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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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Repealed.
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ary session of eighteen hundred and seventy-four,
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chapter two hundred, entitled "An act to establish
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a State Board of Health," be and the same is hereby
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repealed.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That a board is hereby
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established which shall be known under the name
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and style of the State Board of Health of Maryland ;
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Name and
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it shall consist of seven members, as follows: four
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style.
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members, one of whom shall be an experienced civil
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engineer, and three of whom shall be experienced
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physicians, to be appointed by the Governor, with
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the advice and consent of the Senate, and a secretary,
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as provided in section five of this act; these five,
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together with the Attorney General of the State,
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and the Commissioner of Health of the City of Balti-
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more, who shall be ex-officio members, shall consti-
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tute the said board of health. The persons so ap-
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Term of of-
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pointed by the Governor shall hold office for four
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fice.
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years, provided that those first appointed shall be so
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classed by the Governor that the term of office of
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two shall expire on the last day of January in every
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second year ; thereafter the Governor, with the ad-
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vice and consent of the Senate, shall biennially
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appoint two members in the place of the two whose
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terms shall so expire, who shall hold office for four
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years; and all vacancies occurring otherwise shall
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be filled by the Governor, with the advice and con-
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sent of the Senate.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the State Board
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of Health shall have the general care of the sanita-
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ry interests of the people of this State ; they shall
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make sanitary investigations and inquiries respect-
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ing the causes of disease, and, especially, epidemics,
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the causes of mortality and the influence of locali-
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ty, employments, habits and other circumstances
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Make sanita-
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and conditions upon the health of the people ; they
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ry investiga-
tions.
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shall inquire into and investigate all nuisances af-
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fecting the public health in any county, city or vil-
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lage in the State, and are authorized and empower-
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ed, by information or petition filed in the name of
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the board, to apply to the judges, or to any judge,
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of the circuit court for the county in which such
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nuisance shall exist, or to the judge of the Circuit
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Court of Baltimore city, as the case may be, in term
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