The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-16
Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State.

No. ns) AN ACT GIL 22s
 To amend Section 161, 162. 163 and 164
 of an Act entitled an act to provide for
 the organization, incorporation, govern
 ment and regulation of cities and towns and to define the right, powers. duties
 jurisdiction and authority of such cities
 and towns and of the officers thereof, and
 to prescribe penalties for violations of the
 provisions of this act, approved August 13, 1907.
 Section l. Be it enacted by the Legis-
 lature of Alabama, that Section 161 of an
 act entitled an act to provide for the organization, incorporation, government and regulation of cities and towns, and to define the rights, powers, duties, juris-
 di-tion and authority Of such cities and towns and of the officers thereof, and to prescribe penalties for violations of the provisions of this act. approved August B, 1aoi. be amended so as to read as fellows: Section 161. It shall be the duty of the boards of health of the several
 counties Of the State to supervise the ad- ministrstion of the health and quarantine laws of the State in the various incorpo-
 rated cities and towns of their respective
 counties, and also to supervise the ad-
 rninistration of such health ordinances
 as may be legally adopted by such incor- pei ated cities and towns.
 Sec. 2. That Section 162 of said Act
 shall be amended so as to read as fol- lows Section 1e2 Incorporated cities and towns shall have the right to establish
 and maintain laboratories-chemical. bac-
 teriological or of the other kind for inves- dgation of the purity of foods, drugs and public water supplies. and for the study of the nature, causes, propagation and prevention of diseases provided that the control and management of such labora-
 tories and the appointment of all persons employed to conduct, or to aid in con- ducting. said laboratories, shall be under the jurisdiction of their municipal health officers respectively. subject to the ap- l proval of the county boards of health of 1 the counties in which said laboratories | may be established
 Sec. g. That Section 163 of said act shall be amended so as to read as fol- | lows: Section 163 The health officer of l an incorporated city or town shall per- | form all duties that devolve upon him | under the health and quarantine laws of | the State, and also all duties that devolve l upon him under such health ordinances as ! may be legally adopted by the authorities of I the municipality. Should the health officer l fail to discharge said duties it shall be the l right and the duty of the County Board | of Health to remove him from office and | to promptly elect successor It shall | also be the right of the Mayor of a mu- ncpality to remove a municipal health | officer for good cause, and when such | right is exercised the mayor shall appoint | health officer pro tempore. provided
 that such health officer Is meAber ot | the county board of health Wlre1 the | Mayor removes a municipal health officer | he shall notify in writing the president | or secretary of the County Board oi | Haalth Of his oho1 his reasons therefor. When a County ] Board of Health has been notified ot l the removal of a municipal health of. | fcer, together with the reasons therefor
 the said Board of Health shall prompt
 Iv and thoroughlx inHestieate tha al.