HOWARD COUNTY. 907

CHAPTER 315.

AN ACT to add fifteen new sections to Article 14 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Howard County,"
subtitle "County Commissioners and County Collectors," to
follow Section 45a, and to be known, respectively, as Sec-
tions 45b, 45c, 45d, 45e, 45f, 45g, 45h, 45i, 45j, 45k, 451, 45m,
45n, 45o, 45p.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That fifteen new sections be and they are hereby added
to Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title "Howard County," subtitle "County Commissioners and
County Collectors," and to follow Section 45a, and to be
known, respectively, as 45b, 45c, 45d, 45e, 45f, 45g, 45h, 45i,
45j, 45k, 451, 45m, 45n, 45o, 45p, and to read as follows:

SEC. 45b. The Board of County Commissioners of Howard
County shall, ex-officio, constitute a local Board of Health for
Howard County, and shall have and exercise all the powers
and duties of a board of health as provided in Article 43 of the
Code of Public General Laws, title "Health," although not
specifically enumerated herein, except in so far as the pro-
visions thereof may be inconsistent with the provisions of this
subtitle; said local Board of Health shall have the general
care of the sanitary interests of the people of Howard County;
they shall make or cause to be made sanitary investigations in
inquiries respecting the causes of disease, and ^especially
epidemics and causes of mortality; they shall inquire into and
investigate, or cause to be inquired into and investigated, all
nuisances affecting the public health, comfort or property of
the citizens of said county, or any city, town or village therein,
and are authorized and empowered by information or petition
filed in the name of said board to apply to the Judge, or any
Judge of the Circuit Court for such county, in term time or
vacation, for an injunction to restrain and prevent such
nuisance, no matter by whom or what authority committed;
and further, they shall have full power and authority to pre-
serve the health of the county, to prevent and remove nuisances
and to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases within
said county.

SEC. 45c. The Local Board of Health for Howard County
shall meet semi-annually in the months of May and October,
and as much oftener as they may deem necessary; they shall
act in conjunction with the State Board of Health, and shall
report or cause to be reported to said board such facts in
reference to the sanitary condition of the county as they may
deem important or necessary; they may adopt and enforce all
needful rules and regulations concerning nuisances and causes