Excerpt from First Annual Report of the State Board of Health of the State of Wisconsin, for the Year Ending December 31, 1876 Section 4. The board shall elect a secretary. Either bgflmfifi from their own number or otherwise, but when elected ties of same. He shall he a member of the board and its executive. Of ficer. He shall hold his oflice so long as he shall faith fully discharge the duties thereof. But may he removed for a just cause. At a regular meeting of the board, two thirds of the members voting therefor. He shall per form the duties prescribed by this act, and such others as the board may require. He shall keep a record of the transactions of the board, shall have the custody of all books, papers, documents, and other property be longing to the board: he shall, so tar as practicable. Communicate with other state boards of health ahd with the local boards of health within this State; shall keep and file all reports received from such boards, and all eorres ondence appertaining to the business of this board. 'e shall aid. So far as possible, in obtaining contributions to the library and museum of the board. He shall prepare blank forms of returns, and such ia structions as may be necessary and forward them to clerks of the several boards of health throughout the state. He shall collect information concerning vital statistics. Knowledge respectin diseases. And all useful information on the subject of hygiene, and thron h an annual report. And otherwise. As the board may irect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.