HOWARD COUNTY. 909

SEC. 45g. The Local Board of Health shall at the time of
the appointment of the County Health Officer, as provided by
Section 45d of this Act, or as soon thereafter as possible, ap-
point five experienced physicians, residents of Howard County,
from the five several districts other than the district from
which the County Health Officer is appointed, to serve as Dis-
trict Health Officers; each District Health Officer to receive a -
salary of one hundred dollars ($100) per annum, payable quar-
terly; each District Health Officer to hold office for two years,
unless removed for cause by the County Commissioners, acting
as a board of health.

SEC. 45h. The County Health Officer and the District Health
Officer so appointed shall within ten days of the date of
their appointment meet in Ellicott City, and shall organize
a board of sanitary officers for Howard County. The County
Health Officer shall be ex officio president and executive officer
of the said board. They shall meet quarterly in Ellicott City
on such days as may be designated by the County Commis-
sioners. The District Health Officers shall, in their respective
districts, exercise all the powers and perform all the duties
which shall hereafter be prescribed by the Public General
Laws of Maryland for secretaries of Local Boards of
Health, under the direction of and subject to the ap-
proval of the County Health Officer, for which services they
shall receive no further compensation. They shall have
general care of the sanitary interests of the residents of their
respective districts, and shall make sanitary investigations
and inquiries respecting the causes of disease, especially epi-
demics and the causes of mortality; they shall inquire into
and investigate all nuisances affecting the health, comfort or
property of the citizens of their respective districts, and for
this purpose they are authorized to go upon any premises or
into any house in their respective districts. They shall furnish
the County Health Officer with a full report on all their in-
vestigations and findings in such matters, and shall take such
steps as the County Commissioners shall direct to abate any
nuisance injuriously affecting the public health or the lives of
persons making complaint, or unduly injuring the health or
comfort, or damaging the property of the persons affected by
the aforesaid nuisance. In case of any epidemic or contagious
or infectious diseases within the county, the County Commis-
sioners or the County Health Officer may send one or all of
said sanitary officers to the locality where the said epidemic
exists, for which services they shall receive no extra compensa-
tion. The said sanitary officers shall serve as sub-registrars,
and as such shall perform the duties prescribed by the Public
General Laws, without additional compensation; they shall