664:

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Repealed.

ary session of eighteen hundred and seventy-four,

chapter two hundred, entitled "An act to establish

a State Board of Health," be and the same is hereby

repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That a board is hereby

established which shall be known under the name

and style of the State Board of Health of Maryland ;

Name and

it shall consist of seven members, as follows: four

style.

members, one of whom shall be an experienced civil

engineer, and three of whom shall be experienced

physicians, to be appointed by the Governor, with

the advice and consent of the Senate, and a secretary,

as provided in section five of this act; these five,

together with the Attorney General of the State,

and the Commissioner of Health of the City of Balti-

more, who shall be ex-officio members, shall consti-

tute the said board of health. The persons so ap-

Term of of-

pointed by the Governor shall hold office for four

fice.

years, provided that those first appointed shall be so

classed by the Governor that the term of office of

two shall expire on the last day of January in every

second year ; thereafter the Governor, with the ad-

vice 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 con-

sent of the Senate.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the State Board

of Health shall have the general care of the sanita-

ry interests of the people of this State ; they shall

make sanitary investigations and inquiries respect-

ing the causes of disease, and, especially, epidemics,

the causes of mortality and the influence of locali-

ty, employments, habits and other circumstances

Make sanita-

and conditions upon the health of the people ; they

ry investiga-
tions.

shall inquire into and investigate all nuisances af-

fecting the public health in any county, city or vil-

lage in the State, and are authorized and empower-

ed, 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