84. Section 9. The department of health shall be in charge of the commissioner of health and sanitation who shall be the health officer of the city. On the third Monday of April, 1959, and on the third Monday of April in every second year thereafter a commissioner of health and sanitation shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years. He shall be a physician, licensed by the state of Michigan to practice medicine. He shall be the advisor of the council upon all matters affecting the health and sanitation of the city. He shall have all the powers and authority conferred upon boards of health or other boards or persons by the general health laws of this state, as the same now or hereafter may exist and insofar as such laws may be applicable to the city. He may, by and with the consent of the council appoint all agents and employees necessary to the preservation and protection of the life and health of the inhabitants of the city and necessary to the care and treatment of sick and diseased persons who are a charge upon the city or who are subject to public care, as the council and the health officer shall seem proper. He shall investigate all complaints made concerning conditions in the city endangering health, and report the same to the council. He shall prosecute violations, within the city, of the health laws of the state or of the health regulations of the city. He shall perform such duties as are prescribed by law or this charter, or are now or hereafter may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution of the council relating to his office or department; and shall make such reports as are required by law or by the council.
Editor’s note:
The above section appears as amended by a proposition approved by the electorate on 4-6-1959, by a vote of 5,272 to 1,875.
Editor’s note:
This paragraph dealt with the city’s representation on the Board of Supervisors; it has been deleted as it is totally superseded by M.C.L.A. §§ 46.51 et seq., previously, it had been amended by the electorate on 4-4-1955 by a vote of 3,585 to 2,135.