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health or health officer is found negligent, incompetent or in-
efficient, the State Board of Health is hereby empowered to
make such rules and regulations in relation to cleansing and
care of privies, pig pens, or other noxious places, as they may
deem desirable and for the preservation of the health of any of
the inhabitants thereof, or the said Board of Health may de-
clare such privy, pig pen or other noxious place a nuisance,
and the abatement thereof be by the said Board or its Executive
Officer, ordered and enforced; and any violation or neglect, or
refusal to comply with any rule or regulation of the said Board
under Sections 94 to 97, both inclusive, shall be deemed a mis-
demeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty
dollars or imprisonment in the County Jail not exceeding thirty
days, or both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the
Court.

SEC. 98. Upon complaint made in writing by the State
Board of Health, or its Executive Officer, before any Justice
of the Peace, charging the commission of an offense against
the provisions of said Sections 94 to 97, both inclusive, it
shall be the duty of the State's Attorney of the county or
town, in which such offense is committed, to prosecute the
offender.

Approved April 18th, 1916.

CHAPTER 243.

AN ACT to repeal Sections 64, 65 and 66 of Article 43 of the
Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Health, "
and to re-enact the same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 64, 65 and 66 of Article 43 of the Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Health, " be and
the same are hereby repealed, and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

SEC. 64. Whenever any physician knows or has reason to
believe or suspect that any person under his professional care
is infected with smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid
fever, typhus fever, yellow fever, malarial fever, or any other
contagious or infectious disease dangerous to public health, he
shall immediately give notice thereof in writing over his own