The Mayor shall in the month of June, 1916, and in said month of every second year thereafter, appoint a suitable person, who shall be a practicing physician, as Health Commissioner, whose term of office shall be for two years and until his successor is appointed and qualified.
The Mayor, Health Commissioner and two Councilmen elected by the Council shall comprise the Board of Health of said City. The Board of Health shall have power to abate all nuisances within said City, and it shall do and perform all such other duties and exercise such other powers as may be required of, or conferred upon them by legal ordinances of said City. The Council of said City shall provide by ordinance the way and method of trying and abating such nuisances, and shall prescribe all penalties that may be proper and necessary for such purpose. The Board of Health shall have power to summon witnesses, hear testimony and to do any and all other things necessary and proper in the performance of such duties under this Act and under the general laws of the State, in such cases made and provided. The Health Commissioner shall under no circumstances have a right to vote at any meeting of the Board of Health.