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other Act of incorporation of any such town or village, or in case the sani-
tary 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 inefficient, the State Board of
Health shall make and enforce such regulations 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 containing or conveying any infection or con-
tagion or creating any sickness or for the disinfecting of any house, room or
premises where contagious or infectious diseases have existed, and any per-
son who shall sustain damages by reason thereof, shall receive compenation
in accordance with the provisions of Section 55 ; if any person shall violate
or refuse or neglect to comply with any such regulation, he shall forfeit a
sum not exceeding fifty dollars.

An. Code, sec. 97. 1916, ch. 242, sec. 97.

99. 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 enforced; and any violation or
neglect, or refusal to comply with any rule or regulation of the said Board
under Sections 96 to 99, both inclusive, shall be deemed a misdemeanor and
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars or imprisonment in
the County Jail not exceeding thirty days, or both fine and imprisonment
in the discretion of the Court.

An. Code, sec. 98. 1916, ch. 242, sec. 98.

100. Upon complaint made in writing by the State Board of Health,
or its Executive Officer, before any Justice of the Peace, charging the com-
mission of an offense against the provisions of said Sections 96 to 99, both
inclusive, it shall be the duty of the State's Attorney of the county or town,
in which such offense is committed, to prosecute the offender.

As to the vaccination of children before being admitted to the public schools,
see art. 77, sec. 117.

An. Code, sec. 102. 1910, ch. 724 (p. 139).

101. The proprietors or managers of shirt factories in the State of
Maryland are hereby required to sprinkle the floors of said factories every
morning with water, and any proprietor or manager failing to comply with
the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be fined the sum of ten dollars, and cost of prosecu-
tion, for each and every offense, one-half of said fine to go to the informer,
balance to be paid into the treasury of the State.

This section is a duplicate of art. 27, sec. 299. See sec. 201, et seq. (this article).