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any city in which a board of health is organized under the
provisions of this section, is hereby authorized and
empowered to levy and collect, as other monies, for said
city governmental purposes are collected, such funds as, in
their opinion, are necessary and desirable for the purpose
of making effective the provisions of this section.]

48.

The local board of health of each county shall meet
semiannually in the months of May and October, and as much
oftener as they may deem necessary; they shall act in
conjunction with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
and shall report to the Department any facts in reference to
the sanitary conditions of their respective counties as they
may deem important or necessary; they may adopt and enforce
all needful rules and regulations concerning nuisances and
causes of sickness within their respective jurisdiction
subject to the provisions of this article; they may regulate
all fees and charges in connection with their own
regulations, but any fees and charges for services PROVIDED
in whole or in part with State or federal funds administered
by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shall be
subject to the approval and modification of the Secretary of
the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene[; and they shall
establish the salaries of their respective county health
officers].

[51.

The local board of health of each county may, whenever
they shall deem it necessary or desirable, require that any
person appointed by the board as county health officer shall
be trained in sanitary science, public health and hygiene
and may not, so long as he holds that office, engage in any
other occupation which would conflict with the performance
of his duties as health officer. He shall have all the
powers and duties which are now or may hereafter be
conferred upon county health officers by law; he shall
enforce all the public health statutes and rules and
regulations of the State Board of Health or the local board
of health, under the direct supervision and control of the
local board of health, and shall perform other duties and
exercise other functions the local board of health directs.
The local board of health may make and enter into a contract
with the county health officer for a period of time as may
be mutually agreeable, but not longer than the terms of
office of the members of the local board of health and may
fix the salary of any county officer appointed subject to
the provisions of this section, without regard to the
provisions of § 48 of this article.]

51.

(A) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED, IN §§ 51 THROUGH 51E
OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.