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ments', sub-title 'Health, Deleterious Candy or Cakes,' " and in case
of any conflict between sections 24 to 32 and the said pure food and

drug act the provisions of the latter shall prevail and control.
See sec. 166, et seq.

1910, ch. 560, sec. 21 B (p. 142).

28. The bureau of sanitary engineering shall examine into all pub-
lic and private system of water supply and prepare proper maps and
drawings of the same for permanent record; it shall examine and patrol
as far as possible the watersheds or catchment basins of all public water
systems, and investigate and repoit upon all sources of pollution of
public and private water supplies; it shall investigate and report upon
all private and public systems of sewage disposal; it shall inquire into
and investigate the water supply, sewage disposal, ventilation, heating
and lighting of schools, asylums, jails and other public institutions; it
shall inquire into and investigate offensive trades and nuisances, dis-
posal of trades wastes, sewage and other offensive matters, and devise
means for their control and perform such other duties and exercise such
other1 functions as the state board of health or the secretary thereof
shall designate.

1910, ch. 560, sec. 21 p (p. 142).

29. The bureau of vital statistics shall supervise the registration of
births and deaths in the State of Maryland; it shall receive, file and

compile all such records, and shall tabulate and publish the same in
such form as shall make them most valuable in the public service; it
shall perform such other duties and exercise such other functions as
the state board of health or the secretary thereof shall designate.

1910, ch. 560, sec. 21 G (p. 142).

30. The state board of health is authorized and empowered to
appoint a chief and an assistant chief for each of the bureaus herein-
before provided, and to appoint such inspectors, draughtsmen and
employees as may be necessary in the execution of sections 24 to 32.
Such chiefs and assistant chiefs shall be men of good technical educa-
tion and ability, competent to properly conduct their respective bureaus :
they shall be appointed by the secretary of the state board of health by
and with the consent of the said board, and the said board is empow-
ered to fix the compensation of said chiefs and assistant chiefs at an
annual salary of not less than fifteen hundred dollars, nor more than
twenty-four hundred dollars, for the said chiefs, and an annual salary
of not less than one thousand, nor more than eighteen hundred dollars,
for assistant chiefs; such chiefs and assistant chiefs may be removed
from office upon the recommendation of the secretary and a majority
vote of the board.

1910, ch. 560, sec. 21 H (p. 142).

31. For the purpose of sections 24 to 32 the state board of health

shall be known under the title and designated "State Department of