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which would conflict in with the performance of his official duties, and he
shall receive from the Treasury, in monthly payments, an annual salary
of three thousand dollars, to be paid on the warrant of the Comptroller out
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 8. 1912, sec. 5A. 1914, ch. 675. 1931, ch. 134.

6. The State Board of Health of Maryland shall divide the State out-
side of Baltimore City into twenty-three sanitary districts following county
lines, and upon the recommendation of its Director, and by a majority
vote thereof, it shall appoint a Deputy State Health Officer for each sani-
tary district.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 9. 1912, sec. 5B. 1914, ch. 675.

7. The Deputy State Health Officers shall be trained in sanitary science
and hygiene, and shall possess the same qualifications required of the State
Health Officer, and shall hold their office during efficiency and good be-
havior, but may be removed for cause by a majority vote of the State Board
of Health after having been given an opportunity to be heard in their own
defense. No deputy State Health Officer shall, practice medicine or engage
in any other occupation which would conflict with the performance of his
official duties. Each Deputy State Health Officer shall have an office located
at some accessible point designated by the State Board of Health, within his
sanitary district, and hei shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by the
State Board of Health to be not less than twelve hundred dollars nor more
than twenty-five hundred dollars per annum and shall also receive his
expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of his official
duties.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 10. 1912, sec. 5C. 1914, ch. 675.

8. Each Deputy State Health Officer, under the direction of the State
Board of Health and the State Health Officer shall have jurisdiction
throughout his district; and he shall have the right of entry into any work-
shop, factory, dairy, creamery, slaughterhouse, or other place of business or
employment, or into any private house, when in pursuit of his official duties.
He shall carry out the instruction of the State Board, of Health and shall
make such investigations and reports as said State Board of Health may
require. He shall, when required by the State Board of Health, inspect
and report upon the sanitary conditions of streams and sources of public
water supply, sewerage facilities, schools and schoolhouses, dairies, cream-
eries, slaughterhouses, workshops, and factories, and all places where offen-
sive trades or industries are conducted in his district. He shall respond
promptly when called upon for advice or assistance by any Board of Health
or Health Officer within his jurisdiction, and it shall be his duty and he is
hereby authorized to enforce any public health statute, or rule, or regulation
of the State Board of Health, or of any Local Board of Health or Health
Officer within his district, when such Local Board of Health or Health
Officer neglects or refuses to enforce such statute, rule or regulation, after
due notice by him or by the State Board of Health. He shall keep himself
informed as to the work of each Local Health Officer within his district,
and aid each Local Health Officer within his district in the performance of
his duties, and particularly on the appearance of any communicable dis-
ease. He shall purchase samples of food and drugs for analysis when