ART. 43.] LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH. 781

1886, ch. 22, sec. 4.

11. The local board of health of each county shall meet semi-
annually in the month of May and October, and as much oftener
as they may deem necessary, and may adopt all needful rules and
regulations for the government of their respective bodies, subject
to the provisions of this article; they shall establish the salaries
of their respective health officers, and shall regulate all fees and
charges in connection with their own regulations; they shall act
in conjunction with the State board of health, and report to the
said board such facts in reference to the sanitary condition of
their respective counties as they may deem important or necessary.

Ibid. sec. 5.

12. Such local board of health shall take cognizance of all
unhealthy nuisances within the limits of their sanitary jurisdic-
tion; and any person or corporation refusing or neglecting,
after due notice, to comply with the requirements of the said
board in this respect shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
fifty dollars; all questions arising between local boards as to juris-
diction or their relative duty in the abatement of any particular
nuisance shall be referred to the State board of health for settle-
ment.

Ibid. sec. 6.

13. It shall be the duty of every county health officer, imme-
diately after his appointment, to transmit to the secretary of the
State board of health, his full name and postoffice address; he
shall keep an accurate record of the proceedings of the local
board of health of which he is the secretary, as well as his own
official acts, and furnish a copy thereof, annually, in the month of
October, to the secretary of the State board of health, together
with such other information in regard to the sanitary condition
of his county as he may deem interesting or valuable for publi-
cation in the biennial report of the State board of health.

Ibid. sec. 7.

14. Whenever any local or county health officer shall receive
reliable notice, or shall otherwise have reason to believe that,
there is within the limits of his sanitary jurisdiction a case of
cholera, small-pox, or other disease dangerous to the public