the supplying of each bather with one clean sterilized sheet to envelop the body of the bather while in the bath hall and cooling room. In event of charges in a less amount being exacted for baths, such new rate shall at once be reported to the superintendent, and when approved by the department shall thereafter become the maximum rate. No bath ticket shall be sold except at the office of the bathhouse where the bath is to be given, and tickets must show the date when issued, the serial number, the number of baths for which issued, the full name of the purchaser, and the amount paid therefor. Bath tickets shall be redeemable for the same proportionate price for which they were sold when presented by the original purchaser: Provided, That when less than five baths have been taken on any ticket presented for redemption the bathhouse may charge the rate for single baths for the number of baths taken on said ticket. No bath ticket or part of a ticket shall be reissued after having been redeemed. No bathhouse will be permitted to issue complimentary bath tickets, except that bathhouse lessees may, on written permission of the superintendent, issue complimentary bath tickets in such cases as in his judgment justify such action. The renting and selling of bath robes, towels, soap, toilet articles, or articles of merchandise in bathhouses is prohibited.

5. The owners or managers of bathhouses are prohibited from bathing in said bathhouses persons stopping at any hotel, boarding house, or rooming house which has a drummer or solicitor on trains, or the owner of which drums or solicits on trains, or drums or solicits business for doctors, or who has employed in or about such house any inside man or person engaged in drumming or soliciting business for doctors or bathhouses. Also the owners or managers and the employees of such bathhouses are absolutely prohibited from either directly or indirectly drumming for doctors or reflecting on or questioning the integrity of the hot-water supply of any other bathhouse; or of claiming superiority of its own supply of hot water over that furnished from the springs on the reservation to other bathhouses. Upon evidence of violation of this rule the superintendent shall report the facts, with his recommendation, to the Director of the National Park Service looking to the shutting off of the water from any bathhouse or canceling the lease, as the Secretary of the Interior may determine.

6. Owners and managers of bathhouses will provide in their respective bathhouses the requisite number of head bath attendants, who, under the supervision and direction of the superintendent of the Hot Springs Reservation, shall supervise the administration of baths, the treatment of patients, matters of hygiene and sanitation in the bathhouses, and the work of bath attendants generally. Bathhouse attendants shall be allowed to charge for their services not exceeding 20 cents for a single bath, or $4 per course of 21 baths, to be collected for the attendant by the bathhouse manager and properly accounted for by him to the attendant. The duties of the attendants shall consist in the administration of the baths in strict accordance with the bathing directions of registered physicians and in lieu of these as ordered by the superintendent. They shall be required to clean and care for such parts of the bathhouse as may be assigned them by the manager, subject to the approval of the superintendent; to keep themselves in a neat and cleanly condition both in person and in dress; and to make good any damages accruing from breakage or neglect of duty. They shall not be required to handle helpless individuals; rub mercury, furnish mops, brooms, or cleaning materials; furnish or launder towels, mitts, sheets, or robes; pay for the services of the porter or perform work which properly belongs to him; or incur any expense whatsoever incident to the operation of the house not specifically authorized. It shall be optional with the bather whether he employ an attendant or not. No person shall be employed or permitted to serve or occupy space in any bathhouse as a mercury rubber or as a masseur without the approval of the superintendent first had and obtained; and every person so employed or serving shall be subject and amenable to the rules and regulations the same as attendants and other bathhouse employees.

MAP OF PORTION OF HOT SPRINGS RESERVATION. (click on image for a PDF version)

7. The payment of any sum of money or anything of value, either directly or indirectly, by any bathhouse owner, manager, clerk, or attendant as compensation for drumming customers to any bathhouse, or allowing public drummers, drumming doctors, hotel, or boarding house proprietors who are drummers, or persons who work with them as inside men, to bring persons or show them through, or to loiter in or about any bathhouse, is positively forbidden. Upon evidence of violation of this rule the superintendent shall report the facts, with his recommendation, to the Director of the National Park Service, looking to the shutting off of the water from any bathhouse or canceling the lease, as the Secretary of the Interior may determine.

8. The lessee of each bathhouse shall cause to be kept a full and correct daily register of each bath given, the number and kind of bath tickets sold, and the number of complimentary tickets, if any, issued each day, etc., such form of register to be approved by the superintendent and a copy therefrom of each day's business to be forwarded to the superintendent daily. No person shall be allowed to bathe without a numbered ticket being issued and a record of the same being kept, and report thereof duly certified by the manager filed with the superintendent on the first day of each month as paid, complimentary, or free baths, together with any information he may have showing a violation of the bathhouse rules and regulations which may be susceptible of proof.

9. All bathhouses receiving deposits of jewelry, money, or other valuables from bathers must provide means satisfactory to the superintendent of the reservation for the safe-keeping thereof; it is to be understood, however, that the Government assumes no responsibility in the premises. All losses must be promptly reported to the superintendent by the bathhouse manager.

10. An applicant for baths who is under medical treatment shall not be permitted to bathe in any bathhouse unless said applicant presents satisfactory evidence that he or she is the patient of a physician who is duly registered at the office of the superintendent as qualified to prescribe the waters of the hot springs, and who is known not to engage in drumming for custom: Provided, That every applicant for baths not under the care of a registered physician or person publicly professing to cure or heal shall be required to make a certificate to be filed with the bathhouse manager that he or she is not under the care of any physician or person who shall publicly profess to cure or heal, and should such applicant subsequently employ, consult, or take treatment from any physician or person who shall publicly profess to cure or heal while taking the baths, then in such case he or she will immediately notify the bathhouse manager of such fact. The violation of this rule by the owner, manager, or any employee of a bathhouse will result in the cutting off of the water from the bathhouse or the canceling of the lease, as the Secretary of the Interior may determine.

11. Physicians or persons publicly professing to cure or heal, desiring to prescribe the waters of the hot springs, either internally or through the medium of baths, must first be registered at the office of the superintendent of the reservation, and shall use only such uniform form of bathing directions as meets with the approval of the superintendent. Registration will be accorded only to such physicians or persons publicly professing to cure or heal as are found by the Secretary of the Interior to have proper professional qualifications and character, qualified to make intelligent diagnoses, and who do not engage in drumming for custom. No physician or person publicly professing to cure or heal who shall engage in the solicitation of patronage through the medium of drummers or otherwise, or who shall engage in unprofessional, disreputable, or dishonest conduct, or is addicted to the drug or other habit which disqualifies him for the performance of his professional duties shall be or remain registered. In case any person who, in violation of these regulations, bathes or attempts to bathe, or enters or attempts to enter upon the Hot Springs Reservation to bathe, shall have the permit of a physician or person who shall publicly profess to cure or heal therefor, such physician or person who shall publicly profess to cure or heal shall be liable to the penalties provided in the Act of April 20, 1904, unless he is regularly registered, but the bather or person attempting to bathe shall not be liable to the penalties of said act unless it shall be made to appear that he knew or had reason to believe that the physician or person who shall publicly profess to cure or heal giving him the permit to bathe was not regularly registered.

12. If a charge is made to the superintendent in writing, under oath, supported by the affidavits of two or more reputable witnesses, that a registered physician has violated any of the laws or regulations pertaining to the government of the bathhouses receiving hot water from said reservation, such physician shall be immediately notified by the superintendent of the fact that affidavits have been made against him, and in the presence of the superintendent be accorded an opportunity to cross-examine the witness on the subject thereof; and if in the judgment of the superintendent the facts warrant such action he will cite the physician to appear before him on a day to be named within not exceeding five days from the date of notice to show cause why his name should not be stricken from the register of physicians authorized to prescribe the waters of said springs; and pending the investigation and final action upon the charges the right of such physician to prescribe the hot waters may be suspended by the Secretary of the Interior. The physician against whom such complaint is made shall have the right to cross-examine said affiants and any witnesses who may appear before the superintendent, or to file written interrogatories pertinent to the issue of such complainants or witnesses, to be answered by them under oath, and may submit within five days thereafter counter-affidavits in answer to the charges made in the affidavits of the witnesses. The complainant witnesses may file rebuttal affidavits within five days after service upon them of said counteraffidavits, and the hearing of said charges shall be had on the record aforesaid, and the recommendation of the superintendent in the premises forwarded to the Secretary of the Interior.

An appeal from the recommendation of the superintendent upon said record may be taken to the Secretary of the Interior within five days from the date of service by the superintendent of a copy of his recommendation on the accused. If upon consideration of the complaint the charge is not sustained by the Secretary the accused will be at once advised, and the charges dismissed. If, however, such charge is sustained, the name of the physician shall be stricken from the registered list.

13. Persons violating any of the foregoing regulations within the purview of the act of April 20, 1904, entitled "An act conferring jurisdiction upon United States commissioners over offenses committed in a portion of the permanent Hot Springs Mountain Reservation, Ark.," and the act of March 2, 1907, amendatory thereof, will be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be subjected on conviction to the payment of a fine, as provided in said act of April 20, 1904, of not exceeding $100, and be adjudged to pay all costs of the proceeding.

14. All bathhouses shall be kept in a neat, clean, and sanitary condition, and all sewage and waste water properly conducted away, and all under drainage kept in perfect order. The water-closets shall have sufficient and free connection with the public sewers and be kept in the best order and with the best plumbing furnishings and appliances. Lessees of bathhouses on the permanent reservation shall, under the direction of the superintendent, cultivate and maintain the parts of the bathhouse park in front of their respective bathhouses, the space for each to cultivate to be allotted by the superintendent.

15. Each bathhouse manager, clerk, and attendant shall be required to have a full and complete understanding of the bathhouse rules and regulations before entering upon his duties. The superintendent is authorized to require the discharge of any bathhouse manager, clerk, attendant, mercury rubber, or masseur for bathhouse or doctor drumming, or refusing or neglecting to carry out the bathhouse rules and regulations according to the true intent and meaning thereof.

Any person discharged for cause from a bathhouse or removed at the request of the superintendent shall not be again employed by the same or any other bathhouse or permitted to render service in any bathhouse without the written consent of the superintendent. Managers must promptly report in writing to the superintendent the name of any person so removed.

16. Automobiles and motorcycles are permitted on the roads in the Hot Springs Reservation under regulations separately provided.

17. 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.

RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL REGISTRATION BOARD.

1. There shall be a president and secretary elected by the board, who shall each serve for one year and until his successor is elected and qualified. Such election shall be held at the annual meeting, which shall be the first regular meeting of the board after the personnel thereof for the ensuing year has been determined by the Secretary of the Interior. Should a vacancy occur in either position by death, resignation, or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled by the board at its first regular meeting next succeeding the date the vacancy occurs, or at a special meeting called for that purpose.

2. Two members of the board shall constitute a quorum, with full authority to transact any and all business that may come before the board.

3. Minutes of all business transacted by the board shall be reduced to writing and be copied in a record provided for the purpose, and at the next regular or special meeting the minutes of the previous meeting shall be read and approved, with such corrections, if any, as the board may consider proper to make.

4. The regular monthly meetings shall be held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 8 o'clock p. m., and all routine business not filed with the secretary of the board at least 24 hours before the time fixed for the meeting will not be considered, but will be held for consideration until the next regular meeting: Provided, however, That the president of the board may waive this provision when in his judgment the exigencies of the case demand it. Such other meetings may be held as the board may deem necessary, prior notice thereof to be duly given.

Examination of applicants for registration shall be held quarterly on a date to be fixed by the board. Any registered doctor hereafter dropped from the list of registered physicians will not be restored until after he successfully passes the regular examination prescribed by the board for original registration, nor shall any such physician be eligible for examination for a period of five years from the date on which his name was dropped from the registered list: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, authorize the examination of such physician at any time after one year from. said date.

5. The following rules shall govern applicants for registration:

(a) To be entitled to registration applicants must be graduates of some reputable medical school legally authorized to confer the degree of doctor of medicine, or of some reputable school of osteopathy recognized by the American Osteopath Association, and must have complied with the laws of the State of Arkansas relating to the admission of physicians to the practice of medicine and surgery, or either, within said State.

(b) Applicants will be required to furnish in writing such evidence as the board may desire touching their personal history and personal and moral character and standing during the five years next preceding the date of their applications, such evidence to be placed in the hands of the secretary of the board not later than 10 days prior to the regular date for examination of applicants. Applicants will also be required to submit to such examination as the board may see proper to subject them, touching their qualifications and knowledge. of medicine and surgery and to prescribe the hot waters: Provided, That the names of medical officers of the Army stationed at the Army and Navy General Hospital in Hot Springs, Ark., shall be placed on the list of registered physicians without examination while assigned to this hospital.

(c) An applicant who twice fails in his examination before the Federal registration board shall not be permitted to again take the examination prescribed by the board until after the lapse of one year from the date of his last failure.

(d) No registered physician shall be permitted to associate himself in practice looking to the prescribing of the waters of the Hot Springs with a nonregistered physician, under penalty of having his name removed from the registered list. The name of any registered physician who shall give bath directions for the patients of a nonregistered physician shall be removed from the registered list, but this shall not apply to the prescribing of the waters of the Hot Springs for the patients of another practitioner who, while legally licensed by the State of Arkansas to treat ailments of the human system, is not eligible for registration under paragraph (a) hereof: Provided, That in all such cases the registered physician so prescribing shall deal directly with the patient and shall receive no fee, commission, or other compensation, either directly or indirectly, from such other practitioner on penalty of having his name removed from the registered list: And provided, That the name of such other practitioner treating said patient shall be given on the bath directions.

6. The order for the transaction of business before the board shall be as follows:

(a) Reading and approval of minutes of previous meeting.

(b) Consideration of new business.

(c) Consideration of unfinished business.

(d) Examination of applicants for registration.

(e) Miscellaneous business.

7. Effective July 1, 1920, physicians who are or may thereafter be registered in the office of the superintendent as authorized to prescribe the hot waters will be required to pay to the superintendent for such privilege the sum of $60 per annum, payable semiannually within five days from July 1 and January 1, in default of which payment the superintendent will suspend delinquents from the registered list, reporting his action to the Director of the National Park Service.

Applicants for examination preliminary to registration under paragraph 4 hereof will be required to pay the sum of $10 to the superintendent as examination fee, prior to admittance to examination.

Persons having complied with the foregoing requirements for megistration will be required to pay the sum of $15 to the superintendent as registration fee.

8. The fees prescribed in the foregoing paragraph are payable in advance in the form of postal money order in net amount of the fee, drawn to the order of the Director of the National Park Service, Washington, D. C., and are not subject to refund either in whole or in part.

9. The provisions of paragraphs 7 and 8 shall not apply to physicians stationed at the Army and Navy General Hospital not doing outside practice, or to members of the federal registration board.

The foregoing rules are subject to amendment at any regular meeting of the board on the giving of 30 days' notice in writing of the proposed amendment, subject, however, to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FREE BATHHOUSE.

These baths are provided and maintained by the United States Government in accordance with the acts of Congress approved December 16, 1878, and March 2, 1911, which restrict the use of the free baths to the indigent; in other words, to persons who are poor, needy, in want, or without means of comfortable subsistence.

ACT OF MARCH 2, 1911 (36 STAT., 1015).

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That only persons who are without and unable to obtain the means to pay for baths and are suffering from ailments for which bathing in the water of the Hot Springs Reservation will afford relief or effect a cure shall be permitted to bathe at the free bathhouse on the public reservation at Hot Springs, Arkansas; and before any person shall be permitted to bathe at the free bathhouse on the reservation he shalt be required to make oath, before such officer duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes as the superintendent of the Hot Springs Reservation shall designate, that he is without and unable to obtain the means to pay for baths; and any person desiring to bathe at the free bathhouse on the Hot Springs Reservation making a false oath as to his financial condition shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not to exceed twenty-five dollars, or thirty days' imprisonment, or both.

The superintendent of the Hot Springs Reservation is directed to enforce a prompt and faithful compliance with the following rules:

1. No baths will be supplied except upon written application, duly sworn to, 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 entitled to take the baths in accordance with the act of March 2, 1911, above stated, the manager will issue a ticket good for 21 baths, which may be renewed on the same application if necessary.

2. Persons using the free baths are required to maintain quiet and orderly deportment while in or about the bathhouse; to abstain from the use of tobacco, either by chewing or smoking, while in the pool rooms, dressing rooms, or office; and to refrain from scattering rags or paper on the floor, or from loitering in or about the building after bathing.

The wanton exposure of person or entering any of the cooling rooms in a nude state; the use of loud, vulgar, or profane language; or the use of rags, paper, soap, or any foreign substance in the pool rooms is positively prohibited.

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 mud or dirt into the building. Boys over 5 years of age will not be allowed in the female department during bathing hours.

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.

6. Neither the bathhouse manager nor 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.

7. The manager of the free bathhouse, under supervision of the superintendent of the reservation, is required to enforce all the foregoing rules; 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 superintendent 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.

RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING BATH ATTENDANTS IN THE PAY BATHHOUSES RECEIVING HOT WATER FROM THE SPRINGS ON THE HOT SPRINGS RESERVATION.

The superintendent of Hot Springs Reservation is directed to enforce a prompt and faithful compliance with the following regulations:

1. Bath attendants shall be required to take a written examination when ordered by the superintendent, after which successful candidates shall be granted certificates as qualified attendants and furnished with a numbered badge to be worn at all times while on dusty, for such time as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior.

2. Two consecutive failures to qualify as attendant shall debar the applicant from further examination for a period of one year.

3. To entitle an applicant to a certificate as a qualified attendant a total mark of not less than 70 points shall be required, to be awarded by the superintendent or examining officer. In the grading of papers the experience and general adaptability of the applicant will be considered in determining the grade.

4. Whenever the number of qualified attendants is in excess of the requirements of the service those not employed shall be entitled to have their names enrolled upon a waiting list in the office of the superintendent.

5. Managers are prohibited from employing as an attendant any person not holding a certificate of qualification as such whenever there are five or more qualified attendants registered on the waiting list in the office of the superintendent: Provided, however, That the superintendent may in his discretion authorize the temporary employment of not to exceed one helper by each bath attendant in order that they may serve an apprenticeship before making application for registration as attendants.

6. No bath attendant or helper will be permitted to enter on duty without having first furnished a certificate from a registered physician showing that he or she is free from any infectious or communicable disease.

7. Managers may suspend or discharge attendants employed by them, but shall not have authority to revoke their licenses or to prohibit their employment in other houses.

8. An attendant suspended by the superintendent shall not be employed in any capacity in any bathhouse during the period of suspension.

9. An attendant discharged by the superintendent shall have his or her certificate of qualification revoked, and shall not again be employed in any capacity in any bathhouse for a period of not less than six months.

10. Managers are required to report immediately by letter to the superintendent the employment, suspension, resignation, or discharge of attendants.

11. Effective July 1, 1920, the superintendent is authorized to collect a privilege fee of $12 per annum, or part thereof, from all bath attendants operating in bathhouses receiving hot water from the Hot Springs Reservation. Such fee is payable semiannually at the office of the superintendent within five days from July 1 and January 1. In default of such payment the superintendent may, in his discretion, revoke the licenses of delinquent attendants.

12. The fees prescribed in the foregoing paragraph are payable in advance in the form of postal money order in net amount of the fee, drawn to the order of the Director of the National Park Service, Washington, D. C., and are not subject to refund either in whole or in part.

RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING MASSEURS, MASSEUSES, AND MERCURY RUBBERS IN ALL BATHHOUSES RECEIVING WATER FROM THE HOT SPRINGS RESERVATION.

The superintendent of Hot Springs Reservation is directed to enforce a prompt and faithful compliance with the following regulations:

MASSEURS AND MASSEUSES.

1. Each bathhouse masseur or masseuse shall appear when notified by the superintendent before a board of three examiners appointed by him, to qualify as to his or her competency; and no bathhouse manager shall permit massage to be given by other than a qualified masseur or masseuse.

2. Masseurs and masseuses are forbidden to make diagnoses of ailments; to prescribe any drugs, chemicals, or medicines for internal administration; or to prescribe diets or waters. They shall not use in their work clinical thermometers, stethescopes, or any other instruments employed by physicians.

3. No form of electric current shall be administered or recommended to the patient of any physician without such physician's direction.

4. Tickets shall be redeemable at the same proportionate rate for which they were sold when presented by the original purchaser: Provided, That when less than five treatments have been taken on any ticket the bathhouse shall charge the single rate for the number of treatments taken. All tickets shall be sold and collected for by the bathhouse manager and properly accounted for by him to the operator.

5. Operators shall not be required to pay any sum exceeding 40 per cent of the gross receipts for the privilege of operating in any bathhouse, whether working on a percentage basis or renting space outright. Operators shall not be required to furnish any materials or equipment necessary in giving treatments, nor incur any expense incident to the operation of the massage department: Provided, That they shall be required to make good any damages accruing from breakage or neglect of duty. All materials and equipment used in massage departments shall be subject to the approval of the superintendent.

6. Failure to comply with the above regulations will subject the operator to immediate suspension or dismissal as may be determined by the superintendent.

7. Effective July 1, 1920, the superintendent is authorized to collect a privilege fee of $12 per annum, or part thereof, from all masseurs and masseuses operating in bathhouses receiving hot water from the Hot Springs Reservation. Such fee is payable semiannually at the office of the superintendent within five days from July 1 and January 1, in default of which payment the superintendent may, in his discretion, cancel the privilege of such delinquent masseurs and masseuses.

8. The fees prescribed in the foregoing paragraph are payable in advance in the form of postal money order in net amount of the fee drawn to the order of the Director of the National Park Service, Washington, D. C., and are not subject to refund either in whole or in part.

MERCURY RUBBERS.

1. Uniform charges shall be made at all bathhouses for rubs and inunctions by all mercury rubbers. The time consumed and parts to be rubbed shall be in accordance with the directions of the patient's physician.

2. Mercury rubbers are forbidden to make diagnoses of ailments; to prescribe any drugs, chemicals, medicines, diets, or waters; or to employ any instruments used by physicians in the diagnosis or treatment of diseases.

3. No mercury rubber shall be permitted to suggest the size of dose of mercury to be used.

4. Mercurial inunctions shall not be administered or recommended to the patient of any physician without such physician's directions.

5. Failure to comply with the above regulations will subject the mercury rubber to immediate suspension or dismissal as may be determined by the superintendent.

SCHEDULE OF RATES.

The maximum charges for general massage, including all necessary accessories, at all bathhouses, shall be as follows:

The maximum charges of mercury rubbers at all bathhouses shall he as follows:

AUTOMOBILE AND MOTORCYCLE REGULATIONS.

The superintendent of the Hot Springs Reservation is directed to enforce a prompt and faithful compliance with the following regulation which supersede all previous editions:

1. Entrance and exits.—Automobiles will be permitted to enter upon Hot Springs and North Mountains only at the Fountain Street entrance to Hot Springs Mountain, leading south toward the Army and Navy General Hospital, around the tower, and make exit to Central Avenue either through Fountain Street or around North Mountain through Canyon Street.

Automobiles will be permitted to enter upon West Mountain roads only at the Prospect Avenue entrance through Pecan Street and make exit through Gem Street to Whittington Avenue.

Careful driving is demanded of all persons using the roads.

The Government is in no way responsible for any kind of accident.

2. Motorcycles.—Motorcycles are admitted to these roads under the same conditions as automobiles, and subject to the same regulations as far as applicable.

3. Horse-drawn vehicles and saddle horses.—Horse-drawn vehicles and saddle horses have the right of way on the inside of the roads, and automobiles will be backed or otherwise handled as may be necessary so as to enable horses and vehicles to pass with safety.

4. Distance apart; gears and brakes.—Automobiles while in motion must not be less than 30 feet apart, except for the purpose of passing, which is permissible only on comparative levels or on slight grades.

All automobiles, except while shifting gears, must retain their gears constantly enmeshed. Persons desiring to enter these roads in an automobile should see that all parts of the machine, particularly the brakes and tires, are in first-class working order and capable of making the trip.

5. Speeds.—Speed is limited to 12 miles per hour on any part of the roads, but this speed must be reduced to 6 miles per hour when approaching or rounding turns, or approaching and passing vehicles.

6. Horns.—The horn will be sounded on approaching curves or stretches of road concealed for any considerable distance by slopes, overhanging trees or other obstacles, and before meeting or passing other machines, riding or driving animals, and pedestrians.

7. Muffler cut-outs.—Muffler cut-outs must be closed while approaching or passing riding horses or horse-drawn vehicles.

8. Hours of admission.—Automobiles will be permitted on these roads only between the hours of 7 a. m. and 6.30 p. m., except from April 1 to September 30, when automobiles may use the roads from 6 a. m. to 8 p. m.

9. Violation of any of the foregoing regulations will, in the discretion of the superintendent, cause the revocation of the privilege of using these roads, and will subject the owner of the automobile to liability for any damage occasioned thereby and to ejectment from the reservation.