778 HEALTH—STATE BOARD OP HEALTH. [ART. 43

cause all needful sanitary measures and precautions to be taken
which the emergency may call for, and which may be consistent
with law, and shall be approved by the governor, said approval
to be expressed in writing; and upon the application of said
board, with the approval of the governor, the comptroller is
hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the treasurer in favor
of the board for an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars,
to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, to
be applied and expended under the direction of the governor and
the said board of health in carrying out such needful sanitary
measures and precautions.

1880, ch 438, sec. 5.

4. At their first meeting, or as soon as a competent and suit-
able person can be secured, the board shall elect a secretary, who
shall be an educated physician and experienced in sanitary
science, and who, by virtue of such election, shall be a member
of the board, and their executive officer. The board may elect-
one of their own number secretary, in which case the governor
shall, with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint another
member to complete the full number of the board.

Ibid sec. 6.

5. The secretary shall hold his office so long as he shall faith-
fully discharge the duties thereof, but may be removed for just
cause at a regular meeting of the board, a majority of the mem-
bers voting therefor; he shall keep a record of the transactions of
the board, and an account of all expenditures authorized by them;
he shall, whenever necessary or practicable, correspond with other-
State boards of health, and with the local boards and health officers
in this State, and secure an interchange of all useful sanitary in-
formation, especiaily respecting the causes, treatment and progress
of epidemics; he shall keep on file all reports received from such
boards, and all correspondence relating to the duties of this board;
he shall prepare blank forms of returns, and such instructions as
may be necessary, and forward them to the several local boards
throughout the State; he shall, when requested by local boards,
visit their respective districts, cities or villages, to investigate the
cause of any existing disease, and shall, from time to time, and