1774 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 724

suit with health authorities of other States, and with the local
Boards and all health officers in this State and secure an in-
terchange of all useful sanitary information, especially re-
specting 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 (hem to the several local
Boards of Health and all health officers throughout the State;
he shall, when required by local Boards or any health officers,
visit their respective districts, cities or villages, to investigate
the cause of any existing disease, and shall, from time to
time, and whenever directed by the Governor or the Legisla-
ture, make special inspections of public hospitals, asylums,
prisons and other institutions, and shall, at each session of
the Legislature, submit through the Board, a full report of
his investigations, with such suggestions and recommenda-
tions as he may deem proper; he shall, when required by the
Governor or other proper authorities, advise in regard to the
location, drainage, water supply, disposal of excrement, heat-
ing and ventilation of any public institution or building be-
longing to the State, he shall collect information concerning
vital statistics, prevailing diseases and the general hygiene
of the State and through an annual report and otherwise, as
the Board may direct, shall disseminate such information
among the people. He shall have general jurisdiction and
control over all health officers, inspectors, agents, nurses
and others appointed under the jurisdiction of the State
Board of Health, and shall assist and advise them in the
performance of their duties, and shall have and perform such
other duties as the State Board of Health may impose upon
him. During his term of office he shall not engage in the
practice of medicine or in any occupation which would con-
flict with the performance of his official duties.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 25, 1947.

CHAPTER 724.
(House Bill 329)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
168A of the Montgomery County Code (1939 Edition), title