Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-25

Laws. as proposed) is hereby amended
SO as to read as follows
Sec. SAIL. (Secs. 6o62 and COOS G. ID
The governor and said two members
shall appoint a third member of said
board. who shall hold Office until his
successor is appointed and qualified. The
member so appointed shall be a reputable
practicing physician of the state and
shall act as secretary of said board and
be its executive officer. Said board may
subject to the approval OF the board Of
control appoint such sanitary engineers
and inspectors as may be necessary TO
carry out the duties Of said board. The
salaries of said secretary, engineers and
inspectors shall be fixed by said board,
subject TO the approval of the board of
control Not more than seven thousand
FIVE hundred dollars shall be expended
annually for the payment of salaries and
necessary expenses of said secretary, en-
gineers and inspectors incurred in the
discharge of their official duties.
Sec. 3. Section 6I66 of the Public
Statutes (Sec. 1882 of the General Laws,
as proposed is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
Sec. 6I66 (Sec. 1882 G. L. Each
member of the state board of health, ap-
pointed by the governor with the advice
and consent of the senate, shall receive
four dollars per day for services rem
dered, and necessary expenses; and the
Office expenses, telephone and the neces-
sary clerical assistance of the secretary
of said board shall be paid by the state
when accounts therefor have been ap-
iproved by said board, but the entire ex-
pense of said board of health, including
such clerical assistance, office expenses
and telephone of said secretary, but not
including the salaries and expenses au-
thorized by section 54II of the Public
Statutes (Secs 6o62 and 6o63 G. L. J,
shall not exceed seven thousand dollars
for any biennial term, except in cases of
extraordinary public peril, when the gov
ernor may order said board to perform
services in excess of such sum The audi
tor of accounts shall, at the beginning of
each quarter of the biennial term and
upon the requisition of said board, draw
an order in favor of the said board for
eight hundred twenty-five dollars; and
such sum shall be accounted for by
proper vouchers to said auditor quar-
terly, as the same may be expended by
said board; and any balance thereof and
payments not expended shall be returned
to the state treasurer biennially on or
before the thirty-hrst day of January
Sec f. Section 5422 of the Public
| Statutes as amended by section I64 of
| No. of the acts of 1915 (Sec. 6o75 of
| the General Laws, as proposed) is here
| by amended so as to read as follows:
Sec. 5422. (Sec. CO.'S G. ID Said
secretary shall superintend the perform
ance of the work of said board, and
| shall perform such other duties as said
board directs. He shall, in case of cpl
denies, contagious diseases or other un-
usual sickness, at the request of the health
officer or local board of health, render
| such assistance as he deems necessary.
| He shall, from the reports required to
be made to him, issue in each even year
registration reports, and shall, in the
month of July IN each even year make
a report to the governor of the work
done by said board during the preced-
| ing two years, and of the investigations
and discoveries of said board, and other
/ important facts IN regard to the causes
and prevalence of infectious diseases and
such other matter and recommendations
as seem pertinent. He shall furnish
health officers suitable blanks upon
which to make reports of infectious and
contagious diseases, also blanks for ply
slclans to report to health officers, shall
| include therein questions necessary to
| give the information desired, and may
require special information of the health
officer not provided for in such blanks.
Sec. 5. Section $40 of the Public
Statutes as amended by section I63 of
No. I of the acts of 1915 (Sec. 6o6I of
the General Laws, as proposed) and No.
4o3 of the acts of 1912 (Secs. 6o62 and
l7I32 of the General Laws, as proposed)
are hereby repealed
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved April II, IoI7.