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304 HEALTH. [ART. XLIII
or county in which the infected house or premises is located; said notice
shall state the name and place of residence of the sick person, the name
of the disease, the name of the owner, proprietor or manager of the
house and the locality of said house, and it shall be the duty of the
local or State health officer, as the case may be, to take such steps and
to do such things as may be necessary to render effective the provisions
of Sections 41 to 50 inclusive.*
See notes to this section in volume 1 of the Annotated Code.
1904, art. 43, sec. 68. 1890, ch. 622, sec. 3. 1916, ch 243, sec. 95.
95. Any person or persons who shall neglect or refuse to comply
with the provisions of the two foregoing sections shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof in a court of com-
petent jurisdiction be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty
dollars for every such offense.
1904, art. 43, see. 69. 1890, ch. 622, sec. 4. 1916, ch. 243, sec. 96.
96. In any town, village, or other place in this State, where no
special health department has been established or constituted by the
Charter or other Act of incorporation of any such town or village, or
in case the sanitary law or regulations in places where boards of health
or health officers exist should be inoperative or in case the local board
of health or health officer is found to be negligent, incompetent or ineffi-
cient, the State Board of Health shall make and enforce such regula-
tions respecting nuisances, sources of filth and causes of sickness as they
shall judge necessary for the public health and safety. The said Board
of Health shall also make such regulations as they deem necessary for
the public safety, respecting any articles which are capable of contain-
ing or conveying any infection or contagion or creating any sickness or
for the disinfecting of any house, room or premises where contagious
or infectious diseases have existed, and any person who shall sustain
damages by reason thereof, shall receive compensation in accordance
with the provisions of Section 42; if any person shall violate or refuse
or neglect to comply with any such regulation, he shall forfeit a sum
not exceeding fifty dollars.
1916, ch. 243, sec. 97.
97. In any town or village where no special health department has
been established, or in case the local board of health or health officer is
found negligent, incompetent or inefficient, the State Board of Health
is hereby empowered to make such rules and regulations in relation to
cleansing and care of privies, pig pens, or other noxious places, as they
may deem desirable and for the preservation of the health of any of
the inhabitants thereof, or the said Board of Health may declare such
privy, pig pen or other noxious place a nuisance, and the abatement
thereof be by the said Board or its Executive Officer, ordered and
*The title of the act of 1916, chapter 242, is inaccurate in part.
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