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refusing or neglecting to comply with the requirements in
such notice shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished
by a fine of not less than One or more than Ten Dollars for
the first offense, and for each subsequent offense in reference
to the same place or thing be fined not exceeding Twenty-five
Dollars. This section not to apply to Baltimore County.

80. All questions of doubt concerning the cause or nature
of any sickness believed or suspected to be of an infectious or
contagious character shall be referred to the state board of
health for such disposition as it may deem proper, [and the
said board shall be authorized to employ a competent bac-
teriologist and assistant bacteriologist and such other em-
ployes as may be necessary to render effective the provisions
of this section; to conduct inquiries into the nature, source
and vehicles of infectious diseases. The services of the bac-
teriologist of the state board of health shall be free to all local
boards of health and to all practicing physicians in the State
for such inquiries concerning infectious and contagious dis-
eases as the said board may from time to time direct, and to
the state vaccine agent for testing vaccine virus; and the
sum of thirty-five hundred dollars annually, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, shall be paid by the treasurer of
the State upon the warrant of the comptroller, at such times
and in such sums as may be authorized b. f the state board of
health upon presentation of the proper vouchers for ex-
penses. ]

85. Any person who is licensed to practice midwifery on
June 1, 1924, shall be entitled to a license under the provisions
of this sub-title, upon the surrender of the certificate of licen-
sure he or she now holds to the [Chief of the Bureau of Vital
Statistics of the] State Board of Health.

86. (a) Any person not licensed to practice midwifery on
or before July 1, 1924, who shall desire to obtain a license,
shall make written application to the [Chief of the Bureau of
Vital Statistics of the] State Board of Health and shall
furnish a certificate of moral character and a certificate of
the applicant's qualifications for licensure, provided that
nothing in this sub-title shall be construed to prevent any
person who is entitled to licensure under Chapter 94 of the
Acts of 1912 from obtaining a license under the provisions of
this sub-title, without examination, provided that any such
person not licensed prior to July 1, 1924 shall make applica-
tion for such license before January 1, 1925.

(b) A candidate for licensure to practice midwifery shall be
licensed if, after examination by two physicians named by the