1146 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

be entitled to compensation from the State for attendance or
travel unless the Board shall certify that his or her testimony
was material to the matter investigated. Fees paid under this

Section shall be charged to the general appropriation for the
State Board of Health. The State Board of Health may, in any
investigation, cause, depositions of witnesses residing within or
without the State to be taken in the manner prescribed by the
law for like depositions in civil actions in courts of record.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That Section 5 of Article 43 of
the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Health,"
be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments so as to read as follows:

SEC. 5. The secretary shall be the State Health Officer and
shall hold office as long as he shall faithfully discharge the
duties thereof, but may be removed for just cause at a regular
meeting of the Board, a majority of the members voting there-
for ; he shall keep a record of the transactions of the Board and

an account of all expenditures by them; he shall, whenever
necessary or practicable, correspond and consult with health

authorities of other States, and with the local Boards and all
health officers in this State, and secure an interchange of all
useful sanitary information, especially respecting the causes,
treatment and progress of epidemics; he shall keep on file all
reports received from such Boards and all correspondence re-
lating to the duties of this Board; he shall prepare blank forms
of returns and such instructions as may be necessary, and for-
ward them to the several local Boards of Health and all health
officers throughout the State; he shall, when requested by local
Boards or any health officers, visit their respective districts,
cities or villages, to investigate the cause "of any existing dis-
ease, and shall, from time to time, and whenever directed by the
Governor or the Legislature, 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 rec-
ommendations 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 sta-
tistics, 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