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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

or on the premises thereof, is sick with or convalescing from

small-pox, cholera, yellow-fever, typhus or typhoid-fever, scarlet-

fever, leprosy or any other contagions, infections or contagious

disease, the said owner, proprietor, manager or other person hay-

ing charge, shall immediately give notice thereof in writing to the

health officer of the city or town in which the infected house or

premises is located, or to the secretary of the State board of health,

if there is no local health officer who can efficiently deal with the

Where no

case; said notice shall 'state the name and place of residence of

physician

the person sick, the name of the disease, the name of the owner,

proprietor or manager of the house, and the locality of said house;

and it shall be the duty of the local or State health officer, as the

case may be, to take such steps and do such things as may be

necessary to render effective the provisions of the act of eighteen

hundred and eighty-two, chapter one hundred and fifty-five, en-

titled "An act to provide against the spread of infectious diseases."

SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That any person or persons who shall

neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of the foregoing

Misde-
meanor

sections of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and

shall, upon conviction thereof in a court of competent jurisdic-

tion, be fined not more than fifty dollars for every such offence.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That in any town, village or other

place in this State, where no special health department has been

established or constituted by the charter or other act of incor-

regulation

poration of any such town or village, or in case the sanitary law

or regulations in places where boards of health or health officers

exist, should be inoperative, the State board of health shall

make such regulations respecting nuisances, sources of filth and

causes of sickness as they shall judge necessary for the public

health and safety.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said board of health shall

also make such regulations as they may deem necessary for the

public health and safety, respecting any articles which are capable

of containing or conveying any infection or contagion, or creating

Damages

any sickness, or for the disinfecting of any house, room or prem-

ises where contagions or infectious disease has existed, and any

person who shall sustain damages by reason thereof, shall receive

compensation in accordance with the provisions of chapter one

hundred and fifty-five, section two, laws of eighteen hundred and

eighty-two; if any person shall violate or refuse, or neglect to

comply with any such regulation, he shall forfeit a sum not ex-

ceeding fifty dollars.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That in any town or village where

Nuisances.

no special health department has been established, the State board

of health is hereby empowered to make such rules and regulations

in relation to the care and cleansing of privies, pig-pens and other

noxious places, as they may deem desirable for the preservation of