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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

lary, be entitled to receive from the Physician,
twenty-five cents for each crust or vesicle of lymph
furnished in a secure and proper manner. He
shall for his services as Vaccine Agent, receive an

Proviso.

annual salary of six hundred dollars; Provided,
that it shall be competent for the Governor at any
time to remove said agent for neglect, incompe-
tency or unfaithfulness of any kind, and in case
of death, resignation or removal, to appoint anoth-
er in his stead.

Pay of Phy-
sician.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That for every child
vaccinated whose guardian or parents are too poor
to pay for the service, the County Commissioners
of the several counties or the City Council of Bal-
timore, as the case may be, shall pay or cause to
be paid to the Physician performing the service,
the sum of fifty cents for every such case, on pre-
sentation of such account duly authenticated by
an affidavit setting forth, that the service was duly
performed, and that the parents or guardians are
unable to pay for said service.

Duty of Phy-
sician

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of every practicing Physician in this State,
to vaccinate all children in the circle of his prac-
tice which may be presented to him for vaccina-
tion, within one year afterbirth, if such child shall
be in proper condition for such service, and he
shall vaccinate all other persons not previously
effectually vaccinated who shall request such ser-
vice from him. Any Physician neglecting or re-
fusing so to do, shall on conviction thereof forfeit
and pay for every offence, a penalty of five dol-
lars.

Penalty for
using defec-
tive virus.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That if any Physician
who shall knowingly and willfully use any crust
or lymph more removes than four from the cow,
or any virus defective in its nature, by having
passed through a scrofulous system, from having
been taken from one laboring under any disease of
the skin, chronic sore, or febrile or other disease
during the progress of vaccine, or any crust which
during the progress of the vesicle was punctured
or sustained other injury, shall upon conviction
thereof, forfeit aad pay a sum not less than ten,
nor more than fifty dollars.

Duties of.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall be the