HEALTH 1781

missioner of Health of the City of Baltimore and the Director of Health
to be appointed as hereinafter provided. The members of the Board hold-
ing office by appointment of the Governor at the time this Act becomes
effective, except Dr. Robert H. Riley, shall continue in office for the full
terms for which they were appointed and thereafter the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint two members for
terms expiring on the first Monday in May, 1945, in the place of the
remaining member whose term expires on the first Monday in May, 1940,
and one of the three members whose terms expire on the first Monday in
May, 1941, two members for terms expiring on the first Monday in May,
1947, in place of the two remaining members whose terms expire on the
first Monday in May, 1941. Thereafter the Governor, with the advice
and consent of the Senate, shall biennially appoint two members in the
place of the two whose terms shall so expire to hold office for terms of six
years in each case and until their successors are duly appointed and quali-
fied. All vacancies among members appointed by the Governor shall be
filled by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.

On June 1, 1939, the term of Dr. Robert H. Riley as an appointed mem-
ber of said Board shall expire and he shall become the Director of Health,
and be an ex-officio member of said Board and have all the powers and
duties conferred by law upon the Director of Health. He shall continue
to serve in that capacity as long as he performs his duty in a competent
manner and upon his death, resignation or removal as hereinafter pro-
vided for, the Board shall appoint a Director of Health who shall be an
experienced physician, skilled in public health and hygiene, and upon
appointment he shall continue to serve in that capacity as long as he per-
forms his duties in a competent manner, and in the event of a vacancy the
position shall be filled by the Board. The Director shall receive such com-
pensation as may be fixed from time to time in the budget, and shall have
and exercise all the powers and duties heretofore exercised by the Chair-
man of the Board appointed by the Governor. The Board may appoint
such Director from the qualified physician members of the Board, or may
appoint a non-member of the Board, having the necessary qualifications,
but in either event the Director shall become an ex-officio member of the
Board and act as its Chairman and executive officer. If a member of the
Board is appointed as Director, the Governor shall thereupon appoint a
new member of the Board to take his place and serve for the remainder of
his unexpired term. The Director of Health may be removed by the Board
of Health only for incompetency or misconduct in the same manner as civil
officers receiving appointment from the Executive for a term of years, may
be removed by the Governor under the provisions of Section 15 of Arti-
cle 2 of the Constitution.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 3. 1912, sec. 2. 1904, sec. 2. 1888, sec. 2. 1880, ch. 483, sec. 3.

1914, ch. 675.

2. The State Board of Health shall have the general care of the sani-
tary interests of the people of this State; they shall make sanitary investiga-
tions and inquiries respecting the causes of disease, and especially epidem-
ics, the causes of mortality and the influence of locality, employments, habits
and other circumstances and conditions upon the health of the people; they
shall inquire into and investigate all nuisances affecting the public health
and are authorized and empowered, by information or petition filed in the
name of the Board, to apply to the Judges or to any Judge of the Circuit