1560                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 270

immediately give notice thereof in writing to the health
officer of the [city, town or] county in which the infected
house or premises is located; said notice shall state the
name and place of residence of the sick person, the name of
the disease, the name of the owner, proprietor or manager of
the house and the locality of said house, and it shall be
the duty of the [local or State] health officer[, as the
case may be,] to take such steps and to do such things as
may be necessary to render effective the provisions of §§
55 to 64, inclusive.

[102.

In any town, village, or other place in this State,
where no special health department has been established or
constituted by the charter or other act of incorporation of
any such town or village, or in case the sanitary law or
regulations in places where boards of health or health
officers exist should be inoperative or in case the local
board of health or health officer is found to be negligent,
incompetent or inefficient, the State Board of Health shall
make and enforce such regulations respecting nuisances,
sources of filth and causes of sickness as they shall judge
necessary for the public health and safety. The said Board
of Health shall also make such regulations as they deem
necessary for the public safety, respecting any articles
which are capable of containing or conveying any infection
or contagion or creating any sickness or for the
disinfecting of any house, room or premises where contagious
or infectious diseases have existed, and any person who
shall sustain damages by reason thereof, shall receive
compensation in accordance with the provisions of § 56; if
any person shall violate or refuse or neglect to comply with
any such regulation, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding
fifty dollars.]

[103.

In any town or village where no special health
department has been established, or in case the local board
of health or health officer is found negligent, incompetent
or inefficient, the State Board of Health is hereby
empowered to make such rules and regulations in relation to
cleansing and care of privies, pigpens, or other noxious
places, as they may deem desirable and for the preservation
of the health of any of the inhabitants thereof, or the said
Board of Health may declare such privy, pigpen or other
noxious place a nuisance, and the abatement thereof be by
the said Board or its executive officer, ordered and
enforced; and any violation or neglect, or refusal to comply
with any rule or regulation of the said Board under §§ 100
to 103, both inclusive, shall be deemed a misdemeanor and
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars or
imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days,
or both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the
court.]