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said two members, other than herein specified, shall be determined
by the mayor and council of said town or city; said members shall
serve for a term of two years or until their successors are duly
appointed and qualified, the terms of the first appointees beginning
on the first Monday of May, 1920. A city board of health, organized un-
der the provisions of this law, shall meet at least once in each month;
shall adopt, publish and enforce by appropriate penalties all needful
rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law or the regulations
of the State Board of Health, and the IN Montgomery County THE
local board of health, necessary for the protection of public health,
to prevent the introduction or spread of disease; to abate insanitary
nuisances and shall have supervision and control of all matters relat-
ing to public health. The city board of health shall appoint a city
health officer whose duty shall be the execution and enforcement of
all laws and regulations relating to public health; the collection of
reports of death, births and sickness; the abatement of insanitary
conditions; and shall perform such other duties as are now or may
be hereafter provided by law or the city board of health. Such health
officer shall hold office for the term of two years from the date of his
appointment, unless, by reason of his conduct, he is required to
vacate his office. The health officer shall be authorized to appoint,
with the consent of the city board of health, such assistants as may
be necessary for the proper performance of his duties. He shall aid
and assist the health authorities in all matters of prevention and
suppression of disease, quarantine, inspection and sanitation within
his jurisdiction. The mayor and council or the properly constituted
authorities of any city in which a board of health is organized under
the provisions of this section, is hereby authorized and empowered
to levy and collect, as other monies, for said city governmental pur-
poses are collected, such funds as, in their opinion, are necessary
and desirable for the purpose of making effective the provisions of
this section.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved April 29, 1966.

CHAPTER 411
(House Bill 1049)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 24 of
Article 36 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement
Volume) title "Fees of Officers," subtitle "Registers of Wills," to
provide for a charge for photostatic copies of any paper provided
by the Registers of Wills of the State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 24 of Article 36 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Replacement Volume), title "Fees of Officers," subtitle "Regis-
ter of Wills," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows: