CUMBERLAND                                        1917

ises 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 improving and maintaining the sanitation of
said city and the prevention and suppression of disease, 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 Cumber-
land are not allowed to become stagnated and he is authorized and directed
to take such action as may be necessary to prevent said waters from becom-
ing stagnant, and to abate foul odors emanating therefrom.]

[The Board of Health shall consist of seven (7) persons, including
the mayor, city engineer, fire chief, Health Officer, of Allegany County,
and three (3) residents of the City of Cumberland, one a bona fide owner
of residential property and one a reputable practicing physician, who
shall be appointed by the mayor and city council, all of whom shall serve
in such office without remuneration or pay.]

Section 2. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That Section 33 of
the Charter of the City of Cumberland (1966 Edition) be and is hereby
reenacted to read as follows:

Sec. 33. There is hereby created a Board of Health. The Board of
Health shall consist of seven (7) 'persons, including the Mayor, City Engi-
neer, Fire Chief, Health Officer of Allegany County, and three (3) resi-
dents of the City of Cumberland, one a bona fide owner of residential
property and one a reputable practicing physician, who shall be appointed
by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City Council, all of whom
shall serve in such office without remuneration or pay.

The Board of Health shall have the authority to generally do all acts
and make all regulations, subject to ratification by the Mayor and City
Council, which may be necessary for the promotion of health and sani-
tation, or for the suppression of disease, and the Board of Health shall
perform such other duties as the Mayor and City Council may, from time
to time, prescribe.

The Health Officer of Allegany County shall be the Secretary of the
Board of Health. He, or his authorized representative, shall be empowered
to enter all dwellings and other places, whether public or private, at all
reasonable times, in the discharge of his duty to uphold and enforce the
health laws of the State of Maryland, City of Cumberland, and such regu-
lations of the Maryland State Department of Health as may, from time to
time, be promulgated. The Health Officer shall have the authority to desig-
nate the representative who shall have the