exists, or has recently existed, within the city, county, city and county, town, or township of which he is such officer, to take such measures as may be necessary to prevent the spread of such disease, and to report at once in writing such cases to the secretary of the state board of health at Sacramento.

[Duty of physicians.] It is also the duty of every attending or consulting physician, nurse, or other person having charge of or caring for any person afflicted with any of said contagious diseases, to report at once in writing to the local board of health or local health officer the nature of the disease, the name of the person afflicted and the place of his or her confinement.

[Duty and power of state board of health.] The state board of health, or its secretary, upon being informed of any such contagious or infectious disease, may thereupon take such measures as may be necessary to ascertain the nature of such disease and prevent the spread of such contagion, and to that end, said state board of health, or its secretary, may, if deemed proper, take possession or control of the body of any living person, or the corpse of any deceased person, and may direct and take such means as may be deemed expedient to arrest or prevent the further spread of such disease.

History: Enacted March 6, 1901, Stats. and Amdts. 1900-1, p. 99; amended March 4, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 105. In effect immediately.

§ 2980. TO REPORT AS TO THE EFFECT OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS. The board must examine into and report what, in their best judgment, is the effect of the use of intoxicating liquor as a beverage upon the industry, prosperity, happiness, health, and lives of the citizens of the state; also, what legislation, if any, is necessary in the premises.

History: Enacted March 12, 1872, founded upon § 3 Act March 18, 1870, Stats. 1869-70, p. 329.

See Kerr's Cyc. Pol. C. § 3381 and note.

Report of state board of health.-See ante §§ 332, 334.

The

§ 2981. MEETINGS AND ELECTION of officers. board must meet at the capitol of the state at least once in every three months. Four members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. Special meetings may be held upon the call of the president or secretary. Notice of all meetings must be given by the secretary, by mailing such notices to the members of the board at least three days prior to the date of such meetings. The members must elect from their own number a president and a permanent secretary. The secretary shall be a civil executive officer and shall also be the executive officer of the board. He must reside in Sacramento and devote his entire time to the duties of the office. The members of the board shall receive their actual and necessary traveling expenses while in the service of the board. Such expenses shall be paid out of the general fund of the state treasury.

History: Enacted March 12, 1872, founded on $3 Act March 18, 1870, Stats. 1869-70, p. 329; amended March 20, 1909, Stats. and Amdts. 1909, p. 546.

AND

§ 2982. SECRETARY OF BOARD. SALARY AND DUTIES. The secretary of the state board of health shall receive an annual salary of thirty-six hundred dollars and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. He shall enforce all orders and regulations of the state board of health, and shall vigilantly observe sanitary conditions throughout the state, and take all necessary precautions to protect it in its sanitary relations with other state and countries. He shall keep an accurate record of the proceedings of the state board of health and of his own acts, and shall file a written report of the same at each regular meeting.

The salary of the secretary shall be paid out of the general fund at the times and in the manner in which state officers are paid.

History: Enacted March 12, 1872, founded on § 4 Act March 18, 1870. Stats. 1869-70, p. 329; amended March 20, 1905, Stats. and Amdts. 1905, p. 399; March 20, 1909, Stats. and Amdts. 1909, p. 546.

§ 2983. EXPENSES OF, LIMITED (repealed).

History: Enacted March 12, 1872, founded upon § 5 Act March 18, 1870, Stats. 1869-70, p. 330; repealed March 20, 1905, Stats. and Amdts. 1905, p. 399.

§ 2984. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH TO ENFORCE RULES MADE BY STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. It shall be the duty of the board of health of each municipality and incorporated town within this state, and of every chief executive health officer thereof, where there is no municipal or town board of health, to enforce within such municipality and incorporated town all orders, rules and regulations concerning health and quarantine, and the registration, certification, and reporting of births, marriages and deaths as prescribed or directed by the state board of health; and it shall be the duty of such board of health, or chief executive health officer to report in writing to the state board of health on or before the fifth day of each month all infectious, contagious and communicable diseases in man or beast which shall come to their or his knowledge, upon blanks furnished by the state board of health.

[To make monthly reports.] Said board of health or chief executive health officer, where there is no board of health, in cases of local epidemic of disease shall report to the state board of health all facts concerning the disease and the measures taken to prevent or abate its spread, infection or contagion.

[To enforce in municipalities regulation as to births, deaths, etc.] Every such board of health or chief executive health officer where there is no board of health, shall strictly observe and enforce within such municipality or incorporated town the provisions of "An act for the registration of deaths, the issuance and registration of burial and disinterment permits and the establishment of registration districts in counties, cities and counties, cities and incorporated towns, under the superintendence of the state bureau of vital statistics and prescribing the powers and duties of registrars, coroners, physicians, undertakers, sextons and other persons in relation to such registration and fixing penalties for the

violation of this act," approved March 18, 1905, and also the provisions of chapter three, of title seven, of part three of the Political Code of the state of California relating to the registration, certification and reporting of marriages, births and deaths, and shall promptly report to the state board of health all violations of the state health laws and of the laws relating to the registration, certification and reporting of marriages, births and deaths which shall come to their or his knowledge.

History: Enacted March 7, 1905, Stats. and Amdts. 1905, p. 84; amended March 1, 1907, Stats. and Amdts. 1907, p. 74.

Act to provide for proper sanitary conditions of factories and workshops and the preservation of the health of employees.See Hen. G. L., p. 444.

Cubic air space in lodging-houses.-See Hen. G. L., p. 696 and Kerr's Cyc. Pen. C. § 401a.

Regulation of plumbing and drainage of buildings and registration of plumbers.-See Hen. G. L., p. 504.

Violating orders of state board of health, a misdemeanor.— See Kerr's Pocket Pen. C. § 377a.

§ 2993.

$ 2994.

ARTICLE II.

VACCINE AGENT.

Agent to obtain genuine vaccine matter.
Compensation and duty of.

§ 2993. AGENT TO OBTAIN GENUINE VACCINE MATTER. The vaccine agent must obtain a supply of the genuine vaccine matter, and preserve the same for the use and benefit of the citizens of this state.

History: Enacted March 12, 1872, founded upon § 1 Act March 27, 1852, Stats. 1852, p. 138.

See Kerr's Cyc. Pol. C. for 2 pars. annotation.

Act to encourage vaccination.-See Hen. G. L., p. 507.

Especial powers and liabilities of municipalities in time of epidemics.-See 26 L. 727.

Right to compel vaccination.-See note § 3021, post; also 25 L. 152; 26 L. 728; 47 A. S. 546.

§ 2994. COMPENSATION AND DUTY OF. Such agent must furnish genuine vaccine matter, approved by the state board of health, to any regular practicing physician in good standing in his profession in this state. He may charge and receive for every parcel of vaccine matter furnished the sum of five dollars, which is in full compensation for his services and expenses.

History: Enacted March 12, 1872, founded upon § 2 Act March 27, 1852, Stats. 1852, p. 138.