1494 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 674

tion), title "City of Cumberland", sub-title "Board of
Health", being Article 1A of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, requiring the Health Officer to pre-
vent and abate stagnation of the waters of Wills Creek
and the Potomac River within the City.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 33 of the Charter of the City of
Cumberland (1950 Edition), title "City of Cumberland",
sub-title "Board of Health", being Article 1A of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

33. The Health Officer shall be the secretary of the
Board of Health. He shall be charged with the duty of
enforcing all quarantine regulations and of keeping the
streets, alleys and sidewalks of said city, and all premises
therein, in a sanitary condition, and he shall be authorized
to enter all houses and other places, public or private, at
all reasonable times, in the discharge of his duties for im-
proving and maintaining the sanitation of said city and
the prevention and suppression of diseases, and shall have
the power to abate or cause to be abated all nuisances
which may endanger or affect the health or comfort of
people of said city, and generally to do all acts and make
all regulations that may be necessary or expedient for the
promotion of health or the suppression of disease, and
perform such other duties as the Mayor and City Council
may prescribe. The Health Officer shall further be charged
with the duty to inspect and determine that the waters of
Wills Creek and the Potomac River within the City of
Cumberland are not allowed to become stagnated, and he

is authorized and directed to remove impediments to the

flow of said waters, to empty and cleanse said waters, and

to take all other action necessary to prevent said waters
IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO TAKE SUCH
ACTION AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO PREVENT
SAID WATERS from becoming stagnant, and to abate
foul odors emanating therefrom. The Board of Health
shall consist of the Mayor, City Engineer and a reputable
practicing physician, who shall be appointed by the Mayor
and City Council, and the said physician, so appointed, shall
serve in such office without remuneration or pay.

The said board, so constituted, shall select a secretary,
who shall be a bacteriologist and shall also be a trained
sanitarian, and the said bacteriologist shall devote his en-
tire time to the duties of his office, provided, that should