MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             1103

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved May 4, 1976.

CHAPTER 417
(House Bill 714)

AN ACT concerning

Prince George's County — Mosquito larvae

FOR the purpose of including Prince George's County
within those areas where the State Board of Health
has authority to institute certain actions, under
certain conditions, concerning certain areas where
mosquito larvae breed in certain counties; and
clarifying language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 43 - Health

Section 105

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 105 of Article 43 - Health, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and
1975 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 43 - Health

105.

Whenever any watercourse, well, spring, open ditch,
gutter, cesspool, drain, privy pit, pigpen or other
place, or any accumulation or deposit [of ] offensive or
noxious matters, or any house, building, trades
establishment or manufacturing place, or any water in
which mosquito larvae breed, is certified to the State
Board of Health by any two legally qualified medical
practitioners, or any three or more persons affected
thereby, to be in a state of nuisance injuriously
affecting any adjacent property or district, dangerous to
health, the [said] Board of Health shall [forthwith]
investigate the matter, and if it [shall be] IS found
that the nuisance complained of [is such as to] MAY
injuriously affect any adjacent property or district, or
is calculated to endanger the health or life of any
person, the [said] Board shall through its proper officer