This chapter may be referred to and cited as the "Board of Health
Ordinance."
A seven-member Board of Health for the Borough of Hampton is
hereby established.
The Board of Health shall consist of the Mayor and Council.
Each member's term on the Board of Health shall be coextensive
with his or her term of office on the governing body.
The Board of Health shall have the power to adopt rules and
regulations for its own governance and shall have those powers enumerated
in N.J.S.A. 26:3-31 et seq.
The Board of Health shall annually elect from its membership
a Chairman. The Board may also elect a Secretary from its membership
or designate the Borough Clerk as its Secretary.
The Board of Health shall not contract any debt or debts of
any kind beyond the amount of the appropriation first made for its
use by the Borough Council.
Members of the Board of Health shall receive no additional compensation
for their service.
All ordinances now in effect enacted by the Board of Health
as formally constituted shall remain in full force and effect and
shall be administered and enforced, where applicable, by the Board
of Health as constituted herein.
In the event that Chapter 3 of Title 26 of the Revised Statutes
should be further amended or supplemented, the provision of any such
amendments or supplements shall be applicable to the provisions hereof
to the extent of any inconsistency.