HEALTH 1819

An. Code, 1924, sec. 97. 1912, sec. 95. 1904, sec. 68. 1890, ch. 622, sec. 3. 1916,

ch. 242, sec. 95.

98. Any person or persons who shall neglect or refuse to comply with
the provisions of the two foregoing sections shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof in a court of competent juris-
diction be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for
every such offense.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 98. 1912, sec. 96. 1904, sec. 69. 1890, ch. 622, sec. 4. 1916,

ch. 242, sec. 96.

99. In any town, village, or other place in this State, where no special
health department has been established or constituted by the Charter or
other Act of incorporation of any such town or village, or in case the sani-
tary law or regulations in places where boards of health or health officers
exist should be inoperative or in case the local board of health or health
officer is found to be negligent, incompetent or inefficient, the State Board of
Health shall make and enforce such regulations respecting nuisances,
sources of filth and causes of sickness as they shall judge necessary for the
public health and safety. The said Board of Health shall also make such
regulations as they deem necessary for the public safety, respecting any
articles which are capable of containing or conveying any infection or con-
tagion or creating any sickness or for the disinfecting of any house, room or
premises where contagious or infectious diseases have existed, and any per-
son who shall sustain damages by reason thereof, shall receive compensation
in accordance with the provisions of Section 55 ; if any person shall violate
or refuse or neglect to comply with any such regulation, he shall forfeit a
sum not exceeding fifty dollars.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 99. 1912, sec. 97. 1916, ch. 242, sec. 97.

100. In any town or village where no special health department has been
established, or in case the local board of health or health officer is found
negligent, incompetent or inefficient, the State Board of Health is hereby
empowered to make such rules and regulations in relation to cleansing and
care of privies, pig-pens, or other noxious places, as they may deem de-
sirable and for the preservation of the health of any of the inhabitants
thereof, or the said Board of Health may declare such privy, pigpen or
other noxious place a nuisance, and the abatement thereof be by the said
Board or its Executive Officer, ordered and enforced; and any violation or
neglect, or refusal to comply with any rule or regulation of the said
Board under Sections 97 to 100, both inclusive, shall be deemed a mis-
demeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars or
imprisonment in the County Jail not exceeding thirty days, or both fine
and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 100. 1912, sec. 98. 1916, ch. 242, sec. 98.

101. Upon complaint made in writing by the State Board of Health,
or its Executive Officer, before any Justice of the Peace, charging the com-
mission of an offense against the provisions of said Sections 97 to 100, both
inclusive, it shall be the duty of the State's Attorney of the county or town,
in which such offense is committed, to prosecute the offender.

As to the vaccination of children before being admitted to the public schools,
see art. 77, sec. 114.