CHAPTER XXV

OF THE GENERAL LAWS.

[CHAP. 661 OF 1893.]

THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.

ARTICLE I. State board of health (§§ 1-12).
II. Local boards of health (§§ 20-32).
III. Adulterations (§§ 40–50).

IV. Tuberculosis and glanders (§§ 60-65).

V. Potable waters (§§ 70-74).

VI. Quarantine at the port of New York (§§ 80-91).

VII. The health officer of the port of New York (§§ 100-125).

VIII. Practice of medicine (S$ 140-153).

IX. Practice of dentistry (§§ 160-164).

X. Veterinary medicine and surgery (§§ 170-179e).

XI. Pharmacy (§§ 190-201).

XII. Miscellaneous provisions (§§ 210-221).

ARTICLE I.

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

SECTION 1. Short title.

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2. State board of health.

3. Officers; meetings; by-laws.

4. General powers and duties of board.

5. Duties with respect to vital statistics.
6. Nuisances.

7. Overflow of water from the canals.

8. Employment of local boards and experts.

9. Examination and inspection of public works.

10. Acquisition of land by state board.

11. Power of state board where municipality fails to establish board

of health.

12. Annual report.

SECTION 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the public health law.

§ 2. State board of health.-There shall continue to be a state board of health of nine members, three appointed by the gover. nor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to be known as health commissioners, to hold office for three years; three ex-officio members, consisting of the attorney-general, the

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preceding or attending the making, execution and performance
of the contract for such work and improvement above mentioned
or preceding or attending the assessing and levying of said taxes
or assessments therefor.

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOURTH SESSION.

§3. This act shall take effect immediately.

Chap. 29.

AN ACT to amend the public health law, creating a state depart-
ment of health and the office of commissioner of health, and
abolishing the state board of health.

Became a law, February 19, 1901, with the approval of the Governor.
Passed, three-fifths being present.

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Article one of chapter six hundred and sixty-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled "An act in relation to the public health, constituting chapter twenty-five of the general laws," is hereby amended to read as follows:

ARTICLE I.

STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Section 1. Short title.

2. State department of health.

3 Compensation of officers and employes.
4. General powers and duties of commissioner.
5. Duties with respect to vital statistics.

6. Nuisances.

7. Overflow of water from the canals.

8. Employment of local boards and experts.

9. Examination and inspection of public works.

10. Acquisition of land.

11. Power of commissioner where municipality fails to
establish board of health.

12. Annual report.

Section 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the public health law.

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