Health - Historical Notes

The following summaries are included herein for reference purposes.

1. Private Acts of 1933, Chapter 839, provided that any and all persons in Loudon County who had actual experience before 1909 in fitting eyeglasses were licensed to practice optometry, without having to meet any other requirements.
2. Private Acts of 1935, Chapter 469, was an act setting standards for the manufacture and sale of ice cream in Loudon County.
3. Private Acts of 1935, Chapter 697, required the commissioner of agriculture to furnish a competent inspector in Loudon County to enforce the Pure Food and Drug Laws of the state. Loudon County was required to bear a part of the salary and expense of such inspectors.
4. Private Acts of 1935, Chapter 743, authorized persons with ten years practical experience in the treatment of diseases and ailments of and injuries to livestock to practice veterinary surgery in Loudon County without the need of any other license.