998 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 495

qualified, the terms of the first appointees beginning on the
first Monday of May, 1920. A City Board of Health, organ-
ized under the provisions of this law, shall meet at least once
in each month ; shall adopt, publish and enforce by appro-
priate penalties all needful rules and regulations, not incon-
sistent with law or the regulations of the State Board of
Health, necessary for the protection of public health, to pre-
vent the introduction or spread of disease; to abate insanitary
nuisances and shall have supervision and control of all mat-
ters relating to public health. The City Board of Health shall
appoint a City Health Officer whose duty shall be the execu-
tion and enforcement of all laws and regulations relating to
public health ; the collection of reports of deaths, births and
sickness; the abatement of insanitary conditions; and shall
perform such other duties as are now or may be hereafter
provided by law or the City Board of Health. Such Health
Officer shall hold office for the term of two years from the
date of his appointment, unless by reason of his conduct, he
is required to vacate his office. The Health Officer shall be
authorized to appoint, with the consent of the City Board of
Health, such assistants as may be necessary for the proper
performance of his duties. He shall aid and assist the Health
Authorities in all matters of prevention and suppression of
disease, quarantine, inspection and sanitation within his juris-
diction. The Mayor and Council or the properly constituted
authorities of any city in which a Board of Health is organ-
ized under the provisions of this Act, is hereby authorized
and empowered to levy and collect, as other monies for said
city governmental purposes are collected, such funds as. in
their opinion, are necessary and desirable for the purpose of
making effective the provisions of this section.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts
of laws inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are, hereby
repealed, to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and the
same being passed upon a yea and nay vote supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, shall take effect upon the
date of its passage.

Approved April 16, 1920.