HEALTH 1907

An. Code, 1924, sec. 330. 1912, sec. 271. 1914, ch. 810, sec. 3.

374. The State Board of Health shall, when requested, consult with
and advise the authorities of Counties and municipalities, and persons,
having or about to have systems of water supply, drainage, sewerage, or
refuse disposal, as to the most appropriate source of water supply, and the
best method of assuring its purity, or as to the best method of disposing of
drainage, sewage or refuse, with reference to the existing and future needs
of all communities or persons which may be affected thereby. It shall also
consult with and advise corporations, companies and individuals engaged
or intending to engage in any manufacturing or other business whose sewage
may tend to pollute the waters of the State. It may also conduct experi-
ments relating to the purification of water and the treatment of sewage or
refuse. No County, municipality, corporation, company or individual shall
be required to bear the expense of such consultation, advice or experiments.
Information that may be given shall be only of such preliminary nature as
to outline the best course to pursue, and in no case shall the State Board of
Health be required to prepare plans, specifications or detailed estimates
for any improvement, unless it be specifically delegated to do so by the
Governor or Legislature, and adequate special appropriation be provided
for the purpose.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 331. 1912, sec. 272. 1914, ch. 810, sec. 4.

375. Every County, water, sewerage or sanitary district authority,
municipality, corporation, company, institution and individual supplying
or authorized to supply, on April 16, 1914, water, sewerage or refuse dis-
posal service to the public, or owning water or sewerage systems, or refuse
disposal plants, serving or authorized to serve the public, within the State,
shall, within six months after said date, file with the State Board of Health
a certified copy of the plans of its water supply or sewerage system, or
refuse disposal plant, complete; such plans to be correct to date of sub-
mission, and to be of such scope and in such detail as to be satisfactory to
the State Board of Health. In case no plans, or only those of insufficient
scope or detail, are in existence, this Section shall be complied with by
the preparation of new, or the completion of the existing plans, and such
investigations as may be necessary to insure the approximate correctness
of the plans shall be instituted by the County, district authority, munici-
pality, corporation, company, institution or individual required to supply
them. In case specifications of or reports on the water supply and sewerage
systems or refuse disposal plants are in existence, they shall be submitted,
as well as plans. The State Board of Health may request such other infor-
mation and records concerning the water supply and sewerage systems or
refuse disposal plants, and their maintenance and operation, as it may
deem proper for its purposes; and it shall be the duty of the County,
district authority, municipality, corporation, company, institution or in-
dividual interrogated to furnish such information and records.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 332. 1912, sec. 273. 1914, ch. 810, sec. 5.

376. When the State Board of Health finds, upon investigation, that
any water supply or sewerage system, or refuse disposal works, on account
of incompetent supervision or inefficient operation, is not producing such
results, from a sanitary standpoint, as might reasonably be expected, or is