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Tit. VI, Ch. 1. STATE BOARD OP HEALTH. § 1262.
TITLE VI.
PUBLIC HEALTH.
CHAPTER 1.
STATE BOARD OP HEALTH.
SECTION 1262. Organization—meetings—officers.
1 The governor, secretary of state and auditor of state are hereby
2 made a board of appointment, two of whom shall constitute a quorum
3 for the purpose of making appointments as hereinafter provided, and
4 the secretary of the executive council shall be the secretary thereof.
5 Said board of appointment shall appoint a secretary of the state
6 board of health, who shall be a legally qualified physician and a gradu-
7 ate of a reputable school of medicine, of not less than ten years'
8 experience, and who shall serve for a term of five years or until his
9 successor is appointed, as are the members of the state board of health,
10 and who shall be the executive officer and commissioner of public health
11 as hereinafter provided, and five members of the state board of health,
12 of which not more than three shall belong to the same political party,
13 nor more than two be of the same school of medical practice, which
14 shall be constituted as follows: The state board of health shall con-
15 sist of one well qualified civil and sanitary engineer, who shall devote
16 as much of his time to the service of the state as may be needed or
17 required, and when so engaged, shall have all his. necessary traveling
18 and incidental expenses paid by the state, and four physicians, each of
19 whom shall be a graduate of a reputable school of medicine, each to
20 serve for a term of five years, unless sooner removed by said board of
21 appointment for good cause, same to apply to the secretary, and until
22 his successor is appointed ; provided that the term of the office of the
23 five members first appointed shall be for one, two, three, four and five
24 years, respectively, their terms to be designated by the board of
25 appointment, and to be so arranged that the term of one such member
26 shall expire on the thirtieth day of June of each year. Any vacancies
27 that may occur shall be filled by appointment by the board of appoint-
28 ment, and at the expiration of the term of each member, his successor
29 shall be appointed for a full term of five years. No member of the
30 state board of health shall be an officer or a member of the faculty of
31 any medical school, and the board of appointment shall have the power
32 to remove any member or the secretary of said board of health for
33 good cause.
34 The board of health shall meet semiannually, in July and January
35 of each year, and at such other times as it may be deemed necessary
36 by the secretary, or on the written request of two or more members of
37 the board of health, such meeting to be held at the seat of government ;
38 suitable rooms, furniture, office supplies, postage, stationery and print-
39 • ing therefor, to be provided by the executive council in the same man-