number, salaries, and compensations of the officers and employees therein," and all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Police Officers-Required to Abate Certain Nuisances. (Ord. Oct. 6, 1917.)

SECTION 1. The police department of the city of Louisville shall constitute an active adjunct to the health department. The individual members of the police department shall be and are hereby authorized to perform the duties of sanitary inspectors.

SEC. 2. Patrolmen shall abate those nuisances which have no direct bearing on the spread of communicable diseases, such as ash piles, or other accumulation of rubbish, unsightly matters in general, weeds, chicken yards, slop water, bad odors, and similar conditions.

SEC. 3. Patrolmen shall also investigate, report upon, and abate such other nuisances as may be directed by the board of safety.

SEC. 4. Members of the police department shall be furnished with copies of ordinances relating to public health in the city of Louisville for their information and guidance.

NEW YORK, N. Y.

Board of Health-How Constituted-Appointment and Duties of Commissioner of Health. (Ch. 404, Act of Legislature May 7, 1917.)

SECTION 1. Section 1167 of the Greater New York charter, as reenacted by chapter 466 of the laws of 1901, is hereby amended to read as follows:

THE BOARD OF HEALTH THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

SEC. 1167. The head of the department of health shall be called the board of health. Said board shall consist of one commissioner to be called the commissioner of health, the police commissioner, and the health officer of the port; and in the event that such office of health officer of the port be abolished, the board of estimate and apportionment shall designate a duly qualified physician to be a member of the board of health in place of such health officer of the port. The commissioner of health shall be appointed by the mayor, shall hold office as provided in chapter 4 of this act, and shall be the president of the board of health. The commissioner of health shall be the executive officer of the health department. The terms of office of the three officers called commissioners of health, except the president of the board of health, appointed pursuant to the provisions of the Greater New York charter, shall cease and determine on the 1st day of January, 1902, and the said president shall thereupon become the commissioner of health.

PITTSFIELD, MASS.

Health Officer-Qualifications, Appointment, Duties, and Compensation. (Ord. Dec. 28, 1918.)

SECTION 1. A city health officer, who shall be a person experienced in sanitation and public health administration, shall be nominated and appointed in January, 1919, and in every fifth year thereafter, to serve for the term of five years from the first Monday of February then next ensuing, by the mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the board of health and the board of aldermen convened in joint session.

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SEC. 2. Such officer shall be the administrative officer of the board of health. His duties shall be to execute and administer the laws and regulations relative to health and sanitation. He shall be active and vigilant in the interest of the health of the people of the city and the improvement of all conditions contributing thereto. He shall have supervision and direction of the other em:ployees of the board of health; shall propose and so far as possible establish activities and agencies for the improvement of public health, the removal of causes of sickness and the sanitation of dwellings and other premises. He shall perform the duties of any offices under the health laws of the Commonwealth to which he may be appointed by municipal authority. He shall fulfill all duties coming within the customary province of a health officer, subject to the general control of the board of health.

SEC. 3. The city health officer shall receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the concurrent vote of the city council. The mayor shall nominate the city health officer at least seven days prior to his full appointment as hereinbefore provided. If a person so nominated be rejected the mayor shall, if possible, make another nomination with 10 days from the time of such rejection. In the event of a vacancy, the nomination and appointment shall be made in the same manner for the unexpired term.

PORT CHESTER, N. Y.

Health Officer-Appointment, Qualifications, Powers, and Duties-Monthly Reports to State Commissioner of Health. (Reg. Jan. 21, 1918.)

CHAPTER 2. HEALTH OFFICER.

REGULATION 1. Appointment and qualifications of health officer.-The health officer shall be appointed by this board as provided for by law. No person shall be appointed health officer unless he has the qualifications prescribed by the public health council, or unless he has been duly exempted from such qualifications by the public health council.

REG. 2. Powers and duties of health officer.-The health officer shall be the executive officer of this board. He shall have all the powers conferred upon health officers by the public health law, or other law or laws of the State, and by the sanitary code. He shall execute and comply with all of the provisions of law, of the sanitary code and of these regulations. He shall further execute and comply with all orders of this board and of the State department of health.

CH. 7. REG. 7. Health officer to file monthly reports with the State commissioner of health.-The health officer shall submit monthly reports to the State commissioner of health on forms to be prescribed by the State commissioner of health.

PORTLAND, ME.

Officers of Board of Health—Unlawful to Pose As or to Obstruct. (Reg. Bd. of H., June 14, 1917.)

SECTION 1. Whoever knowingly and falsely assumes to be a health officer, deputy health officer, sanitary inspector, milk inspector, market inspector, plumbing inspector, or other representative of the board of health of the city of Portland, and to act as such, or knowingly and falsely assumes to discharge any of the duties of any such officer or inspector, or knowingly and willfully invites or receives any communications, document, record, or letter properly

belonging to any such officer or inspector, relating to the office or official business of such officer or inspector, or in any way knowingly and willfully obstructs or delays such officer or inspector in the discharge of any of his official duties shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding five years or by fine not exceeding $5,000, or both such fine and imprisonment.

QUINCY, MASS.

Health Commissioner-Appointment, Removal, Powers, and Duties. (Ch. 25, Special Act of Legislature Feb. 19, 1919.)

SECTION 1. The board of health and the office of inspector of milk of the city of Quincy are hereby abolished, and in place thereof and in succession thereto there is hereby established the office of health commissioner of said city. The health commissioner shall be vested with all the powers and duties heretofore exercised and performed by the board of health and inspector of milk of said city and that may hereafter be given to or imposed upon boards of health or inspectors of milk of cities. He may appoint such deputy commissioners, agents, and inspectors from time to time as he may deem necessary, and he may delegate to them from time to time such of his powers and duties as he may designate.

SEC. 2. The health commissioner shall be appointed annually by the mayor without confirmation by the city council, and may be removed at any time by the mayor on written notice filed with the city clerk.

SACRAMENTO, CALIF.

Department of Public Health and Sanitation-Divisions—Qualifications, Powers, Duties, and Salaries of Officers and Employees. Reports of Births, Deaths, and Stillbirths. (Ord. 269, Mar. 6, 1917.)

ARTICLE 1.

SECTION 1. The department of public health and sanitation shall consist of the commissioner of public health and safety, a health officer, a city physician, an emergency surgeon, a city bacteriologist, a laboratory attendant, a city analyst, a food and market inspector, a chief assistant food and market inspector, and such number of assistant food and market inspectors as shall be necessary, a plumbing inspector and one assistant plumbing inspector, an assistant to the health officer, a sanitary inspector and such number of assistant sanitary inspectors as shall be necessary, a river patrol officer, a secretary to the department of public health and sanitation, a personal secretary to the health officer, and such number of physicians and trained nurses as may be necessary by reason of an epidemic of contagious diseases, and an advisory board.

SEC. 2. The department of public health and sanitation shall consist of the following divisions:

1. The physician's and surgeon's division.

2. The bacteriological division.

3. The chemical and analytical division,

4. The food and market inspection division.

5. The plumbing inspection division.

6. The sanitary inspection division.

7. The statistical division.

8. The contagious diseases division.

9. Advisory board to the department of public health and sanitation.

SEC. 3. The health officer of the city of Sacramento shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties that are now or may hereafter be conferred or imposed upon him by any law of the State of California, by the provisions of the charter of the city of Sacramento, by ordinance, by the direction of the city commission, or by the commissioner of public health and safety. He must keep a record of all births, deaths, and interments occurring in the city of Sacramento, and to that end all physicians and midwives must on or before the 1st day of each month make a return to the health officer of all births, deaths, and the number of stillborn children occurring in their practice during the preceding month, and in the absence of such attendants the parent must make a report of the birth of a child within 10 days thereafter. He shall exercise a vigilant supervision over all matters appertaining to the health and sanitation of the city, and may make rules and regulations thereto as are not inconsistent with law. He shall have control and direction of all the officers and employees under him and must devote all of his time to the service of the city.

SEC. 4. There shall be a personal secretary to the health officer, who shall perform such duties as may be required.

ART. 2 THE PHYSICIAN'S AND SURGEON'S DIVISION.

SECTION 1. The physician's and surgeon's division shall consist of the city physician and the emergency surgeon.

SEC. 2. The city physician shall be a physician and surgeon authorized to practice medicine in the State of California. He shall attend, when called upon, the indigent sick and wounded in the city, and shall also attend, without extra compensation, any members of the police or fire departments injured in the discharge of duty. He shall have charge of the receiving or emergency hospital or dispensary established for the care of the wounded and treatment of the indigent. He shall devote such time as shall be necessary to the performance of the duties of his office as herein prescribed, or as required by law, ordinance of the city, rules of the department of public health and sanitation, or the orders of the health officer.

SEC. 3. The emergency surgeon shall possess the same qualifications as the city physician and shall be an assistant to the city physician. The emergency surgeon shall respond at any time during the day or night to attend any wounded person brought to the emergency hospital, and may be required to perform any of the duties imposed upon the city physician.

ART. 8. THE BACTERIOLOGICAL DIVISION.

SECTION 1. The city bacteriologist shall be a duly licensed physician authorized to practice medicine in the State of California, and shall be an expert bacteriologist. He shall be in charge of the bacteriological laboratory maintained by the city, and shall make all bacteriological examinations of milk, water, food, and food-product samples submitted to him in his official capacity by any member of the public health department, and shall also make tests for typhoid fever. diphtheria, and other diseases when requested by the health officer or the city physician. He shall devote to the service of the city so much of his time as may be necessary to properly perform the duties imposed upon him by this ordinance. SEC. 2. There shall be a laboratory attendant, who shall assist the bacteriologist in the care of the laboratory, and shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by the bacteriologist or the health officer.

ART. 4. THE CHEMICAL AND ANALYTICAL DIVISION.

SECTION 1. The city analyst shall be a graduate chemist holding a diploma from a recognized technical school or college, with not less than five years' experience in analytical chemistry. He shall make at his own expense such chemical work as may be required of him by the health department [sic].

ART. 5. THE FOOD AND MARKET INSPECTION DIVISION.

SECTION 1. The food and market inspection division shall consist of the food and market inspector, the chief assistant food and market inspector, and such number of assistant food and market inspectors as shall be necessary to properly perform the duties of that office, of whom a sufficient number shall be appointed as inspectors of itinerant vending of foodstuffs.

SEC. 2. The food and market inspector shall be a veterinary surgeon of approved standing and duly licensed to practice his profession in this State with at least five years' experience.

SEC. 3. The food and market inspector shall enforce all laws of the State of California and ordinances of the city of Sacramento now in force or that may hereafter be adopted in relation to the sale, exchange, disposal, or distribution in the city of Sacramento of food intended for human consumption. He shall inspect markets, hotels, restaurants, slaughterhouses, and all other places where food is stored, prepared, or offered for sale and do all other things that may be required of him in relation to the health of the city of Sacramento.

SEC. 4. The food and market inspector, the chief assistant food and market inspector and all assistant food and market inspectors shall have the power of police officers in performing their duties.

SEC. 5. The chief assistant food and market inspector shall have the same qualifications, except that of experience, shall perform the same duties, and shall have the same authority as the food and market inspector, but subject to the direction of the food and market inspector.

SEC. 6. The inspectors of itinerant vending of foodstuffs shall enforce all laws of the State of California, and ordinances of the city of Sacramento now inforce, or that may hereafter be adopted, in relation to the peddling, hawking, or otherwise selling or disposing of foodstuffs by itinerant merchants or salesmen of any sort or description. Said inspectors shall have the power of police officers in the performance of their duties, and shall wear stars. They shall be provided by the city of Sacramento with suitable means of quick transportation.

ART. 6. THE PLUMBING INSPECTION DIVISION.

SECTION 1. The plumbing inspection division shall consist of the plumbing inspector and the assistant plumbing inspector.

SEC. 2. The plumbing inspector shall be a master plumber of at least five years' experience as such in the city of Sacramento.

SEC. 3. The plumbing inspector shall receive and file all plans and specifications for proposed plumbing to be installed in the city of Sacramento and record the names of the owner and architect and the location of the proposed installation. He shall examine said plans and specifications, and if the same be in accordance with law, the ordinances of the city, and the rules of the health department he shall issue a permit for the work to proceed. Any plan that does not, in his judgment, conform to such law, ordinances, or rules shall be by him presented to the health officer, and if not then approved the same shall be returned to the person presenting it with a written notice explaining the corrections necessary in order to comply with such law, ordinances, or rules.