450                         LAWS OF MARYLAND.                 [CH. 160

CHAPTER 160.

A1ST ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 46
of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of the Public General
Laws of Maryland, Edition of 1924, entitled "Health, " sub-
title "Miscellaneous Provisions, " regulating the appoint-
ment of health officers by local boards of health, requiring
such appointments to be made with the advice and consent
of the State Board of Health, and extending the term of
office of such health officers from two to four years, to con-
form with the requirements of Article XVII of the Con-
stitution.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 46 of Article 43 of the Annotated
Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland, Edition of
1924, entitled "Health, " sub-title "Miscellaneous Provisions, "
be, and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

46. Such local boards of health shall each appoint in the
month of May, 1931, and quadrennially thereafter, a health
officer, who shall be a well educated physician and who by
virtue of his appointment shall be secretary and executive
officer of the local board of health, and in the event of
vacancy, a successor for the unexpired term shall be ap-
pointed by the local board of health, as soon as practicable.
No such appointment shall be made without the advice and
consent of the State Board of Health. The health officer
shall hold office for four years from the date of appointment,
but may be removed by the State Board of Health for cause
upon charges made and considered at a regular meeting of said
board. And it shall be the duty of every county health officer,
district health officer, or local health officer, immediately after
his appointment to appear before the State Board of. Health
or its accredited representative, and to make oath that he will
well and truly discharge the duties of his office; provided that
this section be not so construed as to prevent local boards of
health from appointing such additional health officers or sani-
tary officers as they may deem necessary, or as may now or
hereafter be allowed by law.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on June 1st, 1931.

Approved April 6, 1931.