ART. 43] STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. 635

1914, Ch. 675.

5A. The State Board of Health of Maryland shall divide the State
outside of Baltimore city into ten sanitary districts following county
lines, and upon the recommendation of its secretary, and by a majority
vote thereof, it shall appoint a Deputy State Health Officer for each
sanitary district.

1914, ch. 675.

5B. The Deputy State Health Officers shall be trained in sanitary
science and hygiene, and shall possess the same qualifications required
of the State Health Officer, and shall hold their office during efficiency
and good behavior, but may be removed for cause by a majority vote of
the State Board of Health after having been given an opportunity to
be heard in their own defense. No Deputy State Health Officer shall
practice medicine or engage in any other occupation which would con-
flict with the performance of his official duties. Each Deputy State
Health Officer shall have, an office located at some accessible point
designated by the State Board of Health, within his sanitary district,
and he shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by the State Board of
Health to be not less than twelve hundred dollars nor more than twenty-
five hundred dollars per annum and shall also receive his expenses actu-
ally and necessarily incurred in the performance of his official duties.

1914, ch. 675.

5C. Each Deputy State Health Officer, under the direction of the
State Board of Health and the State Health Officer shall have juris-
diction throughout his district; and he shall have the right of entry
into any workshop, factory, dairy, creamery, slaughterhouse, or other
place of business or employment, or into any private house, when in
pursuit of his official duties. He shall carry out the instruction of the
State Board of Health and shall make such investigations and reports
as said State Board of Health may require. He shall, when required
by the State Board of Health, inspect and report upon the sanitary
conditions of streams and sources of public water supply, sewerage
facilities, schools and schoolhouses, dairies, creameries, slaughter-
houses, workshops, and factories, and all places where offensive trades
or industries are conducted in his district. He shall respond promptly
when called upon for advice or assistance by any Board of Health or
Health Officer within his jurisdiction, and it shall be his duty and he
is hereby authorized to enforce any public health statute, or rule, or
regulation of the State Board of Health, or of any Local Board of
Health or Health Officer within his district, when such Local Board of
Health or Health Officer neglects or refuses to enforce such statute,
rule or regulation, after due notice by him or by the State Board of
Health. He shall keep himself informed as to the work of each Local
Health Officer within his district, and and each Local Health Officer
within his district in the performance of his duties, and particularly on