Excerpt from First Annual Report of the State Board of Health of the State of Connecticut: For the Fiscal Year Ending November 31, 1878Section 1. That the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint six persons, three of whom shall always be physicians, and one lawyer, who, together with a secretary to be elected by them, shall constitute the State Board of Health. Of the six persons first appointed, two shall serve for two years, two for four years, and two for six years, from the first day of July next following their confirmation, and the governor shall hereafter biennially appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, two members of said State Board of Health, to hold their offices for six years from the first day of July next following their confirmation. If a vacancy occur in said board during a recess of the legislature it shall be filled by the governor until the next regular session of the same.Sec. 2. That the State Board of Health shall meet at least once in every three months, and as much oftener as they may deem proper. Four members shall always constitute a quorum for business. No member of the board shall receive any compensation except the secretary, but the actual traveling and other expenses of the members while engaged in the duties of the board shall be allowed and paid out of the appropriation made for its support. They shall select annually one member of the board as president, and shall appoint a suitable person, who shall be a physician, to be their permanent secretary and executive officer, who shall hold his office so long as he shall faithfully discharge the duties thereof, but who may be removed for cause at any meeting of the board, a majority of the members voting therefor. If a member of the board be elected as secretary the vacancy thus caused shall be filled by the governor, as provided in section first.Sec. 3. That the secretary shall keep a record of the acts and proceedings of the board, perform and superintend the work prescribed in this act, and such other duties as the board may order under their general direction, and shall receive an annual salary of one thousand dollars, which shall be paid him in the same manner as the salaries of other State officers are paid, and such necessary expenses as the comptroller of the treasury shall audit, on the presentation of an itemized account, with vouchers annexed and the certificate of the board, shall be allowed him.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.