108 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 89

CHAPTER 89
(Senate Bill 161)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
51 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Health, " sub-
title "Miscellaneous Provisions" to Remove the Ex-
emption of Charles County and St. Mary's County from
the Application of Said Section.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 51 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"Health, ' sub-title "Miscellaneous Provisions, " be and same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, so as
to read as follows:

51. The local board of health of each county may,
whenever they shall deem it necessary or desirable, require
that any qualified physician appointed by such board as
county health officer shall be trained in sanitary science,
public health and hygiene and shall not, so long as he shall
hold that office, engage in any other occupation which
would conflict with the performance of his duties as health
officer. He shall have all the powers and duties which are
now or may hereafter be conferred upon county health
officers by law; he shall enforce all the public health stat-
utes and rules and regulations of the State Board of Health
or the local board of health, under the direct supervision
and control of the local board of health, and shall perform
such other duties and exercise such other duties and exer-
cise such other functions as the local board of health shall
direct. The local board of health may make and enter into
a contract with such county health officer for such period
of time as may be mutually agreeable, but not longer than
the terms of office of the members of said local Board of
Health and may fix the salary of any county officer ap-
pointed subject to the provisions of this section, without
regard to the provisions of Section 48 of this Article.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1949.

Approved March 31, 1949.