916 ARTICLE 4.

cient of the ward for which he may be appointed, who shall vaccinate in
his ward all such persons as may be designated by the Commissioner or
Assistant Commissioner of Health as susceptible to small-pox contagion,
and whose duty it shall be to visit each dwelling house in the ward for
which he is appointed and vaccinate every person who may be presented
to him for that purpose, and to be prepared at his office at such hours as
may be designated by the Commissioner of Health to vaccinate all who
may there call on him that are residents of said ward requiring vaccina-
tion. He shall keep a record of the names, ages and residences of all
whom he shall vaccinate or re-vaccinate, and report the same monthly under
oath or affirmation to the Commissioner of Health, and shall also report
to said Commissioner of Health monthly the names of all persons who
shall refuse to suffer themselves or the members of their household to
be vaccinated when the same shall be necessary. He shall discharge all
other duties which may be required of him as such Vaccine Physician
by ordinances not inconsistent with this Charter, and shall also discharge
the duties of Sanitary Inspector for his ward. Each Vaccine Physician
shall be paid a salary of not more than nine hundred dollars ($900) per
annum, to be fixed by the Health Commissioner, payable monthly.

1898, ch. 123.

78. Each of the said Vaccine Physicians shall act as health warden of
his respective ward, and shall sign, without charge, all certificates that
may be required of him to enable children from the respective vaccine
districts to enter any of the public schools of Baltimore; and he shall have
a general supervision of the health of his respective ward, and report to
the Commissioner of Health any nuisance which in his opinion is or may
become a source of disease, and in case of the manifestation of any con-
tagious disease, he shall at once, under the direction of the Commissioner
of Health, proceed to use such means as the nature of the case may demand,
to arrest its progress.

INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS.*

1898, ch. 123.

79. The Inspector of Buildings shall be the head of the third sub-
department of Public Safety. He shall be an architect or builder of ten
years' experience in the active practice of his profession and have had
responsible charge of work for at least that length of time. He shall be
appointed by the Mayor in the mode prescribed in Section 25 of this
Charter, and hold his office as therein provided, and under this depart-
ment he shall have the supervision of the construction of all buildings
erected in the said city, and shall see that the building laws relating to
the construction of said buildings shall be complied with, and he shall
perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinances not incon-
sistent with this Charter. He shall be paid a salary of four thousand
dollars per annum, payable monthly.

*Now Building Engineer. See sec. 85A, subsec. 6.