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vided, that no official, agent or representative of this bureau shall enter
any home or take charge of any child over the objection of any parent or
guardian of such child or the person having the custody of such child, and
no such official, agent or representative shall attempt to enforce any treat-
ment or correction, except with the consent of the parents of such child or
the person standing in loco parentis.

An. Code, sec. 30. 1910, ch. 560, sec. 21G (p. 142).

42. The state board of health is authorized and empowered to appoint
a chief and an assistant chief for each of the bureaus hereinbefore pro-
vided, and to appoint such inspectors, draughtsmen and employees as may
be necessary in the execution of sections 35 to 44. Such chiefs and assis-
tant chiefs shall be men of good technical education and ability, compe-
tent to properly conduct their respective bureaus; they shall be appointed
by the secretary of the state board of health by and with the consent of
the said board, and the said board is empowered to fix the compensation of
said chiefs and assistant chiefs at an annual salary of not less than fifteen
hundred dollars, nor more than twenty-four hundred dollars, for the said
chiefs, and an annual salary of not less than one thousand, nor more than
eighteen hundred dollars, for assistant chiefs; such chiefs and assistant
chiefs may be removed from office upon the recommendation of the secre-
tary and a majority vote of the board.

An. Code, sec. 31. 1910, ch. 560, sec. 21H (p. 142).

43. For the purpose of sections 35 to 44 the state board of health shall
be known under the title and designated " State Department of Health,"
and the secretary of the said board shall be known under the title and
designated " Secretary of the Department of Health."

An. Code, sec. 32. 1910, ch. 560, sec. 211 (p. 143). 1912, ch. 352.

44. For the purpose of making effective the provisions of sections 35
to 44 the sum of twenty-four thousand dollars per annum, or as much
thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, payable by the Treas-
urer of the State upon warrant of the Comptroller at such times and in
such sums as may be authorized by the State Board of Health upon pre-
sentation of the proper voucher.

An. Code, sec. 33. 1904, sec. 22. 1888, sec. 9. 1886, ch. 22, sec. 2.

45. The board of county commissioners of the several counties in this
State shall, ex officio, constitute a local board of health for their respective
counties and shall have and exercise all the duties of a board of health as
provided in this article except in cases where the charter of any city or
town in the State contains provisions inconsistent therewith.

An. Code, sec. 34. 1904, sec. 23. 1888, sec. 10. 1886, ch. 22, sec. 3. 1902, chs. 475, 515.

1916, ch. 245.

46. Such local boards of health shall each appoint in the month of
May, 1916 and biennially thereafter, a health officer who shall be a well-