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TITLE XVI.

Public Health.

ARTICLE 25. STATE BOARD OF HEALTH AND VACCINE AGENCY.
ARTICLE 26. HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS.

ARTICLE XXV.
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH AND VACCINE AGENCY.

BOARD OF HEALTH.

1 Five physicians to constitute board, tenure of office 2 Powers and duties of board, reports to legislature.

3. Meetings, officers, compensation of secre- tary, travelling expenses of members. 4 Duties of secretary, salary 5 Expenses of board.

VACCINE AGENCY.

6 State vaccine agency established. 7 Appointment of State vaccine agent, du- ties, salary, power of governor 8 When physician paid by county commis- sioners, etc 9 Who to be vaccinated, penalty 10 Penalty for wilful use of defective virus.

11 Duty of parents and guardians, penalty. 12 Penalty for admitting to school unvacci- nated pupils 13 How fines recoverable. 14 Bond of vaccine agents. 15 True vaccine virus, how obtained, re- port to governor.

BOARD OF HEALTH.
1. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint five physicians, of whom one shall always be a resident of one of the counties of the Western, and one of the Eastern Shore; who shall constitute the State board of health; the physi-	1874, c 200, s 1 Five physicians to constitute board.
cians so appointed shall hold their office for two years, and until their successors are appointed, and all vacancies in the board shall be filled by the governor.	Tenure of office.
2. The State board of health shall take cognizance of the in- terests of health and life among the people generally; they shall make sanitary investigations and inquiries respecting the causes of disease, especially of epidemics, the sources of mortality and the effects of localities, employments, conditions, and circumstances on the public health, and they shall gather such information in respect to these matters as they may deem proper; they shall devise some scheme whereby medical and vital statistics of sanitary value may be obtained, and act as an advisory board to the State in all hygienic and medical matters; they shall make special inspections	Id s 2 Powers and duties of board.