[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Woodstown 1-4-1897 as Ord. No.
21. Section 14-2 amended at time of adoption of
Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions. Other amendments noted where
applicable.]
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Woodstown,
in the County of Salem and State of New Jersey:
There shall be in and for this borough a Board of Health in
accordance with "An Act to Establish, in This State, Boards of Health
and a Bureau of Vital Statistics and to Define Their Respective Powers
and Duties, " approved March 31, 1887, and the several supplements
thereto. The members of said Board are to be appointed by the Mayor
and Council as hereinafter provided.
A.Â
The said Board of Health shall consist of six members. Two (2) members
shall hold office for one year, two members shall hold office for
two years and two members shall hold office for three (3) years. At
the expiration of their terms, the same members or other members shall
be appointed in their stead.
B.Â
All members of said Board hereafter appointed shall hold said office
for a term of three years, except in the case of vacancies, which
shall be filled for the unexpired term only, by appointment of Council
only.
The Board of Health shall adopt rules and regulations for its
own government and shall elect a President from among its own members.
A.Â
Said Board of Health shall appoint a Registrar of Vital Statistics,
Clerk and Sanitary Inspector. It may also appoint such other officers
or assistants as said Board of Health may deem necessary. All appointees
of said Board of Health shall be governed by the rules of said Board,
and they may be removed for cause by said Board.
B.Â
Said Board shall have and exercise all the powers and duties conferred
on local boards of health under the laws of this state.
The said Board of Health shall not contract any debts of any
kind beyond the amount of the appropriations from time to time made
for its use by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Woodstown.
