There shall be established in and for the Borough of Oceanport a local
Board of Health, pursuant to an act entitled "An Act to Establish in This
State Boards of Health and a Bureau of Vital Statistics and Defining Their
Respective Rights and Duties," approved March 31, 1887, and the supplements
and amendments thereto.
The Board of Health of the Borough of Oceanport shall be composed of
five members, to be selected and appointed by the said Mayor and Council at
their next regular meeting after this chapter shall go into effect.
The members of said Board of Health shall be nominated by the said Mayor
and confirmed by the vote of the Council, and in making said nominations the
said Mayor shall designate one member who shall hold his or her office for
one year from the date of his or her appointment, one member who shall hold
his or her office for two years, and one member who shall hold his or her
office for three years, and two members who shall hold their office for four
years from the date of their appointment; and thereafter at the expiration
of said respective terms, said appointments shall be made by the Mayor and
Council in the same manner for the term of four years; provided that, in case
a vacancy shall occur in said Board by death, resignation or removal, it shall
be filled in the same manner in which the original appointments were made,
but for the unexpired term only.
Any member of said Board of Health may be removed from his or her office
for cause, after an opportunity has been given for a hearing and upon the
vote of a majority of the Council.
Within 10 days after this chapter shall go into effect, the said Board
of Health shall meet and organize and appoint the necessary agents and officers
of said Board, establish rules for their own government, and pass ordinances
and make rules and regulations in regard to the public health in said Borough
as directed by law.