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in every second year; 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, who shall hold office
for four years; and all vacancies occurring otherwise shall be
filled by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate.

1880, ch. 438, sec. 3.

2. The State board of health shall have the general care of the
sanitary interests of the people of this State; they shall make
sanitary investigations and inquiries respecting the causes of dis-
ease, and especially epidemics, 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 in
any county, city or village in the State, 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
court for the county in which such nuisance shall exist, or to the
judge of the circuit court of Baltimore city, as the case may be,
in term time or vacation, for an injunction to restrain and prevent
such nuisance, no matter by whom or by what authority com-
mitted.

Ibid. sec. 4.

3. The said board shall meet quarterly in the city of Balti-
more, and at such other times and places as they shall appoint, a
majority to be a quorum for the transaction of business; they
shall elect one of their number to be president of the board, and
adopt all needful rules and regulations, subject to the provisions
of this article; they shall organize, as far as practicable, in every
city, village and legislative district in this State, local boards or
advisory committees, to serve without pay, to assist the board in
the proper performance of their duties, and to make a report
quarterly to the board, of the sanitary condition of their respec-
tive cities, villages or districts. The board shall have authority
to send their secretary, or a committee of the board, to any part
of the State, at any time, when necessary, to investigate the
cause of any special or unusual sickness or mortality. In the
event of an epidemic or pestilential disease occurring in any
county, city or village of the State, the board shall forthwith