150 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 75

annual sum of money for the purpose of enforcing this Act
by adding certain additional sections to Article 43, title
'Health, ' sub-title 'Adulteration of Food and Drink, ' of the
code of public general laws of Maryland of 1904, and to be
known as 140A, 140B, 1400, 140D, 140 E, 140F, 140G, 140H,
140-1, 140J, 140K, 140L, 140M, 140N, 140-O, and repeal Sec-
tions 122, 123, 124, 140L, 140M, 140N, 140-O, and Sections
221 and 222 and 125 of said Article 43 of the code of public
general laws of Maryland of 1904, and also to repeal Sections
221 and 222 of Article 27 of the Code of public general laws
of Maryland of 1904, title 'Crimes and Punishments, ' sub-
title 'Health, Deleterious Candy or Cakes, '] as contained in
Sections 189 to 200, inclusive, of this Article (1939 Edition,
as amended): and in case of any conflict between Sections
33 to 42 and the said pure food and drug act the provisions
of the latter shall prevail and control.

38. The [bureau of sanitary engineering] State Board of
Health shall examine into all public and private systems of
water supply and prepare proper maps and drawings of the
same for permanent record; it shall examine and patrol as
far as possible the watersheds or catchment basins of all
public water systems, and investigate and report upon all
sources of pollution of public and private water supplies; it
shall investigate and report upon all private and public sys-
tems of sewage disposal; is shall inquire into and investigate
the water supply, sewage disposal, ventilation, heating and
lighting of schools, asylums, jails and other public institu-
tions; it shall inquire into and investigate offensive trades
and nuisances, disposal of trade wastes, sewage and other
offensive matters, and devise means for their control [and
perform such other duties and exercise such other functions
as the state board of health or the Director thereof shall
designate].

39. The [bureau of vital statistics] State Board of Health
shall supervise the registration of births and deaths in the
State of Maryland; it shall receive, file and compile all such
records, and shall tabulate and publish the same in such
form as shall make them most valuable in the public service
[; it shall perform such other duties and exercise such other
functions as the state board of health or the Director thereof
shall designate].

40. The [bureau of maternal and child health] State
Board of Health shall investigate the causes of infant mor-
tality and the diseases of pregnancy, parturition, infancy
and early childhood, and shall devise and institute preventive
measures for their control; it shall promote the welfare and