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physician and experienced in sanitary science and who, by virtue of such
election, shall be a member of the board and their executive officer. The
board may elect one of their own number secretary, in which case the gov-
ernor shall, with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint another
member to complete the full number of the board.

An. Code, sec. 5. 1904, sec. 5. 1888, sec. 5. 1880, ch. 438, sec. 6. 1898, ch. 312. 1914, ch. 675.

7. The secretary1 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 transactions 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 sanitary information, especially
respecting the causes, treatment and progress 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 Legislature, make special inspections of public hospitals, asylums,
prisons and other institutions, and shall, at each session of the Legislature,
submit, 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 disseminate such information among the
people. He shall have general jurisdiction and control over all health
officers, inspectors, agents, nurses and others appointed under the jurisdic-
tion 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.

1 Ch. 29 of 1922 (p. 64) abolished the office of secretary and provided that the director
of health should exercise all the powers, perform the duties, etc., of the secretary.
See sec. 2 of this article.