520 ARTICLE 43
36.

Employees with communicable diseases are prohibited in laundries—see art.
54A. sec 4

44. Repealed by ch. 360 of the Acts of 1929

45.

Cited but not construed in Gordon v Montgomery County, 164 Md 213

An Code, 1924 sec 46 1912 sec 34 1904, sec 23 1888, sec 10 1886, ch 22, sec 3
1902, chs 475, 515 1916, ch 245 1931, ch 160

46. Such local boards of health shall each appoint in the month of
May, 1931, and quadrennially thereafter, a health officer, who shall be a
well educated physician and who by virtue of his appointment shall be
secretary and executive officer of the local board of health, and in the
event of vacancy, a successor for the unexpired term shall be appointed
by the local board of health, as soon as practicable No such appointment
shall be made without the advice and consent of the State Board of Health,
The health officer shall hold office for four years from the date of appoint-
ment, but may be removed by the State Board of Health for cause upon
charges made and considered at a regular meeting of said board And it
shall be the duty of every county health officer, district health officer, or
local health officer, immediately after his appointment to appear before
the State Board of Health or its accredited representative, and to make
oath that he will well and truly discharge the duties of his office; provided
that this section be not so construed as to prevent local boards of health
from appointing such additional health officers or sanitary officers as they
may deem necessary, or as may now or hereafter be allowed by law
Cited but not construed in Gordon v Montgomery County, 164 Md 213

48.

Cited but not construed 111 Gordon v Montgomery County, 164 Md 213

An Code, 1924, sec 51 1922, ch 483 1927, ch 502

51. The local board of health of each county may, whenever they shall
deem it necessary or desirable, require that any qualified physician ap-
pointed by such board as county health officer shall be trained in sanitary
science, public health and hygiene and shall not, so long as he shall hold
that office, engage in any other occupation which would conflict with the
performance of his duties as health officer He shall have all the powers
and duties which are now or may hereafter be conferred upon county health
officers by law; he shall enforce all the public health statutes and rules and
regulations of the State Board of Health or the local board of health, under
the direct supervision and control of the local board of health, and shall
perform such other duties and exercise such other duties and exercise such
other functions as the local board of health shall direct The local board
of health may make and enter into a contract with such county health offi-