ART. 43] INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 1087

1904, art. 43, sec. 28. 1888, art. 43, sec. 13. 1886, ch. 22, sec. 6. 1902, ch. 515.

39. It shall be the duty of every county health officer," immediately
after his appointment, to transmit to the secretary of the state board
of health his full name and postoffice address; he shall keep an accu-
rate record of the proceedings of the local board of health of which he
is the secretary, as well as his own official acts, and furnish a copy
thereof, annually, in the month of October, to the secretary of the state
board of health, together with such other information in regard to the
sanitary condition of his county as he may deem interesting or valu-
able for publication in the biennial report of the state board of health.
This section not to apply to Baltimore county.

Ibid. sec. 29. 1888, art. 43, sec. 14. 1886, ch. 22, sec. 7.

40. Whenever any local or county health officer shall receive relia-
ble notice, or shall otherwise have reason to believe that there is within
the limits of his sanitary jurisdiction a case of cholera, small-pox, or
other disease dangerous to the public health, he shall immediately
investigate the matter and take all proper steps for the restriction or
suppression of such disease or diseases; and the said county commis-
sioners may incur and pay, as other county expenses are paid, the
necessary and legitimate expenses thereof; he shall promptly notify the
secretary of the state board of health of the existence of any epidemic
or unusual sickness or mortality that may come to his knowledge within
his own sanitary jurisdiction or contiguous thereto; and when thus
informed, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the state board of
health to co-operate with and aid the local health authorities in making
scientific and practical investigation into the cause or causes of any
existing disease, and in devising the most efficient means for its restric-
tion or suppression, or for the exclusion of any threatened disease; and
to this end he may exercise all the powers of the state board of health.

Infectious Diseases—Small-Pox.

Ibid. sec. 30. 1888, art. 43, sec. 15. 1882, ch. 155, sec. 1.

41. When the health authority of any city or town, or any justice
of the peace for any county, is of opinion, on the certificate of a quali-
fied medical practitioner, that the cleansing and disinfecting of any
house or part thereof, and of articles therein likely to retain infection
would tend to prevent or check infectious diseases, it shall be the duty
of such authority or justice of the peace to give notice in writing to
the owner or occupier of such house, or part thereof, requiring him or
her to cleanse and disinfect such house, or part thereof, and articles,
within a time specified in such notice; and if the person to whom notice
is so given fails to comply therewith, he or she shall be liable to a
penalty of not less than five dollars and not exceeding ten dollars for
every day during which he or she continues to make default; and the
health authority or justice of the peace, as the case may be, shall cause
such house or part thereof and articles to be cleansed and disinfected,