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Public Boards. health shall keep a record of all the proceedings of such board, and of his official acts, and he shall, at the end of every month, make a full report in writing to the superintendent of public health of the proceedings of the county board of health and of his official acts, and shall, whenever danger to the health of persons or domestic animals is threatened, or whenever any contagious or infectious disease occurs in his county, either among persons or domestic animals, immediately report the same to the superintendent of public health.

§ 200. The several county boards of health shall meet at the county seat in their respective counties, at such time within thirty days after the appointment of the county superintendent of health as he may designate. Notice of the time and place of such meeting shall be by him given to the other members of said county board, at least five days prior to such meeting, and thereafter said county board of health shall meet at the county-seat as often as once in every three months.

§ 201. The several county boards of health shall have power within their respective counties, subject to the supervisory control of the territorial board of health, and the superintendent of public health, to do and perform all the things mentioned in subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of section 195. All expenses actually and necessarily paid or incurred by the county boards of health in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be audited by said board, and certified to the county commissioners of the county where such expenses are incurred, and shall be paid the same as other county expenses are paid.

§ 202. The county superintendent of health shall have charge of and superintend, subject to the approval of the board of which he is a member, and the supervisory control of the territorial board of health and superintendent of public health, all the matters and things mentioned in subdivisions 4, 5, 6 and 7 of section 195, within his county, and in case of immediate danger to the health of persons or of domestic animals, he may act as in his judgment he may deem best, without consultation with the other members of the county board of health, for the prevention of such danger, and he shall immediately report such action to the president of the county board of health, and to the superintendent of public health.

§ 203. The president of the county board of health shall receive no other compensation than that which is provided for; shall receive five cents for every mile actually and necessarily traveled in the performance of his duties as a member of said board. The county superintendent of health shall receive five dollars per day for every day in which he may be actually and necessarily engaged, and five cents per mile for every mile actually and necessarily traveled in the performance of his duties, and he shall also receive such other sum or sums as he may necessarily pay or become liable to pay in carrying out and performing the various duties imposed upon him under the provisions of this act, or by the county board of health, all of which accounts for services, mileage and other expenses shall be audited by the county board of health, and certified to the county commissioners of the county, and paid as other county expenses are paid.

§ 204. The superintendent of public health shall, on the first day of December, 1886, and biennially thereafter, make a full report to the governor, and to the legislative assembly of