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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

with amendments, and that new sections be added to said
article to follow section 6, to be designated as sections 6 A, 6 B,
6 C, 6 D, 6 E, 6 F, 6 G, 6 H, 6 Jj, 6 K, 6 L, 6 M, 6 N, and to read as
follows :

5. The secretary shall hold office as long as he shall faith-

Hold office.

fully discharge the duties thereof, but may be removed for
just cause at a regular meeting of the board, a majoiity of the
members voting therefor ; he shall keep a record of the trans-
actions of the board and an account of all expenditures by
them ; he shall, whenever necessary or practicable, correspond
and consult with boards of health of other States, and with
the local boards and health officers in this State, and secure an
interchange 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 them to the several local boards of
health throughout the State ; he shall, when requested by local
boards, 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 Legis-
lature, 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 recommendations 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, heating and
ventilation of any public institution or building belonging to
the State ; he shall collect information concerning vital statis-
tics, 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 receive from the treasury, in monthly payments, an
annual salary of three thousand dollars, to be paid on the
warrant of the Comptroller, out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated.

6. The secretary of the State Board of Health shall be the

Prepare the
necessary
methods,
boots and
forms.

State Registrar of Vital Statistics for Maryland ; he shall,
under the direction of the State Board of Health, prepare
the necessary methods, books and forms for accurate registra-
tion of births and deaths; and shall supply the local registrars,
health officers, ministers, physicians, undertakers, midwives