The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-29
GENERAL LAWS
Enacted By the Legislature of Alabama

uons 912, lb92. 4i and -J To, an Ael eH- titled an Act To Amend. Reconstruct
 and Provide for the Enforcement of the
 Laws Relating to the Public Health,
 approved October 9, 1915.
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legisla- ture of Alabama. That Section 9 of an act entitled an Act to amend, reconstruct and provide for the enforcement of the laws relating to the public health, ap- proved October 2. 1903, be so amended as to read as follows: That the County Medi- cal Societies in utilization with the Medi- cal Association of the State of Alabama, and organized in accordance with the pro- visions of it's constitution. are hereby constituted boards of health for their re- spectve counties and for all incorporated cities and towns therein. and shall be under the general supervision and con trol of the State Board of Health.
 Sec. 3. That Section of said Act be so amended as to read as follows: That the state Board of Health shall have gen eral control over the enforcement of the laws relating to the public health; shall investigate the causes modes of propaBa- tion and means of prevention of endemic, epidemic, infectious and contagious dis eases; shall investigate the influence of localities and employments on the health of the people: shall have the right 10 in spect all public schools, hospitals, asy- lums, jails, poor houses, theatres, opera houses, court houses. prisons, markets, public dairies, slaughter pens or houses. depots, passenger cais and other public institutions and places of like character; also the sources of supply. reservoirs and avenues of conveyance of drinking water furnished to incorporated cities and towns: shall prescribe and publish rules for the sanitation of depots and passen- ger cars on all lines of railroads in this state, including the territory contiguous to said lines of railroad; shall exercise general supervision and control over the County Boards of Health in the execution of the public health laws of the State in their respective Counties; and shall act as an advisory board to the State in all sanitary anl nedl'll matters
 Sec. 3. That Section 1 of said -tet be so amended as to read as fellows: That 1t shall be the duty of county boards o2 health, (a) to supervise the administr;- ton of the healLi laws of the State in their respective Countles, and to enforce the law for the collection of vital and mortuary statistics; Cb) to investigate through their committees of public health and health officers. cases or outbreaks of any of the diseases enumerated in Sec ton 13m of this Act, and to enforce such measures for the prevention or extermin- ation of said diseases as they are author ized by law to enforce; Co to investigate through their committees of public health and health officers all nuisances to public health against which complaint has been alleged and whenever complaint is as- ccrtained t1 be well founded they shall through sad committees and health of ficers take such steps for the abatement of the nuisance complained of as the law provides; (d) 10 eXoIclse through their committees of public health and hedlth officers special supcI vision over the san itary conditions of public schools. hos- ptals, halls. opera houses, theatres. asy lums, court houses, iails, industrial and manufacturing establishments, prisons, markets, public dairies, public slaughter pens or houses and depots and passen- ger cars on all lines of railroads in their respective counties including the territory contiguous to said lines Of railroad Co to elect a health officer for the county re- movable at pleasure, and to fix his term of office the jurisdiction of which officer shall extend to all parts of the county except such as are comprised within the municipal limits of incorporated cities or towns within the county; G) to elect health officer removable at pleasure, for every incorporated city and town in the county and to fix the term of office of such health officer provided that the health officer of a county may be eligible for the position of health officer of any one or more incorporated cities or towns shall fix fair salaries for their respective health officers (g) to elect physicians to attend the inmates of the county poor house and jail and to fix the terms of office of such physicians, provided that both of said positions may be filled by the same physician or by the county health officer. and provided further that the VI of Revenue shall fx fair salaries for such phy seans as may be elected to fill said positions or for the county health officer should he be elected to fill them or any one Of them; (h) to require the counts health officer to submit to the judge of probate and county commissioners or board of revenue, by or before the first day of March of each year and on blank forms to be supplied by the State Board of Health a full and complete report of all public health and sanitary work with such other information, suggestion and recommendations in regard to the protcc- ton of t.'' health of the people as said board may Geem proper, which report shall include the vital and mortuary stu tistics of the county; d) to require the health officer of every municipality in the county to submit to the Mayor and coun- cil of such municipality by or before the first day of March of each year, a full and complete report of all public health and sanitary work which report shall in- clude the vital and mortuary statistics of the municipality. and may contain recommendations in regard to the protec- ton of the health of the people as said board may deem proper; 0) to require tho county health officer to forward to the State Board of Health by or before the tenth day of each calendar month a re-