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his appointment. He shall perform such duties in this department as are
now required or may hereafter be prescribed by ordinance not inconsis-
tent with this Charter and shall continue to exercise all power and author-
ity vested in the Commissioner of Health at the time of the taking effect
of this Charter. The Commissioner of Health may appoint two Assist-
ant Commissioners of Health, a Medical Examiner and an Assistant Med-
ical Examiner, and a reasonable number of clerks and subordinates, and
fix their compensation, but no greater number of persons shall be ap-
pointed by or employed under said Commissioner of Health than the
public interests demand and the appropriation by the Mayor and City

Council of Baltimore shall justify.

For origin of provisions of charter under this title, see City Code (1893), Art. 23.

1898, ch. 123.

72. There may be appointed by the Commissioner of Health, a reason-

able number of Sanitary Inspectors for said city, not exceeding fifteen,

of whom two may be physicians, and one, at least, shall be a person skilled
in the matters of drainage and ventilation; and the Commissioner of
Health from time to time may prescribe the duties of each, consistent
with the ordinances now existing or hereafter enacted, and not incon-
sistent with this Charter.

1894, ch. 53. 1898, ch. 123.

73. The Commissioner of Health shall appoint all inspectors and
analysts of bakeries, bake shops, candy factories, confectioners, or other
places for the manufacture of bread, cakes, confectionery and similar
food products, for the purpose more especially of ascertaining their sani-
tary condition and cleanliness, and for the purpose of ascertaining the
purity, healthfulness and wholesomeness of the flour, sugar, butter, lard

or other ingredients used in making such bread, cakes, confectionery and
other articles of food offered for sale in the City of Baltimore, or intended
for consumption therein, as by ordinance may be prescribed.
Deems v. M. & C. C. of Baltimore, 80 Md. 170.

1894, ch. 53. 1398, ch. 123.

74. The Commissioner of Health shall appoint all inspectors and
analysts for the proper inspection of milk or any and all other food prod-
ucts offered for sale in the City of Baltimore, or intended for consump-
tion therein, as by ordinance may be prescribed.

Deems v. M. & C. C. of Baltimore, 80 Md. 170.

75. Vacant.

76. Vacant.

1898, ch. 123. 1900, ch. 109.

77. The Commissioner of Health shall annually appoint a Vaccine
Physician for every ward in the City of Baltimore, who shall be a resi-