634 HEALTH. [ART. 43

pensation from, the State for attendance or travel unless the Board shall
certify that his or her testimony was material to the matter investi-
gated. Fees paid under this section shall be charged to the general
appropriation for the State Board of Health. The State Board of
Health may, in any investigation, cause depositions of witnesses resid-
ing within or without the State to be taken in the manner prescribed,
by the law for like depositions in civil actions in courts of record.

1804, art. 43, sec. 5. 1888, art. 43. sec. 5. 1880, ch. 438, sec. 6 1898, ch. 312.

1914, ch. 675.

5. The secretary shall be the State Health Officer and shall hold"
office as long as he shall faithfully discharge the duties thereof, but may
be removed for just cause at a regular meeting of the Board, a majority
of the members voting therefor; he shall keep a record of the trans-
actions of the Board and an account of all expenditures by them; he
shall, whenever necessary or practicable, correspond and consult with
health authorities of other States, and with the local Boards and all
health officers in this State and secure an interchange of all useful sani-
tary information, especially respecting the causes, treatment and prog-
ress of epidemics.; he shall keep on file all reports received from such
Boards and all correspondence relating to the duties of this Board; he
shall prepare blank forms of returns and such instructions as may be
necessary, and forward them to the several local Boards of Health and
all health officers throughout the State; he shall, when requested by
local Boards or any health officers, visit their respective districts, cities
or villages, to investigate the cause of any existing disease, and shall,
from time to time, and whenever directed by the Governor or the Legis-
lature, make special inspections of public hospitals, asylums, prisons
and other institutions, and shall, at each session of the Legislature, sub-
mit, through the Board, a full report of his investigations, with such
suggestions and recommendations as he may deem proper; he shall,
when required by the Governor or other proper authorities, advise in
regard to the location, drainage, water supply, disposal of excrement,
heating and ventilation of any public institution or building belonging-
to the State; he shall collect information concerning vital statistics,
prevailing diseases and the general hygiene of the State and through
an annual report and otherwise, as the Board may direct, shall dissemi-
nate such information among the people. He shall have general juris-
diction and control over all health officers inspectors, agents, nurses
and others appointed under, the jurisdiction of the State Board of
Health, and shall assist and advise them in the performance of their
duties, and shall have and perform such other duties as the State Board
of Health may impose upon him. During his term of office he shall
not engage in the practice of medicine or in any occupation which
would conflict in with the performance of his official duties, and he
shall receive from the Treasury, in monthly payments, an annual salary
of three thousand dollars, to be paid on the warrant of the Comptroller
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.