CHAP. 192.—An ACT to amend an re-enact section 1 of an act entitled an
act to amend and re-enact sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of an act entitled an
act providing for the appointment of a State board of health and of
local boards of health, defining the duties and powers and compensa-
tion thereof, and of their members, officers and agents in connection
with the preservation of public health; and prescribing penalties
against witnesses failing to obey subpoenas issued by said State board
of health or any authorized member thereof for refusing to testify
or otherwise acting in contempt of said State board or its duly author-
ized members, approved March 7, 1900 (section 1713-d Code of
1904); to repeal sections 1714, 1715, 1716, 1717 and 1718 of the Code
of Virginia 1887, and all other acts and parts of acts in conflict here-
with; to provide for the appointment of a health commissioner and
assistants, to define their duties, to provide for their compensation
and to appropriate money to carry the provisions of this act into
effect, approved March 14, 1908. (S. B. 271.)

Approved March 16, 1916.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, Tr:2:
section one of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sec-
tions one, two, three and four of an act entitled an act provid-
ing for the appointment of a State board of health and of local
boards of health, defining the duties and powers and compensa-
tion thereof, and of the members, officers and agents in connec-
tion with the preservation of public health; and prescribing
penalties against witnesses failing to obey subpoenas issued by
said State board of health, or any authorized member thereof,
for refusing to testify or otherwise acting in contempt of said
State board or its duly authorized members, approved March
seventh, nineteen hundred (section seventeen-thirteen-d Code
of nineteen hundred and four); to repeal sections seventeen
hundred and fourteen, seventeen hundred and fifteen, seventeen
hundred and sixteen, seventeen hundred and seventeen and
seventeen hundred and eighteen of the Code of Virginia eighteen
hundred and eighty seven, and all other acts and parts of acts in
conflict herewith; to provide for the appointment of a health
commissioner and assistants, to define their duties, to provide
for their compensation and to appropriate money to carry the
provisions of this act into effect, approved March fourteenth,
nineteen hundred and eight, to be amended and re-enacted so as
to read as follows:

Sec. 1. On and after the first day of July, nineteen hun-
dred and eight, the State board of health shall consist of twelve
members appointed by the governor, who shall be members of
the State medical society, one of whom shall be chosen from
each congressional district in the State, and in addition two
from the city of Richmond. These members shall hold office
for the pericd one, two, three and four years, respectively, as
may be determined by lot after their appointment, and there-
after there shall be annually appointed three members to serve
for the term of four years, respectively. In addition to the
members above mentioned two residents from the State at large
shall be appointed for a term of four vears one of whom shall be
a member of the State dental association.

The board shall meet annually in the city of Richmond, and
at such other times and places as they may determine. They
shall elect from their number a president and secretary, who
shall perform the usual duties of such offices, in addition to the
particular duties prescribed by law. The board may adopt by-
jaws for their government and may make such rules and regu-
lations not inconsistent with law as they may deem proper.
Five members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
any lawful business.